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Episode: Making A Giant 008
- Eric Coffie
- June 8, 2021
Making A Giant 008: Maria & Nicole Sharp – The importance of creating your vision, achieving personal goals and overcoming imposter syndrome
Today’s guest, Nicole Sharp founded her company Griffin Consulting Partners in 2017. Though she formed the corporation, it wasn’t until a few years ago that she decided to go full time and really work on the business. GCP offers solutions in the fed health space and work with companies looking to grow and get into […]
Read MoreEpisode: 093
- Eric Coffie
- June 1, 2021
093: Sarah Dunn- Employee Benefits & Insurance Specialist with The Capital Group/GovTech Insurance, Founder of Women in GovCon
Sarah Dunn started her career in the insurance industry by chance. She complimented a woman’s shoes at a recruiting expo which led to her landing a spot in the highly competitive and prestigious Aetna Healthcare’s Group School reserved for the top 1% of applicants after graduating early from college. After graduating as one of the […]
Read MoreEpisode: 092
- Eric Coffie
- May 25, 2021
092: Ariela Wagner – Protecting Construction Lien & Bond Claim Rights for Subcontractors and Supplier
Ariela Wagner is the president and founder of SunRay Construction Solutions. She has over 14 years of construction industry experience. With the mission to be the best and easiest construction document service in the USA, SunRay secures the lien rights of general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers nationally and helps them get paid. For a nominal […]
Read MoreEpisode: 091
- Eric Coffie
- May 18, 2021
091: Roberta Moore – Learning from the reality of failures, challenges, & difficult moments that shaped her character
Today’s show is part 2 of a two part series with Roberta Moore. She had so many stories to share that we could not get the all into one single episode. For those of you who do not know, Ms. Moore began her career as a DoD civil servant for 10 years before opening her […]
Read MoreEpisode: 090
- Eric Coffie
- May 11, 2021
090: Mike Melo – Serving people in the arena and highlighting values of leadership, integrity and hard work
Mike Melo president and CEO of ITA International started his company with his wife. Interestingly, it was Melo’s father who inspired the name of his company, ITA. It is derived from a passage in a 1910 speech by Teddy Roosevelt referred to as “The Man in the Arena” in which Roosevelt praises those who work […]
Read MoreEpisode: 089
- Eric Coffie
- May 6, 2021
089: Roberta Moore – How pure determination and a chance event lead to a whirlwind of character building experience
Roberta Moore founded AMOORER, Incorporated 19 years ago in 2002 as a recently divorced, single parent of three boys. Amoorer Incorporated is an 8(a) graduate, HUBZone Certified, Woman-Owned Healthcare staffing small business. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Strayer University and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University […]
Read MoreEpisode: 088
- Eric Coffie
- April 27, 2021
088: Matthew Schoonover – Representing small firms, understanding joint ventures, and discussing the new Mentor Protege program.
With more than $247M dollars thrown at training and education of small businesses and little thrown into marketing we try and help showcase the ups and down of the business of govcon. Each week we bring on a speaker who has been involved in either growth as a small business, supporting small and medium size […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making A Giant 007
- Eric Coffie
- April 20, 2021
Making A Giant 007: Maria & Miguel Sanchez – Embracing inexperience and ignorance and taking one step at a time
In this episode we feature Miguel Sanchez. After discovering my videos while living in New York Miguel decides he wants to get into truck delivery providing courier services to the government. After months of no results he decided to switch gears and pursue the consulting route. In his research he learned that IT was a […]
Read MoreEpisode: 087
- Eric Coffie
- April 13, 2021
087: Emily Harman – Diving deep into emotions, mindset, and positive intelligence as a government contractor and entrepreneur
Today’s interview, we talk about something very different. Emily Harman, has 38 years of service to the country as both a Naval Officer and civilian federal employee. Working hard and ultimately, retiring as a member of the Senior Executive Service in May 2019, the equivalent of a two star Admiral. In her retirement, Emily did […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making A Giant 006
- Eric Coffie
- April 6, 2021
Making A Giant 006: Maria & Raffa Gibbard – On building your experience, creating your momentum, and winning bigger contracts
In today’s Making A Giant episode, our guest Raffa Gibbard is the CEO of Brave Once Contract Agency. She has over ten years experience in both construction and contracting with the Army. With her experience, Raffa understands what the customer needs and she knows how to supply it in a timely efficient manner. In 2019 […]
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