The "SmallsCast" Podcast

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Listen in as your host Just Nate and Dennis talk with Jason Putnam and Ben Avicolli from The Stratagem Group.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate, Dennis and Chris talk to People Person Justin from MODL Outdoors.  MODL Outdoors is a outdoor designer/manufacturing company of every day products that take outdoors to a whole new level.  Directly from their founders mouths "MODL is an adaptive tool that has no set use or defined limitations. Rather, it's up to you to explore the possibilities of MODL and mold it to your lifestyle."  Justin talks to us about their newest product, a water bottle that can only be defined as "Water's First Multitool".  As a small company their products are direct to consumer from their website at www.modloutdoors.com

It is always great to talk to a new Entrepreneur that has had their fair shares of ups and downs.  Justin tells his story of how he and 2 of his friends developed their company, using Kickstarter and social media to test the market prior to making the real thing.  Justin talks to us about their biggest challenges in 2020, his answer was a good one.  "our biggest challenge is all the blind spots all around us, we need to find the people to help us".  So what he is saying, they need help in getting the word out.  You can't just rely on Facebook and Instagram ads, rather you need people, people start talking to one another and the talk becomes expeditious.  

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Cooper Heflick from ANM.

At ANM, we believe understanding your business is just as important as understanding technology. That’s why we always keep your end goals in mind and work closely alongside you to achieve them. Our team takes pride in providing engineering excellence and quality customer service with a local focus. We specialize in the fastest-growing areas of IT, including risk mitigation, enterprise infrastructure and digital transformation. Established in 1994, ANM is one of the rapidly expanding IT service providers in North America, renowned for its outstanding engineering expertise and enduring client associations. Our exceptional technical leadership and solid financial management are the cornerstones of our success. Moreover, we are committed to fostering deeper community involvement, which adds to our credibility and reputation.

anm offers the following services:

RISK MITIGATION

ANM focuses on eliminating key technology risks across your organization, be they cybersecurity events or disaster recovery. We take an in depth approach to understanding the right sized approach to managing the risk in your environment, knowing full well it can’t be eliminated but can be intelligently minimized.

ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE

ANM provides the critical infrastructure to simply and securely run your digital business. This includes networks, security, collaboration technologies, data center, cloud, and cabling. Our award winning team designs, deploys and manages solutions that can keep you running without the headache of traditional IT infrastructure.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Our team of business process, automation, and cloud experts can help you deliver digital transformation initiatives in a matter of weeks, not months. ANM specializes in robotic process automation, Salesforce, and custom application development and has a wealth of experience to drive innovation at your organization.

Wow, it is that time of year again and both of your hosts (Just Nate and DK) are both on vacation again at the same time and they could not find the time record a new episode this week.  So they did what they do best and had a conversation about one of their favorite guests from this year.  

Listen in as your hosts "Just Nate", Dennis K along with guest speaker Chris E talk to the CEO and Chief Story Teller of Menlo Innovations, Richard Sheridan.  The Smalls team is a huge fan of Rich and everything that Menlo stands for.  The team talks through all the ups and downs that Menlo Innovations have had in order to break the mold and how they created a joyful place to work.  Menlo's mission is:  "End human suffering in the world as it relates to technology.®"  Rich tells stories throughout this nearly hour long podcast as he talks about how they were all focused on delighting others with the work of our hears, our hands and our minds.  Rich states the key to success and how they have been so successful is they set out to make a culture where your more likely to take action than to take a meeting.

A key to Rich's success is he had a different goal than most.  His goal was to try to succeed, where others goal is to try not to fail.  Don't let failure get in your way, run the experiment and if it don't work, try something else and learn from the mistake.

It sounds simple, Create a Intentional Culture!

We can't suggest Rich's books enough, you can find them at nearly any books store or online, see links to both books below from Amazon.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide. This week is our final installment of the EOS system, what a journey we've had.

Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations.

For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what EOS was able to do for one of these companies, he became passionate about providing that for others.

Hark knows from experience how to bring large teams together under a shared vision. As an EOS facilitator, he’s singularly equipped to help businesses tackle the long-standing structural issues that prevent them from flourishing, so they can move forward with purpose and confidence.

In this episode we talk in depth about the third of 6 key components "Traction".

1. Vision

2. People

3. Data

4. Issues

5. Process

6. Traction

Stay tuned in the future for more great content from Hark as we dive deeper into all 6 components one at a time.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide.

Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations.

For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what EOS was able to do for one of these companies, he became passionate about providing that for others.

Hark knows from experience how to bring large teams together under a shared vision. As an EOS facilitator, he’s singularly equipped to help businesses tackle the long-standing structural issues that prevent them from flourishing, so they can move forward with purpose and confidence.

In this episode we talk in depth about the third of 6 key components "Proess".

1. Vision

2. People

3. Data

4. Issues

5. Process

6. Traction

Stay tuned in the future for more great content from Hark as we dive deeper into all 6 components one at a time.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide.

Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations.

For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what EOS was able to do for one of these companies, he became passionate about providing that for others.

Hark knows from experience how to bring large teams together under a shared vision. As an EOS facilitator, he’s singularly equipped to help businesses tackle the long-standing structural issues that prevent them from flourishing, so they can move forward with purpose and confidence.

In this episode we talk in depth about the third of 6 key components "Issues".

1. Vision

2. People

3. Data

4. Issues

5. Process

6. Traction

Stay tuned in the future for more great content from Hark as we dive deeper into all 6 components one at a time.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide.

Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations.

For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what EOS was able to do for one of these companies, he became passionate about providing that for others.

Hark knows from experience how to bring large teams together under a shared vision. As an EOS facilitator, he’s singularly equipped to help businesses tackle the long-standing structural issues that prevent them from flourishing, so they can move forward with purpose and confidence.

In this episode we talk in depth about the third of 6 key components "Data".

1. Vision

2. People

3. Data

4. Issues

5. Process

6. Traction

Stay tuned in the future for more great content from Hark as we dive deeper into all 6 components one at a time.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide.

Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations.

For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what EOS was able to do for one of these companies, he became passionate about providing that for others.

Hark knows from experience how to bring large teams together under a shared vision. As an EOS facilitator, he’s singularly equipped to help businesses tackle the long-standing structural issues that prevent them from flourishing, so they can move forward with purpose and confidence.

In this episode we talk in depth about the Second of 6 key components "People".

1. Vision

2. People

3. Data

4. Issues

5. Process

6. Traction

Stay tuned in the future for more great content from Hark as we dive deeper into all 6 components one at a time.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide.

Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations.

For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what EOS was able to do for one of these companies, he became passionate about providing that for others.

Hark knows from experience how to bring large teams together under a shared vision. As an EOS facilitator, he’s singularly equipped to help businesses tackle the long-standing structural issues that prevent them from flourishing, so they can move forward with purpose and confidence.

In this episode we talk in depth about the first of 6 key components "Vision".

1. Vision

2. People

3. Data

4. Issues

5. Process

6. Traction

Stay tuned in the future for more great content from Hark as we dive deeper into all 6 components one at a time.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and Dennis "DK" talk with M. David Consulting.

Dr. M. David Stonger is the principal and founder of M. David Consulting. The practice has a focus on fixing interpersonal conflict and detoxifying office cultures. Dr. Stonger is a licensed psychologist trained to work in fast-paced, results-based environments. His areas of focus are on resetting individual relationships, improving team performance, and re-imagining the work environment for a sustainable future.

He has experience in a diverse array of industries, including healthcare, government sector, military, and academia. Dr. Stonger’s wide-ranging and extensive education and hands-on training bring a unique perspective to consulting.

Prior to founding M. David Consulting, Dr. Stonger served in the Unites States Air Force as an officer. In his time on active duty, Dr. Stonger routinely briefed generals and other leaders and was recognized for his acumen and expertise. After completing his term of service, he contracted with the Department of Defense, partnered in private industry, and continued his learning focus in the social sciences, earning a second Master of Arts degree.

He lives in Colorado with his wife, enjoying the mountain views and heading outdoors whenever he can.

M David Consulting focuses on all three tiers of any organization:
Individuals, teams, and the organizational structure. We provide targeted interventions at all levels with a particular focus on the individual:

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and Dennis "DK" chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide.

Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations.

For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what EOS was able to do for one of these companies, he became passionate about providing that for others.

Hark knows from experience how to bring large teams together under a shared vision. As an EOS facilitator, he’s singularly equipped to help businesses tackle the long-standing structural issues that prevent them from flourishing, so they can move forward with purpose and confidence.

Hark explains the 6 Key Components of the EOS Model.

1. Vision

2. People

3. Data

4. Issues

5. Process 

6. Traction

Stay tuned in the future for more great content from Hark as we dive deeper into all 6 components one at a time.

