# Lori Smith

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Justin Pollari — Investigation Update: New Tips, Corroborated Evidence, and What Comes Next

Justin Pollari — Investigation Update: New Tips, Corroborated Evidence, and What Comes Next When I first took on the Justin Pollari case in March of this year, I described it as one of the most preventably unsolved cases I had encountered. A 14-year-old classified as a runaway on the basis of a si‮…

Governance in Action: How Contract-Ready Businesses Build Systems That Scale | Featuring Shenell Glover

Most business owners focus on winning opportunities. The businesses that last focus on being ready for them. In this episode of GovCon Clarity, Dr. Lori Smith welcomes procurement readiness strategist Shenell Glover, Founder and CEO of Ambitious Strategies, for a practical conversation about what ‮…

Build Your Readiness Pathway Before Pursuing Government Contracts | Dr. Lori Smith

If you can see every gap in your business... but don't know where to begin, this episode is for you. In Episode 9 of GovCon Clarity, Dr. Lori Smith introduces the Readiness Pathway—a practical framework that helps government contractors and small business owners prioritize what matters most instea‮…

Achieving Sustainable Success without Burnout with Rachelle Stone (Ep169)

How do you build a thriving consulting or coaching business without working harder or longer hours than in your 9-5?  You didn't get on the path of growing your own consulting or coaching business to recreate your leadership career and the 70-hour workweeks that went with it. You did it because y‮…

Revenue Is the Last Warning: 4 Readiness Metrics Every Government Contractor Should Track

Revenue is up. Does that mean your business is getting stronger? Not necessarily. In this episode of GovCon Clarity with Dr. Lori Smith, Dr. Lori challenges one of the most common ways founders measure business success: focusing on revenue while ignoring early warning signs within the business. Re‮…

The Biggest Risk in Your Business Might Be You: How Founder Dependency Can Cost You Government Contracts

Building a successful business shouldn't require you to be involved in every decision, every approval, and every deliverable. Yet for many founders, that's exactly what happens. In this episode of GovCon Clarity, Dr. Lori Smith tackles one of the most overlooked challenges preventing businesses fr‮…

From Chaos to Contract Ready: A 90-Day Readiness Roadmap for Government Contractors | Season 2 Finale

What does it actually take to transform a growing business into one that's ready for government contracting? In the Season 2 finale of GovCon Clarity, Dr. Lori Smith brings together every lesson from the Systems Before Scale series through a practical case clinic based on real founder experiences.‮…

Systems Before Scale: The Lessons That Change Everything | Season 2 Wrap-Up

What if the biggest breakthrough in your business wasn't landing another contract—but building the infrastructure to consistently earn and deliver them? In this special Season 2 Wrap-Up of GovCon Clarity, Dr. Lori Smith reflects on the journey through Systems Before Scale and the transformational ‮…

Talk Like a Partner, Not a Petitioner: How to Communicate With Contracting Officers & Prime Contractors

You can have the capability, certifications, systems, and experience—and still undermine your credibility in the first conversation. In this episode of GovCon Clarity, Dr. Lori Smith tackles the human side of federal business development: how to communicate with contracting officers, program manag‮…

The Truth About Federal Contracts, Readiness, Faith, with Dr. Lori Smith

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The Truth About Federal Contracts, Readiness, Faith, with Dr. Lori SmithWinning a federal contract can change your business.But what happens when you finally win the opportunity you have been chasing... and discover your business was not actually ready for it?The pressure rises. Cash flow gets tig‮…