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Episode: 068
- Eric Coffie
- September 7, 2020
068: Patrick Heffler – Family-Owned Construction Company Grows 10,000% Using 8a BD Program
Today’s podcast guest Patrick Heffler, President of Heffler Contracting Group. Patrick is a San Diego native and he shares his incredible journey as a construction contractor who benefited greatly from the power of federal procurement. When he entered the 8a BD program in 2012 his revenues were roughly $320,000 and he had 1 employee. As of December 2019, […]
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- Eric Coffie
- September 1, 2020
IG LIVE: College student drops out to pursue government contracting and it works
August 20, 2020, IG Live: College student drops out to pursue government contracting and it works. Lands his first contract in 3 months 1 week before not knowing how to pay his rent. IG @govcongiants
Read MoreEpisode: IG LIVE
- Eric Coffie
- September 1, 2020
IG LIVE: College student drops out to pursue government contracting and it works
August 20, 2020, IG Live: College student drops out to pursue government contracting and it works. Lands his first contract in 3 months 1 week before not knowing how to pay his rent. IG @govcongiants
Read MoreEpisode: 067
- Eric Coffie
- August 26, 2020
067: Denita R Conway – Award-winning Strategic Planning & Risk Mitigation Executive
Denita R. Conway, Founder, and CEO, Proven Management has proven that you can be the change you want to see. During the interview, she tells the story of the founding of her company. Without giving away too much of the story, the basis was often times when employees were working management was not available to […]
Read MoreEpisode: 066
- Eric Coffie
- August 18, 2020
066: Raj Sharma – Creating “open government markets” for $10 trillion in global public procurement spending
Raj Sharma is a social entrepreneur focused on creating “open government markets” for $10 trillion in global public procurement spending Raj founded Public Spend Forum and is now working to democratize market data and make it freely available through an open market platform GovShop. By making market data more accessible, Raj’s goal is to reduce the information asymmetries that […]
Read MoreEpisode: 065
- Eric Coffie
- August 11, 2020
065: Heather Blease -SaviLinx, CEO – Four-Time Inc. 5000 Honoree Builds Company Devoted to Helping People
Heather D. Blease is founder, President and CEO of SaviLinx. The company is Woman Owned Small Business and HUBZone certified. As CEO of SaviLinx, she has ushered the company through rapid growth serving both commercial and federal clients. SaviLinx was recognized in 2017 as the 28th fastest-growing company in the United States by INC. magazine and has […]
Read MoreEpisode: 064
- Eric Coffie
- August 4, 2020
064: Rick Grams II – Building and Growing Multiple Successful ANC and Tribal 8a firms
Rick Grams is the Vice President of Miami Technology Solutions (an SBA certified Tribally owned 8(a) company. For 21 years, Rick has been working with American Indian and Alaska Native companies in the Federal contracting market. After spending a decade serving in the US Navy, Rick tailored his service experiences to specifically focus on revenue generating activities for this […]
Read MoreEpisode: 063
- Eric Coffie
- July 28, 2020
063: Ryan Atencio – Part 2:-Understanding contracting acquisition from the side of the government end use
Welcome to part 2 of Ryan Atencio interview with me. This interview was recorded live on YouTube in front of an audience. During part 2 of my chat with Ryan we take user questions and discuss some of the comments he made on my YouTube posts. Ryan answers questions like when you should ask for an extension, […]
Read MoreEpisode: YT LIVE
- Eric Coffie
- July 27, 2020
YT LIVE: What is an RFI/Sources sought, the rule of two and why does it matter?
YT LIVE: July 27, 2020 What is an RFI/Sources sought, the rule of two and why does it matter?
Read MoreEpisode: IG Live
- Eric Coffie
- July 22, 2020
IG Live: How much can I make doing government contracts? July 22, 2020
How much can I make doing government contracts? Today we talk with a student about how much to charge using government contracts. What would I do if I had to start over? Why would I choose staffing business? Also we take a look at the GovCon Giants podcast guests and highlight their stories.
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