About Us
Small to Feds is maintained by Ken Larson a Veteran of 2 tours - US Army Vietnam. As a Volunteer Counselor, he assists many small businesses with their planning and operations processes. Subsequent to his military service Ken spent over 30 years in federal government contract management and 10 years in small business consulting. He gets many inquiries from small companies wishing to enter or enhance their position in federal government contracting or grow their commercial enterprise. This site is intended to assist in answering those questions and others small businesses have in developing and operating a successful firm.
Those wishing a free counseling session may search on "Kenneth Larson" at:
How We Got Started
The story of my foundation and its founding, as well as a free book on the subject are at:
The products and services we offer
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"Ken gets things done and helps people as needed!"
"Ken has decades of experience in the Government contractor industry, after serving several tours..."
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"Ken has decades of experience in the Government contractor industry, after serving several tours in the military. I doubt you could find a person with more years of experience or more generous with sharing the wealth of information he has gathered and gives for free to all. I know this because I have worked in same industry for decades also. "
Products & Services
Guidance on forming a small business government contracting company and understanding the federal government contracting environment. http://www.s...
Odyssey of Armaments - The 36 year experience of a 2 tour Vietnam Veteran who subsequently worked in the largest defense companies in the United St...
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"One of the most knowledgeable government contracting experts in the business. Helpful,..."
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"One of the most knowledgeable government contracting experts in the business. Helpful, resourceful and communicative. "
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"A very creative, entrepreneurial and flexible consulting designer with your project and our environment at her forefront. "
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I have been pleased again and again when a small business owner took my basic suggestions, put their own unique twists on them and developed a thriving business. That is the ultimate reward.
I help with background and knowledge for the entrepreneur to consider as he or she makes decisions. I...
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I have been pleased again and again when a small business owner took my basic suggestions, put their own unique twists on them and developed a thriving business. That is the ultimate reward.
I help with background and knowledge for the entrepreneur to consider as he or she makes decisions. I experience satisfaction every day from the work and I value being useful to highly motivated entrepreneurs who wish to succeed.
My Inspiration
Both mediums you have questioned are synergisic in the branding process. They feed one another.
In the fast paced digital age, personal, professional and business branding is occurring regularly, whether or not we are aware of it.
From our web site presence to our postings on the sites of...
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Both mediums you have questioned are synergisic in the branding process. They feed one another.
In the fast paced digital age, personal, professional and business branding is occurring regularly, whether or not we are aware of it.
From our web site presence to our postings on the sites of others, from our credit ratings to our cell phone records and application navigation, we are tracking others and being tracked ourselves. Deciding to become active in social networking is really a matter of managing personal, professional and business images/brands or having them manage us.
There is tremendous value in Minimalism
The Value of Minimalism
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There is tremendous value in Minimalism
The Value of Minimalism
Client willing to consider the following golden rules and willing to accept help in achieving them:
1. Do not promise what you cannot deliver 2. Do not overextend your resources and get a reputation for poor performance. 3. Do not tell the customer what he or she wants to hear. Tell them...
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Client willing to consider the following golden rules and willing to accept help in achieving them:
1. Do not promise what you cannot deliver 2. Do not overextend your resources and get a reputation for poor performance. 3. Do not tell the customer what he or she wants to hear. Tell them what they need to know. They will respect you for it. 4. Network constantly on professional sites such as Linked In, Quora, Alignable and others. Use Groups and Q&A features to accumulate an "Expert" rating from peers in your field. 5. Blog like there is no tomorrow. A blog is quite different than a web site. Provide good, solid information free of charge and use blog searches for synergistic businesses to team with. Teaming is an absolute necessity these days. 6. Be prepared to provide information, samples and valuable service gratis as a marketing tool. Introduce yourself and then immediately engage the client with your presentation tools available to bring your expertise to whatever topic they are interested in. Let them take you where they want to go with their concerns and their needs. Apply your presentation tools and expertise dynamically on the fly in a sincere manner to those concerns and needs and you will be in demand for follow up business. 7. Quote and bill what the client can afford and grow with them (in content and resources). 8. Be dedicated to working yourself out of a job with a specific customer and having your client take over by training. They will remember you and recommend you to 10 others. 9. Remember growth is a function of persistence and foresight. Know where your market is headed and get their first - then write and speak about your success indirectly by helping others. Demonstrate humility and a satisfaction in helping others succeed. They will find ways to give you credit. There are ways of tooting your horn without making peoples' lights go out. 10. Word of mouth advertising from pleased clients is a sure ticket to success.
The COVID-19 battle will continue as a local issue. It is at the local level in which federal funding programs are enacted, grown and made part of the culture.
