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Defense Alliance

@defense_cluster

An SBA Regional Innovation Cluster

 St Paul, MN
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Joined January 2019
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Check out my latest article: "...and For Yours, Too." linkedin.com/pulse/yours-too… via @LinkedIn
"...and For Yours, Too."

"...and For Yours, Too."

Those of us who are Veterans reminisce about our service – its challenges and rewards, the skills we learned and now apply in civilian life, and the rich camaraderie we experienced. We generally...

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Check out my latest article: Better To Be Lucky or Good? 7 Steps to Good Luck in the Defense Market linkedin.com/pulse/better-lu… via @LinkedIn
Better To Be Lucky or Good? 7 Steps to Good Luck in the Defense Market

Better To Be Lucky or Good? 7 Steps to Good Luck in the Defense Market

Winning defense contracts is hard. And that’s why the majority of innovative small technology firms don’t even try.

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Check out my latest article: Enduring Values for Academic Excellence linkedin.com/pulse/enduring-… via @LinkedIn
Enduring Values for Academic Excellence

Enduring Values for Academic Excellence

We are in the midst of a chaotic period in higher education brought about by a rapid cultural upheaval and the aftermath of a pandemic. Emerging from that are academic institutions adapting to new...

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Check out my latest article: Excellence in R&D For the Federal Government ~ Five Best Practices From Defense Alliance linkedin.com/pulse/excellenc… via @LinkedIn

Excellence in R&D For the Federal Government ~ Five Best Practices From Defense Alliance

Research and Development is hard; and it’s harder if you’re doing it for the Federal government. Every phase has its special challenges: pursuit and capture of the contract or grant; satisfying the...

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18 ways leaders can ensure all team members’ feedback is heard bizjournals.com/bizjournals/… via @bizjournals
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Check out my latest article: Business Development and a Constant Scan linkedin.com/pulse/business-… via @LinkedIn
Business Development and a Constant Scan

Business Development and a Constant Scan

A simple search for the definition of business development (BD) defaults to three common themes that most of us know are the accepted central pillars: customers, markets and relationships – and...

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Does your organization have Department of Defense or other government contracts? Last chance to register for this week's DoD/Go events.constantcontact.com/r…
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Attend on 28 June for the latest best practices in federal government accounting - presented by DCAA. Go to defensealliance.com to register.
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Does your organization have Department of Defense or other government contracts? Register for the upcoming DoD / Government Acc events.constantcontact.com/r…
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Check out my latest article: Business Development and a Constant Scan linkedin.com/pulse/business-… via @LinkedIn
Business Development and a Constant Scan

Business Development and a Constant Scan

A simple search for the definition of business development (BD) defaults to three common themes that most of us know are the accepted central pillars: customers, markets and relationships – and...

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Check out my latest article: Leadership and Artificial Intelligence linkedin.com/pulse/leadershi… via @LinkedIn

Leadership and Artificial Intelligence

Future projections of what Artificial Intelligence (AI) could do to, and for, humanity include obvious benefits; but more attention is being paid to the potential harm that could come of it, and...

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Check out my latest article: The "Five R's​" of Success in Business linkedin.com/pulse/five-rs-s… via @LinkedIn
The "Five R's"​ of Success in Business

The "Five R's"​ of Success in Business

While not much of an entrepreneur myself, I’ve been immensely blessed to be in the front row seats witnessing entrepreneurs both succeed and fail for nearly two decades. Even watching is not for the...

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Defense Alliance joined MNSBIR, Inc. on KYMN Radio about helping small businesses work with the Federal government to advance technology innovation. Hear the hour-long broadcast here: lnkd.in/gAh8XChU
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Check out my latest article: Leadership and Everything is Broken All the Time linkedin.com/pulse/leadershi… via @LinkedIn
Leadership and Everything is Broken All the Time

Leadership and Everything is Broken All the Time

We all remember certain phrases our parents said to us, such as “Don’t make me come back there,” or “I was your age once, don’t forget,” or “You don’t know anything until you have kids of your own.”...

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Check out my latest article: Five Awesome Books for Leaders linkedin.com/pulse/five-awes… via @LinkedIn

Five Awesome Books for Leaders

This is a deviation from my normal posts about leadership, but here goes..

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Check out my latest article: Leadership and Keeping It Simple linkedin.com/pulse/leadershi… via @LinkedIn
Leadership and Keeping It Simple

Leadership and Keeping It Simple

During my time in the Pentagon I spent a week as a “loaner” officer to the Joint Staff’s situation room while my own principal was on leave. It was an eye-opener in one respect; that being the crazy...

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Check out my latest article: Leadership and Happiness linkedin.com/pulse/leadershi… via @LinkedIn

Leadership and Happiness

The prolific British writer Samuel Johnson once said: “Being in a ship is like being in jail with a chance of being drowned.” This wasn’t quite my experience in the Navy, but floating about in the...

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Check out my latest article: Leadership and the “Least” Among Us linkedin.com/pulse/leadershi… via @LinkedIn
Leadership and the “Least” Among Us

Leadership and the “Least” Among Us

One of the greatest leaders I knew while in the Naval Service was someone who had never served in the Navy; at least not in uniform. He was, rather, the highest ranking person in the service, as...

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Happy Holidays from Defense Alliance! We're wrapping up another year of putting innovation under the trees of our Warriors. Thanks to our Members, we're ensuring the mission success and safe return of our Service Members. Keep them and their Families in your hearts this season!
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Check out my latest article: Leadership and Truisms linkedin.com/pulse/leadershi… via @LinkedIn
Leadership and Truisms

Leadership and Truisms

I’m a sucker for lists: making them, checking things off when completed, adding new items – even writing things down after they’re already done, just so I can delight in making that check mark. It’s...

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