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Episode: 162
- Eric Coffie
- March 8, 2023
162: Black Success in Federal Contracting | Black History Month (LA Live Event)
In this episode, we have our recently concluded live session from Chase LA featuring six top executives from the government contracting industry. These executives, who have been previously featured on our podcast, come together to share their personal experiences and insights on government contracting. Throughout the episode, I’m sure you will gain valuable knowledge and […]
Read MoreEpisode: 161
- Eric Coffie
- March 1, 2023
161: How My Dad Got Started In Trucking with Eric Coffie
Today’s guest is my Father. My parents have been married 60+ years and for most of that time (40+ years) he was a truck driver. He shares his experiences growing up during those times and fun times on the road driving trucks. We do not always get to capture the story of our parents and […]
Read MoreEpisode: 160
- Eric Coffie
- February 15, 2023
160: Making a Giant – Winning two subcontracts in 3 months with Angela Chamberlain
In this episode, we have Angela Chamberlain, founder of Kana Consulting. She was born in Manila and came to America when she was 6. Angela went to University in DC as a Business major and Division 1 athlete for Field Hockey. She worked in Finance / M&A in the corporate world for many years. While […]
Read MoreEpisode: 159
- Eric Coffie
- February 8, 2023
159: Buy a small business versus start one from scratch with Shane Prosser
Shane Prosser is a US Army veteran and cofounder of FalconTek, an SDVOSB GovCon services firm, and GovBrew, a GovCon focused media firm. After his time in the Army, Shane worked as part of the corporate development team at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), focusing on m&a for the publicly traded company. Shane and his older […]
Read MoreEpisode: 158
- Eric Coffie
- February 1, 2023
158: Native Hawaiian Organization with Eugene Tinker – systems engineering, war report, hiring interns, proposals versus relationships, learn from reading dummies books
Our guest for this week’s podcast, Eugene Tinker, was born and raised in Alabama and is building two world class companies simultaneously. He is the CEO/Founder of CTE (Certified Technical Experts) and Creative Tech Group (CTG), a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) 8(a) providing Systems Engineering and Program Management Support. He has been in the government […]
Read MoreEpisode: 157
- Eric Coffie
- January 19, 2023
157: Using Ai tool ChatGPT for proposal writing
Today’s podcast was a Youtube live session that I recorded just a few weeks ago regarding the new open AI Platform, ChatGPT. In this Youtube Live, we go over some examples of how to use ChatGPT to help small businesses with proposal writing. As we know, a lot of people have difficulties and challenges with […]
Read MoreEpisode: 156
- Eric Coffie
- January 11, 2023
156: 3x Inc Award Winner provides IT Staffing support to industry and government – Manish Gorawala
In today’s episode, we bring our guest Manish Gorawala, a serial entrepreneur, Technology Expert, and a Chief Visionary and CEO of Tri-Force Consulting Services, Inc., headquarter in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA. Since 2000, under Manish’s leadership, Tri-Force has executed projects worldwide focusing on enterprise application development, business intelligence, process automation and mobile solutions for government and […]
Read MoreEpisode: 155
- Eric Coffie
- December 28, 2022
155: Which Certifications Matter the Most in 2023 and Why?
In today’s podcast episode, we replay a recent Youtube Live interview that I did on the topic of minority certifications. In this interview we featured two guests, Kevin Williams of TekConnX and Heather Cox of CertifyMyCompany. Throughout the interview we discuss the Big 5 certifications that the Fortune 1000 recognize. Now, a little bit more […]
Read MoreEpisode: 154 – Veteran certified businesses are booming find out how to start for FREE in 2023 – Renona Brown and Raffa Gibbard
- Eric Coffie
- December 21, 2022
154 – Veteran certified businesses are booming find out how to start for FREE in 2023 – Renona Brown and Raffa Gibbard
In this episode, Renona Brown and Raffa Gibbard discussed how veterans can get money for starting a business. That’s why I wanted to revisit this episode for those of you who missed out on this because there are a lot of veterans out here, but they specifically were in certain tracks that the government has […]
Read MoreEpisode: 153
- Eric Coffie
- December 14, 2022
153: Woman becomes 8a certified at 6o years old – Contract Solutions Inc President – Corliss Udoema
The reason why I think this is a fascinating story for some of those persons who have not listened to her story is that she received her 8a Certification at the age of 60. Corliss “Mama U” Udoema served for over 20 years in the US Marine Corps, as an Assistant Officer in Charge for […]
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