Govcon Giants

In today's episode, we feature our guests, Eli Smith, the son of a Black Panther, following two weeks of racial tension and protest across America. After the death of Mr. George Floyd, I thought this would be the great episode to follow considering that Eli Smith, a black business owner has not only built one successful business, but he's built multiple successful businesses across the country. An...

Today's guest, Margot Dorfman is the CEO of the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce (USWCC). A not for profit trade association that she founded back in 2001.  Their focus is economic growth for women and small businesses; access to capital, affordable benefits like healthcare. What makes USWCC different from other organizations as per Margot is that they are sponsored by the interests, aspirations,...

Ms. Sonia Mundra is the President of Chenega Analytic Business Solutions (CABS), a newly 8(a) certified, Alaska Native Corporation (ANC).  As President, Ms. Mundra manages strategic partnerships, business development and company operations.  CABS provides Administrative, Enterprise IT, Training and Intelligence professional services for the federal government.  Ms. Mundra volunteers her time and e...

Christoph Mlinarchik, is an attorney, professional instructor, consultant, an expert witness who has provided opinions and reports, research concerning damages, key findings, and case strategy for complex contracts litigation. Today, we discuss when to suggest evaluation factors, federal acquisition institute, lowest price technically acceptable, tradeoff source selection, AF Space Command and his...

Today's episode features serial entrepreneur Stephen Halasnik. Over the last 25-years, Mr. Halasnik has built 7 companies in the $5 to $20 million annual revenue range. His businesses have covered a wide variety of industries; staffing, finance, software and real estate. Today's interview is a little different. We are bringing you someone who has created a formula for scaling companies to the $10M...

What emerging industries will accelerate as a result of Covid19?  In this special episode we hear what new ideas are resulting during this Pandemic.     

Staci Redmon is Strategy and Management Services (SAMS) Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Her energetic leadership, passion, and vision has propelled SAMS to the transformation and digital solutions provider it is today; helping organizations improve operations and enhance the customer experience by utilizing advanced technology to securely integrate, and fully optimize their systems, data, and...

Nicole Tripodi ,  is the founder of FedInform an organization that empowers companies to find and win new business with the federal government. If you are a subscriber to my YouTube channel you might have seen her in one of my most popular YT live sessions.    Nicole Tripodi has coached over 50 small business executives to achieve and surpass their expectations for top line business growth in Gove...

Eric "Doc" Wright, PhD, is a decorated Military Veteran, Founder of Vets2PM, LLC, Co-Founder of the 501(c)3 Veteran Project Management Mentor Alliance. His work has helped thousands of military veterans achieve meaningful, lucrative post-service careers by successfully transitioning between two of the most disparate organizational cultures around: the US Military and Corporate America!  In fact, V...

Join the conversation with us to discuss the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs both through the $2.3 Trillion dollar CARES Act. For today's special podcast we bring you three guests to help fuel the conversation. Senen Garcia, SG Law Group, , former SCORE Counselor, chair of SCORE Miami, GG episode 47Orlando Espinosa, Emineo Media, Emerging Leaders...

Delali Dzirasa is the founder and CEO of Fearless ( https://fearless.tech ), a full stack digital services firm in Baltimore, Maryland with a mission to create software with a soul - tools that empower communities and make a difference. Fearless delivers sleek, modern, and user-friendly software designed to push the boundaries of possibility, to create a world where good software powers the things...

Eric Coffie is giving us a 30 Day Challenge.. 5 ideas in which I think that you can make a difference while waiting out the storm of COVID to pass us over. Volunteer  Find Solutions   Be a Sounding Board   Donate to others Entertain Us  

In today's episode, we are going to switch it up this particular week given the recent events that's been happening lately impacting all of us globally, both the markets and also economically we are in a new era.  Something that we've never seen before, a global pandemic that's impacting everyone across the world. It's changing all of our lives, how we do business. So today made sense for me to ta...

