In my quest to find the best tools to achieve my goals,
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A Look at Emerging Technology
In my quest to find the best tools to achieve my goals, I have spent substantial time with a few major emerging technologies. In my next set of posts, I will focus on these technologies, my experiences with them and the value I see for them in the future of
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The past few years have seen my career move from commercial business into the world of government contracting, which is fraught with pitfalls and rife with opportunity. In this series, I will unpack some of the experiences and observations from a deep dive into this world. Reading this may get
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The key points of delivery on a government contract involve successfully meeting the contractual requirements while maintaining a balanced budget. The process includes aspects such as CPARs (Contractor Performance Assessment Reports) and a focus on comprehensive project fulfillment with customer satisfaction. It is important to remember why the Government works
Continue readingProposals, Proposals, Proposals
Part 3 of the series for the uninitiated With some of understanding and infrastructure in place, it’s time to think through the proposal process. Proposal Process Overview: The government proposal process is a structured approach through which government agencies acquire goods and services from external contractors. This process is designed
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Part 2 of the series for the uninitiated Now that we have a general understanding of what is going on, we’re going to discuss the various nuts and bolts that have to be in place before work can commence: Contracting Vehicles Review the glossary for any acronyms here that get
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This is meant to be a no-nonsense glossary of some of the terms used on this site and in the government contracting world. Acronyms can be brutal, but nowhere is that worse than in the government contracting space. 8(a): Designation given by the SBA BPA: Blank Purchase Agreement. A type
Continue readingIntroduction to Government Contracting
Part 1 of the series for the uninitiated The United States Government is by far the largest purchaser of goods and services. A quick internet search can bring you all of the details of how the government spends money and what regulations come with that money to ensure that things
Continue readingHidden Judgments
Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker. Dagobert D. Runes I have had a number of labels in my life, just like all of us. Clearly labels can have obvious and negative sources of bias, and without discounting that, I want to talk about a more
Continue readingLessons from Theranos… Trust and Fear
I have just finished reading Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, the detailed story of Theranos and its eccentric founder Elizabeth Holmes. The story itself is as captivating as it is bewildering. A remarkable and incredibly well researched account, it has a lot of lessons that should be clear to startups and
Continue readingBlockchain adventures
In mid 2017, we were presented with a problem and a solution. How could we differentiate our start-up’s product and solve some of the problems we were faced with in the patent process? The answer was exciting and interesting and came after substantial analysis: BLOCKCHAIN… Its easy to say things
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