Growth Masters Federal: Thinking, Planning and Collaborating to Build Value in the Federal Market

Shirley Collier , President and Founder of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast presented on Contractor Chat how the Executive Orders, RFO, OMB memos and the 2026 NDAA are profoundly changing how the government buys goods and services from small businesses. For more information, visit our website .

The Maryland Department of Commerce hosted Shirley Collier, President and Founder of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast to present the impact of the changes embedded in the re-write of the DFARS and the 2026 NDAA approved by Congress on 12/18/2025. For more infornation, visit our website.

Shirley Collier , President of Scale2Market, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and Substack Publisher, discusses with Chris May, VP of Security & Growth at Advantage Tech the critical first steps small businesses need to take to qualify for DoD contracts. Reach out to us for more information: getinfo@scale2market.com or visit our website.

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and publisher of the Small Businesses = Federal Innovation Substack summarizes the FAR, DFAR and 2026 NDAA changes that impact small businesses. For more information, visit our website.

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and publisher of the Small Businesses = Federal Innovation Substack discusses recent SBA policy changes with Sam Le, Managing Partner of the Lam Le Law firm. For more information, visit our website.

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market , Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and Small Businesses = Federal Innovation Substack joins Host David Black Burn of the Orange Slices Winning podcast to discuss business develop and growth strategies in light of the RFO, 2026 NDAA and OMB memos.

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, LLC and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses how small businesses are being impacted by the federal procurement regulatory changes with Lisa Anderson , Strategic Business Advisor and outsource CFO and Ryan Bradel , government contracts attorney and Partner at Ward Berry. For more information, reach out to us at getinfo@scale2market.com. R...

Shirley Collier , President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses with Ron Saville, Chief of Policy at the Office of Small Business Programs at the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon, procurement policy changes and how to do business with the Air Force and Space Force. For more information , reach out to us at our website . Links to resources mentioned i...

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses procurement policies and regulations that are impacting small businesses with Cherylyn Harley LeBon, Partner, Cohen Seglias and Lisa Anderson , CPA, Strategic Business Advisor and Virtual CFO, Anavo Transformation Solutions. Special thanks to Brontide for co-sponsoring this event. These are links to...

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses CMMC Leadership with industry thought leaders L aura and Toby Musser, Co-CEO's of MNS Group. Linds mentioned in this episode: NDAA Chairman's Mark For more information, reach out to us at getinfo@scale2market.com

Shirley Collier , President and Founder of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast is a guest of the Capital Bank's Pickup Pickup podcast. She and Jill Cochones , Vice President and Government Contracting Specialist at Capital Bank of Maryland discuss the business development and banking strategies necessary to thrive in the changing federal marketplace. These are links to...

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters Federal Podcast discusses inadvertent mistakes small GovCons make that negatively affect market value with Brian MacMillan , M&A Managing Director at BWFA and Gregory Stone , IP and Technology Practice Co-Chair at Whiteford. Reach out to each of us for more information.

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, LLC and host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses enterprise risk management for small GovCons with India Clark, CPA, Leader, Client Accounting and Advisory Services in DC for CLA . For more information reach out to us at getinfo@scale2market.com or visit our website.

Shirley Collier, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and Founder of Scale2Market, LLC interviews Jacob Barclay, CEO/Founder of Barclay Group on how to ensure and measure return on investment in your federal BD dollars given the chaos and complexity of the federal marketplace. For more information, reach out to us: getinfo@scale2market.com.

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast channel discusses current and anticipated changes to how the federal government buys from small businesses with Steven Koprince, author, speaker and consultant to small GovCons. For more information, reach out to us: getinfo@scale2market.com

Shirley Collier , President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses risks and opportunities for small GovCons amidst the chaos in the federal market with Richard Vartain and Dave Dorey with the law firm Liff Walsh and Simmons. For more information, visit our website .

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Master Federal Podcast was the featured speaker on Government Contractor Chat discussing ways for small contractors to win contracts and grow.

Shirley Collier , President and Founder of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast was interviewed by Ken Rochon and Dr. Ken Smiley on how changes in the federal marketplace are affecting small contractors.

Shirley Collier, Founder of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast, is interviewed by Brian Kent and Ken Rochan, co-hosts of the Checkmate Podcast. For more information see our website.

Shirley Collier, Founder of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters Federal podcasts discusses strategies with Leslie Bermudez , Founder of SBS and Stacey Piper, Founder of Piper Strategies. For more information visit our website .

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses GovCon M&A in light of the Administration's priorities, with Andrew Scherer, Founder of Scherer Partners and Brian Guenther , Founder of Exceed Cybersecurity and IT. For more information, reach out to us at getinfo@scale2market.com or visit our website.

Shirley Collier, Host of the Growth Masters Federal Podcast has a live discussion with Andrew Scherer of Scherer Partners and Kathryn Hickey, Partner with MacDonald Hopkins on the SBA proposed rules that could potentially affect the market value of GovCons. For more information reach out to us at getinifo@scale2market.com

Shirley Collier, President and Founder of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters federal podcast discusses the pros and cons of fractional executives with Paul Serotkin, Founder of the Serotkin Group . For more information, visit our website .

Shirley Collier, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast interviews Mike Kalnasy, Chief Sales Officer of CAVU Advisors and Tara Rethore, CEO of Strategy For Real on what it take to sustain profitable growth in the federal sector. For more information, visit our website

Host Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market interviews Jacob Borgeson, Senior Product Marketing Director at Unanet about the GAUGE contractor survey results. For more information, visit us at www.scale2Market.com.