Listen in as your host Just Nate sites down onsite at Catalyst Campus in beautiful downtown Colorado Springs and talks with KiMar Gartman (Program Director for Catalyst Accelerator), "Queen" Kathy Steen (Sr. Program Manager of Hyperspace Challenge) and Lt. Hanson Finley (AFRL Catalyst Accelerator Government Lead).

We learned so much during this episode and it was a great episode to kick off our 4TH SEASON, can you believe it?  We talked about what a Partnership Intermediate Organization (PIA) is, we learned all about what and how the Catalyst Accelerator is and does.  We also were grateful we were able to learn all about the Hyperspace Challenge Accelerator program from Albuquerque, NM.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK end another great year/season!  Season 3 has come to an end and there are big things on the horizon.  2023 here we come.  The daring duo discuss what took place in 2022 and what is on the horizon.  There are great things coming our way and we wanted to let all of you know how grateful we are for all the great things you have done for us.

Check back next year for SEASON 4 of the Smalls Cast Podcast!

"Building a new model of Internet for the Digital Economy"

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK are on location at the Catalyst Campus in downtown Colorado Springs and speaking to a bunch of amazing startups.  The boys talk to Ray Shouten, the CEO and Founder of Secured Quantum Services (SQS). They offer cloud services, zero trust environments and quantum safe environments. Work from anywhere models.

The forefront of Quantum Digital Economics

We make the next generation of digital business services, beyond today’s “everyone for themselves model” of Infrastructure, application developer, multiple and hybrid clouds, experts, consultants, auditors, where the company is left to sort it all out.  We bring together and manage all of the various parties converting them into a single delivery system, as integrated business partners, eliminating the overlaps, waste and disparities.  We remove the impediments to speed, flexibility and integration.  We are an ecosystem of codependent integrated partners delivering the full scope of enterprise systems and professional services serving the customer’s digital enterprise.

We produce and operate Ecosystems for our customer and their trading partners automating multi-sided production and market growth.

We integrate an automated security and compliance system for the entire enterprise and ecosystems.  We deliver an unparalleled, end-to-end, digital business protection system.  We own and operate a private internet, and private data center system, collectively exceeding today’s threat protection, cryptography, performance and cost paradigms.

Take a listen as your hosts "Just Nate" and DK sit down and talk with Kimberly Underwood, Senior Editor, SIGNAL Magazine, AFCEA International.  Kimberly has been a Senior Editor for AFCEA for over 4 1/2 years.  Kimberly has 18+ years’ experience as freelance and full-time writer, researcher, and analyst with expertise blending creativity and artistry with more tangible factors, such as research, data analysis, and industry trends. Driven to produce precise articles, biographies, reports, and profiles.

The boys and Kimberly talk about everything from Quantum Research International to how we got started on "The Smalls".  We all sit down right after the Rocky Mountain Cyber Symposium.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk with our good buddy Russ Long from Long Capture.  It has been over a year since Russ was last on our podcast and things are rockin in the Capture business.  The boys and Russ have fun this go round and discuss everything from SBIR Phase I,II and III to include pricing, Long Beard Balm and Long Capture "World Wide"  The wacky trio just simply have fun and get to know one another more and more each time we talk.

We help you connect your technology with the government by securing strategic funding and establishing partnerships.

Long Capture promotes the advancement of commercial companies and their technology through government funding programs such as the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), and other strategic opportunities. By leveraging its network of government officials, industry partners, and universities, Long Capture drives growth for clients in the DoD space.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and Dennis sit down and chat with Sam Stiles (Vice President of Marketing for Summit 7).

WE KNOW COMPLIANCE IN THE MICROSOFT GOVERNMENT CLOUD

Listen in as your host Just Nate sits down and chats with Jim Malcolm, Owner/Operator of Enviro-Master Services. 

Making a Difference in the South Denver Area

Enviro-Master of South Denver, CO is a local germ-killing team consisting of experts in commercial cleaning, disinfection, sanitization, and facility services to a wide range of business owners across Denver, Colorado Springs, and the surrounding areas.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate sit down and chat with Raymond Wolfgang, Systems Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories.

Raymond helps people new to Systems Engineering succeed with speed at their jobs, by teaching SE procedures and best practices through my courses and workshops. Check the courses out on mastermind.com.

To contact Raymond choose one of the following:

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK sit down and chat with Wendy Hickman-Baptist, Federal Pursuit & Proposal Director at Arcadis based out of Denver, Colorado.

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 33,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.  They focus on the hard Engineering problems.  They are an Architectural Engineering Services (AES) company.

