27 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Sheets could do

April 22, 2019 Our home cleaning products are dirtying up the planet. Take a quick look under your sink and you'll notice that almost every item comes in plastic packaging. All of those soaps and sprays are also fairly heavy, which means they rack up a high carbon footprint as we ship them across the supply chain. A company called Blueland that launches today has found a way to radically cut down on our carbon and plastic footprints. The brand has created acrylic bottles designed to last forever, and cleaning sprays that come in the form of tiny, lightweight tablets that you mix with tap water at home. Blueland is one of a small group of startups radically thinking the home cleaning industry with a simple solution: Remove the water. [Read more](. —[Liz Segran]( [The shockingly simple way to make packaging more sustainable]( [The shockingly simple way to make packaging more sustainable]( Your home cleaning products have a major carbon footprint. Several startups want to popularize a clever solution: remove the water. [27 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Sheets could do]( [27 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Sheets could do]( There’s much more to Google Sheets than meets the eye. Unlock these advanced options–and watch your productivity soar. [Inside Apple’s plan to protect a 27,000-acre forest in Colombia]( [Inside Apple’s plan to protect a 27,000-acre forest in Colombia]( To help achieve its emission-reduction goals, Apple is putting money into one of the best carbon-removal devices on earth: mangrove forests. [The Instagram trap: Social influence is helping women build brands—as long as they follow the rules]( [The Instagram trap: Social influence is helping women build brands—as long as they follow the rules]( Entrepreneurial women are finding that they have unprecedented influence, whether or not they want it. [Move over TikTok: Bits is the new app that wants to launch comedy stars]( [Move over TikTok: Bits is the new app that wants to launch comedy stars]( Vine is (still) dead. Funny or Die is for tired Will Ferrell characters. TikTok is, well, weird. Bits is taking the best of what’s come before and adding creator-friendly features to try to make the app the next big thing. [Stop trying to treat nonprofits “like a business”]( [Stop trying to treat nonprofits “like a business”]( “They’re thinking of giving as analogous to investing, when it isn’t.” [These women entrepreneurs are working to help each other succeed]( [These women entrepreneurs are working to help each other succeed]( For women entrepreneurs, finding networks of their own–much like the “mafias” of homogeneous founders spawned by tech exits–can be key to their success. [What price do we pay for automation?]( [What price do we pay for automation?]( Lessons from an Amazon warehouse, and a world where increasingly anything (and anyone) that can be measured, is. [This airplane seat makes flying with a baby less miserable]( [This airplane seat makes flying with a baby less miserable]( Imagine putting your newborn to bed, in an actual crib, at 30,000 feet. [Your employment engagement survey is destroying your company’s culture]( [Your employment engagement survey is destroying your company’s culture]( Four ways to make sure your efforts to solicit employee feedback don’t come back to haunt you. Share This Newsletter Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe [here!]( Like this email? Consider signing up for our other newsletters [here](. Too many emails? Update your subscription preferences [here](. No longer want to receive this newsletter? Unsubscribe [here](. Mansueto Ventures, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007-2195