Grid
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Grid was a collaborative spreadsheet app for the iPad and iPhone, built by San Francisco startup Binary Thumb (founded 2012 by Josh Leong, Michael Lin and Matt Monson, Y Combinator Summer 2012). Founder Josh Leong, a former Microsoft Excel 2013 designer, set out to reinvent the spreadsheet for touch devices: a matrix of finger-sized squares that could hold not just numbers but text, photos, contacts and maps, with real-time collaboration. The company raised about $2.15 million and appears on the Andreessen Horowitz investment list; Y Combinator later listed the company as inactive and the App Store listing was removed.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Binary Thumb was founded in San Francisco by Josh Leong, Michael Lin and Matt Monson and joined Y Combinator's Summer 2012 batch.
- Beta launch
The company launched Grid in beta for iPhone and iPad, a collaborative grid-based spreadsheet app reinventing the spreadsheet for touch.
- Seed funding
The company raised a seed round, taking total funding to about $2.15 million.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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