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{{Infobox software
| name                   = Smartsheet
| title                  = Smartsheet
| logo                   = Smartsheet Horizontal Logo.png
| logo caption           = 
| screenshot             = Smartsheet screenshot (2015).png
| caption                = A screenshot of Smartsheet's user interface
| developer              = Smartsheet Inc.
| released               = 2006
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = October, 2014
| platform               = Web, iOS, and Android
| language               = English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Japanese<ref name="Form The 2014">{{cite web | last=Form | first=Submitting This | last2=The | first2=You Accept | title=Smartsheet Tips: Tips for International Users | website=Smartsheet | date=January 28, 2014 | url=https://www.smartsheet.com/blog/support-tip-international-tips | accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>
| genre                  = Project management, collaboration and productivity software
| website                = {{URL|https://www.smartsheet.com}}
}}
'''Smartsheet''' is a [[Software as a service|software as a service]] (SaaS) application for collaboration and work management that is developed and marketed by Smartsheet Inc. It is used to assign tasks, track project progress, manage calendars, share documents and manage other work. It has a spreadsheet-like user interface. {{As of|2016}}, Smartsheet is used by 10 million people at 85,000 organizations. It was initially unpopular until a redesign in 2010, which was followed by an increase in adoption and larger funding rounds.

== Smartsheet service ==
Smartsheet is used to collaborate on project timelines, documents, calendars, tasks and other work.<ref name="two" /><ref name="Grant 2012" /> According to IDG, it is "[p]art office productivity, part [[Software:Project management software|project management]], part document sharing . . . [it] is trying to be the central hub for how people work."<ref name="Kepes 2016" /> Smartsheet combines some of the functionality of Microsoft Excel, Project, Access and Sharepoint.<ref name="two" /><ref name="earbgu">{{cite news|first1=Robert|last1=Handler|first2=Matt|last2=Light|first3=Donna |last3=Fitzgerald|first4=Teresa|last4=Jones|title=Gartner Names Smartsheet "Cool Vendor"|date=April 24, 2015|url=https://www.smartsheet.com/gartner-cool-vendor-ppm|accessdate=September 16, 2015}}</ref> It competes with [[Software:Microsoft Project|Microsoft Project]].<ref name="Greene 2013">{{cite web | last=Greene | first=Tim | title=Enterasys boosts productivity with Microsoft SharePoint alternative | website=Network World | date=April 30, 2013 | url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2165811/uc-voip/enterasys-boosts-productivity-with-microsoft-sharepoint-alternative.html | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, there were 10 million users in 85,000 organizations.<ref name="Levy 2016">{{cite web | last=Levy | first=Nat | title=Smartsheet adds 'Card View' feature to visually manage projects | website=GeekWire | date=June 23, 2016 | url=http://www.geekwire.com/2016/smartsheet-adds-card-view-to-visually-manage-projects/ | accessdate=February 4, 2017}}</ref>

=== Features ===
According to ''Forbes'', Smartsheet has "a relatively simple" user interface.<ref name="two" /> The interface centers on "smartsheets," which are similar to spreadsheets typically found in [[Software:Microsoft Excel|Microsoft Excel]].<ref name="Lawton 2008" /><ref name="five" /> Each smartsheet can have its rows expanded or collapsed to see individual tasks or large-scale project progress respectively. Tasks can be sorted by deadline, priority or the person assigned to them.<ref name="Moon 2014">{{cite web | last=Moon | first=Peter | title=A smart way to create the spreadsheet of your dreams | website=Financial Review | date=April 14, 2014 | url=http://www.afr.com/technology/gadgets/reviews/a-smart-way-to-create-the-spreadsheet-of-your-dreams-20140414-ix5bw | accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> If a spreadsheet contains dates, Smartsheet will create a calendar view.<ref name="Moon 2014" />

Each row in a smartsheet may have files attached to it, emails stored within it, and a discussion board associated with it.<ref name="Greene 2013" /><ref name="Moon 2014" /> When a new smartsheet is created, notifications are pushed out to staff to populate its rows and columns.<ref>{{citation|title=AskSheet: Efficient Human Computation for Decision Making with Spreadsheets|date=February 15, 2014|location=Baltimore, Maryland|publisher=CSCW 2014|first1=Alexander|last=Quinn|first2=Benjamin|last2=Bederson}}</ref> As information is updated, other smartsheets tracking the same task, project or data-point are updated automatically.<ref name="Lawton 2008">{{cite web | last=Lawton | first=Christopher | title=Keeping Track of Business | website=WSJ | date=June 7, 2008 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121277759784352497 | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="five">{{cite web | last=Cassavoy | first=Liane | title=Project management apps: How three popular picks stack up | website=PCWorld | date=November 5, 2014 | url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2842857/project-management-apps-how-three-popular-picks-stack-up.html | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> The service also has alerts for when a task deadline is coming up,<ref name="Moon 2014" /><ref name="three" /> and keeps track of document versions.<ref name="Greene 2013" />

