If you haven’t noticed, 2019 has been a very busy year in government contract acquisition changes. A lot of changes have been percolating for years, but we witnessed a major shift in the market in 2019. This episode talks about category management, GSA Schedule consolidation, contract bundling, pitch day competitions, the 809 Panel, the new SAM website and a lot more. Joshua Frank breaks down what’s going on, what to expect, and our gut reactions about these changes.

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The changing landscape and graphic mentioned in this episode can be found here: bit.ly/ChangingLandscapeGraphic

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Link to Amazon Book – The Insiders Guide to Winning Government Contracts: bit.ly/InsidersGuideBook
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Featured Guest:	Joshua Frank	Company:	Managing Partner, RSM Federal
Email:	jfrank@rsmfederal.com	Phone:	703-677-1700

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You don’t know what you don’t know. In business, not knowing something can significantly impact your ability to grow and scale. In this episode of Game Changers, we talked with Jenny Clark from Solvability about The GovCon Small Business Growth Model. This model walks through seven stages that every government contractor should go through to achieve success. Listen now to learn about each stage and some of the significant milestones in each one.

Featured Guest:	Jenny Clark	Company:	CEO, Solvability
Email:	jwclark@solvability.com	Phone:	256-882-6276

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In this episode, we spoke with Erin Andrew, the Managing Director of Government Contract Lending at Live Oak Bank about Planning for an Exit. Many entrepreneurs start a business with the ultimate dream of one day selling their company and riding off into the sunset. If that is your end goal, you need to be thinking about this right now. Erin breaks down the five P’s of properly planning for an exit and the steps you need to take to get the most for your company.

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 Mario Burgos to talk about The Value of SAME (The Society of American Military Engineers). Mario has achieved the type of success in government contracting that we all dream of. He’s won millions in contracts, built his company to 165 employees, and landed in the top 50% of the Inc. 5000 list for five years in a row. What does he attribute a lot of the success to? His membership with SAME and the value that the organization, conferences, and volunteering opportunities have created for him and his company.

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Featured Guest:	Mario Burgos	Company:	President & CEO, Burgos Group
Email:	mario@burgosgroup.com	Phone:	505.933.6609

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In this episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Rob Rosenberger of Blackdragon to talk about Crowdsourcing Your Way to a Better Win Rate. When most people think about improving their win rate, they think about things like techniques, strategies, templates, better writing, etc. But what if there was a way to get the inside track on every opportunity by having the right people on your team? That’s exactly what this episode talks about.

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

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