How Getting Into Navy Flight School is like Entering Federal Contracting
Getting into Navy Flight School was a bit like getting into Federal Contracting. There sure were a lot of hurdles in the race to get selected for flight school. First, one has to qualify physically...
View ArticleWhy the paper airplane will fly into the Federal Contracting Hangar!
Some might wonder: Why the paper airplane? Well, as you might know our founder, Michael, enjoyed a career flying for the BEST airline in the world – The United States Navy. In those special days his...
View ArticleSupporting Roles in Government Contracting
Business support comes in many forms. The tangible support in IT, infrastructure, and staffing is critical to success. The intangibles – the stuff of other people’s hearts, hopes, and brains may be...
View ArticleIs NOW a Good Time to Sell to the Government?
With all the banter about Fiscal Cliff, Sequestration, Entitlement Reform, tax increases, the new Congress, LPTA, insourcing, diminished government contracting experience, GSA OASIS, etc… is NOW a good...
View ArticleCross-Fit for Business
Teaching new pilots to fly was a blast! As an instructor the easy part was that 99.9 % of our students did their homework and wanted desperately to learn and succeed. And all had passed a stringent...
View ArticleSurvival 2013 For Government Contractors
As the New Year begins, and a fiscal ‘deal’ has been reached, everyone seems to be catching their breath and setting up to ‘fight’ about it again in a few months. But has anything really changed for...
View ArticleI see Dead Businesses…
Have you ever wondered why seemingly competent business owners would shoot themselves in the gut and destroy their business trying to grasp the ‘easy’ ladder to government contracts? Unlike the...
View ArticleLUCK
March has blown into the DC Area and brought the fearsome winds of looming change to the world of federal employees and contractors. Some of our elected officials seem to be stuck in ‘business as...
View ArticleTurbulence in Government Contracting
Turbulence… you’ve felt the uncertainty in the pit of your stomach when you’re on an airline flight. All of the sudden, you feel like the plane just hit a speed bump, then another and another! And...
View Article2013 Beauty Pageant
Beauty pageants in the bygone years…. Beauty pageants in the bygone years were something fascinating to observe on television. Masters of Ceremonies such as Bert Parks and Gary Collins were renowned...
View ArticleDino Bytes, part-1
Dino Bytes ~ And so begins the series, “The Contracting Land before the Chopping Block”… Have you heard of the Dinosaur Effect? Well, to sum it up, new cranial studies & insights reveal a theory...
View Article“Buzzwords!”
Buzzwords, what buzzwords should we be listening for?! In a meeting last week, there was a company that was considering acting as a reseller for another company’s services. The COO looked over at...
View ArticleSTORY TELLING IN THE AGE OF TRANSPARENCY
Story Telling, Businesses need a personal touch and good stories help create it. While at networking events, you may have heard the facilitator ask that you give your 30 second business introduction...
View Article7 Tips for your Government Business Fountain of Youth
Military people – both men & women – look younger than the general population. They consistently reflect youthfulness and energy. Certainly there are exceptions; but, because of their rigorous...
View ArticleDesiccant… a Modern Day Power of the Purse?
Desiccant, an old tradition of putting a coin in a purse or wallet. There is an old tradition of putting a coin in a purse or wallet to imbue it with good luck and ensure that the gift of is never...
View ArticleThe World of Government Contracting has Changed!
1st Half: Is the Glass Half-Full or Empty? Is this the look of the new world in government contractors? Flaming hulks, empty office buildings, and skeletons of bygone days? The “glass-half-empty”...
View ArticleThe World of Government Contracting had Changed! – 2nd Half
Is the Glass Half-Full or Empty? ‘Glass Half-Empty’ mindset. In our previous blog, the “1st Half”, we summarized opinions of the government contracting ‘Glass Half-Empty’ mindset. Those...
View ArticleFixers in our World – Including Government Contracting
Hail to the Fixers! Kudos to the people who fix things. This world seems to have enough of the “purposely break it ” people & the “accidentally break it” people; but, the people who fix what’s...
View ArticleDino Bytes, part – 2; The Contracting Land Before the Chopping Block – Mentor...
Mentor – Protégé byte It is the time near the end of the old age of the “dinosaurs”, and a series of calamitous events in federal contracting are creating ripe conditions for a scramble for the...
View ArticleFight the Good Fight, Small Business!
“Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.” Bill Cosby The obituaries are the micro versions of biographies that appear in a daily...
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