Business & Financial Consultant
Mike Bennett founded GOpositive.BIZ, LLC in 2009 as a business and public policy consulting service. He uses his experience from working as a Presidential appointee in a Federal Agency, as a community banker and as senior staff for three members of Congress to produce positive results for his clients.
Mike is a small business consultant for the Larimer Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and has conducted over 300 client sessions at the Larimer SBDC. In 2023 Mike was named Larimer SBDC consultant of the year.
Mike is also business mentor for SAGE – Innosphere Ventures and a mentor for Rockies Venture Club Hyper Accelerators.
Mike has over 20 years of experience in community banking as a member of the board of directors, bank president, lender, and operations officer. Mike was also a Loan Review Specialist for the FDIC.
Mike was appointed in 2006 to be Colorado State Director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agency. He and his staff of 59 were responsible for providing over $250 million to rural Colorado in loans and grants for single family housing, multi-family housing, businesses, utilities, and community facilities.
Mike has nearly 16 years of service as a senior level congressional staffer in Colorado and in Washington, D.C. Mike served as Chief of Staff for two U.S. Senators and as District Director for two members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Consulting Expertise Includes:
- Business Financial Modeling
- Business Cash Flow Analysis
- Business Profit Analysis
- Business Strategic Planning
- Business Plan Development
- Business Government Relations
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