Excel

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 22, 2024 by Ben Gilbert · across every show →

Everything said about Excel, oldest first

Apr 22, 2024 neutral

Assertion Supported

Excel copied Lotus 1-2-3's keyboard shortcuts to preserve user muscle memory

“So a lot of the keyboard shortcuts in Excel to this day are there because they were originally the Lotus one, two, three shortcuts, and they wanted people to have the same muscle memory that just worked.”

Ben Gilbert Apr 22, 2024 ▶ 3:50:48 Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired

Apr 22, 2024 neutral

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Microsoft's copycat apps could not win without major platform shifts

“The Microsoft versions never actually won until there was a platform shift that they could take advantage of to beat the incumbent. Like, Microsoft wasn't gonna beat Lotus one, two, three until the graphical paradigm came along, and then Excel being graphical …”

David Rosenthal Apr 22, 2024 ▶ 3:51:44 Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired

Jul 22, 2024 bullish

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Google Sheets Users Are in the Global Minority Compared to Excel

“Excel is still the main way that spreadsheets are done around the world. I bet a lot of listeners use Google Sheets. We do, too. We love it. Also use Excel, but if you do use Google Sheets, you are in the minority.”

David Rosenthal Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 3:19:34 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 28, 2024

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Accel led Facebook's 2005 Series A with $12.7M at $98M post-money

“Excel comes in, leads a series A. 12.7 million dollars at a ninety eight million dollar post-money valuation.”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 1:33:23 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

Excel

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