Govcon Giants

Today's guest needs no introduction... Mr. Steven Koprince of Koprince Law founded the blog SmallGovCon, where he has written more than 1,100 posts on government contracting legal issues. The site is viewed by thousands of readers each month and is one of the official must read websites for learning about new rules, changing policies and court findings in federal procurement. Steven is the author...

We are taking you back to our very first episode...  Narjis B. Ali is the President and CEO of Sure Secure Solutions, an 8a Woman Owned Information Technology (IT) Security company founded in 2004. The companies core capabilities include Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Content Management and Information Management. She has received numerous awards dating back to 2012 and most recently the prestig...

Hey GovCon Giants today, we are mixing things up a little bit. Starting this month, we will be featuring an all-new podcast that we call Making A Giant. That's right, Making A Giant. This podcast will showcase persons, businesses who got their very first win, not their 10th contract, not some large multi-million dollar contract, but their very first one. In today's very first episode of Making A G...

In today's episode. We meet with the man who spent the last four years fighting for the little guy. Robb Wong was sworn in as Associate Administrator Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, GCBD, in March of 2017, where he advocated for small businesses and represents them on behalf of the President of the United States. Historically the Associate Administrator Government Contra...

Judy Bradt needs no introduction in the government contracting world. For more than 32 years, she's been helping people in federal contracting as a consultant, speaker and author. She's helped thousands of businesses from solopreneurs to multi-million dollar corporations find their fast track success in the federal arena. Judy says there's no such thing as doing business with the federal governmen...

As a special guest, Mr. Brian Henry, President of Henry General Contractors, who was a former truck driver turned multi-million dollar general contractor. His journey began as a dump truck operator when a good friend approached him about doing more. The business owner was a former employer of his cousin and asked Brian, who's going to be the next MBE and the area. Realizing that his time spent sit...

The time that we've ever hosted a guest for a back-to-back episode. But when we finished the interview, I had only gone through about half of my questions and we still had a lot of stones to turn over. For those of you who caught my interview with Kizzy Dominguez last week, today will be more of her wisdom, insights and knowledge. If you're not familiar with Kizzy, She always knew that she wanted...

Telltale signs of entrepreneurship often begins when we are children and today's guest Kizzy Parks Dominguez KParks Consulting Inc. As a kid, she cleaned golf balls located in an alley behind her friend's house and resell them through a fence to golfers. She used the money to buy FUNYUNS® and Nutty Bars. Kizzy always knew she would become an entrepreneur and earn an advanced degree in psychology....

Today's podcast guest is Frank Spencer III, President of Aztec Contractors Inc.  When he first started in construction, his father offered to sell him a dormant construction business for just a $1,000. He essentially just purchased the rights to the name, but the story does not end there. His father also charged him rent to use the space where he set up his first office. Even knowing that Frank ha...

Today's guests, Cesar Nader, CEO of X Corp solutions of Virginia is leading the charge and helping the small firm grow to the mid-tier level, harnessing the power of federal contracts. Mr. Cesar Nader is a highly sought out speaker and thought leader in the government contracting space. You may have heard him speak at the National 8a Conference, HUBZone, Veterans in Business or Amex Open events. I...

In today's episode, we turn the tables around and interview another service provider to the government contracting space, Teresa Jacobsson, CEO of JW Industries Group, an Alaska Native spent the better part of a career serving the people and communities of Alaska as the founder and president of the nonprofit organization, the Alaska Tribal Administrators Association established in 2013 to support...

Today's guest is Marie Gill of MGill and Associates. Her story is like most entrepreneurial journeys where it has the shares of bumps and bruises. Today her organization operates the MBDA Export Center, one of only four in the entire country and the only one in Florida. She has been making an impact helping small businesses since the early 90's and continues to be a difference maker all the way th...

Many suppliers want to know how do we get business credit? During a Mastermind Monday YouTube Live session I sat down and  interviewed my friend and credit expert John and we discussed ways of starting getting business credit. Business credit is very inportant when starting and building a business so be ready to take notes and action during this episode.  Learn EVERYTHING You Need About Government...

Rebecca Aguilera-Gardiner had a crazy idea back in 2016 of how to connect with a veteran business owner easily. And from that idea was born the VIB network. The VIP network today has grown into a national organization, launching their own industry conference, the national veteran business conference, connecting veteran entrepreneurs to contracting opportunities. And fact, if you are listening to t...

Today's guest is Lincoln Tyson. Lincoln is the managing principal and founder of Tyson Project Management Group (TPM Group), which is one of the most well-known and prolific construction, relocation, and logistics government consulting firms in the nation's capital. His company, TPM group is 8a and HUBZone. He's been awarded contracts working at the White House. Today's episode Mr. Tyson tells us...

Carol Craig, founder, and CEO of Craig Technologies earned a BA in Computer Science from Knox College and a BS in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Illinois.  Following college Carol was accepted into the Naval Flight Officer Program, spending 3 and a half years in the Navy and becoming the first female aviator to join her P-3C Orion squadron.  Following a medical discharge due t...

Today's podcast guest Patrick Heffler, President of Heffler Contracting Group. Patrick is a San Diego native and he shares his incredible journey as a construction contractor who benefited greatly from the power of federal procurement. When he entered the 8a BD program in 2012 his revenues were roughly $320,000 and he had 1 employee. As of December 2019, he hit $32,000,000 in sales and now has mor...

August 20, 2020, IG Live: College student drops out to pursue government contracting and it works. Lands his first contract in 3 months 1 week before not knowing how to pay his rent. IG @govcongiants 

August 20, 2020, IG Live: College student drops out to pursue government contracting and it works. Lands his first contract in 3 months 1 week before not knowing how to pay his rent. IG @govcongiants 

Denita R. Conway, Founder, and CEO, Proven Management has proven that you can be the change you want to see. During the interview, she tells the story of the founding of her company. Without giving away too much of the story, the basis was often times when employees were working management was not available to offer direction or leadership. That situation frustrated so much she made the decision t...

Raj Sharma is a social entrepreneur focused on creating "open government markets" for $10 trillion in global public procurement spending  Raj founded Public Spend Forum and is now working to democratize market data and make it freely available through an open market platform GovShop. By making market data more accessible, Raj's goal is to reduce the information asymmetries that exist in government...

Heather D. Blease is founder, President and CEO of SaviLinx. The company is Woman Owned Small Business and HUBZone certified. As CEO of SaviLinx, she has ushered the company through rapid growth serving both commercial and federal clients. SaviLinx was recognized in 2017 as the 28th fastest-growing company in the United States by INC. magazine and has ranked within the listing in 2018 and 2019. He...

Rick Grams is the Vice President of Miami Technology Solutions (an SBA certified Tribally owned 8(a) company. For 21 years, Rick has been working with American Indian and Alaska Native companies in the Federal contracting market. After spending a decade serving in the US Navy, Rick tailored his service experiences to specifically focus on revenue generating activities for this unique area of the F...

Welcome to part 2 of Ryan Atencio interview with me. This interview was recorded live on YouTube in front of an audience. During part 2 of my chat with Ryan we take user questions and discuss some of the comments he made on my YouTube posts. Ryan answers questions like when you should ask for an extension, who is the actual customer when doing a procurement, how do you influence procurement decisi...

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