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3 | #REF! | Nomad List | Instead of building a site first, I simply made public Google spreadsheet to collect the first data and see if there’d be interest for this at all | Validated by Sharing | Active | $600,000 | Pieter Levels | https://levels.io/product-hunt-hacker-news-number-one/ | nomadlist.com | Levelsio | http://twitter.com/Levelsio | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxFxy51rdFE | |
4 | #REF! | Ynab | He developed a system to help them plan ahead. What started as a simple expense recorder, evolved into a very fancy spreadsheet. And it worked. They were able to anticipate needs, adjust as they went, and even save substantially for the future. | Backend a Sheet | Active | $10,000,000 | Jesse Mecham | https://www.ynab.com/the-ynab-origin-story/ | https://millionaire-interviews.com/podcast/jesse-mecham/ | ynab.com | jessemecham | http://twitter.com/jessemecham | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRgipiVIH0I |
5 | #REF! | Credo | My business started on a spreadsheet. I also didn't own a domain name until the first revenue ($50) was in my bank account. | Backend a Sheet | Active | $540,000 | John Doherty | https://www.indiehackers.com/post/stabilize-your-business-before-starting-another-one-john-doherty-of-credo-45k-mo-and-editorninja-4-5k-mo-1e38206d77 | https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/i-started-my-business-on-a-spreadsheet-heres-why-all/297611 | GetCredo.com | dohertyjf | http://twitter.com/dohertyjf | |
6 | #REF! | Editor Ninja | I started EditorNinja in 2020 because I had a need for an editor myself and I knew a lot of editors were out of work because we were early in the pandemic. I figured I could help them make some money. | Backend a Sheet | Active | $54,000 | John Doherty | https://twitter.com/dohertyjf/status/1742405771546001769 | editorninja.com | dohertyjf | http://twitter.com/dohertyjf | ||
7 | #REF! | Sutra | Once we locked in a flavor profile for Gold and Black, we logged variations in a spreadsheet of how much of each ingredient we put into each batch. We made sure we solved the issues we saw in the flavor profiles and low-quality ingredients that others in the space were using | Backend a Sheet | Shutdown | $0 | Max Altschuler | https://thehustle.co/launched-physical-product-3-months/ | SipSutra.com | HackItMax | http://twitter.com/HackItMax | ||
8 | #REF! | ZeroCater | I remember being deathly embarrassed that my “tech” startup consisted of 0 lines of code, an inbox, and an enormous spreadsheet. Eventually, I got over my embarrassment and learned that the first rule of being a salesman is being unashamed of selling. | Backend a Sheet | Active | $19,000,000 | Arram Sabeti | https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/06/how-i-started-zerocater/ | https://thehustle.co/stories/zerocater/ | ZeroCater.com | arram | http://twitter.com/arram | |
9 | #REF! | NerdWallet | He sent his sister an Excel spreadsheet breaking down her options. Soon, that spreadsheet was being forwarded around widely outside of his own group of family and friends. | Validated by Sharing | Active | $360,000,000 | Tim Chen | https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/09/tim-chen-started-500-million-company-nerdwallet-with-800.html | https://thehustle.co/10132021-nerdwallet-ipo/ | Nerdwallet.com | timchen82 | http://twitter.com/timchen82 | |
10 | #REF! | SkyScanner | Skyscanner originated in 2001 when programmer Gareth Williams, in his personal time, created a spreadsheet to help him scour the web for the best flights. | Backend a Sheet | Active | $400,000,000 | Bonamy Grimes / Gareth | https://web.archive.org/web/20220813094609/https://technation.io/news/skyscanner-from-basic-spreadsheet-to-global-travel-search-engine/ | https://developers.facebook.com/success-stories/skyscanner/#:~:text=Skyscanner%20originated%20in%202001%20when,downloaded%20more%20than%2040M%20times. | SkyScanner.com | bonamyg | http://twitter.com/bonamyg | |
11 | #REF! | Flexiple | Using all my Banking experience, the first thing I did for my startup was to make 5-year revenue projections on a spreadsheet. They looked so PRETTY! Of course, we didn't achieve any of them | Forecasts in Sheet | Active | $2,000,000 | Karthik Sridharan | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karthiksridharan1_startup-activity-6977499455239442432-wZTN/ | Flexiple.com | KarthikS2206 | http://twitter.com/KarthikS2206 | ||
12 | #REF! | Levelsfyi | Google Forms & Sheets allowed us to launch & test ideas in a rapid manner rather than getting lost in setting up bits and pieces of the backend. After Levels.fyi achieved product market fit and our scale increased it made sense to move to a more robust and scalable backend infrastructure. | Backend a Sheet | Active | $60,000 | Zuhayeer Musa | https://www.levels.fyi/blog/scaling-to-millions-with-google-sheets.html | Levels.fyi | zuhayeer | http://twitter.com/zuhayeer | ||
13 | #REF! | StitchFix | When I started, my “data science” was rudimentary. I used SurveyMonkey and Google Docs along with some statistical methods to track preferences and try to make good recommendations. | Backend a Sheet | Active | $1,550,000,000 | Katrina Lake | https://hbr.org/2018/05/stitch-fixs-ceo-on-selling-personal-style-to-the-mass-market | https://twitter.com/stephsmithio/status/1449121393174478848 | StitchFix.com | kmlake | http://twitter.com/kmlake | |
14 | #REF! | SpaceX | They’re all pissed at the Russians. And now they’re staring at Elon with incredulous looks. “No, I’m serious. I have this spreadsheet.” In that moment, SpaceX is born. | Forecasts in Sheet | Active | $15,000,000,000 | Elon Musk | https://medium.com/@jumpassociates/elon-musk-spacex-and-the-earth-shattering-spreadsheet-e966fe382bcd | SpaceX.com | elonmusk | http://twitter.com/elonmusk | ||
15 | #REF! | MatterMark | After a few weeks, Marc Andreessen (along with a few other investors), emailed Danielle. They were curious how she was getting her data and if they could pay to have access to it. She showed them her spreadsheet and knew she had a potentially great business idea on her hands. | Validated by Sharing | Active | $3,300,000 | Danielle Morrill | https://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/04/indexing-the-andreessen-horowitz-portfolio-companies/ | https://thehustle.co/mattermark-danielle-morrill/ | MatterMark.com | DanielleMorrill | http://twitter.com/DanielleMorrill | |
16 | #REF! | BeHeartyApp | Started as an excel experiment downloading LinkedIn connections | Backend a Sheet | Active | $1,000,000 | Bob Gilbreath | https://twitter.com/mktgwithmeaning/status/1449144200239403009 | behearty.co | mktgwithmeaning | http://twitter.com/mktgwithmeaning | ||
17 | #REF! | Hive Index | thehiveindex.com is a google sheet and I still think it was a good decision | Backend a Sheet | Active | $36,000 | Fed | https://twitter.com/foliofed/status/1677356756752814080?s=20 | thehiveindex.com | foliofed | http://twitter.com/foliofed | ||
18 | #REF! | Sprig | The first version of Sprig was an Eventbrite page to collect payments, Settlers of Catan pieces on a map to track drivers, and a spreadsheet for inventory. …but it worked. Sprig sold 40 meals the first night. | Backend a Sheet | Shutdown | $0 | Gagan Biyani | https://thehustle.co/stories/sprig/ | Sprig.com | gaganbiyani | http://twitter.com/gaganbiyani | ||
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