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The "SmallsCast" Podcast

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This podcast is designed for Small Government Contractors, Service Providers, and Manufacturers, as part of the Government Contractor Ecosystem, connecting people, organizations, and resources

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 44 min
Latest: 24 Aug 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

24 Aug 2026 · 51 min

The Smalls talks to The Vetted Network!

The Smalls talks to The Vetted Network! Listen in as your host Just Nate talks with Ravyn Robinson-Barco, Founder and CEO of Conscious Colorado Collective (operating under the DBA The Vetted Network). The Origin Story: Following a traumatic brain injury in 2021, Ravyn sought out non-traditional healing modalities like Reiki, Yoga, Chinese medicine, breathwork, and sound healing to take ownership of her health and avoid a lifetime of heavy prescriptions. The Vetted Network: An organization connecting professionals across alternative wellness disciplines who have completed national and state…

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S9 · E11 · 13 Oct 2025 · 51 min
The Smalls talks to Digital Beachhead!
Listen in as your host Just Nate talks with Mike Crandal, CEO and co-founder of Digital Beachhead. The Urgency of CMMC 2.0: November 10th is the date for Article 48 implementation, making CMMC a mandatory default clause in all new DoD solicitations. Many small businesses are panicked because they didn't believe it would actually happen. A History Lesson in Compliance: The discussion traces the evolution from DFARS 7012 to DFARS 7019 , which introduced NIST 800-171 controls and the PoAM (Program of Action and Milestones) system. CMMC was created to replace the unreliable self-attestation and…
S9 · E11 · 6 Oct 2025 · 48 min
The Smalls talks to High Plains Library District!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and Greg talk with Dr. Matt Hortt about the amazing Library located in Greeley, CO. The Evolution of Libraries and the Link Facility: Dr. Hortt discusses the massive evolution of libraries over the past 25 years, moving away from things like stamped due date cards and VHS/DVDs towards online streaming services and specialized community resources. The new facility, located in Greeley, is called Link (Library and Innovation Center) and encompasses a massive 63,000 square feet. The design for Link was driven by community input that highlighted the need for…
S9 · E10 · 29 Sep 2025 · 1 hr
The Smalls talks cUAS!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and Greg talk with Bill Edwards, Director of CUAS Operations and Training, COLONEL, U.S. Army (Retired). Bill is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to counter UAS. Bill Edwards has developed a sequence of training courses designed to simplify the complex CUAS market: 1. C-Suite and Leader Course: To ensure executive understanding of capital investment needs. 2. Introduction to CounterUAS Technologies and Federal Law. 3. Drone Vulnerability and Risk Assessment: Applying technology knowledge to facility assessment. 4. Drone Emergency Response Planning:…
S9 · E9 · 15 Sep 2025 · 52 min
The Smalls talks to Prime Partners!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and Greg talk with Chris Hutson, Director of Business Development at Prime Partners. Prime Partners specializes in providing skilled labor on demand. We take pride in finding the best talent for our partnering companies based on their hiring needs and requirements. As an Executive Search Services Company , we provide skilled talent to partnering companies to support existing human resource teams and their hiring needs. Our associates are devoted to excellence and have successfully supported client needs since 2019. The team talk about how Prime Partners can…
S6 · E8 · 8 Sep 2025 · 55 min
The Smalls talks to the Boulder SBDC!
Listen in as your host Just Nate, DK and GG talks with Sarah Wood, Director of Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Serving Boulder County. The team talk about how SBDC can help both new and old companies. Please see all the upcoming events below: Ascent - Customer Discovery (only promote through September 4th) Virtual September 4th - 18th 9 am - 11 am Applications accepted until filled: https://sbdc.colorado.gov/programs-resources/techsource/ascent-workshops Free Blueprint for a Resilient Small Business Forum CU Boulder - University Memorial Center September 26th 8 am - 12 pm…
S6 · E2 · 1 Sep 2025 · 45 min
The Smalls talks to GovDiscovery AI!
