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ModelSheet Software LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryBusiness intelligence, business analytics
Founded2007
Headquarters
Arlington, Massachusetts
Key people
Richard Petti, President & Founder[1]

Howard Cannon, Chairman, CTO & Founder[2]

Krishnan Badrinarayanan, Marketing Manager[3]
ProductsModelSheet Customized Spreadsheets
Consulting service
ModelSheet Authoring Environment[4]
Number of employees
3 (2010-11-20)[5]
Websitehttp://www.modelsheetsoft.com/

ModelSheet Software LLC is a venture-funded software company focused on business analytics and based in Arlington, Massachusetts.

History

ModelSheet was founded by two MIT graduates, Richard Petti and Howard Cannon who earlier worked together at Symbolics, and later in the division spun out as Macsyma[6]. After the Macsyma episode in 1980s and 1990s the pair took separate career paths (Petti at The MathWorks, Cannon at Groton NeoChem and SciQuest), then rejoined to found ModelSheet in 2007.[7]

Strategy, products and services

ModelSheet Software was founded to put more desktop modeling power in the hands of business experts by augmenting, not replacing, spreadsheets. The spreadsheet is the classic example of such an end-user development tool but its cell-based paradigm has its limitations. ModelSheet technology attempts to addresses these limitations with two types of products: Customizable Spreadsheet Solutions, and the ModelSheet Authoring Environment.

Customizable Spreadsheet Solutions enable the user to customize a spreadsheet model by filling in a simple form. Users can customize three aspects of spreadsheet models: time series (time range and time grain), dimensions (e.g. a list of products) and turning on or off model features, without editing spreadsheets or cell formulas [8][9] . ModelSheet offers Customizable Spreadsheet Solutions for many common business tasks (financial plans, sales plans, marketing programs effectiveness, etc.)[10].

The ModelSheet Authoring Environment offers maximum flexibility for building spreadsheet models from scratch and editing existing models[11]. It retains the visual flavor of spreadsheets, while adding in model structures such as named variables, symbolic formulas with varying scopes, time series, dimensions, and controls for optional features and automated operations. ModelSheet Authoring is the technical powerhouse behind Customizable Spreadsheets. For intermediate cases (where more flexibility is needed, but the customer doesn't require frequent use of the Authoring Environment itself) the company offers consulting services in which a ModelSheet engineer uses the Authoring Environment to create a spreadsheet to the customer's specification. ModelSheet Authoring is available for testing but it is not yet commercially available on a regular basis.

Criticism

Testing a pre-beta version in 2008[12], journalist Dennis Howlett of ZD Net concluded that ModelSheet was "good in theory" but "needs more work." Howlett critized several aspects: Windows-only platform support, bugs, poor usability, choice of fonts, and dull quick start guide. Although "bemused" by the product, Howlett did concede "Modelsheet is at an early stage of development and I’m sure will [sic] improve over time."

Speaking of a later version, John Fallou (former Regional Director at Microsoft Consulting) said "ModelSheet technology is one of the most promising innovations I have seen in spreadsheets in my twenty years of professional involvement. I would highly recommend the templates and consulting services to anyone with a complex spreadsheet modeling challenge."[13]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Richard Petti". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  2. ^ "Howard Cannon". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  3. ^ "Krishnan Badrinarayanan". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  4. ^ "ModelSheet Authoring". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  5. ^ "ModelSheet Software". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  6. ^ "ModelSheet: About Us".
  7. ^ "ModelSheet Launches the Spreadsheet Customizer - Create Professional Spreadsheets that Meet your Needs, Quickly and Easily". PR Web.
  8. ^ Diego Oppenheimer and Richard Petti. "Extending Excel® to Build Models for You". Microsoft Corporation.
  9. ^ Richard Petti and Howard Cannon. "Customized Spreadsheet Solutions – The Promise of Templates Fulfilled" (PDF). ModelSheet Software.
  10. ^ "ModelSheet Software - Templates". Microsoft Corporation.
  11. ^ Richard Petti and Howard Cannon. "The ModelSheet® Authoring Environment for Spreadsheet Models" (PDF). ModelSheet Software.
  12. ^ Dennis Howlett (2008-08-20). "ModelSheet: good in theory, needs more work". ZD Net. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  13. ^ "Case Study: Financial Plan for Medical Service Startup". ModelSheet.

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