06: Veteran Experiences Success One Contract at a Time ! - Raffa Gibbard
Channel: Eric Coffie
Date: 2021-04-08

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RAFFA GIBBARD HIGHLIGHTS:
1. WINNING HER FIRST AND SECOND CONTRACT
2. ALMOST LOSING MONEY
3. BEING CALLED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER
4. HER NEXT GOALS

RAFFA GIBBARD ADVICE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES:
1. Put in the time and effort
2. Have endurance to face challenges

BACKGROUND
Raffa Gibbard is the owner of Brave One Contract Agency, a contracting company providing construction and recycling services. Gibbard was a former army engineer stationed in Afghanistan and Kuwait, but came back to the United States to take a vocational rehab. That’s when she learned how to do government contracting and afterwards built her company in 2017. Gibbard is also part of GovCon Giants where she shares her knowledge and experience of the VA Entrepreneur / Employment Track. You can listen to that podcast here.

For Full Article Read: https://govcongiants.com/raffa-gibbard-establishing-success-one-contract-at-a-time/

TimeStamps
0:00 - Intro
2:44 - Raffa Gibbard Introduction
3:50 - Having Everything Right
5:38 - What was going through Raffa's Mind during 2 years of Not Getting any Contract?
9:21 - First Light of Hope for Raffa
11:06 - Which Project did Raffa start at first
13:04 - Indiana Contract
13:42 - Were the Two Contracts open bid?
15:00 - Elevators Project
15:16 - Was Raffa's Project in that Contract?
17:34 - Appreciating Changes
19:08 - Dedication towards Projects
21:47 - Asbestos Removal Jobs
23:12 - Still putting the Work in First 2 years when Nothing Happened
24:18 - How does it feel now to have Contracts?
33:14 - Getting 8(a) Certification
35:35 - Helping People to Keep Going
36:33 - What Advice will Raffa give to someone who is Starting Out?
40:36 - Brave one's next Goal
42:58 - Resources Raffa used throughout her Journey
44:19 - Outro