Listen in as your host Just Nate, DK and guest GG talks with Mike Shanley, Founder and CEO of GovDiscovery AI. Mike Shanley – Founder and CEO, GovDiscovery AI Mike Shanley is a recognized thought leader with over 20 years of experience in federal business development and government contracting strategy. As the Founder and CEO of GovDiscovery AI, he leads the company’s mission to accelerate growth for federal contractors by providingdeep, actionable market intelligence powered by artificial intelligence.GovDiscovery AI is distinguished by its federal market insider expertise. GovDiscovery AI…
S6 · E6 · 22 Aug 2025 · 22 min
The Smalls talks to Mt. Carmel!
Listen in as your host Just Nate talks with Josh Wills, Peer Navigator with Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center is dedicated to improving the lives of our Military and Veteran communities by providing support and services in a variety of areas. Upcoming Mt. Carmel events - Join us for this month's VBC networking event. Looking forward to seeing everyone at this month's event.27 Aug, 5:30pm at Peaks N Pines Brewing. 4005Tutt Blvd - Colorado Springs https://peaksnpinesbrewery.com/ Peer Navigator Social & Networking event 5 Sept 2025, 4:30PM - 6:30PM at Brues…
S6 · E5 · 18 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
The Smalls talks to Fluet!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and guest host Greg "the lover" Glover talks with Eric Kronman from Fluet. Fluet is the premier law firm for the national security, aerospace, defense, and intelligence sectors. Y-Combinator for SAFE forms: https://www.ycombinator.com/documents NVCA.org for the model venture documents https://nvca.org/model-legal-documents/ The annotated term sheet can be found here: https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NVCA-2020-Term-Sheet.docx Also, in our conversation after the recording, here’s the link to the Berkshire Hathaway annual letters (you’ll really enjoy…
S5 · E4 · 19 Aug 2024 · 48 min
The Smalls talks to Long Capture, first THREE PEET!
Listen in as your host Just Nate talks with our good buddy Russ Long from Long Capture. It has been over a year since Russ was last on our podcast and things are rockin in the Capture business. Just Nate and Russ have fun this go round and discuss everything from SBIR Phase I,II and III to include pricing, STTRs, Catalyst Campus and Long Capture "World Wide" The wacky dual just simply have fun and get to know one another more and more each time we talk. Your Launch Pad To Success We help you connect your technology with the government by securing strategic funding and establishing…
S5 · E3 · 4 Jun 2024 · 47 min
The Smalls talks to Professional Employment Group!
Listen in as your host Just Nate talks with Peter Hancock, the President and Founder of Professional Employment Group (PEG) of Colorado. Professional Employment Group of Colorado is a regional recruiting company with a national presents from coast to coast. Its full recruiting and support staff site on sight in Denver and Colorado Springs. They specialize in providing talent to the private and public sector in the IT, engineering, stilled trades, sciences and professional service industries. They are a DBE (disadvantage business enterprise) and SBE (small business enterprise) certified…
S5 · E2 · 27 May 2024 · 34 min
The Smalls talks to Fluet - A Defense + National Security Focused Law Firm!
