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Ken Larson
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Ken Larson was awarded the Bronze Star during two military tours in Vietnam. His career subsequently spanned 36 years with major aerospace and defense companies and small business consulting. Ken has received the SCORE and MicroMentor Achievement Awards
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‘VALUES -BASED MARKEING' occurs when you become uniquely aware of what motivates a buyer or a prospective teaming partner to make favorable decisions regarding your product or services.
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#Marketing #SellBasedOnCustomerValues
‘VALUES -BASED MARKEING' occurs when you become uniquely aware of what motivates a buyer or a prospective teaming partner to make favorable decisions regarding your product or services.
December 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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PEACE ON EARTH" - Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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RISK IN GOVERNMENT WORK drives COST PLUS contracting for high-risk-pressing-the-state-of-the-art procurements and FIXED PRICE contracting for lower risk mature products or experienced services.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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PENTAGON FAILS 8TH ANNUAL AUDIT in a row. Auditors reviewed FY 2025 $4.7 trillion in assets, and another $4.7 trillion in liabilities finding significant deficiencies. 1 day later a record $901 billion FY 2026 Defense Authorization signed by POTUS
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PENTAGON FAILS 8TH ANNUAL AUDIT in a row. Auditors reviewed FY 2025 $4.7 trillion in assets, and another $4.7 trillion in liabilities finding significant deficiencies. 1 day later a record $901 billion FY 2026 Defense Authorization signed by POTUS
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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ROLLBACK OF POLICIES - Certain small business sectors such as veteran-owned firms are expected to benefit but others such as 8(a) and other socio-economic categories will suffer.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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GOVERNMENT SERVICE CONTRACTING is a natural venue for small business. It does not require a product with a niche market or capital intensive manufacturing facilities.
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#SmallBusiness #GovernmentServiceContracting
GOVERNMENT SERVICE CONTRACTING is a natural venue for small business. It does not require a product with a niche market or capital intensive manufacturing facilities.
December 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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MANAGING RISK In Small Business FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. Your reputation is key, ethics count and your customers as well as your industry are observing you.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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COST CENTER STRATEGIC PLANNING - A small enterprise can enhance competitive rate development and cost management by effective cost center utilization in federal government contracting.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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SMALL BUSINESS FUND TEETERS ON THE EDGE-Funding for SBIR lapsed, and while it could be restored, lawmakers are at a hard impasse about whether it should be — at least in its current form.
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#SmallBusiness #Government #InnovativeResearchProgram #SBIR
SMALL BUSINESS FUND TEETERS ON THE EDGE-Funding for SBIR lapsed, and while it could be restored, lawmakers are at a hard impasse about whether it should be — at least in its current form.
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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GSA Set To Begin Its RULEMAKING PUSH For The FAR Overhaul. GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive] says, " We need industry at the table to engage in every aspect of the things that are changing."
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December 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Trail Bridge View - Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota
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December 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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SUNRISE FROST - Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota
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SUNRISE FROST - Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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WAR WITHOUT LAW - To those in command and pulling triggers, remember, the “I was just following orders” defense was rebuffed in Nuremberg and at the My Lai trials.
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#War #InternationalLaw #Venezuela
WAR WITHOUT LAW - To those in command and pulling triggers, remember, the “I was just following orders” defense was rebuffed in Nuremberg and at the My Lai trials.
December 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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A VETERAN BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY - When people become the key to alignment between the customers of a business, the business team and the leaders/owners.
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#VeteranOwnedBusiness #SuccessStory
A VETERAN BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY - When people become the key to alignment between the customers of a business, the business team and the leaders/owners.
December 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Afghanistan IG Warned in 2021 of FUTURE OF DRAWN-OUT WARS. "That’s exactly what we said after Vietnam: Lo and behold, we did Iraq. And we did Afghanistan. We will do this again.”
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December 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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RISK IN GOVERNMENT WORK drives COST PLUS contracting for high-risk-pressing-the-state-of-the-art procurements and FIXED PRICE contracting for lower risk mature products or experienced services.
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#GovernmentContracting #CostPlusVsFixedPrice
RISK IN GOVERNMENT WORK drives COST PLUS contracting for high-risk-pressing-the-state-of-the-art procurements and FIXED PRICE contracting for lower risk mature products or experienced services.
December 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The math of current battlefields remains literally orders of magnitude beyond what our budget plans to spend, our industry plans to build, our acquisitions system is able to contract, and thus what our military will deploy.

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December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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ROLLBACK OF POLICIES - Certain small business sectors such as veteran-owned firms are expected to benefit but others such as 8(a) and other socio-economic categories will suffer.
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#SmallBusiness #FederalContracting #PolicyRollbacks
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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A Veteran's GUIDE TO EXPORTING WORLDWIDE - Hear directly from small and medium business exporters and see U.S. Government resources for those looking to expand to new markets.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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MANAGING RISK In Small Business FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. Your reputation is key, ethics count and your customers as well as your industry are observing you.
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#SmallBusiness #GovernmentContracting #RiskManagement
MANAGING RISK In Small Business FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. Your reputation is key, ethics count and your customers as well as your industry are observing you.
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Understanding WEIGHTED GUIDELINES PROFIT DETERMINATION in federal government contract negotiations can assist in achieving a higher profit.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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GSA Set To Begin Its RULEMAKING PUSH For The FAR Overhaul. GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive] says, " We need industry at the table to engage in every aspect of the things that are changing."
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#GovernmentContracting #FAROverhaul
GSA Set To Begin Its RULEMAKING PUSH For The FAR Overhaul. GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive] says, " We need industry at the table to engage in every aspect of the things that are changing."
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The top 100 arms producers see combined revenues surge, resulting in the HIGHEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED BY SIPRI, as producers capitalized on high demand.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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COST CENTER STRATEGIC PLANNING - A small enterprise can enhance competitive rate development and cost management by effective cost center utilization in federal government contracting.
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#SmallBusiness #GovernmentContracting #CostCenters
COST CENTER STRATEGIC PLANNING - A small enterprise can enhance competitive rate development and cost management by effective cost center utilization in federal government contracting.
December 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Techniques for Small Business B2G PRODUCT /SERVICES DEVELOPMENT. Marketing in the small business federal government contracting venue and growing an idea into a company.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM