Greetings!

Welcome!  Many (3) people have asked me to share my perceived wealth of excel knowledge with the rest of the world, so I have created this blog with the plan of regularly posting facts, "how-tos" and other updates on Excel for financial modeling and corporate finance in general.

What qualifications suggest that I can teach you, the reader, anything useful about Excel?  Well, I graduated from college (barely) in 2006 having taken one semester of an Excel class (B-), worked 3 years at a large investment bank, and currently work at a private equity firm.  So I have no legitimate credentials to support my case, but you can be the judges of whether my contributions are useful.  Here are some brief notes on the intended focus of this blog:

1. Formulas that improve the efficiency of financial modeling, data analyses and other commonly needed functions within Excel
2. Commands that improve efficiency, formatting and accessibility within Excel
3. I am currently using Excel 2007
4. Topics I do not intend to cover in-depth are: visual basic (not my expertise), statistics (my worst class in college), and pivot tables

The key word is efficiency.  Everywhere I have looked, there is someone using Excel less efficiently than they could, and in turn being less productive for no good reason.

As mentioned, the Excel information on this blog will be most relevant to corporate finance, particularly those people that work in investment banking (and related areas) and frequently use Excel.  But hopefully anyone looking to save some time or learn some interesting things about Excel will benefit.

If you need Excel help or have a topic you want to learn more about, feel free to leave a comment!

Thanks so much,

Mr. F-One