GovCon Untethered | Goal Setting and Accountability

  In this episode of GovCon Untethered, Meg is joined by Coach Terry Head to discuss goal setting, accountability, and above all, flexibility going forward in business this year. (Click the image to listen to this week’s episode!) Terry was kind enough to share an article with us on accountability. Please find it here. Connect […]

Business Building Opportunities in GovCon

In this episode, GovCon Untethered brings you a discussion between Robin Desmore-Scott, BOOST’s Director of Contracts, and Dwight Gibbs, and Scott Keough of Contraqer to discuss Building Business Opportunities in the GovCon Arena with Award and Opportunity Search. Action Items from the episode include getting your opportunity search links in order for easy access. The […]

Creating Value in Growing Government Contractors

Every business owner dreams of building a Company so that they may reap the rewards sometime in the future.  However for many entrepreneurs, these dreams never materialize, falling short of building value within their organization,  Do you understand the true value drivers that make a difference in creating value inside of your business?  How does […]

Marketing Your Business, Consistency is Key 

consistency in marketing | GovCon Marketing | GovCon Marketing Strategy

Do us a favor and imagine our best James Earl Jones impression “…and if you’ll look to your inbox, everyone is writing about COVID.” We know, we know.  While we may be exhausted by the constant deluge of COVID this, and social distancing that, the fact remains that the way we do business now has changed. Forever. This doesn’t […]

What is Strategic Pricing?

Over the past decade or so, we’ve all been whacked by this beast of a trend called “Low Price Technically Acceptable” (LPTA) evaluation criterion.  It’s where the government looks at one thing and one thing only. Namely, your price.  The lowest price to be clear.  As long as all of your other volumes meet the […]

Set Your Sights on FY19 | Corporate Planning

The end of the year is quickly approaching and you are probably (hopefully) in the throes of budgeting and forecasting for FY19 and beyond. Corporate planning isn’t as easy as it appears.  At BOOST, we help clients with corporate planning and have some strategies that might be helpful to you as the end of the […]

Meet Avantika!

BOOST LLC is thrilled to announce that the team is growing. Please give a warm welcome to Avantika Singh! She will be supporting BOOST’s clients with her specialties in government cost/price volume expertise, strategic pricing expertise, price to win,  financial model development, financial analysis, federal contracting, metrics/measurement reviews, forecasting and more. We took some time […]

GovCon Lifecycle: Purgatory to Paradise

The second govmates institute, GovCon Lifecycle: Purgatory to Paradise met at the Northrup Grumman location in McLean, VA. In an authentic meeting-of-the-minds, industry experts discussed topics pertinent to growing the local govcon footprint. Highlights from the institute include: Purgatory: That Awful Time Between Submission and Award BAFO’s, How to respond to government requests, FAR compliance, “Gotcha’s”“Proposals are […]

Continuing Education

By now, our college days are long behind us (let’s not talk about how many years). Some folks have sought continuing education in the form of a master’s degree, PhD, certifications, and other credentials. Some of these factor into our “employability” and can help move our careers. Assuming you’ve gotten the credentials/certifications requested and additional schooling that […]

Ghosting in GovCon

Ever been ghosted? It’s not just for those navigating the dating scene. It happens in business…a lot. Ghosting is essentially the act of having someone you are engaged with disappear on you completely. No returned phone calls, no emails, no texts. What’s worse is that the person who ghosted is still very much alive and well. Professionally, you could still […]