Small Business Success Tips

During March 2023, the GovCon Chamber of Commerce is presenting a free business series to show women business owners how to succeed in federal contracting.In this episode, Neil McDonnell looks back at how the HUBZone Chamber (now GovCon Chamber) pushed $3B to HUBZone small businesses in 2018.This initiative successfully turnarounded a 20 year decline in the SBA #HUBZone program. The same is possible for the SBA's women business programWomen-owned small business contractors will succeed by:Using specific language to push for more contract opportunities set aside for #wosb competitionOrganizing strategic 'competimate' set-aside calls to radically increase overall responses to RFIs Shift from blaming government to taking responsibility for strategic business development and responses to RFPsWomen should be winning more federal government contracts. In 2022, there were 12 million women-owned small business and 85000 were registered to sell to the federal government. Unfortunately very few are winning contracts –