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    Beyond M&A: 4 Other Types of Financial Models
    • September 3, 2015

    When most people think of financial modelling, I’d wager that M&A and valuations come to mind.

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    Taking Apart the TTC (Part IV): Toronto vs. the World
    • June 28, 2015

    How well Toronto stacks up against these 7 cities—at least in terms of a very limited measure, its subway.

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    Taking Apart the TTC (Part III): Rider Misery
    • September 14, 2014

    After a relaxing summer filled with debugging MySQL queries and tweaking Windows forms, I’ve completed a prototype of EngagementPro, a piece of software designed to assist accountants with managing their workloads.

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    Taking Apart the TTC (Part II): Operators’ Workload
    • June 29, 2014

    TTC fares and operator wages have grown in lockstep, at about double the rate of inflation, and double the rate of most Ontarians’ household income

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    Taking Apart the TTC (Part I): Fares and Wages
    • June 17, 2014

    Fare hikes. Crowded subways. Funky smells. Surly drivers. For many of us in Toronto, a two-way commute on the TTC is a reality five days a week.

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    6 Ways to Cut Corners – Legitimately
    • June 8, 2014

    Personal busy-ness at work gave me the chance to apply some of the insights I got into hewing to the high-level in consulting.

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    10 Model Building No-Nos
    • May 25, 2014

    Having worked with a large variety of Excel-based models, in a number of different settings, I’ve seen a lot of practices that seriously undermine the usability of a model. Here are my top 10: