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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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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
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The Pentagon must make a culture shift too EMBRACE INNOVATION - We will lose partners quickly if DOD’s culture is not open to working with both traditional and non-traditional suppliers.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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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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#USDrawnOutWars #Vietnam #Afghanistan #Iraq
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.”
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Trail Bridge View - Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota
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#MInnesota #NaturePhotography
Trail Bridge View - Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota
December 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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WHAT IT MEANS TO KILL IN COMBAT - The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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TRAIL MAGIC - Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota
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December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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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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#USWars #AwfulArithmetic
THE AWFUL ARITHMETIC OF OUR WARS - 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.
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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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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#VeteranOwnedBusiness #Exporting
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.
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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SMALL BUSINESS MENTORING WEB SITES and the role of social networking. A 19 year Veteran Mentor’s CRITICAL REVIEW OF SCORE and MICROMENTOR.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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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#GovernmentContracting #Negotiations #WeightedGuidlines
Understanding WEIGHTED GUIDELINES PROFIT DETERMINATION in federal government contract negotiations can assist in achieving a higher profit.
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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FREE assistance to small businesses with planning and operations processes to enter or enhance their position in FEDERAL GOVERMENET CONTRACTING.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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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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#WorldArmsProducers #AtRecordLevel #SIPRI
The top 100 arms producers see combined revenues surge, resulting in the HIGHEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED BY SIPRI, as producers capitalized on high demand.
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Mastering the spoken and unspoken rules of GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. A quick overview of eight basic (and true) rules to gain your first foothold with the customer.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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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#SmallBusiness #GovernmentContract #Marketing
Techniques for Small Business B2G PRODUCT /SERVICES DEVELOPMENT. Marketing in the small business federal government contracting venue and growing an idea into a company.
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Meeting GOVERNMENT-OWNED PROPERTY management contract requirements involves ownership, storage, rent-free-use and related Federal Acquisition (FAR) clauses.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM