The spreadsheet we always wanted

We started Equals for a simple reason: we love spreadsheets. In our experience, the most important decisions in a company tend to happen in spreadsheets. And there’s a reason for that.

Spreadsheets are a bicycle of the mind. There’s really nothing else like them. An infinite canvas on which you can play, move, touch, and feel data. It’s the perfect balance of simple, yet powerful.

We’ve tried the other data tools out there. In our time building finance (Bobby) and growth (Ben) organizations, we had to—because spreadsheets are also imperfect. They’re not connected to your data. They’re brittle. They’re hard to share.

The imperfections have led to an avalanche of tools trying to replace the spreadsheet. That didn’t feel right to us. Inevitably these “replacements” feel constrained, rigid, and hard-to-use. You always end up back in a spreadsheet anyway.

And so, instead, we started a company to make a better spreadsheet. The spreadsheet we always wanted.

– Team Equals