Smartsheet can import data from Microsoft Office or Google applications.<ref name="two" /><ref name="Greene 2013" /> The software integrates with services like [[Company:Salesforce.com|Salesforce.com]], [[Software:Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]] and [[Company:Amazon Web Services|Amazon Web Services]].<ref name="Grant 2012" /><ref name="three" /> There is also a Smartsheet mobile app for Android and iPhone operating systems.<ref name="five" /> Smartsheet is sold on a subscription basis with no free version.<ref name="five" />

=== History ===
[[File:Smartsheet screenshot (2006).png|thumb|upright=1.36|Smartsheet's original user interface in 2006]]
Smartsheet was first introduced in 2006. According to the company's co-founder, Brent Frei, initial adoption was slow because the software was too difficult to use.<ref name="fifteen" /><ref name="Cook 2015">{{cite web | last=Cook | first=John | title=Smartsheet co-founder Brent Frei: How hitting the reset button on design led to success | website=GeekWire | date=May 14, 2015 | url=http://www.geekwire.com/2015/smartsheet-ceo-brent-frei-how-hitting-the-reset-button-on-design-led-to-success/ | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> At the end of its first year, it had only 10,000 users.<ref name="one">{{cite web | last=Cook | first=John | title=Bellevue startup gets $2.69 million financing deal | website=seattlepi | publisher=Hearst Seattle Media | date=June 14, 2007 | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Bellevue-startup-gets-2-69-million-financing-deal-1240729.php | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> The company began making changes to the software in 2008, eventually cutting 60 percent of its features for the purpose of making it more user-friendly.<ref name="two" /><ref name="fifteen" /> Following the 2010 launch of the redesign, adoption grew to 1 million users at 20,000 organizations by 2012.<ref name="fifteen" />

Integration with Microsoft Office 365 and [[Software:Microsoft Azure|Microsoft Azure]] were added in 2014.<ref name="CIOReview">{{cite news|title=Smartsheet: The Next-Gen Spreadsheet|url=https://www.smartsheet.com/sites/default/files/cio-magazine-article.pdf|accessdate=September 12, 2015|first=Yeshwanth|last=H V|date=November 27, 2014|newspaper=CIO Review}}</ref> That October the Account Map tool was introduced, which uses an algorithm to visualize the flow of work across groups of employees.<ref name="Dignan 2014">{{cite web | last=Dignan | first=Larry | title=Smartsheet steps up visualization game | website=ZDNet | date=October 20, 2014 | url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/smartsheet-steps-up-visualization-game/ | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Perez 2014">{{cite web | last=Perez | first=Juan Carlos | title=Smartsheet, the project management tool cloaked as a spreadseet, adds visualization | website=CIO | date=October 20, 2014 | url=http://www.cio.com/article/2836493/smartsheet-the-project-management-tool-cloaked-as-a-spreadseet-adds-visualization.html | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> In August 2014, version 2.0 of the Smartsheet iOS app was introduced. It made a spreadsheet-like user interface the focus of the app's user interface, whereas previously the mobile interface was different than the spreadsheet-oriented desktop version.<ref name="Frank 2014">{{cite web | last=Frank | first=Blair Hanley | title=Smartsheet updates iOS app with new grid to help companies work on the go | website=GeekWire | date=August 20, 2014 | url=http://www.geekwire.com/2014/smartsheet-updates-ios-app-new-grid-help-companies-work-go/ | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, Smartsheet started introducing closer integrations with Microsoft Office products, in part thanks to changes Microsoft was making in their products to work better with third-party software.<ref name="Demmitt 2015" /><ref name="Levine 2015">{{cite web | last=Levine | first=Barry | title=Smartsheet integration with Office 365 highlights the ‘opening up of Microsoft’ | website=VentureBeat | date=January 12, 2015 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/01/12/smartsheet-integration-with-office-365-highlights-the-opening-up-of-microsoft/ | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> In January 2015, Smartsheet added support for Microsoft's [[Identity management|identity management]] software Azure Active Directory, which allowed users to log into products like Excel and Smartsheet with the same login.<ref name="Levine 2015" /><ref name="eWeek.com 2015">{{cite web | title=Smartsheet Rolls Out Azure Active Directory Support | website=eWeek.com | date=January 20, 2015 | url=http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/smartsheet-rolls-out-azure-active-directory-support.html | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> Users can also now make changes to smartsheets directly from [[Software:Microsoft Outlook|Microsoft Outlook]].<ref name="Demmitt 2015">{{cite web | last=Demmitt | first=Jacob | title=The Redmond bump: How one Bellevue startup is booming thanks to a friendlier Microsoft | website=Puget Sound Business Journal | date=May 13, 2015 | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/05/the-redmond-bump-how-one-bellevue-startup-is.html | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> In 2016 Smartsheet introduced Sights, a configurable dashboard that shows metrics such as how a team is performing against key performance indicators.<ref name="Kepes 2016">{{cite web | last=Kepes | first=Ben | title=Smartsheet launches productivity dashboards | website=Computerworld | date=March 15, 2016 | url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/3043307/data-analytics/smartsheet-launches-productivity-dashboards.html | access-date=February 4, 2017}}</ref>

