While gut instinct still has a place in business, most decisions today are made with data. Whether you work in sales, marketing, finance, or science, you need to know how to crunch the numbers.

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What can't you do with Excel? Increasingly, the answer is "not much." In the age of big data, this flagship Microsoft platform has evolved from a simple spreadsheet maker to an essential weapon in any ...

Microsoft’s widely popular program, Excel, has been around since the mid-1980s. So chances are you have encountered the software in your office or classroom. Excel has you covered whether you are ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Microsoft Excel is an indispensable spreadsheet tool used across many professions. Financial modelling, budgeting, data analysis and project management are just a few tasks where Excel often plays a ...