The world has changed the way we live and work. Unexpected events and megatrends such as rapid urbanization and climate change are putting pressure on communities, cities, and resources worldwide. As a business, we want to maximize our impact by harnessing the power of technology and data to develop solutions to today’s global challenges. We are focused on improving the way resources are utilized, protecting our environment, creating transporting solutions, and planning for the places where we can enjoy our work and home lives.

Our purpose is improving quality of life by creating liveable places where people and communities thrive. We enhance mobility, so that we can move sustainably in and between our cities. And we work to protect the environment and natural resources for future generations. We focus on finding innovative and lasting solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, while making a difference to everyone’s lives, now and in the future. 

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK sit down and chat with Doug Hinkley, the “International man of mystery”.  Doug has many hats he wears and CEO is just one of them.  Doug is the founder and CEO of Ciera Group – Helping companies grow.

All about relationships and strategy to win business.  Develop relationships with teaming partners. 

Doug has over 30 years active-duty military experience.  He is a Certified white water rafting guide for Air Force Academy, and much much more.  Listen in for a fun and excited podcast.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK discuss the last 5 YEARS!  Oct 2017, the Smalls was started with 2 people, just 5 years later we are pushing 700 members, our podcast is heard in 47 states and 24 countries on a weekly basis.  Who would have thought?  It has been a long road, we have had our ups and downs and all arounds.  We are looking forward to the next 5 years and beyond.  Join us for events, podcasts or become a supporter/sponsor, we love it all.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk to Carter Freeman, Vice President Western Region of VCFO.

Listen in as your host Just Nate talks to DK while on the road in San Diego, CA for the 34th Annual Department of the Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event.

The San Diego Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is proud to present the 34th Annual Department of the Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event from September 6 - September 8, 2022, "Thriving as a Department of the Navy Small Business in a World of Global Challenges."

The NDIA Department of the Navy Gold Coast Event is the premier Navy procurement conference in the country. Gold Coast provides a forum to educate, guide, and assist businesses, large and small, in support of the warfighter mission within Department of the Navy and throughout the DOD.

The event provides exciting and relevant topics delivered by government and industry experts – and boasts insightful panels, workshops and networking events. Of course, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to meet key government and industry contracting personnel through our one-on-one matchmaking sessions – the hallmark of Gold Coast. On the exhibit floor, you will have an opportunity to visit over 200 government agencies and industry organizations, including the ten Navy Systems Commands.

Each of you play a vital role within our Defense Industrial Base to support our National Defense Strategy and the warfighting men and women that keep our nation, and the world, secure.

The NDIA Department of the Navy Gold Coast Event is big business for Small Businesses.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk to Jessie Berg, CEO and Found of Out Grow Your Garage.

The idea began when founder and CEO of Outgrow Your Garage, Jessi Burg, experienced the ebbs and flows of running a seasonal landscaping business in Denver. It became so busy that she had to turn customers away.

That’s when she knew that she needed to expand, but didn’t know where to start. She knew she had to hire to meet client demand, but first needed to determine what she could afford. Would hiring a new employee bring in more revenue, or did she need more revenue in order to hire? 

It was times like these during her five years with Pears to Perennials that made her wish she had a textbook with all of the answers. She discovered that many small business owners, especially those who run service-based businesses, often have to be in two places at once – working the billable hours while also running the administrative side behind the scenes – which can make expansion difficult to manage.

Jessi decided to cater to her peers by creating courses built around her personal experiences in business. The idea is to help small business owners everywhere continue to grow and prosper with a virtual, easy-to-manage structure designed to take the guesswork out of business expansion. There is so much to know when it comes to running a business. We are here to help.

Listen in as your host DK are on location at the 2022 Guardians Industry Nights at Peterson Space Force Base.  The boys talk to Chris "FOG" Barnes, the Director of Volunteer Support at Space Force Association. 

Guardians Industry Nights will provide one-of-a-kind engagement opportunity between Guardians, Industry partners, and policy makers with targeted programming to inspire constructive conversations and collaboration, and advance the Space Force as the dominate space power leader.  Listen as DK and FOG talk about what is going on within the newly formed Space Force Association.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk to Nicolas "Nick" Cersosimo (Senior Regional Consultant) from The Boon Group!

At Boon, we specialize in designing innovative fringe benefit solutions to meet the unique needs of government contractors. Our “3 Cs” approach to benefits for government contractors, allow us to create products that are compliant, cost-effective, and, above all, competitive.

