05: Mr. Excel, Bill Jelen - Excel TV (2024)

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This episode, it was a great honor to have Mr Excel, Bill Jelen himself. We talked Excel, data, the beginnings of the Mr Excel brand, and disagreements with co-host Jordan Goldmeier about the use of option explicit in VBA coding.

One of my favorite highlights is at 4:30 of the Excel Expert Interview segment: Mr Excel’s confession that he hates rejection and published his own book. It’s a beautiful lesson in creating one’s own opportunities

At 18:05 Mr Excel suggests that we get capes and ride up to random office buildings, find an Excel user and guarantee that we can save them at least 2 hours/day. Named: The Data Cleansers, in a Ghostbusters-style van, making life easier for folks who sling data.

24:35 Jordan questions Mr Excel about “hating on option explicit.” Jordan says option explicit forces more disciplined coding. Mr Excel goes back to the initial reason for option explicit which is now obsolete. There’s no right answer, but there’s a suggestion that Mr Excel and Jordan settle it in a cage match.

And the segment closes (31:40) with the question:

Who’d Play You In An Excel Movie?

  • Bill “Mr Excel” Jelen played by Dan Aykroyd
  • Oz du Soleil played by Lady Gaga
  • Jordan Goldmeier played by Samuel L. Jackson (or Bruce Willis)
  • Rick Grantham played by Alfred E. Neuman(or Ron Howard)

The episode was a lot of fun, and hopefully we can have Mr Excel come back soon to share more tips, experiences and humor with the Excel community.

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Oz du Soleil is a Microsoft Excel MVP, Excel instructor on LinkedIn, and the creator of the YouTube channel "Excel on Fire." Based in Portland, Oregon, he has been an Excel trainer since 2012 and is the founder of DataScopic, a business intelligence consultancy established in 2008. Oz is also a co-host on Excel TV, a bi-weekly online broadcast featuring interviews with Excel and data experts, as well as hot tips and fun content for the Excel community. With a background in philosophy and economics from the University of Illinois Chicago, Oz has honed his presentation and training skills through improv, stand-up, and storytelling courses at Second City Training Center in Chicago. In addition to his work in Excel and data, he is a professional raconteur and video editor.

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  • As an Excel consultant I’m interested to know how much people makes from books, videos, training.
    You should ask more upfront questions regarding revenue : Take example on Andrew Warner from Mixergy 😉

    To be more precise I was wondering if Bill Jelen make much money on ads revenue from his Youtube channel.

    a question worth asking him next time 😉

    Reply

  • Demrek, I’m curious to know the motivation behind that inquiry. Is it a question of “can you make real money via YouTube”? If that’s the question, that can make for a good discussion in general.

    If you’re trying to calculate Bill’s net worth, that’s a whole different conversation.

    Reply

    • “He’s a little funny, not that good looking, it would be a perfect fit”
      Bill Jelen on Dan Akroyd.
      That was hysterical…

      Reply

  • hahaha loved the Excel “cage flight”: Master Jordan vs. Mr.Excel!

    Reply

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