Fort Collins, Colorado

Stuck Happens.

Systems set you free.

I'm Nick Armstrong, the Geek-in-Chief who helped build Fort Collins Comic Con, Founded in FoCo, and the FoCo Book Fest into a $1M nonprofit economic engine for Northern Colorado.
Want to build systems and teams to do your best work? Let's go.
Nick Armstrong
Nick Armstrong, Geek-in-Chief
Built & hosted
Fort Collins Comic ConFounded in FoCoFoCo Book FestDear Fort Collins podcast
17 years
of hands-on marketing strategy, small business systems, and nonprofit leadership expertise
Top 50
BizWest Most Influential Business Leaders, 2024. 
$200K
....and counting... revenue from a single product launch strategy for a client
$60K
... of operational debt retired in 3 months for a client to return them to profitability

Businesses & Nonprofits I've Worked With

…and many, many more.
Align Medical CenterBrooks GasAnderson Podiatry CenterSelene River PressVerizonDuPont Capital ManagementFront Range Community CollegeColumbine Health SystemsBudweiser NoCoMonster NoCoEquilibrium Counseling ServicesPoudre LibrariesPacific Palisades Motor ClassicThe Brentwood ConcoursCity of Fort Collins

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Systems & Scale

Community is a System (how to build a customer base from scratch)

TL;DR Version: It's been a hot minute since I wrote a blog post this long, so here's a handy-dandy guide…
August 13, 2026
WTF Marketing PSA - Opportunity Lacks Spatial Awareness
Marketing Strategy

Two Questions To Grow Your Business

If you're a service-based business owner, there are likely two things you are not asking for, costing you marketing visibility…
May 11, 2026
Peak Productivity - WTF Marketing PSA
Leadership & Headspace

What’s keeping you up at night?

I'm gonna share some stats with you and I wanna know if it sounds like you. And if it does,…
April 14, 2026
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