Building financial confidence through practical education and strategic planning expertise
We started faltherion because too many capable businesses were getting buried under generic advice that didn't fit their reality. Financial planning shouldn't feel like navigating a maze blindfolded.
Back in 2010, our founder spent three months helping a manufacturing business untangle what another advisor had overcomplicated. The owner said something that stuck: "I just needed someone to explain this in English."
That became our entire approach. We built faltherion around the idea that financial strategy should make sense to the people actually running the business. Not watered down, just explained properly.
Fifteen years later, we're still having those same honest conversations. The businesses change, the challenges evolve, but the need for straightforward guidance hasn't.
These aren't values we printed on a poster. They're the things we actually argue about when making decisions.
A financial plan that sits in a drawer helps nobody. We build strategies you'll actually use, even when things get messy. Because they always do.
What works for a retail business won't work for a professional services firm. We spend time understanding your specific situation before suggesting anything.
Quick fixes create bigger problems later. We're interested in building financial frameworks that hold up over years, not quarters.
We spend the first month just listening. Your business history, current challenges, where you're trying to go. Most businesses have attempted some financial planning before. Understanding what worked and what didn't tells us a lot.
This isn't a sales process disguised as discovery. We're genuinely trying to figure out if we can help, and how.
We don't disappear for weeks and return with a finished plan. Financial strategy works better when it's built collaboratively. You know your business better than we ever will. We know financial structures and what typically works.
The best strategies come from combining both perspectives. That means regular working sessions where we're actually working, not just presenting.
A plan without execution is just a document. We stick around during implementation because that's when the real questions emerge. How does this fit with existing systems? What if the timeline shifts? What about this scenario we didn't anticipate?
This phase usually takes six to eight months. It's where theoretical strategy becomes operational reality.
Principal Financial Strategist
Bjorn spent the first decade of his career at larger financial firms before realizing he preferred working directly with business owners. He founded faltherion in 2010 with the specific goal of offering strategic planning without the corporate overhead.
Outside of client work, he teaches occasional workshops on financial planning for early-stage businesses at Western Sydney University. He's also annoyingly competitive about recreational sailing.