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Financial Models for Underachievers: Two Years of the Real Numbers of a Startup

Link: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/10/financial-model.html

Financial models can be tedious or fun. The fun part comes when you can see how a winning company has used a model to trace its steps. Here’s a great analysis by Guy Kawasaki on the financial model that on-line realtor Redfin uses. You can also access the model here:

Redfin Fictitious Model

To get the custom functions to accommodate changes in the assumptions, you will have to set Excel’s macro security to “Low” or “Medium” (Tools | Macro | Security | Low).

(Thanks to Daniel Chow for the source for the spreadsheet.)

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