Brent Frei
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Janis Majors Project Manager, Inventure Management 
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Brent Frei
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Janis Majors Project Manager, Inventure Management
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Managing work in spreadsheets can quickly get out of control as sheets get wider and wider when every new item associated with your work deserves a new column. Soon you’re scrolling horizontally as much as vertically. 
Progressive companies are running more and more of their business in the cloud. Certainly the companies choosing Gmail, Calendar and Docs tend to make future decisions in favor of the cloud -- and most notably, in favor of apps that work well alongside the Google Apps.
Today, 
Yesterday welcomed Asana, the 
Google Apps' Switzerland approach of not favoring any particular Marketplace ISV is a necessary stance in a growing ecosystem. But from the shoppers' perspective, the unbiased choice is both a benefit -- and a burden. Variety improves the quality and diversity of choices, but it feels like you’re drowning in all the options when searching for the best fit.
Because Smartsheet gets kudos for its usability, I often get asked about how we decided on the fundamental design of the product. Keeping an application "easy to use" sounds simple enough. But when you've got powerful features, it's anything but.
We’re constantly monitoring and measuring our brand in a variety of ways. But recently, during one of these exercises, one of our engineering-types pointed out “our customers are really good looking.” Not what I expected to come out of the ongoing social media monitoring efforts, but the unsolicited exclamation really made me chuckle.
Susan Harkins