Dr. Joseph Grant – Dr. Grant is employed with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Space Technology Mission Directorate.  He currently serves as the Deputy Program Executive in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.  Dr. Grant has worked with NASA for the last 28 years and has held various positions in the field of O...

Today's guest, Senen Garcia speaks along the lines of small business startups. He shares some of the pitfalls and cautionary tales that he has experienced in working with them. Mr. Garcia reveals the truth about small business failures and talks about the struggles that firms experience during their growth phases not just during the launch as most people suspect. Mr. Garcia is a Certified SCORE Co...

Chris Dambach joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2007 as an Infantry Scout with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaisance Marine Corps unit in Mattydale, New York.  While on deployment on the Iraq Syrian border, was ejected from his vehicle and suffered numerous injuries. During his recovery he bootstrapped a residential lawn service in 2010 by plastering his New York neighborhood with flyers and taking $5...

Today we are discussing mindset. In previous editions of the show we feature all of these wonderful people who have built, started, or grown their small businesses into amazing outfits. Well today's guest is a little bit different. Today we want to feature someone who is probably is a lot like many of our listeners out there listening shy, timid, afraid, fearful and basically "brain wrestling" eve...

Nichelle L. Early is the President and CEO of BreakForth Solutions, Inc. (BSi). With nearly 20 years of management experience, Ms. Early founded BSi in May 2012. Having received its first large systems integrator client in 2014, within the following two years, BSI more than tripled its six-figure revenue and to date has acquired more than $9.5M in federal and commercial contract awards. Ms. Early...

Mr. Luis De La Cruz founded his company, Andale construction back in 2006 after years of working his way up the construction food chain. He remembers while working as a laborer that people would tell him to hurry up saying "An-da-le, an-da-le" and for that reason decided that if he ever opened a company it would be called Andale construction because it was like his second name. Fast forward to 201...

Laurie Sayles owns Civility Management Solutions a professional consulting services firm. She served in the USMC & is an outspoken advocate for Veteran's on the Hill 3 times. Awarded as MD Women Veteran Entrepreneur, Above & Beyond, 1 of 100 Minority Business, Compassionate Business Leader. CivilityMS participated in 8(a) accelerator program, Goldman Sach's 10,000. I must admit that I've listened...

For those who may not know, GSA is America's only source solely dedicated to procuring goods and services for government. As an integral part of GSA, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) deliver comprehensive products and services across government at the best value possible.  In today's episode we are talking with Region 4 GSA Customer Service Director (CSD) for Space Coast, Shaun Hartman. CSDs...

Today we are having a conversation with Jonathan Hard who frequently speaks on the topic of Covered Defense Information in compliance with DFARS 252.204.7012 clause. Which is the safeguarding covered defense information and cyber incident reporting. Jonathan is the CEO and President ofH2L Solutions, Inc. (H2L).H2L specializes in Cyber & Information Assurance and provides Cyber Security solutions f...

Mark Masters of the Cherokee Nation founded his company Chloeta in 2009. Just 10 years later he was placed on the list of fastest growing companies in the U.S., #606, Inc 5000 award winner. Mark is a wildfire firefighter. Mark started fighting wildfires at age 18 and was part of the most tragic events in our nations history including, Superstorm Sandy and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mark didn...

Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Jon Tellier is the President at JetCo Solutions. In this position, he recruits and leads a growing team of employees who help businesses sell to all levels of government. Jon also leads all capture efforts for JetCo Solutions. JetCo Solutions has earned a positive, strong reputation among the Michigan defense industry community, winning contracts valued at over $4 bill...

For my inaugural 2020 episode. I would like to take you back in time to before there was a Scorecontracts or Govcon Giants. My original idea was to launch a podcast, not a YouTube channel. So I reached out to a few SBA award winners and the first person to ever email me back was Andy Wells III President of Wells Technology. Andy Wells is a member of the Red Lake Ojibwa Tribe where he still maintai...