Govcon Giants

Today's Giant, Lourdes Martin-Rosa, has been featured in over 790 media publications including FOX News, MSNBC, CNN Money, the Washington POST, the New York Times, Hosts a Monthly Blog on GovWin and Money, Inc. Magazine.

In 2012, Lourdes served as a Small Business Programs expert guiding The Whitehouse Small Business Taskforce towards increasing awareness & outreach to small businesses across America. From 2009 to 2019, she spearheaded the development of the American Express OPEN for Government Contracting & Grow Global programs. She also served as WIPP's National Partner where she promoted advocacy among women-owned small businesses through the Small Business Administration, American Express and WIPP's ChallengeHER co-sponsored program. The combined efforts connected over 150,000 small businesses resulting in $8.3B in contract awards

This is one episode you do not want to miss.

For Show Notes: https://govcongiants.com/podcast/2019/12/10/033/ ‎

On today's episode of the Govcon giants podcast we are featuring a dynamic speaker, author and serial entrepreneur Dr. Robert L Wallace.

We are honored and privilege to have Dr. Wallace come on our show and share his journey of traveling the entrepreneurship path. From his humble beginnings in the 1990's working out of a 2 bedroom row home, transitioning through dot.com boom, Y2k to Black Enterprise Top 100 List 2019

In today's interview we discuss his latest book, a block chain partnership that was created based on his daughters traveling to Thailand, fear of success, his 4 quadrant model, triad and principles of success

For show notes visit: https://govcongiants.com/podcast/2019/12/02/032/

Even if you are not a veteran, chances are likely that you know someone who is, and they may be able to take advantage of the programs that exist for military service members coming back from duty who want to re-engage with the workforce in a unique way.

Now in today's episode we are doing things a little differently. Instead of featuring one guest, I am interviewing two. Two unique business owners, both women both veterans that have leveraged the Veterans Administration Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment program to build their businesses. Raffa Gibbard owner of Brave One Contract Agency and Renona Riddle Brown owner of Hurmar Solutions.

What makes them unique is that they used two different Vocational Rehab Veteran employment tracks to accomplish their goals.

In this episode we explore each of their stories and how they were able to design their own path to entrepreneurship while the Department of Veteran Affairs supported aided them along their journey.

Today's guest Amber Hanlon has been a Govcon Giant for many years advocating on behalf of small businesses as the SBLO for what was formerly known as Rockwell Collins.

In that role, Amber has responsibility for building Rockwell Collins' participation in the Department of Defense Mentor/Protégé Program, leading Rockwell Collins' Small Business Executive Steering Team, training internal employees on opportunities for small businesses and assisting small business suppliers in expanding their reach.

In today's episode we common mistakes that small businesses make when attending seminars and events. Experiences of small firms working with Rockwell Collins, and the process that she uses to bring firms into the fabric of the organization.

I'd like to welcome you to our latest and greatest Giant Pierce Robinson.

One of the commonly asked questions That I received often from my subscribers is, how do I introduce my new technology to the government? A lot of people want to do what's called unsolicited proposals, but there are other ways in which the government is seeking out people who have a new technology or an invention. In today's episode I interview Pierce Robinson. Pierce, is the mastermind behind GovCon Giants and also our technology resident experts, and what he's going to discuss in today's episode is ways in which you can take an innovation, a technology, a product, and or new service, a way that you can help improve our government systems and how they are seeking out people like herself. With Pierce we discuss, broad agency announcement, crowd sourcing innovation, or the transaction authorities, and of course the SBIR, NSTTR programs.