Hope you had a great holidays and new year. A ton of random Excel-related news came up during the holidays which means a lot of great stories for our newsletter. I taught at Columbia Business School a few weeks ago as part of the Samberg Institute’s training program, and will be at CBS this week […]
This post is a little different from the usual Excel and analysis stories we post here. While Excel is a great tool to help you crunch numbers and balance budgets, it’s refreshing to step back and see real world examples of people using their knowledge of saving money to be successful financially. Personal finance is one of […]
Happy Holidays! It’s been been a few months since our last update and it was definitely not our intention to have such a long break! Having a weekly newsletter was definitely an ambitious goal, and needless to say we failed after a few weeks. Producing great content for this site has definitely been difficult since members […]
This story is in response to a recent story on Accounting Today entitled “Learn to Love Excel Again.” The author discusses how Excel spreadsheets are prone to human error and fail to pass multiple risk and audit checks. Even bulge bracket firms like Goldman Sachs can make mistakes; in 2014, the bank overstated common stock in […]
FROM THE BLOG How To Split Costs After A Group Trip How many times have you returned from a trip with friends and don’t have a way to splits costs? Check out our template on making sure no one gets shafted. Read more PRODUCTIVITY HACK Talking To Yourself Is Not Crazy Apparently talking […]
FROM THE BLOG Why You Should Stop Doing Manual Spreadsheet Work Be furious that you have to do any type of manual work in a spreadsheet. Take pride in knowing you can eliminate your job. Read more PRODUCTIVITY HACK The Most Basic Bare Bones CRM Tool While we are big fans of using Google […]
Copying and pasting from one cell to another? Sorting through data trying to find the signal from the noise? Up-level this and go through your entire day when you’re sitting at your desk doing “work.” Creating calendar invites, copying and pasting from Excel into PowerPoint, formatting a spreadsheet until it’s perfect. These are things people generally consider to […]
FROM THE BLOG What Does It Mean To Be Busy? We’re back on the blog with a story digging a little deeper into why we lke to be “busy.” This post was inspired by Tim Kreider’s lazy manifesto on Tim Ferriss’ podcast. “I’m the most ambitious lazy person you’ll ever meet.” Read more […]
It’s been a while! Thanks for putting up with the radio silence, we have been developing some new projects so look out for some updates! Our goal is to publish a weekly story about Excel, productivity, and respecting the hustle. We’ll also be pushing out a newsletter with more news from around the Interwebs which will […]
People love coming-of-age stories. That fuzzy mix of nostalgia, longing, and “if I only knew that when I was younger.” What if your childhood and adolescence could be summarized in 2 hours? The movie Boyhood took 12 years to produce, but we, the audience, have the luxury of witnessing the majority of a young boy’s life in matter of […]
Excel for the Real World I studentThis was a great class! I haven’t worked with excel in years and it was a great refresher course.
