10/21/08 :Smartsheet Launches New Version With Enhanced Features

..."With their official launch of V2 today, I wanted to give it another look to see how things have changed since I last looked. I also had an opportunity to chat about Smartsheet with founder and chairman Brent Frei who shared with me some of the design philosophy behind the service and productivity in general. According to Frei, Smartsheet is built upon 5 Foundational characteristics that define and guide the user experience, and where in the process most applications fail.

09/19/08 :Cover Story: Seattle’s Top 25 Innovators & Entrepreneurs

When it comes to innovators, Smartsheet founder and chairman Brent Frei has worked with some of the best. That includes former Microsoft executive and local Renaissance man Nathan Myhrvold of Bellevue’s controversial Intellectual Ventures.

07/24/08 :Smartsheet Releases Book on 21st Century Productivity

BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON – July 24, 2008 – Productivity growth, or doing more work faster, is the true lifeblood of any nation’s economy. Unfortunately, though, after years of steady gains, U.S. productivity has slowed since 2004 – and nobody is quite sure why.

07/11/08 :FastCompanyTV: Underneath the Smartsheet

In this on camera interview with Robert Scoble, Brent Frei, Mark Mader and Hillel Cooperman dig into some of the design decisions that were behind the revamped Smartsheet.com, online project management service.