What Lone Eagle Consulting does

Lone Eagle Consulting is a solo consulting practice founded in 1988 by Frank Odasz and based in Dillon, Montana, specializing in fast-track Internet training, broadband adoption strategy, and digital inclusion services for rural, remote, at-risk, and indigenous communities. The firm delivers its services through a combination of conference keynotes and workshops (2-5 per month at $1,500/day), custom consulting engagements ($500/day remote or $1,500/day onsite), graduate-level online courses through university partnerships with Alaska Pacific University, Seattle Pacific University, and Idaho State University, and an extensive open-access resource library at lone-eagles.com containing hundreds of instructional resources, grant templates, and community action plans offered without restriction.

The company's core technology consists of web-based training curriculum delivery systems and online self-directed courses, including the 21st Century Learn, Earn, and Serve Academy (an eight-week workforce readiness course), the Broadband Training Best Practices Clearinghouse, and SEEDS (Sustainable Ecommerce Entrepreneurship Development Strategies). Distribution channels include direct consulting, university course delivery, conference presentations across the U.S. and internationally (Tokyo, Australia, Jamaica), and self-service online resources. The firm has been recognized by the U.S. White House, cited in four Congressional reports, and had its best practices formally adopted by the FCC Native American Division.

Lone Eagle operates with no institutional funding, no employees beyond the founder, and no subsidiary structure. Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees (consulting and workshops) and modest licensing royalties from university course partnerships. Notable historical engagements include a $3 million five-year USDOL demonstration project (Montana Choice) and co-authorship of the Alaskan Healthy Village Broadband Training Program for the Tanana Chiefs Conference's 42 Native villages. The business model is fundamentally a founder-dependent personal services practice rather than a scalable enterprise.

Name

Lone Eagle Consulting

Legal name

Lone Eagle Consulting

Website

https://lone-eagles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lone Eagle Consulting is a solo Montana-based consulting practice founded in 1988 by Frank Odasz that delivers broadband adoption training, digital literacy curricula, and community Internet empowerment consulting to rural, indigenous, and at-risk communities across the U.S. and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural broadband and digital inclusion consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Workplace & Collaboration Consulting (BPAHAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Strategic Partnerships, Alliances & JVs Advisory (BPAHADAI)

Keywords

• Rural broadband consulting
• Digital inclusion training
• Online workforce readiness
• Community networking resources
• Indigenous community training

Headquarters

HQ city

Dillon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Fee-based consulting for broadband adoption strategy, custom training program design, and community action planning. Rates are $1500/day for conference presentations and workshops, $500/day for travel days, and $500/day for work not requiring travel.
2. Workshop and Presentation Fees: Keynote and workshop presentations ranging from 1-4 hours in length, charged at daily conference rates. Hands-on training workshops for smaller groups on ecommerce, grant writing, and community development topics.
3. University Partnership Courses: Graduate-level online courses offered through Alaska Pacific University and Seattle Pacific University for educator professional development. Three semester credit versions and five quarter credit versions available.
4. Multimedia Presentations: Customized multimedia presentations with digital storytelling, photography demonstrations, and hands-on skill-building workshops for various community and organizational audiences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Lone Eagle Consulting is a sole-practitioner consulting firm that provides fee-based broadband adoption and digital inclusion consulting, conference keynotes and workshops, custom training program design, and university-partnered online courses targeted at rural, remote, at-risk, and indigenous communities. The firm also develops and openly shares a large library of community grant templates, workforce readiness curricula, and digital literacy guides.