As an industry innovator with 35+ years of experience, Boon offers products and services with true benefits and ease of implementation in mind. We employ a partnership philosophy to build better benefits for you and your business. At Boon, we believe that fringe benefit solutions for government contractors are not a “one size fits all” solution. We tailor our compliant healthcare benefits to be a perfect fit for the needs of your business.

We are Boon. Your link to benefits.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk Sonja Greene, MBA (Interim Deputy Project Manager) and Sandy Edwards (Operations Manager) for The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship in Huntsville, AL during the 2022 SMD Conference.

The Catalyst Center serves entrepreneurs and small business owners in every stage of business. We aim to provide best-in-class coaching, in-demand services, and relevant programs to foster small businesses’ success.  The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has served as a driver for economic growth and job creation in North Alabama since 2003. The Catalyst currently serves as the host organization for The Women’s Business Center serving North Alabama, The REACH Women’s Business Center serving Central and South Alabama and the TechRich Center serving Technology & Innovation businesses, Government Contracting, Veterans as well as the SBA 7(j) Technical & Management Assistance Program.

We provide quality programming, personalized one-on-one coaching, and networking opportunities that build valuable business relationships. The Catalyst provides the tools and training needed for start-ups and established businesses to successfully navigate their business journeys. Since our inception we have served thousands of clients who have built successful businesses and created hundreds of new jobs.  We treasure the relationship we have with each one of our clients – who span all races, genders, and socioeconomic classes. The Catalyst prides itself on adhering to the highest standards of ethics and excellence as a nonprofit. In 2020 we underwent the arduous application process for Accreditation and achieved a SEAL of EXCELLENCE from the Standards for Excellence Institute.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk the founder and CEO of Basecamp Legal, Adrienne Fischer.  

The trio talk about Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Copyrights and Patents.

From their website about Adrienne:  "Small but scrappy. This description could be describing me or the small businesses and startups I represent. I’m a Denver based lawyer/mediator creating quality, accessible, and comprehensive legal solutions to help my clients reach their peak. I cut my teeth on employment law when I left law school. My career has grown in law firms and in-house. I’ve represented hundreds of small businesses, helped our clients raise millions in funds, and protected our clients’ brands. In my career, I have found I’m happiest when I’m helping startups and small businesses find solutions that are right for them. I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart and after reading one too many books and listening to one too many podcasts I find myself in the same boat as my clients – building a business to take it to its full potential.

I’ve always dreamed big. That’s how I ended up at NYU with an undergraduate degree in Communications. During my time in New York, I interned for the first blind judge appointed to the federal bench. Before law school, I spent a year working for an entertainment law firm in Beverly Hills. Even when I was in law school,  I managed to find the time to intern with the TV litigation department at NBC Universal and complete a full time federal judicial externship in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. After graduating with honors from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, I spent the first few years gaining extensive experience litigating employment disputes ranging from wage and hour class actions to cases involving sexual harassment, disability, discrimination, and wrongful termination claims.  In addition, I worked on employment based immigration visas.

In 2012, I earned my mediation certificate and found joy helping clients settle cases outside the Courtroom. I love mediation because it is less expensive, more efficient, and often more effective than the court system. I hold an active bar license in Colorado and California.

I live in beautiful Denver, Colorado with my husband and our fun-loving dog. When I have the time, I enjoy hiking, skiing, and working on my book."

Listen in as your host "Just Nate" talks to Wacinque BeMende, the CEO and Founder of KaizenRhino Solutions.  Not only does Wacinque have a extremely unique name (as no one else on earth has his name) his company efforts are just as unique and amazing.  Wacinque's dream is to create a company that's main purpose is to "Medivac from Space" once the human race has colonies on the moon, Mars and beyond.  Till that day, Wacinque is focused on his company hear on Earth called KaizenRhino Solutions.  

KRSIC leads a campaign to establish Asset Ownership Standard and offers five lines of service.

A Lifecycle ( Prenatal 15-30-30-30 to Bequeath ) basket that holds any number of owner selected dividend paying stocks. You add to principle and learn to only use dividend paid for supplement income.

A companion age appropriate, lifecycle stage managed, financial education for account owners.

Chosen to provide lifecycle risk management.

Inspire and motivate account owners to remain focused on financial goals with annual events: 1 Jan Emancipation Day, 3 March Freeman Bank Day, April Financial Literacy Month, 29 May GPIA Day & 529 plans, August Dividend Stock Month, October Financial Planning Week, 31 Oct World Savings Day, 29 Dec Passbook Saving Day & UJAMAA Cooperative Economics Day.

