Meet Our Small Business Specialists

Akeel is dedicated to helping business owners achieve transformational growth by aligning their current selves with their potential. 

He empowers emerging leaders to navigate pivotal moments with clarity, courage, and purpose. 

He has extensive knowledge about:

• Digital Media
• Story Telling
• Leadership Development
• Customer Engagement

Tab engages with founders to address their unique branding and marketing needs, providing strategic and individualized advisement. 

She enjoys empowering purpose-driven people and organizations who have massive ideas to magnify their message and intensify their impact by building deeply relatable and authentic brands, and deploying meaningful marketing practices. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Brand Strategy 
• Content Strategy
• Social Media 
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Operations

Lucy has over 26 years of deep expertise in building and launching new disruptive products and leading effective go-to-market plans to capture market share and/or grow revenue at 0 to 1 startups, growth/scale-stage (Series A to Series D) companies, and Fortune 100 companies.   

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Business Strategy, Operations
• Product strategy
• P&L performance
• Business Development, Customer Acquisition and Retention

Elle has over ten years of experience in money management, entrepreneurship, and business coaching. She specializes in helping entrepreneurs plan, execute, and scale their businesses through tailored advising and resource sharing. Her goal is to promote financial wellness and business acumen for early-stage to growth small business owners. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Developing partnerships with other organizations
• Access to capital
• Financial projections
• Business documentation
• Budgeting

Elizabeth has over 15 years experience focusing on go-to-market strategy, account management, and business development. 

She has worked with several startup companies ranging in the hospitality/retreat space to ed-tech, and now fin-tech. Knowing how to start and grow a company has taught her how to cross-collaborate and be resourceful on a constrained budget.  

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Fundraising
• GTM
• Stakeholder & Strategic Partner Relationships 
• Financial Projections

With over 14 years of experience in financial analysis and planning, Evan is a senior financial professional who enjoys working across multiple industries and domains. 

Evan loves collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to provide insights and recommendations that drive growth and profitability. 

He has extensive knowledge about:  

• Financial modeling
• Forecasting
• Budgeting
• Trend analysis
• Access to capital

Selma is a business owner, business operations specialist, mother, mental health advocate, multilingual millennial, and alliteration aficionado. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Operations Strategy
• Technology
• Senior Project Manager
• Senior Business Process Manager
• Process Improvement
• Process Excellence
• Operations Excellence

Breonna is passionate about uplifting under-resourced communities by providing access to education, skill development, and entrepreneurship opportunities. She believes that empowering individuals with knowledge and practical skills can create sustainable pathways to success, fostering economic growth and social equity. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• CPG Product Development
• Go To Market Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Operations
• Access to capital

Amanda focuses on guiding business owners to shift their mindset and perspective as she provides financial readiness for entrepreneurs. She equips them with the tools and strategies needed to manage their finances effectively, ensuring long-term success and stability. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Financial modeling
• Forecasting
• Budgeting
• Access to capital
• Financial Literacy

Alejandra has a passion for empowering women and promoting Latin American culture has been a driving force behind her support of small businesses. She is a passionate supporter of economic empowerment through business. 

She has extensive knowledge about:

• Retail Operations
• Digital Media
• Story Telling
• Importing Exporting

Maya has spent her career learning how to navigate the complex web of government contracting. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Business Development Strategies
• Sales
• Government Contract Management
• RFPs & Responses
• Supplier Development Councils & Chambers of Commerce
• Texas Statewide HUB, SAMs, DUNs
• Business Plan Development
• Capability Statements

Emefa is passionate about business owners towards personal growth by helping them realize their full potential. She supports emerging business leaders with confidence, bravery, and a clear sense of purpose. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Business strategy
• Strategic growth
• Project Mangement
• Developing partnerships with other organizations

Maya Moore is the owner and principal consultant of Dani Moe Administration Services. 

Maya has 15 yrs of sales, 10 yrs of executive administration , and 7 yrs of project management experience in finance within commercial banking, Government ED finances and wall street financing experience. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Access to capital
• QuickBooks Advising
• Financial Literacy
• Project Mangement
• Economic Development

Nikki believes that a lack of opportunity creates significant barriers to education, training, and employment, impacting workforce diversity and inclusion. Passionate about the educational & tech ecosystems, she aims to drive equitable opportunities for diverse founders and early-career talent, leveraging her strengths in project management, cross-cultural collaboration, and data analysis. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Technology startups 
• Business strategy
• Strategic growth
• Access to capital

TJ is an innovative leader with extensive experience in driving initiatives across sales, marketing, and operations to boost revenue growth and profitability. With a well-rounded background in both small/mid-size companies and large organizations, TJ excels at identifying and prioritizing strategic goals. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Technology startups 
• Business strategy
• Strategic growth
• Financial Management
• Access to capital

John Michael brings an innovative viewpoint as a consultant and as a startup founder. He is a highly skilled communicator and design thinker, with a unique perspective who guides by example. He values concise and detailed results that drives success in the teams that he leads.  

