Small Business Set Aside

Sep 18 2024 22 ep. 39 mins 2

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Firebird CEO Randy Lange leads a conversation with small business owners, leaders, and influencers in GovCon to discuss the issues of the day and discover the strategies that lead to sustained success in the market. www.firebirdast.com

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Shauna Weatherly: A former Contracting Officer Dishes the Goods

Sep 18 2024 33 mins

The best way to understand how contracting officers think and how they approach working with small businesses is go to the source. Shauna Weatherly has more than 30 years working in federal procurement and now brings that expertise to the private sector. The say knowledge is power and she now shares her knowledge with her small business clients and with Randy on Small Business Set

Eileen Kent the Federal Sales Sherpa

Feb 15 2024 36 mins

Eileen joins Randy to talk about how to come up with methodical roadmap to building your federal business. She talks about wandering in the “wilderness” of the federal sales landscape as she sought to sell to government customers all around the country right after 9/11. She brings proven methods and techniques to the federal sales process to eliminate wasted time and effort. Co

Neil McDonnell: Government Contracting is not a secret, its just a process

Nov 08 2023 41 mins

GovCon Guru Neil McDonnell has been working in and around government contracting for twenty five years since leaving the Army. He was an airborne Ranger, Machine Gunner during his military service and he brings his approach of focusing on the target into the govcon world. He is the President and Founder of the GovCon Chamber of commerce where he helps train and advise companies on

Brendan Huff and Anomaly Six: The Answer is out there…you just have to know where to find it.

Sep 20 2023 35 mins

Army Veteran and long-time intel analyst Brendan Huff joins the show to discuss how his company helps to make sense of disparate data, offers his views on the trends in intelligence analysis tradecraft and its ever increasing velocity. Finally, he reminds Randy that the good and bad will come in business and keeping in mind that “this too shall pass”...will help you weather the

Devon Hewitt: GovCon Legal Eagle

Aug 30 2023 40 mins

Devon Hewitt from Potomac Law joins Randy to help small business leaders understand how to protect themselves in negotiations with big firms, key pitfalls to avoid, and reminder that everyone is going to get knocked down at some point, so be ready and prepared to bounce back by having good representation. If you think you can operate without a good lawyer in GovCon, this episode sh

A2 Federal: Young and Hungry

Jun 21 2023 37 mins

Carlos Salvat and Gabriel Cosentino join Randy to discuss their path as government contracting entrepreneurs. Like any good friendship, it started with one trolling the other and the rest is history. They speak to the power of their professional network as a force multiplier and how staying fast and agile has allowed them to begin scaling their business for success. Come along for

Serial Entrepreneur and Wolf Den Co-Founder, Kevin Robbins, on how to find purpose and create value—in life and in business

May 09 2023 52 mins

Kevin is one of the busiest guys around the Beltway and Randy managed to pin him down for an hour to learn about how he “finally got a real job” in Government Contracting. Kevin talks about his journey from finance and onto founding multiple companies that provide deal advisory, capital, capture and proposal support to companies who work in GovCon. He shares his insights into h

Richard Phillips from Crossroads Capital

Apr 05 2023 43 mins

Longtime Beltway financial guru, Richard joins Randy to talk Private Equity and explain how it is deployed in the GovCon space and the ways in which owners might be able to leverage it to create value and build scale. If you’ve always wondered what private equity is, this is your episode. Come along for the ride on another episode of Small Business Set Aside.

Mark Amtower: Govcon Guru and Marketing Maven

Mar 08 2023 46 mins

Mark joins Randy on this episode and shares nuggets from nearly four decades of experience selling and marketing products and services in the government contracting market. He has literally “written the book” on how to drive brand awareness and position firms for success both in the digital arena of LinkedIn and the analog method of getting in front of the right buyer early in

Carol Monroe and Red Sky: Mission Focus Beyond the Horizon

Feb 08 2023 36 mins

Carol Monroe, the CEO and founder of Red Sky, joins Randy to talk about her journey from Ecuador to the US as a child, learning program management and government contracting from the ground up, and founding Red Sky to help her government clients look beyond the horizon to plan for the future. Her “perform or perish” attitude has helped her navigate uncertainty and challenges in