Financial education for federal civil service TSP owners and military service owners of one or both TSP and BRS supplemental retirement options.

Wacinque is also trying to change the poverty levels around the world and the wealth of each and every person, check out his petiton called Local to International: Asset Owner:

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate is on location at the Catalyst Campus in downtown Colorado Springs and speaking to a bunch of amazing startups.  Just Nate talks to Stephanie Hutch the CEO and Co-Founder of Makai - A Kekoa Company.

"Computing on the edge of space"

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK are on location at the Catalyst Campus in downtown Colorado Springs and speaking to a bunch of amazing startups.  The boys talk to Bosco Lai the CEO and Co-Founder of Little Place Labs. 

The Story

Little Place Labs was formed in 2020 with deep roots at the University of Oxford. They all love space and tech, and share the  passion of building solutions to improve people’s wellbeing, help the environment and change the world for the better.

The Vision

Today’s satellites capture huge amounts of raw data but downlink is slow and only minimal onboard processing is done. It therefore takes way too long to get meaningful insights on time-sensitive events like natural disasters, Illegal activities, defense, etc. They strive to break this bottleneck and make delivery of insights to decision-makers and responders in near-real-time.

The Tech

They build software applications utilizing advanced machine learning techniques that can be deployed on remote sensing satellites optimized for the Space environment, aka “Satellite Edge Computing” and will allow raw data to be processed immediately as it is captured, and insights to be developed in orbit.

"Building a new model of Internet for the Digital Economy"

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK are on location at the Catalyst Campus in downtown Colorado Springs and speaking to a bunch of amazing startups.  The boys talk to Ray Shouten, the CEO and Founder of Secured Quantum Services (SQS). They offer cloud services, zero trust environments and quantum safe environments. Work from anywhere models.

The forefront of Quantum Digital Economics

We make the next generation of digital business services, beyond today’s “everyone for themselves model” of Infrastructure, application developer, multiple and hybrid clouds, experts, consultants, auditors, where the company is left to sort it all out.  We bring together and manage all of the various parties converting them into a single delivery system, as integrated business partners, eliminating the overlaps, waste and disparities.  We remove the impediments to speed, flexibility and integration.  We are an ecosystem of codependent integrated partners delivering the full scope of enterprise systems and professional services serving the customer’s digital enterprise.

We produce and operate Ecosystems for our customer and their trading partners automating multi-sided production and market growth.

We integrate an automated security and compliance system for the entire enterprise and ecosystems.  We deliver an unparalleled, end-to-end, digital business protection system.  We own and operate a private internet, and private data center system, collectively exceeding today’s threat protection, cryptography, performance and cost paradigms.

Keeping Space Clear for All - 

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK are on location at the Catalyst Campus in downtown Colorado Springs and speaking to a bunch of amazing start ups.  The boys talk to Troy Kall, one of the co-founders and Director of Operations for Kall Morris Inc.

Kall Morris Inc (KMI) is an orbital debris research and solution development company focused on Active Debris Removal (ADR) for keeping space clear for all. With proprietary software, exclusive hardware, and critical partnerships, KMI aims for a commercially viable system for ADR of legacy assets: significant debris objects that are often unprepared, uncontrolled, and potentially unrecognizable.

Orbital debris is growing exponentially, threatening critical in-space infrastructure the world depends on. Debris can be basketball-sized objects capable of destroying a single satellite or massive rocket bodies that could set off cascading collisions of untrackable, lethal shards of debris.

Listen in as your host Just Nate talks to the team from ByLight while at the 2022 Cyber Symposium.

Listen in as your host Just Nate helps the Colorado Springs Chamber - Chamber Connect event talk about todays new employee.  How do we keep them happy without sacrificing.  Very interesting panel and different takes on todays employees.

Culture

Remote Work

Why not 17 weeks vacation?

