Ep 008: Streamlining the Proposal Process

In this episode, we discuss common challenges that companies and proposal teams face and simple changes you can make immediately to your process in order to win more contracts.  Learn the secrets to a smoother process and how to keep your team engaged and excited about writing proposals.

Featured Guest: Carrie Ann Williams Company: Principal, Andana Consulting
Email: carrieann@andanaconsulting.com Phone: (717) 515-0148
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Ep 007: Getting and Leveraging Your 8a Certification

This episode is part case study and part advice for quickly getting your 8a Certification and using your status to connect with teaming partners and potential government clients.  Learn from Bellandra Foster, an experienced state and local government contractor who made the jump over to Federal contracting.

Featured Guest: Bellandra Foster Company: President, BBFoster Consulting, PC
Email: bbf@bbfosterconsulting.com Phone: (336) 355-7897
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Ep 006: Balancing Billable Time with Business Growth

In this episode, serial entrepreneur John DiLuna discusses tips, techniques, and strategies for balancing billable time requirements with efforts that will drive business growth. John and his team have worked on several govenment contracts including the VA ADVISOR contract which is a $550M IDIQ.

Featured Guest: John DiLuna Company: Founder, Technical Assent
Email: jdiluna@technicalassent.com Phone: (202) 299-4550
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Ep 005: What You Need to Know about FSSI & Category Management

This episode provides a brief history of FSSI and Category Management and then dicusses the important proposed rule changes happening in August of 2016 and what you can do about it. This podcast is critical to ANYONE who is currently selling to or planning to sell to the government. The upcoming changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) can potentially lock your company out of doing business with the government.

Featured Guest: Prof. Samuel Bornstein Company: Managing Partner – Bornstein & Song FSSI Research
Email: bornsteinsong@aol.com Phone: (732) 493-4799
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Ep 004: How Chemical Contractors Can Influence RFP’s

This episode discusses techniques and strategies that can help contracting officers when putting together RFI’s, Sources Sought, or RFP’s for the chemical industry. Contractors can also learn how to use these tips to influence the acquisition cycle.

Featured Guest: Bill Campbell Company: President, WTS, Inc.
Email: billc@wtservicesllc.com Phone: (724) 396-2542
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