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Episode: 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 […]
Read MoreEpisode: 086
- Eric Coffie
- March 30, 2021
086: Helleni Moon – New entrepreneur breaking in the federal arena through agile and streamlined data management support services
Helleni (Donovan) Moon , CEO of EIDOS Technologies from Manassa, founded the company in 2015. Just a couple years later, EIDOS was nominated for the 2021 Prince William Chamber business award. She has over 20+ years of successful service delivery for both federal and civilian agencies and has contributed to their mission-critical government programs. Helleni […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making A Giant 005
- Eric Coffie
- March 23, 2021
Making A Giant 005: Maria & James Lee – How an active soldier turned and idea into 2 sources sought wins
In today’s episode Maria interviewed James Lee, an IT professional who decided it was time to make his mark on the world. Without spoiling the story I will tell you that James had a little special someone who help spark the idea for pursuing laundry service contracts. That’s right! He did not pursue any sexy […]
Read MoreEpisode: 085
- Eric Coffie
- March 16, 2021
085: Wade Watts: Uniting the Defense, the academia, and entrepreneurial innovators in solving national security problems
Wade Watts serves as the inaugural National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) University Program Director (UPD) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). In this role, Wade is responsible for building collaboration between academia, the venture/business community, and the DoD by expanding defense innovation. To this position, Wade brings significant entrepreneur and academic experiences as […]
Read MoreEpisode: 084
- Eric Coffie
- March 8, 2021
084: Aliahu “Alli” Bey – How A Multi-million dollar government contract opened opportunities into the Cybersecurity and Compliance space
Aliahu “Alli” Bey started his government contracting journey in 2015 after he was awarded a multi-million-dollar U.S. Air Force tactical weapons support contract. One portion of the contract provided cybersecurity on ruggedized deployable laptops. Mr. Alli Bey reached out to a former business colleague, Adam Austin, owner of a cyber company in Pennsylvania. Mr. Austin’s […]
Read MoreEpisode: Making a Giant with Maria and Liseth Velez. Women, veteran, CEO talks about her first win and the future
- Eric Coffie
- March 3, 2021
Making a Giant with Maria and Liseth Velez. Women, veteran, CEO talks about her first win and the future
In today’s episode of Making a Giant we present to you veteran business owner Liseth Velez, CEO of LJV Development. She has recently become a superstar at the Govcon EDU breakout sessions as her company continues to land contract after contract both at the federal and state government levels. Started out in the military as […]
Read MoreEpisode: 083
- Eric Coffie
- February 22, 2021
083: Anthony Closson – How A USAF veteran built a massive contracting company from the ground up
Anthony Closson is a USAF Veteran and the Founder and CEO of Colossal Contracting- an SDVOSB Value-Added Reseller and IT Solutions Provider that has broken away from the pack bringing them to the forefront of the Defense and Civilian Industries by embodying their foundation as a company built upon military core values. Anthony brings to the table […]
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