Group programs

Small groups, live solicitations

The Launch Cohort takes twelve businesses from registration to a submitted bid in eight weeks. The membership, masterclasses, and team training keep the room open after that.

Cohort dates. The next Launch Cohort start date, the application deadline, and the payment plan are posted here and sent to the newsletter first. Seats are confirmed in application order once payment or the first installment clears.

8 weeks, 12 seats

The Launch Cohort

$2,950Payment plan available by invoice; next cohort dates posted on this page

Eight weeks with twelve businesses, two live sessions a week, going from registration to your first submitted bid together. The courses and templates are included, and your first proposal gets a private review before it goes in.

  • Week 1 and 2: registrations, codes, and your buyer map
  • Week 3 and 4: your state's portal, local registrations, and the certifications plan
  • Week 5 and 6: capability statement and market research on live opportunities
  • Week 7 and 8: your first bid, priced, reviewed, and submitted
  • Includes the complete course library and template library
  • Alumni access to the group advisory calls for 90 days after
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Month to month

Group advisory membership

$250Per month; cancel any time

A standing place to bring the week's problems. Two live group calls a month with open questions, a private community with weekly notes on opportunities across federal, state, and local buyers, and the resource vault of templates and checklists.

  • Live calls twice a month, recorded
  • Private community with weekly opportunity notes across federal, state, and local buyers
  • Resource vault: every template and checklist, updated as rules change
  • Member pricing on masterclasses and private sessions
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60 minutes, live online

Masterclasses

$175Per seat; recordings included for 30 days

Sixty-minute live classes on one topic at a time, such as the year-end federal buying season, reading a state portal solicitation, pricing your first fixed-price bid, or preparing an 8(a) application. Questions answered live, workbook and recording included.

  • Small groups, questions answered live
  • Workbook and slides to keep
  • Topics announced quarterly on this page and in the newsletter
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Series of three 2-hour sessions

Team and partner training

from $4,500Up to 8 people; a single 2-hour team session is $1,800; agencies, chambers, and lenders welcome

Private training in two-hour sessions for a company team, or for the small businesses a chamber of commerce, bank, or economic development office serves, with the curriculum matched to the group.

  • Curriculum matched to the group: federal, your state and local market, or both
  • Delivered online, anywhere in the country
  • Guidebooks for every participant
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Reserve your seat

Cohort seats and masterclass seats are confirmed on payment. Membership and the retainer bill monthly by card.

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