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Is there something about Kutcher I don’t know? Why would you think of him as your potential first investor into your spreadsheet app?
Did you read the article? The relationship began when Kutcher approached him to invest in his first product.
Apparently not close enough. Thanks for the clarification
Tbh to me it looks more like reinvented MS Access than Spreadsheet
It did both. Databases are big scary things to many people. They made it accessible by using a spreadsheet as a user interface.
I believe it was Big Brother that had a patent for AI using spreadsheets back in the early 1980's. It did not stand up to scrutiny if I recall.
I remember in the 90s there were all these neat and wonky 4/5GL databases like Clarion, Foxpro, Powerbuilder, etc.

They were neat because they were ways for data users to design all the workflow around their subject. They had downsides, of course, that are apparent if you ever had to debug or support one. But a cloud dev front end that recreates the freedom and flexibility of these dB tools has massive potential.

Airtable srrms the closest to this dream.

Powerbuilder is a name I haven't heard in a while. haha.
It's crazy how such a simple CRM dashboard like Etacs could bring in 700k funding in 2010. Nowadays that's a hackathon project.
It wasn't any different in 2010 in the majority of the world, for most people; the 700k funding comes from a special location / network.
Last time I tried, it was slow as hell. Let me try again!