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Once the emergency fund was filled up, I could contribute even more to these other areas. At some point, I burned out laboring like a workaholic (not my natural mode of existence), so I quit my other job and took a breather. I can't tell you how much my mindset at this time differed from that of two years before. I felt like I could breathe. I didn't feel anxious. I felt good. click here, click here

Corporate finance teams have been slower than their counterparts in sales and human resources to embrace cloud software options, but more are finding spreadsheets inadequate for financial planning.

I went to conferences, learned coding and talked to anybody who knew something I didn't about blogging. I also started a couple of side web ventures, a couple of which are still going strong today. Today, my work life is pretty fluid. Some days I work for other people, many days just for myself. I have a lot of residual income streaming in from many sources. If one business goes belly up, I know there are different revenue streams that will survive. The same goes for my investments. click here, click here The Hero in Your Future click here, click here More houses. I'd like to own a few houses. I've seen the way my current place has appreciated, and I'd like to rent to others. Growing up in a string of rental places, I know how vulnerable being a renter can be. I remember good landlords and bad ones. If I'm going to invest in properties, I want to provide quality housing to people without pushing for the highest dollar tenants. click here Investments for my children. I don't have kids, and my girlfriend and I have no specific plans. But I want them someday. Before I start reproducing, I want to have investments in place for them to at least be able to go to college, to get a level of education somewhat better than the one I had. click here

“The CFO is becoming the chief revenue officer,” said Christian Gheorghe, co-founder and CEO of Tidemark. “They are being asked to help find new sources of revenue, offer model, try different types of experiments, and leverage vast arrays of data. The demand for transparency and visibility are increasing.” click here

Tidemark (which has raised $80 million in venture capital) tripled total revenue under contract. Its customers include BlackBerry, Chiquita, Hostess, HubSpot and Netflix; and its technology interoperates with applications from Workday, Salesforce, Box, NetSuite, and New Relic. click here