Ken LarsonJan 3, 20211 min readTips To Starting Your Own Business Image: iStock.com “QUORA” – By Ken Larson – SCORE & MicroMentor Counselor “Don’t leave your job without a plan. Develop it in parallel...
Ken LarsonJan 2, 20211 min readCan We Use Our Life Fully By Learning From Old People And Have No Regrets During Our Old Age? Yes it is possible. I had two mentors at key points in my 36 year career in Aerospace. They were a combination of technical, management...
Ken LarsonJan 1, 20211 min readJANUARY IS NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH THE REWARDS OF MENTORING - HELPING SUCCESS STORIES LIKE "THUNDER ROAD" https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/the-rewards-of...
Ken LarsonDec 31, 20202 min read2021 Must-Do For Small Business Government Contractors “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “Start by beefing up your client relationships: build deeper and stronger connections in the...
Ken LarsonDec 30, 20202 min read2021 Top Business Trends “SBA“ “With the new year on the horizon, there are potential new opportunities to take advantage of and ways to adapt to challenges you...
Ken LarsonDec 29, 20202 min readPentagon Awards $2.5 Billion Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) "C4ISR.NET" “The Department of Defense has awarded the National Spectrum Consortium its $2.5 billion Spectrum Forward Other Transaction...
Ken LarsonDec 28, 20203 min readTrends In OTA Spending Raise Questions “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE“ “Other transaction authority is a contracting mechanism intended to cut through bureaucratic red tape and...
Ken LarsonDec 27, 20202 min readNew Toys Congress Giving The Pentagon For Christmas “TASK AND PURPOSE” By Jeff Schogol “Congress has passed a massive omnibus appropriations bill that includes lots of holiday goodies for...
Ken LarsonDec 26, 20202 min readVA Facility A First In Public-Private Funding Partnership Under 2016 Congressional Act “Image: Leo Daly“ “OMAHA WORLD HERLAD“ “It stands out as the country’s first private-public funded health care facility built under the...
Ken LarsonDec 25, 20201 min readHappy Holidays From “Rose Covered Glasses” At The Hastings Minnesota Veterans Homehttps://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2020/12/25/happy-holidays-from-rose-covered-glasses-at-the-hastings-minnesota-veterans-home/
Ken LarsonDec 24, 20201 min readHappy Holidays! https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/8288922822/
Ken LarsonDec 23, 20203 min readU.S. Pushing Foreign Military Sales To Dubious Actors It matters who the arms are sold to, and how they are being used. By this measure, U.S. arms sales have been a dismal failure. “A case in...
Ken LarsonDec 22, 20202 min readTwo Fed Agencies Collaborating On $12 Billion In Space Force Awards Over Next 10 Years “C4ISRNET” “The U.S. Space Force has found a new manager for its expanded prototyping organization — the Space Enterprise Consortium —...
Ken LarsonDec 21, 20204 min readEscalating Requirements Under NIST 800-171 For DOD Contract Awards “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE“ “The Defense Department is increasingly focused on collecting and using data to make decisions about its...
Ken LarsonDec 20, 20201 min readTelling the Truth About Afghanistan “THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT“ “Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L. Davis was one of the earliest public critics inside the military...
Ken LarsonDec 19, 20205 min readU.S. Spent Billions on “Einstein” Detection System Russia Outsmarted Image: CISA and “Daily Mail” “THE WASHINGTON POST“ “The ‘Einstein’ detection system, operated by the Department of Homeland Security’s...
Ken LarsonDec 18, 20203 min readSBA “STEP” Program Grants Helping Small Business Export "SBA“ “Administered by the SBA, STEP provides financial awards to state and territory governments to assist small businesses with export...
Ken LarsonDec 17, 20202 min read3 Entrepreneurs Navigating COVIDImage: MicroMentor “MICROMENTOR” – Written by Katy Mitchell “COVID-19 has struck a devastating blow to small businesses, and we have...
Ken LarsonDec 16, 20203 min readImproving Pentagon Technology Resilience Image: Paranet.com “C4ISRNET“ “Systems and networks are expected to be contested, disrupted and even destroyed, meaning officials need to...
Ken LarsonDec 15, 20202 min read$11 Billion Defense Enclave Services RFP Released“C4ISRNET” “The U.S Defense Information Systems Agency released its final solicitation for a highly anticipated IT consolidation contract...
