Government Coins

For this interview, we will be interviewing Mari Cofield, the founder & CEO of DM Consulting.  Mari is a former contracting specialist with more than 10 years of experience working for the government. Her company DM Consulting assists heavily with developing proposal and pricing criteria, completing market research, and responding to invitations for bids and requests for proposals. This week, she will share with us tips on pricing your offers and how to leverage market research to develop the best pricing.

In this episode, we will be joined by Sharna Barnes, CEO, and Founder of Complete Contract Consulting. Sharna assists businesses in winning contracts through her bid proposal writing services, certification assistance, permitting & license, and compliance-related document management.  Sharna has assisted hundreds of businesses in acquiring contracts by sourcing the bid, writing the proposal, and submitting the proposal on their business behalf. 

She helped quite a few businesses increase their business revenue through government and private sector contracts. Many of her clients received their very first contract through her company.  

Follow Sharna on Instagram for all tips and gems about her experience in #GovCon: https://www.instagram.com/sharna_barnes/  

Follow Complete Contract Consulting on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/complete_contract_consulting/  

Learn more about Complete Contract Consulting and the work they do: www.completecontractconsulting.com

In this episode we will be joined by Mimi Louizi  a former small business liaison and advocate. She will be sharing how she helped small businesses scale and grow their businesses.  Mimi helped manage a contract and helped a contractor not be disqualified from doing government work.

To connect with Mimi Louizi visit her LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-louizi-50b38369

In this episode, we will be joined by Christine Edwards the CEO and Founder of Amplify Charlotte. Amplify Charlotte provides community engagement consulting for local government public safety, transportation, business & community advocacy. Christine will be sharing her experience in government contracting and how she has been a successful partnership and working with subcontractors to get access to government contracting opportunities. 

Christine is also a government employee, we are interested to hear how her experience at work has helped her with her business and getting into the government contracting space, and are there any regulations about her doing work with governments because of her employment status.   

Follow Christine on Instagram for all tips and gems about her experience in #GovCon: https://www.instagram.com/thechristineedwards/  

Follow Amplify Charlotte: https://www.instagram.com/amplifyclt/  

Learn more about Amplify Charlette and the work they do: https://www.amplifycharlotte.com/ 

ShaKeia & Christlie will be doing a recap of the last 5 episodes, they will discuss key takeaways and community updates.

Marcellus Fox Wade @fox_wade is the founder and CEO of @black_fox_group Black Fox is a professional services company that provides innovative technologies in Operational Resilience, Emergency Management, Cyber Security, Information Technology Staff Augmentation, Network Security, Software Development, and Program Management.  There is a special treat in this episode because the @fox_wade  share with us how is business works with both government agencies and corporate companies to provide information technology services.

Episode 2:   After the passing of a historic infrastructure bill, we received this question numerous times: "What does the $1 Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Bill mean for small businesses?"

On Thursday, Sept 15, at 1:30PM, we have Adrianna Clark, the Office of Small Business Southeast Region Director, with the U.S. Department of Transportation joining us LIVE to share what this bill could mean for small businesses.

More about the Dept of Transportation Office of Small &Disadvantaged Business Utilization https://www.transportation.gov/content/office-small-and-disadvantaged-business-utilization

Season 1 Episode 1 of Government Coins: ShaKeia Kegler and Christlie Ganthier introduce themselves and explain the overall objective of the Government Coins Podcast. Government Coins is designed to be a way to inform, educate and connect small, minority and women owned businesses to the world of government contracting. This includes interviews from government professionals, prime contractors and business owners who have been successful in government contracting.