Listen in as your host Just Nate talk with Francis Hoang, a managing partner at the Fluet Law Firm. Fluet is a unique national security focused law firm, Fluet attorneys understand high growth, high risk environments. Our diverse backgrounds in law, business, charitable organizations, the military, and government service, as well as our deep familiarity with operating in highly regulated environments, uniquely positions us to provide actionable advice to our clients. Led by our guiding principles, we have the legal training and life experience to deliver elite, efficient, and effective…
S5 · E1 · 2 Jan 2024 · 44 min
The Smalls talks to govIRG!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and the one and the only co-host DK is back to chat. This episode was recorded right before X-mas 2023 but will be our fist episode of Season 5 in 2024. This episode the dual speak to the team from GovIRG. govIRG provides back-office business solutions and audit support for government contractors. We specialize in providing “Been There Done That” guidance to small and medium size businesses in Accounting, Implementing ERP systems, Contracts Management, and Human Resources. This is what makes govIRG a top government contract consulting firm. To find out more…
13 Nov 2023 · 27 min
The Smalls talks to New Cyber Frontier - Chris Gorog!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and the one and the only co-host DK is back to chat. The dashing duo are talking with Chris Gorog of New Cyber Frontier again about the latest and greatest on Cyber Security. We cuss and discuss the past present and future of cyber. To find out more about New Cyber Frontier, please check them out here: ⁠https://newcyberfrontier.podbean.com/ To find out more about the Smalls or become a member, please check us out at ⁠www.thesmalls.org⁠ To contact Just Nate: ⁠[email protected]⁠ — Send in a voice message: ⁠https://anchor.fm/thesmalls/message⁠ Support this…
25 Sep 2023 · 36 min
The Smalls are on site at 2023 Mountain West UAS!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and the one and the only co-host DK is back to chat. DK is up in Buena Vista sitting in the hot springs as we discuss what the heck he is doing. DK is up at the 2023 Mountain West UAS 11th UAS Roundup conference scheduled for September 17th and 18th, 2023. The Drone Training Park is located west of the Buena Vista Airport, off Gregg Drive, SE of the Rodeo Grounds: 38.818652, – 106.155528 The Drone Training Park is less than 5-minutes from the Central Colorado Regional Airport and Mt Princeton is less than 15-minutes from the Park, all of which is surrounded…
18 Sep 2023 · 42 min
The Smalls talks to Matt Betzmer from DMC Inc. - AGAIN!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and the one and the only co-host DK is back to chat with old friends. We are speaking to Matt Betzmer, the president of Defense Management Company, Inc (DMC Inc) Matt walks us through his journey of starting up his own DoD firm. Just like the last time we had Matt on the show, he does not hold back on this episode, he tells it like it is, the good and the bad. DMC now has multiple contracts worth Millions of Dollars so if you are thinking about opening your own company or you already have and just want to listen to someone that has been through it or going…
11 Sep 2023 · 33 min
The Smalls talks to SFA!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and the one and the only co-host DK is back to chat with great new friends. We are speaking to Gregg Walsh representing the Space Force Association (SFA) and their big event coming up. THE INAUGURAL SPACEPOWER CONFERENCE DECEMBER 12TH-13TH 2023 ORLANDO FLORIDA Your opportunity to meet the people shaping the future of the Space Domain. Mark your calendars! The inaugural SFA Spacepower Conference is set to take place December 12-13, 2023, in Orlando, FL. Join military leaders, industry experts, academics, policymakers, and international representatives for two…
4 Sep 2023 · 40 min
The Smalls talks to Aronetics!
Listen in as your host Just Nate speaks to the Founder/Owner of Aronetics, Mr. John Aron! IN AN AGE of increasing digital interdependence threatened by nonstop nightly news of breaches and hacks, getting a handle on digital security matters more than ever. However, it seems that almost everyone has their own threat model — and their set of concerns unique to themselves. The threat is omnipresent eerily similar to relativity, everywhere around you. We now live with software bugs that present loopholes that are exploited by an increasing volume, and sophisticated actors operating at the…
17 Jul 2023 · 46 min
The Smalls talks to NDIA Young Professionals (YP)!
Listen in as your host Just Nate and the one and the only co-host DK is back to chat with great new friends. We are speaking to the NDIA Young Professionals. Dominic Archuleta, Bernadette Maisel and Mairead Levison. The NDIA Rocky Mountain Chapter is very focused on encouraging young professionals to participate in chapter events, run for chapter offices and to network with some of the chapter’s 1,400 members. If you have ideas or suggestion on events, activities or actions that support the young professionals in our community we would love to hear from you. The National Defense Industrial…
S4 · E14 · 19 Jun 2023 · 37 min
The Smalls talks to RoGO Communications!
