In the 47th session of Chandoo.org podcast, let’s see how Excel can make you an awesome entrepreneur.
What is in this session?
In this podcast,
- Why Excel for entrepreneurs
- Key areas of a business owner’s work
- Projects & to dos
- Finances
- Customers & marketing
- Planning & strategy
- Processes & workflows
- 5 features of Excel that help
- Tables
- Financial formulas
- Pivot tables
- Forecasting techniques
- VBA & formula driven workbooks
- Conclusions
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Excel resources for entrepreneurs
If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, check out these links and become awesome at your work.
On projects & to dos:
- Introduction to Excel tables
- Introduction to structured references and awesome ways to use tables
- Project management using Excel – 6 part tutorial
On finances:
- Basic financial formulas and analysis concepts in Excel – podcast
- Case study: Cost vs benefit analysis using Excel
- Financial modeling using Excel – 6 part tutorial
On Marketing & customer data analysis:
On forecasting & planning:
- Introduction to trend analysis and forecasting using Excel – 3 part tutorial
- Trend analysis using Excel – podcast
On processes and workflows:
- Top 10 formulas for analysts & managers (entrepreneurs can use them too!)
- Introduction to Excel VBA – podcast
Scott Adam’s book – How to fail at almost everything and still win big
Transcript of this session:
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Are you an entrepreneur? Tell me how you use Excel…
Now it’s your turn. If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, please tell me how you use Excel. Share your story in the comments section.
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5 Responses to “CP047: Best Excel tools for Entrepreneurs”
Totally agree. Excel can be the 'swiss army knife' for small businesses. Thanks.
there is no like button - but I agree to your comment 100%
Thank you. In reality, most small and large businesses use Excel for various things for which there are specialized software. Learning just one application (Excel) will give one the skill set needed to tackle several different business application needs. Even if one is not an expert in Excel, a beginner level knowledge is sufficient when using pre-built templates available.
This is indeed a fantastic tool and small businesses need to embrace it. Indeed the analysis possible with excel is limitless.
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