Consultants No Longer with the SBDC

Pandemic / Disaster funding programs

Allison has a passion for helping visionary leaders and growing organizations make greater and more positive impacts in the world. As an executive leader and business adviser, Allison focuses the process of scaling businesses, including building alignment and clarity of purpose with leadership teams during times of growth and change.

Market & Industry research

 
Amada is the Business and Nonprofit Librarian for the Poudre Library District. She specializes in market and industry research and in facilitating the use of library database resources to assist entrepreneurs in building and/or refining their business plan. Amada has experience supporting small businesses in library settings and in supporting nonprofit operations. Amada is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Amada es la Bibliotecaria de Pequeños Negocios y Organizaciones Sin Fines de Lucro del Distrito de Bibliotecas Poudre. Se especializa en investigación de mercado e industria y en facilitar el uso de los recursos de la base de datos de la biblioteca para ayudar a los empresarios a construir y/o perfeccionar su plan de negocios. Amada tiene experiencia apoyando a pequeños negocios en entornos de bibliotecas y en el apoyo a operaciones sin fines de lucro. Amada es bilingüe en inglés y español.

Franchise / Business Start-up

Chrystal has owned two franchises herself and has started other personal businesses in Colorado. She owned a local property management company with one of the largest property management franchises in the US. After doubling the portfolio size, she was able to benefit from the sale of the business. Her second franchise business endeavor was with vending machines. Within the first six months she was able to secure some of the largest vending contracts within Larimer County and grew her business by 700%!

Using what she has learned in her own endeavors, and learning the consulting side for franchises, she can work with individuals interested in franchise concepts and help individuals review FDD and learn about the validation process. Chrystal knows what it is like to invest large sums of capital and put trust in the franchise systems. Experience has also taught her what questions to ask franchisors, and what would have been helpful to know in the beginning.

She also has experience in business administration and veterinary practice management. She has managed many employees and has helped develop exit strategies for herself and other business owners. She has experience in sales tax, payroll, bookkeeping, and overall office management.

Human Resources

Tami Parker, CEO of UNIcycle Business Consulting, brings 26 years of big business experience to help small businesses grow. Tami offers full spectrum Human Resources Services, from recruiting, to creating job descriptions, to management training, to policy writing and enforcement, to performance management, she does it all.

One of her specialties in recruiting is interviewing for the intangibles. She volunteers to help small business owners through Fort Collins StartUp Week, Longmont Start Up Week and East Colorado SBDC and Larimer SBDC.

Retail Business Consultant

Dave Hudson began his business career at age 15 buying, repairing, and selling bicycles in his parents’ garage. While working towards his BA at Colorado State University, he studied with great personal interest all aspects of retailing, financial management, accounting, marketing, and developing, training, and compensating individuals in business. He grew his business to eight locations in two states, embarked on a franchise program, and experienced firsthand the challenges of bankruptcy in 1992. After restarting his business, he expanded his portfolio by acquiring and managing residential and commercial rental properties. Now, as a Top Retailer in his industry, he is well respected in Northern Colorado as a savvy businessman and contributor to his community.