Prepare Your Company to Do Business with the Department of Defense
From Growth Masters Federal: Thinking, Planning and Collaborating to Build Value in the Federal Market by Shirley Collier, President
April 22, 2026 · 25 min · Season 9 · Episode 4
About this episode
Shirley Collier discusses the critical first steps small businesses need to take to qualify for DoD contracts with Chris May.
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.
People in this episode
Host: Shirley Collier
Guest: Chris May
Topics covered
- Department of Defense
- DoD contracts
- small business
- government contracting
Keywords
- business development
- federal market
- contract qualification
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