Talk:Smartsheet/draft

Smartsheet.com, Inc. is a private company that develops and markets the Smartsheet application. As of 20178, it has about 550 more than 760 employees{{cite web | title=Smartsheet acquires Converse.AI to Accelerate Natural Language User Experiences and Conversational Workflow Automation | website=Smartsheet | date=January 16, 2018 | url=https://www.smartsheet.com/smartsheet-announces-converseai-natural-language-automation-acquisition | access-date=January 24, 2018}} and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington{{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}} The company was founded in the summer of 2006, shortly after co-founder Brent Frei sold his prior company, Onyx Software.{{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}}{{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}} Initially it was funded mostly by Frei. About a year after its founding, Smartsheet had raised $4 million in funding and had just nine employees. By early 2012 it had raised $8.2 million in funding over three rounds and hired its first salesperson.

After the Smartsheet software was redesigned in 2010, the company's revenues grew by more than 100 percent each year, for four consecutive years.{{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}} It raised $26 million in funding in December 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}}{{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}} and another $35 million in May 2014.{{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}} In 2017, the company raised an additional $52.1 million in funding.{{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}} That same year, Smartsheet acquired Converse.AI, a Scotland-based company that develops software for creating business automation bots.{{cite web | last=Frank | first=Blair Hanley | title=Smartsheet acquires business automation chatbot startup Converse.AI | website=VentureBeat | date=January 16, 2018 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/16/smartsheet-acquires-business-automation-chatbot-startup-converse-ai/ | accessdate=January 24, 2018}} It also hosted its first user conference, Engage.{{cite web | last=Finnegan | first=Matthew | title=What is Smartsheet? A spreadsheet-based project management tool | website=Computerworld | date=November 30, 2017 | url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/3239150/it-project-management/whats-smartsheet-a-spreadsheet-based-tool-for-simpler-project-management.html | access-date=January 24, 2018}}

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