Financial Clarity Through Education
We started evolvenodeproject in 2018 because we kept seeing the same problem. Investors throughout Thailand were making decisions based on reports they didn't fully understand. Not because they weren't smart enough — but because financial reporting education focuses on creating reports, not reading them. That gap bothered us. So we built something different.
Building From Real Experience
Our founder spent twelve years reviewing financial statements for institutional investors. She saw brilliant business owners struggle with their own quarterly reports. Watched people invest in companies they couldn't properly evaluate. And realized that most financial education was designed for accountants, not for the people who actually needed to make decisions.
We launched with a single weekend workshop in Bangkok. Fifteen participants. The feedback was immediate — people finally felt like they could actually read a balance sheet without panic. That first group included a restaurant owner, two property investors, and someone considering buying into a family business.
Seven years later, we're still doing those workshops. But now we also run structured programs that take investors from basic statement literacy to sophisticated analysis. The core idea hasn't changed though. We teach practical reading skills, not accounting theory.
Who Actually Teaches This
We're not a big operation. Just experienced financial professionals who genuinely enjoy explaining things clearly. Both of us came from traditional finance backgrounds before shifting to education.
Linnea Bergström
Founder & Lead Instructor
Spent most of her career analyzing quarterly reports for a Stockholm-based investment fund before moving to Thailand in 2016. Got tired of explaining the same concepts to smart people who felt dumb about finance. Turned that frustration into evolvenodeproject. Still reviews statements for clients occasionally, which keeps her teaching grounded in current practice.
Tomasz Kowalczyk
Senior Program Developer
Background in corporate finance with a Polish manufacturing company, then consulting work throughout Southeast Asia. Joined us in 2020 after taking one of our workshops and thinking he could help improve the curriculum. He was right. Now designs most of our case studies and handles the more technical sessions on cash flow analysis and ratio interpretation.
How We Actually Teach
Our approach is pretty straightforward. We use real financial statements from actual companies — anonymized, but authentic. Students work through them with guidance, not lectures. Questions get answered immediately. And we focus on building confidence through repetition, not cramming information.
Real Documents Only
Every workshop uses actual annual reports and quarterly statements. We pull documents from Thai SET companies, regional businesses, and international firms. Students learn to spot the warning signs that matter — not theoretical red flags from textbooks, but the patterns that show up in real reporting.
Practice-Heavy Sessions
Our typical three-hour session includes maybe twenty minutes of explanation. The rest is working through statements in small groups. We walk around, answer questions, point out what people might've missed. It's less classroom, more guided practice. Most participants say the hands-on time is what actually builds their confidence.
Context Before Calculation
We teach interpretation before computation. Students learn what trends reveal about business health before memorizing ratio formulas. Understanding why cash flow matters comes before calculating working capital changes. The mechanics are easier when you know what you're looking for and why it matters to investment decisions.