Listen in as your host Just Nate talks to Neil Arthur. Chief Executive Officer

Neil Arthur has more than 30 years of award-winning business development experience, focusing on performance improvement and bottom lines. He has led startups to entrepreneurial success and has provided strategic vision and a unique perspective to Fortune 500 corporations. For the last 22 years, Neil has served as CEO of ArthurBiz, a company he founded to address a need for strategic business management. His extensive experience in sales, training, and operations has helped him build a career in driving growth and business transitions. In his career, Neil has served as president and publisher of the Dayton Business Journal. He has also worked as a development director, an advertising director, and a corporate director of training and sales development, earning accolades for his achievements.  Neil led the regional sales team for a Fortune 500 Company. In that role, he won awards for top sales performance in North America. He has guided companies to expand into national markets, rehab their sales infrastructures, and manage multimillion-dollar budgets. Neil knows what it takes to grow a business or turn it around in a struggling, crowded market. Neil studied finance and marketing at both Capital University and Miami University. Also, he is a certified trade show marketer, exhibit manager, and trainer in the Leadership for Results System by AchieveGlobal. Neil is an alumnus of Sales Management Training from Sandler Training and of Organizational Leadership by the Thomson Development Series. Neil’s community involvement includes serving on the boards of Ohio Robotics, Inc. (ORI), the Miami Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, and the American Institute of Alternative Medicine among others. He has also been active in other community organizations. Since 2010, Neil has served as a judge for the Better Business Bureau’s Eclipse Integrity Awards.

Listen in as your host DK talks to JD from Giuseppe Space.  Just Nate is out on travel so DK has this one.  

Giuseppe space is amazing and making a difference.  The company is made up of the following spaces:

1. Giuseppe Engineering

2. Giuseppe Civil Space

3. Giuseppe Joint Ventures

4. Giuseppe Consulting Group

5. Giuseppe Non-Profit

Listen in to your host Just Nate and DK ask they chat while Just Nate is on the road in Las Vegas, NV for the Dell Technologies World 2022 Tech conference at the Venetian Hotel and Casino.  

Listen in as your host Just Nate talks to the folks from Harness.io during the 2022 Rocky Mountain Cyber Symposium.

Harness is the industry’s first Software Delivery Platform to use AI to simplify your DevOps processes - CI, CD, Feature Flags, Cloud Costs, and much more.

Loved by Developers, Trusted by Businesses

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk with our good buddy Russ Long from Long Capture.  It has been over a year since Russ was last on our podcast and things are rockin in the Capture business.  The boys and Russ have fun this go round and discuss everything from SBIR Phase I,II and III to include pricing, Long Beard Balm and Long Capture "World Wide"  The wacky trio just simply have fun and get to know one another more and more each time we talk.

We help you connect your technology with the government by securing strategic funding and establishing partnerships.

Long Capture promotes the advancement of commercial companies and their technology through government funding programs such as the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), and other strategic opportunities. By leveraging its network of government officials, industry partners, and universities, Long Capture drives growth for clients in the DoD space.

Listen in as your the wacky duo sit down and talk with Carma Loontjer from the Southern Colorado SBDC while at their first event in Pueblo Colorado for 2022.  Carma is one of the newest members of the team and she is SBDC Program Coordinator, Certified Business Consultant.

Take a listen as Carma explains the SBDC three main offerings:

1. Free confidential business counceling

2. Educational info

3. How they can find info for you about a business you may want to start

These are just a few of the many offerings the SBDC has for small businesses.  If you want to start up your own small business, don't wait, contact the SBDC now.

Take a listen as your hosts "Just Nate" and DK sit down and talk with Kimberly Underwood, Senior Editor, SIGNAL Magazine, AFCEA International.  Kimberly has been a Senior Editor for AFCEA for over 4 1/2 years.  Kimberly has 18+ years’ experience as freelance and full-time writer, researcher, and analyst with expertise blending creativity and artistry with more tangible factors, such as research, data analysis, and industry trends. Driven to produce precise articles, biographies, reports, and profiles.

The boys and Kimberly talk about everything from Quantum Research International to how we got started on "The Smalls".  We all sit down right after the Rocky Mountain Cyber Symposium.

Listen in this week as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk to Dawn Zoldi, CEO and Founder of P3 Tech Consulting and the podcast host of Dawn of Drones.

Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and DK sit down and chat with  Kelli Kedis Ogborn - Vice President, Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship of The Space Foundation.  Kelli Kedis Ogborn drives organizational and product growth through leadership roles in disruptive technology commercialization of space and defense innovations. With extensive experience in R&D for cutting-edge technologies, her qualitative and quantitative methodologies guide organizations that are transitioning from development ecosystems to market capitalization.

Listen in as your two hosts Just Nate and DK chat with Jess Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of 413.  

Jess sits down with the two during the first P-Town Smalls event of 2022 at the Water Tower Place.

413 is an SBA-certified Woman-Owned Small Business and HUBZone that brings monitoring and evaluation, analytics, and a spectrum of technical and institutional support to U.S. Government entities. 

Jess tells their story, here's a glimpse:

This is our goal for 413's clients and employees.

