Govcon Giants

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...

YT LIVE: July 27, 2020 What is an RFI/Sources sought, the rule of two and why does it matter?

How much can I make doing government contracts? Today we talk with a student about how much to charge using government contracts. What would I do if I had to start over? Why would I choose staffing business? Also we take a look at the GovCon Giants podcast guests and highlight their stories.

I first met Ryan on YouTube as someone who frequently commented on my posts. But he was not just a normal commenter, his comments were articulate and well though responses at a much higher sophistication level. So I told him since he had so much to say, to come onto my podcast and share some of the ideas he had developed from working on the inside of government.   Ryan started out as he explains i...

YouTube Live: July 20, 2020 T oday we talk about preparing your company for success. Reach out to the PTAC and ask about IDV. Do not let them blow smoke about stuff you already know, cap statement, NAICS, SAM and beta.sam. @ 23:56 Eric loves 8a @ 29:49 Explain IDV @ 38:42 How to prepare your company for contract actions using IDV @ 50:12 Top mistakes preventing companies from winning first contrac...

How do you start a business with no employees? In this episode we talk about starting a business with 0 employees. Making your first hire and my attempt at winning a contract building the wall.

Occasionally you run across a story that just catches your attention. That was the case when one of my friends forwarded me the story of Wesley Ross. A 16 year old military contractor. The purpose of the news story was to provide some positive news during the midst of the mayhem ensued following the murder of George Floyd. With all the news coverage focused on riots, looting, removal of confederat...

First IG live with special guests Laurie joins us and talks about building a world class business, guest legendario ask questions about canceling a client and transferring the information to another.

Today's guest, Ramsey Smith, BS Chemistry, Ph. D in Atmospheric Chemistry. Was a Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GFSC) where his research spanned the areas of laboratory atmospheric chemistry to ground based remote sensing of planetary atmospheres. Today he is the CEO/Founder of Geaux Innovation Agency - provides strategy, R&D, and commercialization services for science an...

Bobby Brown, CEO of Broco Oil is a FT firefighter and manages to build a Veteran-owned small business company of the year in 2019. For all those that think you have to pick between a FT job and growing a business think again. Bobby says that 80 – 100 hour weeks are normal. Not one to run away from hard work that's all he ever knew. He actually says that he just puts his head down and just works ha...

Ronnette Meyers founder of JLAN Solutions story mirrors that of many entrepreneurs who got their first start from their parents. But unlike those who have severed ties, grew apart or could no longer work together, her and her mom hatched out a plan to increase their net worth, build generational wealth and capitalize on a skill set they had acquired over the previous decade. While growing out her...