City, county agencies prevent business blunders

At their best, economic-development programs and small-business development centers show new and potential new business owners the ropes, and skip commentary on the new idea.

“You could tell somebody they’re clueless with their driveup coffee-shop idea, but who’s to say they won’t set everybody back on their heels?´ said Joe Pariseau, associate director of the Small Business and International Development Center at Front Range Community College. “There are amazing folks here in Northern Colorado. They never give up.”

Pariseau works with nine different cities locally.

Economic-development programs and small-business development centers can slow someone’s poorly crafted plans to a screeching halt by helping…