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BEST8A Podcast — 72 episodes

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Episode 72: Warrants, Missions, and the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul: A Contracting Officer's View of GovCon Today with Tracy Marcinowski

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Episode 71: Why Relentless Beats Resourced: One CEO's 30-Year Playbook for Winning Government Contracts with Leslie Steele

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Episode 70: Compliance Isn't enough in Government Cybersecurity with Lonye Ford, CEO of Arlo Solutions

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Episode 69: Consolidation + AI: The Two Forces Reshaping Federal Health IT Right Now with Mehul Shah

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Episode 68 People, Process, Partnership: The Blueprint for Federal Contracting Success with Ollie Copperwood

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Episode 67 - Win the trust, get the hard jobs. With Musharaf Rashid and Quan Myles Boatman

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Episode 66 - From the Pentagon to Politics: AI, GovCon, and What Comes Next Nicolas Chaillan

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Episode 65 - AI Slop Won't Win Government Contracts with Caleb Max

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Episode 64 - From AI Augmentation to AI Replacement with Nicolas Chaillan

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Episode 63 - Chaos, Capture, and Where the Money Is Moving with Neil Mcdonnell

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Episode 62 - Leadership, Alignment, and Trust with Suzanne Lesko

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Episode 61 - GovCon is a long game with Gloria Aderinokun (part2)

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Episode 60 - Contract Officers: Breaking the Empathy Myth in GovCon with Gloria Aderinokun (Part 1)

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Episode 59 - Inside the Federal Journey: Growth, Change, and Moving to the Private Sector with Prisco Eric Ravelli

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Episode 58 - Finding Your Path: Leadership, Cyber, and Career Growth in GovCon with Indira Rice Donegan

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Episode 57 - How Small GovCon Firms Can Build Real Value Before Selling, with Stephanie Smith

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Episode 56 - The Future of Small Business Contracting, with Sam Le

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Episode 55 - Having a structured BD process, with Jennifer Dougherty

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Episode 54 - How to offer solutions to the PM, with Jennifer Dougherty (part 1)

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Episode 53: A Small Business Professional's Perspective, with Leslie Faircloth

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Episode 52: Less Consistent GovCon Rules, with Keith Boyea

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Episode 51: Can a Contracting Officer help a small business with proposals?, with Shauna Weatherly

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Episode 50: how small businesses can advocate for themselves, with Darlene Bullock.

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Episode 49: Government efficiency challenges, with Ann Dunkin

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Episode 48: Innovating Together: DHS S&T and Industry Collaboration, with Tod Companion

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Episode 47: How can you earn your PM's trust? with Monica Padron Harris (part 2)

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Episode 46: Engaging with the federal government, with Monica Padron Harris (part 1)

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Episode 45: Revolutionizing Federal Workflows, with John Bergin (part 2)

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Episode 44: Adapting to changes in GovCon space, with Alec Longarzo (Part 2)

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Episode 43: Finding the new cool thing, with Alec Longarzo (Part 1)

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Episode 42: Government, Business, and Leadership with John Bergin (part 1)

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Episode 41: Leadership Challenges, with Tarrazzia Martin (part 2)

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Episode 40: Becoming your own CIO, with Tarrazzia Martin (Part 1)

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Episode 39: The importance of enganging in Government, with Jay Visconti (Part 2)

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Episode 38: AI and Contracting, with Scott Simpson (Part 2)

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Episode 37: Persistant challenges in federal IT, with Bill Pratt (part 3))

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Episode 36: Take On Challenges, Grow, and Get Noticed, With Christian MacMillan (part 2)

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Episode 35: relationships with end users in business, with Dr. Charlene Coon (part 2))

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Episode 34: Federal to Private: Navigating Both Worlds, with Jay Visconti (Part 1)

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Episode 33: Lessons from a Federal ML Engineer, With Abigail Haddad

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Episode 32: Smart Risks and Transparency in Government Procurement, with Scott Simpson (Part 1)

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Episode 31: Intrusive Leadership, with Christian MacMillan (Part 1)

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Episode 30: Working at a large company, With John C. King (Part 2)

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Episode 29: Finding your space as a Small Business, wit Beth Cappello (Part 2)

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Episode 28: SMEs and proposal writing, with Dr. Charlene Coon (Part 1)

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Episode 27: Small business, Big Learning. With John C. King (Part 1)

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Episode 26: Meeting with Fed end users, with Bill Pratt (Part 2)

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Episode 25: IT - Brilliant at the basics, with Beth Cappello (Part1 )

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Episode 24: Program Managers' Burden, with Bill Pratt (part 1)

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Episode 23: Knowledge Graphs, with Ryan Riccucci (part 2)

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Episode 22: Micropurchases, with William Randolph (part 2)

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Episode 21: Applied Ontology, with Ryan Riccucci (part 1)

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Episode 20: Capturing incumbent Program Managers, with Fred Darugar (part 2)

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Episode 19: Understanding pain points, with Peter Frith (part 2)

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Episode 18: Artificial Intelligence and Business Development, with Nicolas Chaillan (part 2)

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Title: Episode 17: Capturing strategy, with Fred Darugar (part 1)

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Episode 16: The Two Bubbles, with Nicolas Chaillan (part 1)

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Episode 15: Strategic Communication, with William Randolph (part 1)

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Episode 14: Understanding Government Processes, with Nicolas Schellman (part 2)

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Episode 13: Can AI alleviate COs burnout?, with John Ferry (part 2)

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Episode 12: The pivotal role of building relationships, with Peter Frith (part 1)

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Episode 11: How AI is changing government contracting, with John Ferry (part 1)

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Episode 10: The disconnect between government and industry, with Nicolas Schellman (part 1)

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Episode 9: Balancing work in the industry and the federal space, with Justin Forbes

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Episode 8: The dos and don'ts when talking to SBOs, with Veteran Affairs Anna Urman (Part 2)

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Episode 7: How the Goverment helps Small Businesses, with Veteran Affairs Anna Urman (Part 1)

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Episode 6: Conversation with Lee Kair (Part 2): How to transition from Goverment to Industry

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Episode 5: Conversation with Lee Kair (Part 1), Translation issues between Goverment and Industry

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Episode 4: Matthew Schoonover on the narrative of social disadvantage

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Episode 3: Kevin Jans, inside the mind of a Contracting Officer

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Episode 2: Should government contractors form Joint Ventures?

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Episode 1: Should government contractors specialize their offerings?