248: Government Contracting with Jean Kristensen
The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.
Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group
4.7 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Landing Government Contracts and the benefits of MWBE certification for small businesses with Jean Kristensen. Jean is a small business and MWBE (Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise) growth specialist, executive coach, and trainer. She shares her early experiences, including working in her parent's business, and how and why she developed her expertise and focus on government contracts. Jean explains the benefits of government contracting for small business owners, how to secure your first contract, and then we also chat about (31:25) MWBE certification.
Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How of Business with Henry Lopez and David Begin, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business. And now here are your hosts. |
| 0:14.8 | Welcome to this episode of The How of Business. This is Henry Lopez. My guest today is Gene Christensen. Gene, welcome to the show. |
| 0:22.3 | Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here. Great. I'm looking forward to this conversation. |
| 0:26.2 | We're going to be chatting about government contracts, and that's something we've never |
| 0:29.4 | chatted about before. So we'll start with Gene's entrepreneurial journey, but then we're going to |
| 0:34.6 | dive into her knowledge. She's going to share of her knowledge, tips, and advice on going after government |
| 0:41.2 | contracting opportunities and some of the challenges of doing so for small businesses. |
| 0:47.0 | If you want to receive more information about the Hawa business, including links to the show |
| 0:51.8 | note pages, then just text a word biz, B-I-Z, to 3196. |
| 0:58.8 | So Gene Christensen is a small business and MWBE that stands for minority and woman-owned business enterprise. |
| 1:08.3 | She's a MWBE growth specialist, an executive coach, and a trainer. In 2007, she launched Gene |
| 1:16.6 | Christensen associates, KJA, and they teach minority and women-owned businesses how to increase |
| 1:23.4 | revenue through government contracting, MWB certification also, and other innovative business |
| 1:30.2 | strategies. Her signature program is the MWBE success. It's a toolbox series of workshops, |
| 1:38.4 | trainings, and one-on-one coaching, and has been procured by several non- nonprofit and government agencies. Her work in the |
| 1:47.0 | small business and MWBE community has been recognized by numerous organizations. And in 2016, |
| 1:54.0 | Jean was named as one of the top women to watch in real estate due to her development work with |
| 1:59.9 | female entrepreneurs in the construction industry. |
| 2:03.0 | So a very varied background, a lot of experience, a lot of years doing this. |
| 2:08.4 | And so we're looking forward to getting her insights on government contracting. |
| 2:13.2 | She lives in Connecticut, but her office is in New York City. |
| 2:17.1 | So once again, Gene Christensen, welcome to the show. |
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