== Smartsheet Inc. ==
{{Infobox company
| name = Smartsheet Inc.
| type = [[Finance:Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NYSE|SMAR}}
| location = Bellevue, {{wipe|Washington (state)}}
| num_employees = 760
| num_employees_year = 2017
}}
Smartsheet Inc. is a publicly-listed company that develops and markets the Smartsheet application. As of 2017, it has about 760 employees<ref>{{cite press release|title=Smartsheet acquires Converse.AI|url=https://www.smartsheet.com/smartsheet-announces-converseai-natural-language-automation-acquisition|website=Smartsheet|language=en|date=16 January 2018}}</ref> and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington<ref name="Martin 2017">{{cite web | last=Martin | first=Dylan | title=A Seattle Tech Company Is Expanding to Boston With Plans to Hire 140 | website=BostInno | date=January 19, 2017 | url=http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2017/01/19/smartsheet-opening-boston-office-hiring-140-by-2018/ | accessdate=March 2, 2017}}</ref> The company was founded in the summer of 2006, shortly after co-founder Brent Frei sold his prior company, Onyx Software.<ref name="two">{{cite web | last=Strauss | first=Karsten | title=Former Microsoft Analyst Wants To Disrupt MS Excel, Project | website=Forbes | date=March 12, 2013 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/03/12/former-microsoft-analyst-wants-to-replace-ms-excel-project/ | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="one" /><ref name="Star 2015">{{cite news | last=Hack | first=Greg | title=Arena designer Populous also manages events inside | newspaper=The Kansas City Star | date=April 2, 2015 | url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article17253335.html | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> Initially it was funded mostly by Frei.<ref name="two" /> About a year after its founding, Smartsheet had raised $4 million in funding and had just nine employees.<ref name="one" /> By early 2012 it had raised $8.2 million in funding over three rounds and hired its first salesperson.<ref name="three" /><ref name="fifteen" />

After the Smartsheet software was redesigned in 2010, the company's revenues grew by more than 100 percent each year, for four consecutive years.<ref name="Seattle Business Magazine">{{cite web | title=100 Best Companies to Work For 2014: Midsize Companies – Washington and Puget Sound Business News Source | website=Seattle Business Magazine | url=http://seattlebusinessmag.com//article/100-best-companies-work-2014-midsize-companies | accessdate=September 11, 2015|date=July 2014}}</ref> It raised $26 million in funding in December 2012<ref name="Grant 2012">{{cite web | last=Grant | first=Rebecca | title=Smartsheet gets $26M to keep enterprise workflow under control | website=VentureBeat | date=December 3, 2012 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/smartsheet-gets-26m-to-keep-enterprise-workflow-under-control/ | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="fifteen">{{cite web | title=Smartsheet Grabs $26M After 'De-Enterprising' its Collaboration Software | website=Venturewire | date=December 3, 2012 | url=http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00020121203e8c3ar70h&cid=32135029&ctype=ts&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%2fArticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020121203e8c3ar70h%26cid%3d32135029%26ctype%3dts | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> and another $35 million in May 2014.<ref name="three">{{cite web | last=Romano | first=Benjamin | title=Smartsheet Wins Big Customers, $35M From Sutter Hill Ventures | website=Xconomy | date=May 5, 2014 | url=http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2014/05/05/smartsheet-wins-big-customers-35m-from-sutter-hill-ventures/ | accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, the company raised an additional $52.1 million in funding.<ref name="VentureBeat 2017">{{cite web | title=Work management startup Smartsheet raises $52.1 million, claims a $852 valuation | website=VentureBeat | date=May 24, 2017 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/24/work-management-startup-smartsheet-raises-52-1-million-claims-a-852-valuation/ | access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> In 2018 it was announced that Smartsheet acquired Converse.AI, a Scotland-based company that develops software for creating business automation bots.<ref>{{cite web|title=Smartsheet acquires business automation chatbot startup Converse.AI {{!}} VentureBeat|url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/16/smartsheet-acquires-business-automation-chatbot-startup-converse-ai/|website=venturebeat.com}}</ref>

The company began trading on the [[Company:New York Stock Exchange|New York Stock Exchange]] on April 27, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/27/smartsheet-smar-ipo-stock-makes-its-debut-on-nyse.html|title=Software company Smartsheet spikes in IPO|last=Novet|first=Jordan|date=27 April 2018|work={{wipe|CNBC}}|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite web | last=Bryant | first=Adam | title=Brent Frei of Smartsheet.com: A Good Excuse Doesn’t Fix a Problem | website=The New York Times | date=December 27, 2014 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/business/brent-frei-of-smartsheetcom-a-good-excuse-doesnt-fix-a-problem.html | ref=harv | accessdate=September 13, 2015}}

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