Free Mentoring for Small Business

Defense Tech Companies Can Apply For Pentagon Loans Starting Next Year
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Courtney Albon “Nearly $1 billion has been set aside for the Defense Department to award direct loans ranging from $10...

RIVER VALLEY TRANSITIONS
Mississippi River Trail (MRT) - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/ody...

Time for Congress to Challenge Years of Failed Pentagon Audits
“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT” By Greg Williams “DOD Financial Management has remained on the Government Accountability Office’s...

Veterans Nationwide Can Now Use Their Phones To Get Emergency Care From VA
“ MILITARY.COM ” By Patricia Kime “The VA announced that its tele-emergency care program, called tele-EC, is now available across the...

10 Common Traits Among Successful Small Business Government Contractors
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “ As a volunteer counselor over the last 17 years, I have noted common traits among the most successful small...

The Extraordinary Leverage Commercial Off-The-Shelf Systems And Components Offer
“ SPACENEWS.COM ” By Charles Beames “Our government would be wise to peek behind the curtain of commercial companies, at their financial...

Department of Defense IT And Cyber Priorities For Fiscal Year 2025
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Grier Eagan “Grier Eagan from immixGroupIT breaks down the $64.1 Billion (IT/CA) fiscal 2025 budget estimate...

Unsolicited Government Contract Proposals – A Multiple Stage Challenge
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Unsolicited proposal opportunities generally arise as a result of observing or cultivating a requirement...

Army’s AI Strategy Sprints Forward With 500-Day Plan
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Laura Heckmann “The Army’s ongoing effort to accelerate the secure adoption of artificial intelligence...

Prairie Autumn
Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_...

“Odyssey of Armaments” A Veteran’s Perspective On 36 Years of Combat, Weapons And Warfare
“Odyssey of Armaments ” By Ken Larson “ I hope this FREE account of my 36-years in warfare and weapons programs is useful to those...

Spouses And Vets Key To Changing ‘Broken’ Narrative
“MILITARY TIMES” By Karen Jowers “Conveying a more positive view of the military experience by spouses and veterans could be key in...

In War And Society, Large Language Models Are What We Make Of Them
“WAR ON THE ROCKS” By Benjamin Jensen, Yasir Atalan And Ian Reynolds “No technology is a panacea or poses a risk independent of the...

Seven Management Techniques To Achieve A Small Business Government Contract
“ SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “ Entering government contracting as a small businesses is indeed a challenging time, but there are many...

America’s Future Advantage Depends On Quick Adoption Of Advanced Tech
“MILITARY TIMES ” By Mark T. Esper Many of our existing platforms, are defined — and usually trapped in time — by their hardware, ...

Content May Be King, But Growing An Audience Is The Ace
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” – By Mark Amtower Marketing guru Mark Amtower offers the keys to getting potential customers and partners to...

What Small Business Needs to Know About SAM Contract Opportunities
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Strategic guidance on The System for Award Management and factors for using it in small business marketing...

AUTUMN TRAIL HIKE
Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54006811763/in/dateposted-public/

The Road To A $1 Trillion U.S. Defense Budget
“NATIONAL SECURITY JOURNAL” By Brent M. Eastwood “A trillion here and a trillion there. Pretty soon, you are talking about…a big...