He has extensive knowledge about:  

• Financial modeling 
• Access to capital
• Basic accounting 
• Banking
• Service Based Business 
• Technology Startups 

Muriel is a dynamic professional with a wealth of expertise in problem solving, community development, and investor relations. She excels in building strategic partnerships and developing impactful programs. Her analytical skills, team leadership, and effective communication make her a standout in project management.  

They have extensive knowledge about:  

• Investor Relations
• Partnerships
• Team Leadership
• Project Management 
• Access to capital

Austin is a dynamic business professional with over 18 years of experience in business strategy, financial advising, and the music industry. Known for his exceptional leadership and financial acumen, he excels in leading business advising programs, managing teams, and empowering businesses, entrepreneurs, and musicians to achieve their goals. 

He has extensive knowledge about:  

• Stakeholder & Strategic Partner Relationships 
• Business Lending
• Financial Readiness
• Business Planning
• Access to capital

Ren is an ecosystem builder with a passion for fostering connection to help organizations take their work in social impact, sustainability, philanthropy and purpose-driven culture to the next level.

Passionate about accelerating and celebrating non-profits & small businesses. She is energized by advising impact organizations and working with innovators to deepen their impact.

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Social Impact Strategy
• Business Strategy
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Alliances

Sheyenne is a detail-oriented collaborator with an array of experience in planning, organizing, and executing strategies to meet and exceed goals for small businesses. 

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Stakeholder & Strategic Partner Relationships 
• Business Lending
• Financial Projections 
• Financial Readiness
• Business Plan Development
• Access to capital

Seante loves any opportunity to meet people and cultivate relationships that have the power to enhance goals. 

She loves sharing her experiences building both a non-profit and for-profit business with new entrepreneurs to help them navigate the journey.

She has extensive knowledge about:  

• Developing partnerships with other organizations
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Project management 

Maura began her career as an entrepreneur, learning firsthand by "making every mistake in the book." 

That experience fuels her passion for helping others navigate the challenges of business ownership. 

She has extensive knowledge about:

• Business Financials 
• Strategic Planning & Operations
• Leadership Development & Team Building
• Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy
• Economic Development
• Grant & Fundraising Strategy
• Access to capital

Janine loves seeing people and their businesses succeed. With extensive experience owning and operating her own winery and restaurant, as well as consulting for wineries, farms, and small to mid-sized businesses, she is passionate about sharing her expertise to ensure success and thrive in stressful situations. 

She has extensive knowledge about:

• Business Operations
• Revenue Growth Strategies
• Strategic Planning
• Problem Solving
• Business Development 
• Access to capital

Telless is has a background in private equity and an MBA in Strategy and Finance.  He has a proven track record of combining operational knowledge, data insights, and project management to drive results.

He has extensive knowledge about:  

• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Valuation 
• Financial Modeling and Forecasting
• Data Management and Analytics
• Web Development
• Project Management
• Google Analytics
• SEO, PPC & SEM

Nicola's mission is to empower companies to establish a robust revenue stream using common sense. He firmly believes that generating revenue is a collaborative effort, involving SME's who grasp buyer perspectives, savvy marketers spreading messages in the digital realm, and sales professionals attuned to buyer behavior. 

He has extensive knowledge about: 

• Business advising
• Strategic growth
• Access to capital
• Financial projections
• Technology Startups 

Jasper has a deep background working to improve efficiency, revenue/costs + customer acquisition and retention.

He has experience managing domestic and international expansions supporting risk mitigation and working to develop processes for continuity.

He has extensive knowledge about:

• Agile Project Management
• Business Intelligence
• Financial Modeling & Valuation
• Problem Solving
• Implementing Strategy
• SQL-Data Analytics
• Risk Management

Linc is a career finance professional.

Through a lifetime of providing services to business owners, Linc understands the needs and challenges of an entrepreneur seeking growth capital.

He has extensive knowledge about:

• Access to Capital
• Financial Literacy
• Business Lending
• Business plans
• Financial projections / forecasting
• Business growth strategies

To increase diversity of specialty, geography and personality we are always bringing new specialists on board.

We hire both for specialty (those that know A LOT about one thing) and for generalists (those that know about A LOT of things) to ensure the right support to meet founders where they are.