GovCon Growth Bytes
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A podcast for business owners and developers who are building growing GovCon IT and Professional Services businesses. Leveraging 30 years of experience in business development, we discuss the issues, talk to industry leaders and provoke ideas that generate results for small and large businesses alike.
GovCon Growth Bytes
2y ago
Today, we're going to kick off a new series we’re calling friends in the industry, where we ring up our friends, chat about today's market and talk about what they're up to and what we've worked on together ..read more
GovCon Growth Bytes
2y ago
Where did this idea of color teams come from? Black Hat, Blue, Pink, Red. What are people missing out on when they skip Blue Team? At what stage of the proposal should the Pink Team Review happen? What needs to happen so I have no surprises at Red Team Review? In what ways does this color team review function test the maturity of our organization? These are just a few of the questions that we cover in this episode where we talk about how to turn color team reviews from perfunctory to hard-hitting and productive.  ..read more
GovCon Growth Bytes
2y ago
Certainly knowing your customer is key to winning in the GovCon market. But is it an absolute requirement? Do we ever use this issue as a crutch for why we win? How do you build a winning team and winning solution when you don’t know the customer? Join us as we listen to our colleague Steve Cann - who has a $1.2 billion win record - talk about how he goes about winning business across agencies when he doesn’t know the customer; not once, but time after time; year after year.  ..read more
GovCon Growth Bytes
2y ago
Business is about success, right? So, why are we talking about failure? What in the world do we mean? What is the difference between failing forward and failing backward? We talk about what this means, give real examples of tracking losses and lessons learned and how GovCon success requires that we master the art of failing forward ..read more
GovCon Growth Bytes
2y ago
Polaris is the long anticipated follow-on to GSA Alliant Small Business. Now the final RFP has been released, What do we know? What do we expect? What can we do now? How do make productive use of this unexpected period where we’re waiting for GSA to issue the next amendment? We tackle all these issues and give our listeners recommendations on moving forward and being prepared to win.  ..read more
GovCon Growth Bytes
2y ago
Business success is rarely achieved by the timid. Especially in Federal GovCon, we need to learn to ask hard questions of ourselves, our proposals, our partners, and our employees. What do hard questions look like? How do we ask them without being the bad guy and making matters worse? Why are hard questions vital to GovCon success? Listen in, as we challenge the status quo in the second episode of GovCon Growth Bytes ..read more
GovCon Growth Bytes
2y ago
rTurner Solutions has a new market focus that organizes products and services underneath four pillars; Consulting, Training, Proposals and Pipeline. Join us for our inaugural podcast episode where you’ll learn a bit about us, our background and experience, how we go to market and what makes us different from our friends in the industry ..read more