Product overview

Lone Eagle Consulting offers a comprehensive portfolio of online educational products and consulting services focused on rural community empowerment and digital inclusion. The core offerings include the 21st Century Learn, Earn, and Serve Academy (an eight-week online workforce readiness course), the Broadband Adoption and Digital Inclusion Consulting Services, and the Lone Eagle Broadband Training Best Practices Clearinghouse. Supporting resources include grantwriting tips, community networking resources, Digital Literacy and Social Media Guides, and multiple online courses including graduate-level courses for educators through Alaska Pacific University and a Beginner's Guide to Profiting from the Internet. The company also provides specialized products for Native American communities including cultural preservation resources, youth entrepreneurship programs, and SEEDS (Sustainable Ecommerce Entrepreneurship Development Strategies). All resources are designed to be shared without restriction to support community learning and economic development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 21st Century Learn, Earn, and Serve Academy An eight-week online self-directed course designed to help rural and Alaskan youth develop 21st century workforce readiness skills, covering self-directed learning, health literacy, pre-employment basics, information/media literacy, financial literacy, social entrepreneurship, and tech business startup basics.
• Broadband Adoption Consulting Services Custom broadband adoption and digital inclusion consulting for rural, remote, at-risk, and indigenous communities, including strategic design of online training programs, train-the-trainer programs, and sustainable program design via scalable online learning.
• Community Networking Resources Resources for creating people-centered community knowledge networks, including community self-assessments, guides on local web business directories, peer mentoring programs, innovations incubators, ecommerce training, and best practices from successful rural communities worldwide.
• Online Graduate Courses for Educators Graduate-level online courses for educators including ED 597 4L - Making the Best Use of Internet for K-12 Instruction and ED A597 6L - Designing K-12 Internet Instruction, offered through Alaska Pacific University with three semester credit options; EDTE 5172 and EDTE 5411 courses offered through Seattle Pacific University for five quarter credits.
• A Beginner's Guide to Profiting from the Internet A ten two-hour hands-on online course providing beginner-level ecommerce education and peer mentoring programs, with lesson one including an overview of ecommerce online courses and resources, delivered through Idaho State University College of Technology Workforce Training Office.
• SEEDS - Sustainable Ecommerce Entrepreneurship Development Strategies A rural community future-proofing program and grant template designed to create measurable outcomes for citizen skills development, new self-employment businesses, business web presence, and community co-marketing initiatives.
• Lone Eagle Broadband Training Best Practices Clearinghouse A clearinghouse of broadband training best practices for Native American and rural communities, featuring resources on digital storytelling, ecommerce website creation, youth entrepreneurship, cultural preservation via multimedia, and community engagement grant templates.
• Rural Ecommerce and Telework Strategies Guide A 200-page leadership guide for rural communities containing online lessons, community grant templates, and resources covering essential Internet skills for ecommerce, telework, and self-directed learning.
• Native American Broadband Training Best Practices Broadband training best practices specifically designed for Native American and Alaskan Native communities, including strategies for cultural preservation, youth entrepreneurship, ecommerce development, and sustainable village programs.
• Grantwriting Tips and Templates Comprehensive grantwriting guidance including 12 key tips, community grant templates, and funding source links for rural community and educational technology grant proposals, available without restriction.
• Digital Literacy and Social Media Guides Comprehensive guides covering digital literacy, social media tools, and instructional resources for self-directed learning and community technology training, offered without restriction.

Quantifiable outcome

• Montana Choice project: $3 million five-year USDOL demonstration project providing rural ecommerce training
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Alaska Pacific UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for delivering graduate-level online courses to educators. Frank Odasz teaches ED 597 4L and ED A597 6L courses for three semester credits. Ongoing educational collaboration since at least 2008.
• Seattle Pacific UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership delivering EDTE 5172 and EDTE 5411 courses for five quarter credits. Courses on Internet for K-12 instruction with hands-on curriculum design training.
• Idaho State University College of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for non-credit ecommerce course and workforce training. Course used in Idaho and Montana through the Montana Choice project.
• FCC Native American DivisionmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerFCC posted Lone Eagle Broadband Training Best Practices Clearinghouse on their www.fcc.gov/indians site as official examples of broadband training best practices, providing significant credibility and visibility.
• Tanana Chiefs ConferencemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored Alaskan Healthy Village Broadband Training Program for 42 Alaskan Native villages. Strategic partnership for implementing broadband training across Alaskan Native communities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Magellan Advisors: Broadband and digital-inclusion consultancy serving municipalities, tribes, and rural communities with strategic planning, network design, and grant support. Overlaps directly with Lone Eagle's rural broadband-adoption and community-action-planning engagements.
• BCT Partners: Data-driven management and technology consulting firm serving federal, tribal, and nonprofit clients with a focus on underserved populations. Comparable on tribal/indigenous community engagement and capacity-building consulting.
• Mno Grant Solutions: Native American-owned firm providing grant writing, capacity building, and program management for tribal communities. Closely comparable to Lone Eagle's work with Tanana Chiefs Conference and FCC Native American Division on broadband training.
• Vantage Point Solutions: Consulting and engineering firm focused on rural telecommunications carriers, tribal broadband, and federal program compliance. Overlaps with Lone Eagle's rural and indigenous broadband training and community-engagement work.
• CTC Technology & Energy: Independent consulting firm providing broadband, wireless, and digital-inclusion strategy and engineering services to public-sector clients. Directly comparable to Lone Eagle's broadband-adoption and rural-connectivity consulting work, with a similar federal/state/local client base but a larger team model.
• Widelity: Federal broadband and digital-equity consultancy supporting BEAD, digital-equity, and tribal-connectivity programs. Highly comparable on rural/tribal broadband adoption strategy and federal program delivery.
• National Digital Inclusion Alliance: Nonprofit advancing digital equity through practitioner networks, digital navigator training, and policy advocacy. Directly comparable in mission and rural/indigenous digital-inclusion training focus, though structured as an association rather than a consultancy.

Emerging players

• Enterprise Community Partners: National nonprofit focused on affordable housing and community development with growing broadband-and-digital-equity practice. Overlaps on rural community development and digital-inclusion consulting for underserved geographies.
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC): Community development financial institution supporting rural and underserved communities with capacity-building, broadband adoption, and economic development programming. Comparable on rural community-capacity-building mission, though structured as a CDFI rather than a consultant.

Broad incumbents

• Tilson: Large national broadband infrastructure and consulting firm serving carriers, utilities, and public-sector clients across the full broadband lifecycle. Operates in the same rural broadband domain as Lone Eagle but at much larger scale and with implementation/build capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/fodasz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lone-eagle-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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