Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Begin With Financing Strategy Early to Avoid Headaches Later

By Todd Crandell

If you’re part of the TargetGov community, you appreciate the fact that business, even business with the federal government, is done through communication. Deals don’t happen by trading paper via fax and email. Deals happen because two people sit down together and hammer out a win- win. RFQ’s typically raise more questions than they answer, and RFP’s are almost always followed up with some sort of due diligence on the customer’s part.

Dialogue between vendor and customer is essential to build sustainability, credibility, and scalability to a relationship. All good business people understand communication’s importance. However, one issue my firm has seen happen to too many aspiring companies is that their communication is focused on winning the deals, but not necessarily on the terms and conditions that govern them.

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