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Musings on Markets: META Lesson 3: Tell me a story!

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One reason is that valuation, at least as practiced, has become financial modeling, where Excel ninjas pull numbers from financial statements, put them into spreadsheets and extrapolate based upon past trends. In short, Facebook uses what it has learnt about the people inhabiting its platform to focus advertising to them.

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The Future of Finance and Sustainability with Elizabeth Burns

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From the financial side, I am heavily involved in the scoping of the AFE, ensuring all financial models, scenario planning, and required returns are accurately detailed. This included new advertising and visibility initiatives to regain lost ground from competitors like Pepsi.

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META Lesson 3: Tell me a story!

Musings on Markets

One reason is that valuation, at least as practiced, has become financial modeling, where Excel ninjas pull numbers from financial statements, put them into spreadsheets and extrapolate based upon past trends. In short, Facebook uses what it has learnt about the people inhabiting its platform to focus advertising to them.

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Best FP&A Software for Small Businesses

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It is unique in that it enables finance teams to continue benefiting from the familiar spreadsheets and financial models of Excel without having to learn a new software. Although all of the companies provide Enterprise Performance Management, Jedox specifically advertises , as an EPM platform.

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Best FP&A Software for Startups

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It is unique in that it enables finance teams to continue benefiting from the familiar spreadsheets and financial models of Excel without having to learn a new software. Although all of the companies provide Enterprise Performance Management, Jedox specifically advertises , as an EPM platform.

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Transcript: Joel Tillinghast, Fidelity

Barry Ritholtz

But in the New York Times, there was an advertisement that the value line investment survey needed analysts. We thought it was free advertising for their index, but I guess guess they thought that their index was pre advertising for our fund or something. And I thought, I know this job, I know this company.