Through better financial literacy, servicemembers become better able to focus on the mission, explain Poncho Co-Founders John Preston Brown and Jim Shelton.

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A “consume versus build” model can help agencies revamp their back-office IT environments at scale, explains Groundswell CEO George Batsakis.

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Modern financial systems offer the ideal way to tie budget to strategy and improve decision-making, explains Russ Rumbaugh, who left the Navy in January 2025.

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Racine Sykes, CEO of Yellow House Consulting

Group, shares four tips that helped her young business navigate a path toward

early success as a government contractor.Discover her story on The Business of

Defense.

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For Brian Jacobs, CEO of weElevateIT, bringing together different DoD teams to implement the latest technology and modernize is his idea of the perfect job.

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Matthew Enekwe launched his accounting firm in 2011, serving small medical and dental offices. Now, he’s on a journey to become a GovCon. Find out what he’s learned so far and shared on The Business of Defense.

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Former Air Force financial management leader Kristyn Jones says Space Force is closing in on clean audit opinion, following Marine Corps for fiscal 2023.

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For federal contractor St. Michael’s, ESOP proves path for growth and paying it forward.

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When launching a federal contracting business, brute force and staying power count for a lot. But to sustain that business, takes an additional set of skills.

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CEO Lido Ramadan shares three ways Aminad Consulting maintains a values-based culture — one that intrinsically helps grow the small business’ work within DoD.

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