My best friend, Robin, currently stationed in Japan with her husband, invited me to climb Mount Fuji. Nine months, countless training hours, and a 75lb loss later, we made the 10-hour trek up the mountain and the 6-hour slide back down. Along the way, I thought of how doing business with the government is very much like... Read More
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Five Top Marketing Myths Causing Lost Contracts
The U.S. federal government remains the world’s fortune one customer purchasing every type of service and product. It is a relationship-based marketplace where decision-makers want to know who the vendors are before the bid is awarded. To win more contracts, it is imperative that contractors market effectively and not fall victim to these top five... Read More
Spring Federal Contracting Business Update
There is good news and there is bad news in recently passed and proposed laws affecting all federal contractors. For small businesses, the good news is that now, as signed into law on December 17, 2018, the period for measuring the size of a business by annual revenues or number of employees has increased... Read More
The Skinny on Size Standards
Many new companies seek to work in the Federal market; however, they often lack sufficient understanding of the size standards, which is a critical element to determining a firm’s qualification to bid and win business within with the federal government. The size standard is the largest size a firm can be, based on a 3-year... Read More