Ep 078: The GovCon Small Business Growth Model

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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Ep 077: Planning for an Exit

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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Ep 076: The Value of SAME

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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Ep 075: Crowdsourcing Your Way to a Better Win Rate

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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Ep 074: Bouncing Back from a Losing Streak

In this episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Courtney Spaeth from Growth[Period] to talk about Bouncing Back from a Losing Streak. If you are in any sort of slump, this session is going to give you some of the most practical and simple advice that you will ever get. You will also learn fundamentals that will help keep you out of a slump.

Featured Guest: Courtney Spaeth Company: CEO, Growth[Period]
Email: cbspaeth@growthprd.com Phone: 703-556-0111
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