About 1610 Advisory
We help owners understand their numbers and make better decisions. We're a small firm, so you work directly with us.
We named the firm after a single verse, the conviction underneath everything we do.
“Whoever is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much.”Luke 16:10 / Our namesake
Stewardship compounds. An owner who handles a $500K business with discipline and honesty will handle a $50M business the same way. We work like that at every size.
We started 1610 because we kept seeing good owners make big decisions without the financial picture larger companies take for granted.
A team that has built and run businesses themselves.
Fractional CFO and AI
Dawson opened his first business at 19, a coffee shop that taught him cash flow and margins fast. He worked in warehouses, flooring, electrical, and insurance before Mike Scheffert brought him into fractional finance. Today he's the CFO for two multi-million-dollar companies and leads 1610's AI work. He works from a treehouse office on the farm his family has stewarded for six generations, just south of Lincoln.
Fractional CFO
Mike co-founded 1610 Advisory. He's been CFO and controller at Stahla Services since 2019 and a fractional CFO for more than a dozen companies. He helps owners catch costly mistakes early and tie the numbers to how the business actually runs.
Fractional CFO
Jared has spent 25+ years running companies in healthcare, startups, and other industries. He helps owners close the gap between profit and cash, and he explains the numbers in plain English.
A free 30-minute walk through your numbers. Send the last two years of P&Ls and a balance sheet first, and you leave with what we see and what we'd recommend. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.