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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Delivery

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

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Proposals, 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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Positioning for Opportunities

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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Government Contracting Glossary

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

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Hidden 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

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Lessons 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

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Blockchain 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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