There will be dramatic roles for small business, not just in medically related fields but also in logistics to geospatial tracking...
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The COVID-19 battle will continue as a local issue. It is at the local level in which federal funding programs are enacted, grown and made part of the culture.
There will be dramatic roles for small business, not just in medically related fields but also in logistics to geospatial tracking technology fields and many others.
Those who visualize the future while planning at time now to pursue it and position a strategy during this lock-down period will be poised and ready to focus on seizing the business. I am working with many.
The COVID-19 battle will continue as a local issue. It is at the local level in which federal funding programs are enacted, grown and made part of the culture.
There will be dramatic roles for small business, not just in medically related fields but also in logistics to geospatial tracking...
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The COVID-19 battle will continue as a local issue. It is at the local level in which federal funding programs are enacted, grown and made part of the culture.
There will be dramatic roles for small business, not just in medically related fields but also in logistics to geospatial tracking technology fields and many others.
Those who visualize the future while planning at time now to pursue it and position a strategy during this lock-down period will be poised and ready to focus on seizing the business. I am working with many.
The COVID-19 battle will continue as a local issue. It is at the local level in which federal funding programs are enacted, grown and made part of the culture.
There will be dramatic roles for small business, not just in medically related fields but also in logistics to geospatial tracking...
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The COVID-19 battle will continue as a local issue. It is at the local level in which federal funding programs are enacted, grown and made part of the culture.
There will be dramatic roles for small business, not just in medically related fields but also in logistics to geospatial tracking technology fields and many others.
Those who visualize the future while planning at time now to pursue it and position a strategy during this lock-down period will be poised and ready to focus on seizing the business.
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Accountability is the simple relationship between cause and effect.
Businesses and the management that run them are accountable for the actions taken by the company that cause an effect.
The accountability is either assumed in the near term as the action occurs or later when the facts...
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Accountability is the simple relationship between cause and effect.
Businesses and the management that run them are accountable for the actions taken by the company that cause an effect.
The accountability is either assumed in the near term as the action occurs or later when the facts surface. Deferred accountability always comes home to roost.
Recent examples of the above in the current era can be observed with the dramatic impact of Wells Fargo and Boeing corporate mismanagement.
The therapy I received for military combat PTSD in this advancing field at the Veterans Administration Hospital saved my life and permitted an avenue for me to assist others. The comments I have received regarding similar experiences have only deepened my appreciation for the...
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The therapy I received for military combat PTSD in this advancing field at the Veterans Administration Hospital saved my life and permitted an avenue for me to assist others. The comments I have received regarding similar experiences have only deepened my appreciation for the field.
"Odyssey of Armaments" and 84 Comments
I realized networking is a vital tool in achieving an image/brand over a decade ago. I also realized it was not a digital mechanics process and the financial ripoffs in that idea were extraordinary. So, I established a network like a wheel. The hub is core content (web site, blog, books,...
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I realized networking is a vital tool in achieving an image/brand over a decade ago. I also realized it was not a digital mechanics process and the financial ripoffs in that idea were extraordinary. So, I established a network like a wheel. The hub is core content (web site, blog, books, articles, useful materials). The spokes leading from the hub are the tools to network content that is linked to the hub.
Contacts are the engines that power the wheel.
Content is the fuel that feeds the social networking contacts and powers the wheel.
As the wheel turns, the quality of the networking improves with feedback and the wheel climbs the optimization hill of the major search engines (SEO). Limiting factors are the quality of the core content and knowledge/persistence in networking.
CONTRIBUTE TO OTHERS Blog, post and contribute to Q&A features on several sites: 1. It allows insight in solving the difficulties of others; always a satisfying achievement, dovetailing with professional endeavors and creating a positive image. 2. The manner in which a response is worded conveys values, expression, opinion, and insight to others who may wish to team, counter with a disagreement or pass on a reference to others; all healthy forms of communication. 3. Ratings features allow evaluation of responses by a large peer group. 4. With the growth of social networking international participation increasing dramatically, it provides insights into perspectives from other nations and cultures; a valuable input in the wired global economy these days. 5. The historical record of questions and answers, posting content and feedback is searched regularly by a large, world-wide community and draws others to profiles and web sites long after the initial dialogue has occurred. MAKE PRUDENT JUDGEMENTS Evaluate other net-workers for consistency. Value the participants who realize these are huge and open forums and who keep an open mind to input. Do not value narrow minded use of these features for exclusively personal or business gain, control freak attitudes, and those who delete replies or answers because they disagree with the responses they are getting or are not getting what they perceive to be desirable results.
Maximizing Free Social Media
