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How to leverage government contracts to 10x your revenue - Dr. Karwanna

·36 min

LaDondra Hervey interviews Dr. Karwana D. Irving about leveraging government contracts for business scaling. Dr. Irving shares her journey from bootstrapping with minimal income to discovering that government agencies are legally mandated to spend 23-26% of multi-trillion dollar budgets with small businesses, women-owned, and minority-owned enterprises. She explains the B2G (Business to Government) business model, her first $70K contract for 28 days of work, and how entrepreneurs can access this overlooked wealth-creation channel. The episode emphasizes mindset shifts, networking with successful people, and recognizing that business skills translate to 100x greater compensation when directed toward government procurement.

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Government contracts are presented as a real scale lane, not a bureaucratic dead end.

This episode treats government contracts as a workable growth lane for founders who want something steadier than constant client chasing. It stays anchored in familiar friction, including red tape and the fear that a business is not a fit, while still returning to mindset and…

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You want a scale path that feels bigger than the next client you have to chase.

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