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Lively discussions among thought leaders across the country on how to survive and thrive in the federal marketplace through excellence in business development management practices.
Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market , Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast, and publisher of the Small Businesses = Federal Innovation Substack and Paula Smithers, Director of M&A at sbLiftof f discuss how government contractors are adapting to the new marketplace and positioning their companies for sale. For more information, visit our website.
Shirley Collier , President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses the keys to small business success in the new federal marketplace with Lisa Anderson, CPA, Strategic Business Advisor, Virtual CFO and the Founder of Anavo Transformation Solutions. For more information, reach out to us a getinfo@scale2market.com.
Shirley Collier , President and Founder of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast presented on Contractor Chat how the Executive Orders, RFO, OMB memos and the 2026 NDAA are profoundly changing how the government buys goods and services from small businesses. For more information, visit our website .
The Maryland Department of Commerce hosted Shirley Collier, President and Founder of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast to present the impact of the changes embedded in the re-write of the DFARS and the 2026 NDAA approved by Congress on 12/18/2025. For more infornation, visit our website.
Shirley Collier , President of Scale2Market, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and Substack Publisher, discusses with Chris May, VP of Security & Growth at Advantage Tech the critical first steps small businesses need to take to qualify for DoD contracts. Reach out to us for more information: getinfo@scale2market.com or visit our website.
Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and publisher of the Small Businesses = Federal Innovation Substack summarizes the FAR, DFAR and 2026 NDAA changes that impact small businesses. For more information, visit our website.
Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and publisher of the Small Businesses = Federal Innovation Substack discusses recent SBA policy changes with Sam Le, Managing Partner of the Lam Le Law firm. For more information, visit our website.
Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market , Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and Small Businesses = Federal Innovation Substack joins Host David Black Burn of the Orange Slices Winning podcast to discuss business develop and growth strategies in light of the RFO, 2026 NDAA and OMB memos.
Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, LLC and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses how small businesses are being impacted by the federal procurement regulatory changes with Lisa Anderson , Strategic Business Advisor and outsource CFO and Ryan Bradel , government contracts attorney and Partner at Ward Berry. For more information, reach out to us at getinfo@scale2market.com. Resources mentioned in this episode: EO 14275: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/18/2025-06839/restoring-common-sense-to-federal-procurement RFO: https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul DFARS RFO: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars_far_overhaul_class_deviations.html GSA explanation of Part 19: https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/page_file_uploads/GSA_RFO_Deviation_Part-19.pdf 2026 NDAA: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119s1071enr How to contact your federal elected officials: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials DFARS Round 2: https://media.defense.gov/2026/Feb/13/2003875628/-1/-1/1/LETTER-TO-DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL-BASE-AND-ACQUISITION-STAKEHOLDERS-SEEKING-REVOLUTIONARY-FAR-OVERHAUL-PHASE-2-INPUT.PDF
Shirley Collier , President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses with Ron Saville, Chief of Policy at the Office of Small Business Programs at the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon, procurement policy changes and how to do business with the Air Force and Space Force. For more information , reach out to us at our website . Links to resources mentioned in this episode: 2026 NDAA RFO DFARS overhaul Project Spectrum
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