Posts Tagged ‘Small Business’
Building a Winning Proposal Response Team – Part 2
Successful small business contractors have functional teams with all proposal roles filled. This is where knowledge about your in-house talents – and your creativity about how to allocate those resources – becomes extremely important.
Continue Reading3 Tips to Help Navigate Your Business Through Tough Economic Times
Recent developments with COVID-19 have caused uncertainty for many businesses. But during this tough economic time, are you doing all you can to help your business thrive? Consider implementing the following items into your business strategy as you navigate these tough economic times. 1. Focus on your current customers and clients. According to a 2018 Forbes article…
Continue ReadingFuzzy Math of SBA Goals
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is again under fire for how the determine the success of agency small business programs. SBA has claimed victory in achieving the 23% goal given…
Continue ReadingLessons from Paddleboarding
The water, the oar, the board… waves or calm, it’s peaceful. Good thinking time while exploring the nuances of the lake. Looking outside with snow dusting the ground, paddleboarding in Lake…
Continue ReadingFuzzy Metrics are Crap
When the SBA size guidelines come out, we pay attention. We look at agencies grade poorly as targets with the thought they might want to increase their scores. We look…
Continue ReadingLet’s Get Physical
Team JetCo works hard, with frequent unpredictable hours due to solicitation deadlines. As a result, we have to be particularly committed and creative to fit fitness into our lives. The…
Continue ReadingWOSB Federal Contract Program
Today is a big day for women owned small businesses (WOSB) pursuing federal contracts. October 14, 2015 is the effective date for an expansion of the WOSB Federal Contract Program.…
Continue ReadingWOSB Federal Contract Program
On September 11, 2015, the SBA issued a final rule authorizing federal agencies to award sole source contracts to eligible women-owned small businesses (WOSB) under the WOSB Federal Contract Program.…
Continue ReadingFinding Meaning as a Small Business
Like many small business owners, this is the time of year we begin developing our strategic plan for 2016. We are growing deliberately and we want to ensure future growth…
Continue ReadingJetCo Solutions named EPIC Veteran-Owned Business of the Year
In June of 2015, JetCo Solutions was named Veteran-Owned Business of the Year by the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce through their annual EPIC Awards. The EPIC Awards celebrate businesses and people who are doing great things in the business community by being Entrepreneurial, Progressive, Innovative and Collaborative.
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