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	<title>Experiments in Finance</title>
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	<description>Because you shouldn&#039;t need an MBA to be savvy about finance and business</description>
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		<title>Excel Functions: Count, CountA, CountBlank, CountIf</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/16/excel-functions-count-counta-countblank-countif/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excel function tutorials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the big challenges when working with databases is to quickly validate the data in order to use the correct numbers when calculating an average. Today, I wanted to look at a few different &#8220;count&#8221; related functions that you might find useful at one point or another depending on your need. Often, count functions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenging Yourself to the Complete Max</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/15/challenging-yourself-to-the-complete-max/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you don&#8217;t make mistakes, you&#8217;re not working on hard enough problems. And that&#8217;s a big mistake.&#8221; &#8212; Frank Wilczek Do you ever experiment by pushing yourself to the complete max? Do you challenge yourself to your full potential? I noticed something interesting the other day. I found that I&#8217;m not pushing myself the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens Of Possible Solutions, Which One Should I Use? Excel Nested If Condition With Vlookup</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/09/dozens-of-possible-solutions-which-one-should-i-use-excel-nested-if-condition-with-vlookup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excel function tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel spreadsheets (.xls)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges about resolving issues in excel is that there are usually so many different ways to resolve a given problem. It&#8217;s all about understanding the exact need and trying to find an optimal solution that will be: -As easy as possible to create and modify later on -Quick and efficient to use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praying to the business gods</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/08/praying-to-the-business-gods/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/08/praying-to-the-business-gods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Where does new business come from?  If you are a business owner, where do you find new clients and customers?   If you are considering going the entrepreneurial route, how do you plan to generate new business? In a small business, there are generally two-types of client models: 1) relying on volume; or 2) relying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Need to be on Social Media?</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/08/do-you-need-to-be-on-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/08/do-you-need-to-be-on-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every single time that I go on Facebook I see something new about the benefits of social media. Any time I&#8217;m online reading about social media, I read that every business and young professional needs to setup some sort of a random profile on a social media site. Does this sound common? Do you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Related Exercise/Test (Vlookup, Sumif, Countif function), The Answer</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/02/excel-related-exercisetest-vlookup-sumif-countif-function-the-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/02/excel-related-exercisetest-vlookup-sumif-countif-function-the-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excel Test]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I am following up on last week&#8217;s excel quiz where I challenged all of you to take part in a little test of your understanding of some key excel functions, you can do it here if you have not done so. Step #1-Download this spreadsheet To remind you, here are the steps with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Really Have Good Debt?</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/01/can-you-really-have-good-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/05/01/can-you-really-have-good-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.” - Ogden Nash We&#8217;re always told that all debt is bad debt. We all know that debt sucks. Then there are the contrarians that talk about good debt. Is there really a difference between the types of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to Outsource Personal Tasks</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/30/when-to-outsource-personal-tasks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/30/when-to-outsource-personal-tasks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When does it make sense to outsource personal tasks to others? This is a subject I&#8217;ve been thinking about recently because for the first time in my life, I&#8217;ve used a lawn service.  This started with me being ill&#8212;I was sick for nearly a month and wasn&#8217;t well enough to cut the grass.  But now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Related Exercise/Test (Vlookup, Sumif, Countif function), Are You Ready?</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/25/excel-related-exercisetest-vlookup-sumif-countif-function-are-you-ready/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/25/excel-related-exercisetest-vlookup-sumif-countif-function-are-you-ready/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excel Test]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, after helping out a reader, it got me thinking about a new feature that could be added to this blog, excel exercise or tests. I will be giving one such exercise today and then publishing the answer next week. Obviously, readers that come here are at all kinds of different levels so it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Need to be An Accountant to Understand Personal Finance?</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/24/do-you-need-to-be-an-accountant-to-understand-personal-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/24/do-you-need-to-be-an-accountant-to-understand-personal-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experiglot.com/?p=2789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever a friend finds out that I write about personal finance they automatically assume that I know everything about financial issues. I get jumped with questions about mortgages, interest rates, the economy, and all sorts of financial issues. The truth is that personal finance in itself isn&#8217;t as complex as the economy or mortgage issues. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Client Is Not Always Right (Clients to Avoid/Protect Yourself Against).</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/21/the-client-is-not-always-right-clients-to-avoidprotect-yourself-against/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/21/the-client-is-not-always-right-clients-to-avoidprotect-yourself-against/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I work in a professional field where I am relied upon for advice.  Unfortunately, sometimes my clients or prospective clients don&#8217;t like what I have to say.   They want to force me to take actions to achieve their goals&#8212;they want to ignore all the red flags and warnings.  Assuming a legal line hasn&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Sample of Multiple Nested If And Or</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/18/excel-sample-of-multiple-nested-if-and-or/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/18/excel-sample-of-multiple-nested-if-and-or/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excel function tutorials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I wanted to show a quick example of a question that I received that is fairly easy to answer provided that we do it one step at a time. Here is the comment that was posted: &#8220;Please Help me w/ this PROBLEM.. it gave me a hard time making a formula of this&#8230; If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Thrown a Surprise Party?</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/17/have-you-thrown-a-surprise-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/17/have-you-thrown-a-surprise-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises.&#8221; &#8212; Audrey Tautou For some reason it feels like surprise parties are on the rise this year. I threw one surprise party and attended another one. The first surprise party was for my parent&#8217;s and their 25th wedding anniversary. I contacted relatives far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Update: What It Feels Like to Have Six Figure Student Loan Debt</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/16/debt-update-what-it-feels-like-to-have-six-figure-student-loan-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/16/debt-update-what-it-feels-like-to-have-six-figure-student-loan-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I sat in class, learning. All the while, shaded&#8212;but not entirely unseen, my debt was increasing&#8212;-minute by minute, Always growing along with a 6.8% interest rate. While I slept at night, that debt speedometer kept rolling onwards, like a boulder picking up snow down a mountain. I wasn&#8217;t entirely ignorant of the situation. I knew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Round Function (round, roundup, rounddown)</title>
		<link>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/11/excel-round-function-round-roundup-rounddown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experiglot.com/2012/04/11/excel-round-function-round-roundup-rounddown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excel function tutorials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I decided to take a deeper look at another very but very useful excel function: the round function in excel. When would you use it? Basically, if you want to determine the precision that you want to display. So what is the difference between this and changing the number of decimals to be displayed [...]]]></description>
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