Building Financial Clarity Through Real Teaching
We started electric-energx in 2019 because financial modeling education felt disconnected from what businesses actually needed. Most courses taught spreadsheet mechanics without explaining why decisions matter or how models break under pressure.
Why We Teach Differently
After spending years watching companies make costly mistakes with flawed financial projections, we realized something. The problem wasn't that people couldn't build models. They could link cells and write formulas just fine.
What they couldn't do was spot when their assumptions didn't match reality. Or understand which variables actually drove their business. Or explain their numbers to someone who needed to make a decision.
So we built programs around those real gaps. Not just technical skills, but the thinking that makes financial models useful instead of misleading.
How We Actually Work
Our teaching philosophy comes from years of fixing broken models and training teams who needed practical skills fast.
Context First
Every technique we teach connects to a business situation where it matters. No formulas for formula's sake. If you can't explain why you're doing something, we probably shouldn't be teaching it.
Break Then Build
Students work with intentionally flawed models to understand what goes wrong. You learn more from fixing mistakes than from following perfect templates. And real models are never perfect anyway.
Questions Matter
We spend more time on why and when than on how. The mechanics are straightforward once you understand what you're trying to accomplish and what could mislead you.
Torben Lindqvist
Lead InstructorTeaching From Experience
Torben built his first financial model in 2008 for a manufacturing company that needed to decide whether to expand. The model said yes. The business failed within two years. Not because the spreadsheet was wrong, but because the assumptions were optimistic and nobody questioned them hard enough.
That experience shaped how he teaches. He spent the next fifteen years working with companies across Southeast Asia, building models for everything from retail expansion to infrastructure projects. Some worked brilliantly. Some didn't. The difference was rarely about Excel skills.
When he started teaching in 2017, his approach focused on judgment as much as technique. What questions should you ask before building? Which assumptions need stress testing? How do you communicate uncertainty without losing credibility?
His students come from banking, manufacturing, technology, and government sectors. They don't need identical skills, so he doesn't teach identical content. Programs adapt based on what participants actually work on.
What Guides Our Work
These aren't aspirational statements. They're how we actually make decisions about curriculum and teaching.
Honest About Limitations
Models have boundaries. They work under certain conditions and fail under others. We teach both. Students should leave knowing what financial modeling can and can't do for their specific situations.
Practical Over Theoretical
Academic rigor matters, but only when it helps solve real problems. If something looks impressive but doesn't improve decision-making, we skip it. Time is limited and should go toward skills you'll actually use.
Adapted Not Standardized
Banking analysts need different skills than operations managers. Startup founders face different modeling challenges than corporate finance teams. We adjust content and examples to match what participants encounter in their work.
Questions Welcome Always
If something doesn't make sense or seems disconnected from your reality, say so. Our content improves when students push back on what doesn't work for them. Teaching shouldn't be one-directional.
See If Our Approach Fits
Our next program starts October 2025. We're currently talking with professionals who want practical financial modeling skills without the usual course overhead. If that sounds useful, get in touch.
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