Get The Cheese, Avoid The Traps: An Interactive Guide to Government Contracting - Paperback

by Vernita R. Naylor (Author)

Every year buying agencies (government and corporate entities) spend billions on goods and services throughout the U.S. in partnership with small diverse businesses. Each year these underrepresented and disadvantaged businesses miss out on those billions of dollars. How? Why? 1. They are unaware of the opportunities available to them.2.They don't understand the process of acquiring the opportunities.3.They are not equipped to take advantage of the opportunities.4.They don't know what programs are available to them, to help them to take advantage of the opportunities. Get the Cheese, Avoid the Traps: An Interactive Guide to Government Contracting is the answer. Get the Cheese is an extension and modeled from the work, experiences, and training in business development and government contracting that Vernita Naylor has been providing for over 20 years as a vendor with buying agencies and an educator and trainer in the buying and purchasing industry.

Get the Cheese is a step-by-step hands-on supplemental resource guide designed to help business owners and buying agencies create effective and win-win partnerships within the buying and purchasing procurement arena. Whether you are a start-up, mature, or growing business this go-to resource guide is for you.

Author Biography

Vernita Naylor, Founder/Owner/Author, Jabez Enterprise Group (JEGroup) provides consulting, education and training in business development, supplier diversity and government contracting to business owners and Fortune 500 and government buyers. JEGroup offers The What's Next? (The WNE?) which is what happens once a business becomes certified through the supplier certification program. She is an industry expert in diversity, government contracting and the supplier certification program. Her experiences: 1) Former federal government employee for over 25 years; 2) Former Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Economic Input (D/FWMBEIC) Vice-Chair and 3) as an underrepresented certified business owner with experiences in working with both Fortune 500 and government entities. She is a Certified Project Manager (specializing in Construction), U.C. Berkeley and Business Management Bachelor's Degree, San Francisco University. Vernita was chosen as one of the Nation's Top 100 Most Pioneering Small Business Owners and received a White House invitation to be a voice for other businesses. Get the Cheese, Avoid the Traps: An Interactive Guide to Government Contracting (B.E.S.T. Publishing, A Division of Jabez Enterprise Group - JEGroup), a DIY, step-by-step, online interactive guide designed to help business owners grow their businesses and have a place at the table through the government contracting process. Subscribe to JEGroup by Blog at http: //jegroup2011.wordpress.com, @JEGroupBiz or jabezenterprisegroup.com.