About
Built by Jake Hayton.
Jake founded Cedarline Analytics to help small businesses build clearer reporting, practical forecasts, and more usable internal systems.
- Name
- Jake Hayton
- Role
- Founder, Cedarline Analytics
- Education
- Economics — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Location
- Based in North Carolina
Small businesses often need the work of an analyst before they need a full-time analyst.
As businesses grow, their reporting and operating systems often grow with them—new spreadsheets, new processes, and more information to keep track of. Eventually, getting a clear answer can take more work than it should.
Cedarline exists to solve focused versions of that problem: clearer reporting, better forecasting, and spreadsheet systems that are easier to use and maintain.
A foundation in economics and analytical work.
Jake studies economics at UNC Chapel Hill and has experience working with financial analysis, forecasting, modeling, and advanced Excel systems.
Cedarline applies those skills to practical small-business problems—building tools that help owners understand what is happening without requiring unnecessarily complicated software.
Direct, scoped, and practical.
You work directly with me.
There is no account manager between the business problem and the person building the solution.
Scope comes first.
The deliverable, information needed, price, and timeline are agreed before work begins.
The system should remain usable after delivery.
The goal is not to build something impressive-looking that only its creator understands.
Judge the work directly.
Cedarline publishes complete demonstration systems so prospective clients can inspect the kind of work being offered before starting a project.