Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Financial Modeler’s Corner, host Paul Barnhurst invites Diarmuid Early to explore financial modeling, Excel, automation, and some of the most unusual ways spreadsheet skills can solve real-world problems.
Sometimes a spreadsheet takes you somewhere completely unexpected.
Like backstage at a TV game show.
A production company needed to understand the expected payout for a game show concept.
The solution was a Monte Carlo model running one million simulations.
Probability distributions, potential outcomes, and expected payouts. All built in a spreadsheet.
The show never made it to a full commission, but it got far enough for a studio pilot to be recorded. That’s the fun of modeling.
🎧 Listen to the full podcast on @thefpandaguy
#FinancialModeling #ExcelModeling #MonteCarloSimulation #Excel #ProbabilityModeling #FinancialModelling #SpreadsheetModeling #DataAnalysis #ExcelExperts
In this episode of Financial Modeler’s Corner, host Paul Barnhurst invites Diarmuid Early to explore financial modeling, Excel, automation, and some of the most unusual ways spreadsheet skills can solve real-world problems.
Sometimes a spreadsheet takes you somewhere completely unexpected.
Like backstage at a TV game show.
A production company needed to understand the expected payout for a game show concept.
The solution was a Monte Carlo model running one million simulations.
Probability distributions, potential outcomes, and expected payouts. All built in a spreadsheet.
The show never made it to a full commission, but it got far enough for a studio pilot to be recorded. That’s the fun of modeling.
🎧 Listen to the full podcast on @thefpandaguy
#FinancialModeling #ExcelModeling #MonteCarloSimulation #Excel #ProbabilityModeling #FinancialModelling #SpreadsheetModeling #DataAnalysis #ExcelExperts
