Financial Modeling Through the Years: Stories & Insights from Colin Human, David Thompson, and Prem Beejan

James

October 17, 2023

Colin recently was invited on the Financial Modeler’s Corner podcast host Paul Barnhurst, The FPandA Guy to discuss the art and science of financial modelling. Topics covered: How they got started in financial modeling Their experience and learning from the worst models that they came across Financial modeling over the years and how it has changed.Read more

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“I would rather live with passion than die of boredom”

James

October 12, 2023

“ I would rather live with passion than die of boredom” (Vincent van Gogh – modified)) What’s your passion? Do you have one? I certainly hope so!! I suppose these questions are not new? Probably something you have considered many times. Your wife (husband), kids, house, car, health, golf, job, finances, religion, parents, – aRead more

Financial Modelling General

Another brick in the wall…

James

September 19, 2023

(Words from a famous song by Pink Floyd) In this case though, both the brick and the wall are metaphorical. The brick is knowledge and the wall is a dam wall – a dam of knowledge. A place where we discover, then uncover, then store important information applicable to life or our health or ourRead more

Financial Modelling

How would you rate your financial management activities?

Colin Human

June 3, 2023

Are they on track? – and what does “on track” mean to you? And are you sure that you on the right track? Are your financial management activities primarily focused on the past – on observation and historical reporting and analysis? And what activities and tools do you use relating to the future financial requirementsRead more

Financial Modelling

AI – the end of the road for Financial Modellers?

Colin Human

May 23, 2023

AI – the end of the road for Financial Modellers? Published by Myles Arnott on Apr 6, 2023, 8:23:49 AM Talk of the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs, and humanity as a whole, has run to fever-pitch in the last few weeks following the release of the fourth version of Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT). This culminatedRead more

Business Financial Modelling

What factors determine the reliability of predictions?

Colin Human

April 10, 2023

As I have previously commented, “the moment we attempt to predict the future, all semblance of certainty is lost.” Typically predictions of weather and political results can be significantly incorrect. And even the use of sophisticated data analytics does not guarantee accuracy. Obviously, financial models are predictive tools and based on years of modelling experience,Read more

Financial Modelling

Corporate Financial Modelling Market Is Next Big Thing!

Colin Human

April 3, 2023

Well! Well! Well! – finally the world is catching up to Goalfix. For you reading pleasure and edification. Sadly they omitted Goalfix!! Regards, Colin Human GEO – Goalfix Financial Modellers Article in the Digital Journal Published March 28, 2023 Corporate Financial Modelling Market Is Next Big Thing PRESS RELEASE Reports and Markets Corporate financial modelling isRead more

Financial Modelling

We turn dreams into reality!!

Colin Human

April 1, 2023

As the saying goes “ you have to have a dream to make a dream come true”. And while this saying is totally true, its sad that many dreams perish before seeing the light of day. Especially dreams relating to business and business ventures. Statistics show that about 90% of start-ups fail – (70% inRead more

Financial Modelling

It’s so easy to become a successful failure

Colin Human

February 15, 2023

Political upheaval, corrupt leaders, load shedding, runaway costs, bad economy, weak Rand – the challenges are enormous. But remember – you are the captain of your ship- only you can choose what to do- how to respond- to succeed or fail. And choosing to succeed- to rise above life’s challenges- may be demanding – requireRead more

Financial Modelling

What is your financial compass?

Colin Human

November 3, 2022

How do you know that you are on the right track? For centuries, mankind relied on the position of the stars – or a simple magnetic compass – for direction finding to navigate safely from one port to another. As long as there were no clouds in the sky! Life was a lot slower, lessRead more

Financial Modeling Through the Years: Stories & Insights from Colin Human, David Thompson, and Prem Beejan

“I would rather live with passion than die of boredom”

Another brick in the wall…

How would you rate your financial management activities?

AI – the end of the road for Financial Modellers?

What factors determine the reliability of predictions?

Corporate Financial Modelling Market Is Next Big Thing!

We turn dreams into reality!!

It’s so easy to become a successful failure

What is your financial compass?

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Financial Modeling Through the Years: Stories & Insights from Colin Human, David Thompson, and Prem Beejan

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