Our founders began dreaming about 413 while pumping in the mother’s room at the State Department, bonding over their shared values for good work, bold ideas, and a workplace where people can truly thrive.

We carry those values into everything we do. Today, we are an SBA-certified HUBZone and Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) that brings monitoring and evaluation, analytics, and a spectrum of technical and institutional support to U.S. Government entities. We empower partners through data-driven, practical solutions that leverage what they do best and build their capacity to innovate and grow. We use what works, we seek efficiencies, we create partnerships, and we use data to show what you can do.

What is 413? It was the door code to the mother’s room.

Listen in as you hosts Just Nate and Dennis "DK" have a entertaining conversation with Gabe Cabrera, CP APMP Bid and Proposal Management Consultant from Summit Strategy.

Gabe talks about how his company Summit Strategy can help your company, small or large, bid on that next program you always wanted to.  

Their four pillars of success are:

PLAN

Effective marketing and sales initiatives begin with a sound business strategy. From market research to targeted client account planning, we help you develop an informed and actionable sales + marketing blueprint to drive growth.

STAND OUT

Your customers encounter thousands of brands every day. We help you cut through the noise and rise above your competitors by developing powerful messages that resonate with your target audience.

GROW

A healthy sales pipeline is the lifeblood of your organization. We help you identify and qualify opportunities, develop capture strategies, and guide your pursuit from go/no-go decision to contract signature.

DEVELOP

Closing deals is a team effort. We work with you to develop a tailored and actionable sales lifecycle process rooted in proven best practices. We then train your staff and help you manage the change and measure adoption.

Listen in as your host "Just Nate" talks to IPSecure Inc.  Just Nate and DK are both at the Rocky Mountain Cyber Security Symposium this week in 2022.  

In this episode, Just Nate and DK talk to Peggy Ulmer of Keller Williams Realty. Contact Peggy to learn more about benefits she is offering to Smalls members!    

Listen in to this weeks episode of the "Smalls Cast' Podcast as your hosts Just Nate and DK sit down with Dr. Chris Fichera from Capella University and discuss free help for organizations like yours.  The battling duo discuss with the good Dr. all about his Capstone projects for the University.  The way that Capella University and other schools work if they have teams of leaners that require a project to work on as a team they may be in need of project ideas so if you company has an idea or a need for someone to work on a project at your company contact Dr. Chris Fichera directly and he can get you scheduled to discuss your project details.

Examples of projects could be:  Maybe you need someone to help with marketing ideas, maybe you need someone to help find the best place to open a new office dependent on where you sell your product, etc.  The sky is the limit, think business, think MBA.  Once you get into the program you will work with the students for approx. 10 weeks in the MBA program to help with your issues.  At the end of the term the students will give you a full final report on their findings.  

The best part is, this is totally FREE to you as a small business!

Listen in as your host Just Nate and host DK discuss all the great and exciting things going on at GEO WEEK up in Denver, CO.

Imagine a single powerhouse event that champions the coming together of geospatial technologies and the built environment. Where professionals from a range of disciplines network and gain insight into the increasing confluence of their worlds. Where cutting-edge technology offers new possibilities, improved efficiencies, and better outcomes. And where education opens the door to the future just ahead.

AEC Next Technology Expo & Conference, International Lidar Mapping Forum, and SPAR 3D Expo & Conference, along with partner events ASPRS Annual Conference and USIBD Annual Symposium, are coming together in 2022.

Welcome to Geo Week, the intersection of geospatial + the built world.

Feb 6-8, 2022 at the Denver Convention Center.

Join in and listen as your hosts Just Nate and DK talk to Wendy Hickman from Arcadis.  

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

There vision as stated on their website:  The world has changed the way we live and work. Unexpected events and megatrends such as rapid urbanization and climate change are putting pressure on communities, cities, and resources worldwide. As a business, we want to maximize our impact by harnessing the power of technology and data to develop solutions to today’s global challenges. We are focused on improving the way resources are utilized, protecting our environment, creating transporting solutions, and planning for the places where we can enjoy our work and home lives.

Listen in as we take a lesson from our Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) friends discuss proposal manager career paths.  We listen to a panel of experts as they discuss their own career paths and what all the options are.

The Association of Proposal Management Professionals is the internationally accepted authority serving and educating those who win business to drive revenue to their organization. It is the industry that serves all industries and promotes the professional growth of its members by advancing the arts, sciences, and technologies of bids and proposals.

Our very own Dennis attended this webinar and said it was amazing.

To find out more about APMP and how to become a member please click on the link below: