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This week we are covering New Generation Spreadsheets 🚀

⭐️ Intro

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed a lot, including the way we work. Spreadsheets are an important tool for every department. Let's find out how the new generation spreadsheets and databases become a cornerstone part of the no-code future:

1. New Generation Spreadsheet software trends

2. 10 Predictions about this category

3. Airtable ARR Growth, %

4. How to generate personalized images at scale

5. Why Airtable is Roblox of enterprise software

6. How to turn any spreadsheet into an API

7. How Rows raised $16M to populate apps using only spreadsheet skills

🤔 Predictions

1. New Generation Spreadsheets may become one of the most important layers of the No-Code future: data + 3rd party integrations + internal apps interfaces

2. New Generation Spreadsheets aren’t designed just for reporting purposes: they can store data, enrich it, and integrate with 3rd parties. As a result, more teams will use them: marketing, sales, sales development, product, operations.

3. New Generation Spreadsheets can be customized for everyone’s unique use case: grid, kanban, timeline, Gantt, calendar, custom interface

4. Internal apps and tools will be built relying on data from new generation spreadsheets. e.g Glide <> Airtable integration (thus, they can quickly develop their own internal tools like CRM)

5. Collaborative functionality on top of spreadsheets (Layer helps share just parts of your spreadsheet)

6. Data from New Generation Spreadsheets can be easily shared via APIs (convert your Airtable data into JSON API in a minute)

7. Low Code will extend potential use-cases (Google Apps Script, Airtable Scripting)

8. Marketplaces will extend potential use-cases (Airtable Marketplace, Smartsheet Connectors, Google Workspace Marketplace, Rows Integrations)

9. Value-added businesses will appear around New Generation Spreadsheets:

   1. community templates like Airtable Universe, Rows Templates or Notion Templates

   2. tool experts (e.g. Airtable experts, Notion experts)

   3. micro-SaaS like Data Fetcher or Bannerbear

   4. custom scripts and low-code guides

   5. no-code consultants

   6. no-code agencies

10. Reporting will be so much easier (Actiondesk is an app with a spreadsheet-like interface that connects with other SaaS products, so you can slice data live)

📈 Trend Chart

📊 Statistics

1. 59% of businesses report using Excel as their primary budgeting tool

2. Worldwide, 0.5-2 billion people use spreadsheet technologies such as Excel and Google Sheets

🏢 Products

🗂 Tables and Databases

1. Airtable > Build powerful work apps, without coding

2. Spreadsheet.com > The spreadsheet with the power of a database and project management system

3. Smartsheet > Modern work management platform

4. Infinity > An all-in-one platform where you can organize anything, your way

5. Tables by Google > A solution to help teams organize and track work

6. Stackby > One work platform with endless possibilities

7. Rowy > Instant Airtable-like UI for managing your database

8. Xata.io > Serverless Database of your dreams

9. Baserow > Open source no-code database and Airtable alternative

10. NocoDB > An open-source no-code platform that turns any database into a smart spreadsheet

🗒 New Generation Spreadsheets

1. Clay > A tool that brings together spreadsheets, coding & automation

2. Rows > The spreadsheet with superpowers

3. Equals > Because you always end up back in a spreadsheet

4. Grist > A spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data, your way

📊 Spreadsheet & Reports

1. Actiondesk > A spreadsheet interface that connects to your SaaS and databases

2. Canvas > A spreadsheet-based data tool that helps make faster, better decisions

3. Causal > Build models, connect them to your data, and share them with interactive dashboards

⚙️ Spreadsheet Automations

1. Layer > Reinventing Teamwork for Spreadsheets

2. Sheetgo > Powerful automations that start with a spreadsheet

3. Bannerbear > Auto-generate social media visuals, banners, dynamic images with API

🌍 Spreadsheet to API

1. Sheetlabs > Turn your spreadsheets into APIs

2. Sheety > Turn spreadsheets into APIs to rapidly develop websites and apps

3. Sheetson > Build Instant APIs from Google Sheets

4. SheetDB > Turn a Google Spreadsheet into a JSON API

👔 Services

1. NoamSay > help entrepreneurs and companies manage, automate and scale their business with Airtable

2. Opensay > The most complete offering of products, services, and community for your Airtable environment

📖 Experts to Follow

1. Max Haining > Founder @ 100daysnocode

2. Joshua Tiernan > Founder at No Code Founders

3. Ben Tossell > Founder & CEO at Makerpad

4. Easlo > The Notion Guy

🖼 Pitch Deck

Rows, formerly dashdash, raises $16M to build and populate web apps using only spreadsheet skills. Check out their pitch deck

🔗 Useful Links

1. Airtable: The $11B Roblox of the Enterprise

2. Datafetcher > Connect Airtable to any application with no-code

3. Turn a Google Sheet into a REST API

4. Discover Rows spreadsheets built by creators and shared with the world

5. Auto generate beautiful marketing assets from an Airtable sheet in just one click

📰 Recent News

1. Xata Raises $30M to Launch a Serverless Database With the Usability of a Spreadsheet

2. Rowy Takes on the Limits of Airtable with Low-Code Cloud Collaboration

3. Google Docs’ updated tables are designed for project management

4. Sheetgo picks up €1.88 million for its tech that elevates the spreadsheet

5. Actiondesk raised a $3.9 million seed round

6. Baserow picks up €5 million to create no-code toolchain

🤝 Related SaaS Trends

1. No-Code > How No Code changes the way how we perceive software.

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