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Hey —
The last two editions went deep: contract types, the $400K drain, the bid that nearly took a company down. Heavy stuff, and worth it.
This week I'm doing the opposite. No framework, no deep-dive. Just one question — because the whole point of this newsletter is to be useful to the people actually doing the work, not to hear myself talk about indirect rates.
So here it is:
What's the single biggest GovCon finance headache on your plate right now?
Not the theoretical one. The one that's actually eating your week. Timekeeping and DCAA readiness? Indirect rates and proposals? Cash flow and invoicing delays? Something I haven't even named?
Hit reply and tell me in one line. I read every response — and the next edition gets built around what comes back.
— While you're here, two free tools —
If you haven't grabbed them yet, these are the two assessments I'd run first in any small GovCon shop:
Both are FREE!!!
The 12-Point DCAA Timekeeping Self-Assessment → — where most contractors are "audit-lucky" instead of audit-ready.
The Indirect Rate Health-Check → — the 3-pool structure, wrap-rate traps, and whether your rates would survive a CO's second look.
That's it for this week. One honest reply from you is worth more to me than a thousand impressions.
Talk soon,
Mike