In this episode, we tackle the government’s Q4 spending spree and how YOU can take advantage of this – even if you have not been preparing all year (as you should have). We discuss a few myths and then dive right into tips on who you should be calling, what your objectives should be, and how to build momentum for Q1 of next year. If you are a Federal Access member, you will also want to check out the weekly playbooks called Preparing for Government Q4 parts 1 and 2.

Featured Guest:	Michael LeJeune	Company:	Partner and Federal Access PM, RSM Federal
Email:	mlejeune@rsmfederal.com	Phone:	(636) 577-5005

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In this episode, we sat down with Erin Andrew from Live Oak Bank to learn about Financing and Competitive Strategies for Growth. Some of the topics we tackle in this podcast include: financing a government contract award, why you would want to finance an award, growth through acquisition, how to leverage a banking relationship to grow your business, and much more.

Featured Guest:	Erin Andrew	Company:	Managing Director, Live Oak Bank
Email:	erin.andrew@liveoakbank.com	Phone:	910-790-5867

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In this episode, we sat down with Rob Rosenberger from Blackdragon to learn about his model for explosive growth. Rob is a serial entrepreneur who started his first business at age 9 and never looked back. Today, Rob is rapidly growing his company Blackdragon through a crowdsourcing approach to winning government contracts. We discuss some of Rob’s major wins, keys to success, biggest hurdles and important advice for government contractors.

Featured Guest:	Rob Rosenberger	Company:	CEO, Blackdragon
Email:	rob.rosenberger@blackdragon.expert	Phone:	703.332.9122

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I recently sat down with Scott Denniston, the Executive Director of the National Veteran Small Business Coalition. The NVSBC is a powerful voice for veteran government contractors. They also host the VETS conference each year. Scott and I discussed the purpose of the NVSBC, their ongoing efforts to fight for veterans, some of the many challenges veterans face when starting and running a business, and much more.

Featured Guest:	Scott Denniston	Company:	Executive Director, NVSBC
Email:	Scott.Denniston@nvsbc.org	Phone:	703-581-7142

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This is part 2 of a powerful series where we tackled the top 20 questions that government contractors ask. Part 2 of this series kicks off by talking about: How to take advantage of your socio-economic status, selling products through DIBBS, how to get past performance even if you’ve only been a sub, how to deal with information overload in this market, and much more…

Featured Guest:	Joshua Frank	Company:	Managing Partner, RSM Federal
Email:	jfrank@rsmfederal.com	Phone:	(703) 677-1700

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