In the 35th session of Chandoo.org podcast, Let's hear from Dan Fylstra, the creator of Excel Solver. I had the fortune of meeting Dan when I was in Santa Clara last month. I immediately asked him to be part of Chandoo.org podcast and he was kind enough to agree. So today let's take a trip down the memory line, hear him talk about some of the fascinating all the early development stories of Solver, VisiCalc & Excel.

What is in this session?

In this podcast,

Introduction

Early days of Solver

Working with VisiCalc, migration to Excel

What keeps Dan busy these days

Advice for anyone planning to learn Solver & business modelling