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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 I don't know if you saw Matthew McConaughey's crazy-eyed Oscar acceptance speech from last year, but he said something I'll always remember. He said that his hero in life was himself 10 years from now. That might sound a little conceited if you don't frame it right. 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
Evidence: several venture-backed startups pioneering this space—notably Anaplan, Host Analytics and Tidemark—just reported record growth during 2014. Their specialty: applications for producing budgets and forecasts an ongoing process. 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
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