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Financial Discovery

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Over the past couple of weeks, I have been asked to compile a couple of presentations here in Portland. I thought I would share those with you.

As those who know me know, I have extensive background in creating and preparing financials for both investor readiness and day-to-day corporate use. I learned a lot in college (I have an undergraduate degree in accounting and a master’s in management), have done it for Infinity Softworks since 1997 and helped numerous other companies do the same.

The first presentation, delivered to the Oregon Entrepreneur’s Network, focuses on the fundamentals of financial statements and how to prepare financial projections. Please feel free to review that presentation here:

The second was delivered to OTBC Technology Incubator, which Infinity Softworks resides at and I am an advisor. This presentation delved into an investor’s perspective of those financials, what an investor is looking for, and what it says about the preparer. Please feel free to review that presentation here:

Please feel free to contact me via About Me if you have questions or need help.

Work-Life Balance: Is It Possible?

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Lately I have been thinking a lot about work-life balance. My wife is due with our second child a week or so after our first turns two, less than three weeks away. Then I read this blog entry by Guy Kawasaki, the former Mac evangelist, venture capitalist and blogger, that both amused and scared me. You can read the article here.

One of my great fears is that my kids are going to grow up while I work. I have entire years running Infinity Softworks that I don’t remember. But now the stakes are higher. I miss them growing up and they will either 1) spend their life in therapy because their father ignored them or 2) kill and rob people, ending up like some movie thug, because their dad wasn’t actively involved in their childhoods. An absentee father, they will tell the judge, made us do it — the robbery, the drugs, all of it.

At the same time, I am the sole income earner in the family as my wife stays home with the kids. She’s good at it and has tons of training. She was a certified teacher and taught pre-K through 1st grade for years. So how can I afford not to work as much as possible? Leaving my family on the streets is as bad as the whole drugs and robbery thing.

Conflicted, you say? Definitely. So my post today wasn’t an answer to the title; it actually is a question, albeit maybe a rhetorical one. I have been thinking about this for months now, coming to no conclusions.

I have heard from much wiser people than me that recognizing the fact that there is this issue is half the battle. Well, I recognize it. Now… what to do about it?

Welcome!

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Welcome to Mobile Success blog. I’m excited to share my ten years of mobile experience working with customers in real estate, financial services and sales/distribution. My goal is to add customer case studies, information about devices and software, and of course tips and tricks involving our powerOne software at least once per week.

I hope you enjoy reading as much as I will enjoy writing.

Elia Freedman