Taimur Abdaal - Turning Data into Action: The Missing Link in Forecasting | Ep.025

Tech for Finance

Episode 025: Where we learn from Taimur Abdaal, CEO and co-founder of Causal, a modeling platform that automates everything from financial models to headcount planning. Listen in as Taimur shares his journey from being a data scientist to co-founding Causal in 2019, and how his experiences with spreadsheet challenges inspired him to create a better modeling tool.

Discover how finance teams can leverage technology to save time and make better decisions. Taimur shares his insights on when it's best to consider moving away from spreadsheets and towards a dedicated tool. We also discuss the current generation of AI models and their potential to look at wider business contexts when it comes to forecasting. Learn about the importance of decision-making in the tech world, and how Taimur's mental model for decision-making ties into forecasting and decisions.

Don't miss our conversation on maximizing time and productivity with modeling tools. We explore how teams can free up time and evaluate ROI from these tools, with time-saving being the most tangible ROI. Additionally, we discuss how staff satisfaction can contribute to employee retention and how the younger generation of employees expects to work on more exciting tasks instead of manual Excel work. Tune in to learn how to make the most of your time and achieve high-impact results in both your personal and professional lives.

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Where to find Taimur

• LinkedIn

• Twitter

• Blog

Tools mentioned

• Causal

• Photoshop

• Noteable

• Simple ML for Sheets

• Tensorflow

• Jupyter notebook

• SQL (Structured Query Language)

Other Mentions

• Accel

• Coatue

• Passion Capital

• Naval Ravikant

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(0:00:00) - Modeling Tools and Data Storytelling

(0:13:46) - AI and Machine Learning in Forecasting

(0:25:35) - Twitter, Decision Making, and Personal Blogging

(0:30:56) - Frequency in Decision Making and Development

(0:35:42) - Investing Time for High-Impact Results

(0:40:28) - Maximizing Time and Productivity With Tools

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