Excel

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 21, 2017 by Avni Patel Thompson · across every show →

Everything said about Excel, oldest first

Sep 21, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thompson: Poppy's initial MVP was built on Squarespace, Typeform, Stripe, and Excel
“I had a landing page on Squarespace, signups and feedback forms were done through Typeform, Stripe handled the payments, I did scheduling via Google Calendar, communication with SMS, and my database was Excel.”
Avni Patel Thompson Sep 21, 2017 ▶ 11:23 Building a Startup is About Solving a Problem - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy · Y Combinator
Mar 2, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thompson built Poppy's initial prototype with Squarespace, Typeform, Excel, and SMS
“Typeform, like Squarespace, I can do a four week trial, Typeform do signups and things like that. I can use Excel as a database. I can use a Google Calendar as a scheduler and SMS trying to connect it all.”
Avni Patel Thompson Mar 2, 2018 ▶ 24:51 The Number One Goal is Getting Started - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy · Y Combinator
Dec 1, 2022 neutral
Insight
Replacing spreadsheets requires building a dramatically better product experience
“To move someone off Excel or Google Spreadsheet, You need to make the experience of your solution dramatically better. They're not going to pay you hundreds of dollars a month for something they can almost as easily do in Google Spreadsheet or Excel.”
Gustaf Alströmer Dec 1, 2022 ▶ 13:59 How To Talk To Users | Startup School · Y Combinator
Jun 25, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Nadella names VS Code and Excel as his favorite software products
“If somebody asks me what's my favorite product, it's always, you know, VS code is one and the other one is Excel.”
Satya Nadella Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 39:17 Satya Nadella: Microsoft's AI Bets, Hyperscaling, Quantum Computing Breakthroughs · Y Combinator
Jul 31, 2025 positive
Insight
Englander: Core interaction formats like Word and Excel will remain consistent
“We made a call that we would kind of rebuild our version of like PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, because we do believe, at least for the time being, that the way in which people interact with technology, regardless of type of technology, will remain quite consist…”
Chas Englander Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 29:57 The Finance Startup Bringing Agentic AI to Wall Street · Y Combinator
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