Listen in as your host Just Nate chats with a great new friend, Rod Goossen The core of the RoGO solution is our proprietary DropBlock technology. With DropBlock you can: GPS track human and non-human First Responder assets working in remote, cellular-denied areas from the RoGO web portal. Now, Incident Command can know where First Responders are and who is in possible danger. This feature of marking & tracking wildfire resources satisfies the requirements of the John Dingell Act, or DART (Dingell Act Resource Tracking), for broadcasting GPS locations of Firefighters and Fire Equipment…
S4 · E13 · 22 May 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
Repeat - The Smalls talks to Stratagem Group!
This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Listen in as your host Just Nate and Dennis talk with Jason Putnam and Ben Avicolli from The Stratagem Group. https://www.stratagemgroup.com/index.html Listen in as Jason and Ben talk about how their business is helping not only the government customer but how they treat their employees. Jason the CEO put's it best, "We work hard to allow people to be human". They tell their story how as a small business you need to seize the opportunity when it presents its self. It is good to have a 3 year plan but you…
S4 · E12 · 8 May 2023 · 46 min
REPEAT - The Smalls talks to People Person Justin from MODL Outdoors!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate, Dennis and Chris talk to People Person Justin from MODL Outdoors. MODL Outdoors is a outdoor designer/manufacturing company of every day products that take outdoors to a whole new level. Directly from their founders mouths "MODL is an adaptive tool that has no set use or defined limitations. Rather, it's up to you to explore the possibilities of MODL and mold it to your lifestyle." Justin talks to us about their newest product, a water bottle that can only be defined as "Water's First Multitool". As a small company their products are direct to consumer from…
S4 · E11 · 1 May 2023 · 40 min
The Smalls talks to Advanced Network Management (ANM)!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Cooper Heflick from ANM. At ANM, we believe understanding your business is just as important as understanding technology. That’s why we always keep your end goals in mind and work closely alongside you to achieve them. Our team takes pride in providing engineering excellence and quality customer service with a local focus. We specialize in the fastest-growing areas of IT, including risk mitigation, enterprise infrastructure and digital transformation. Established in 1994, ANM is one of the rapidly…
S4 · E10 · 24 Apr 2023 · 58 min
Repeat - The Smalls Talks to Menlo Innovations!
Wow, it is that time of year again and both of your hosts (Just Nate and DK) are both on vacation again at the same time and they could not find the time record a new episode this week. So they did what they do best and had a conversation about one of their favorite guests from this year. Listen in as your hosts "Just Nate", Dennis K along with guest speaker Chris E talk to the CEO and Chief Story Teller of Menlo Innovations, Richard Sheridan. The Smalls team is a huge fan of Rich and everything that Menlo stands for. The team talks through all the ups and downs that Menlo Innovations have…
S4 · E9 · 17 Apr 2023 · 43 min
The Smalls talks to EOS Worldwide about "Traction"!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide. This week is our final installment of the EOS system, what a journey we've had. Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations. For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to…
S4 · E8 · 10 Apr 2023 · 27 min
The Smalls talks to EOS Worldwide about "Process"!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide. Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations. For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what…
S4 · E7 · 3 Apr 2023 · 33 min
The Smalls talks to EOS Worldwide about "Issues"!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide. Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations. For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what…
S4 · E6 · 27 Mar 2023 · 36 min
The Smalls talks to EOS Worldwide about "Data"!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide. Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations. For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what…
S4 · E5 · 20 Mar 2023 · 39 min
The Smalls talks to EOS Worldwide about "People"!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide. Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations. For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what…
S4 · E4 · 13 Mar 2023 · 35 min
The Smalls talks to EOS Worldwide about "Vision"!
Listen in as your hosts Just Nate and guest host Greg Glover chat with a great new friend, Mr. Hark Herold of EOS Worldwide. Hark brings 20+ years of experience as a military leader and strategist to his role facilitating EOS. Having served overseas and at the Pentagon, he has a unique perspective on what it takes to execute in high-pressure situations. For the past five years, Hark has leveraged his background in the Air Force to help military veteran and spouse entrepreneurs grow their businesses from seed to scale—working with companies in a broad range of industries. After seeing what…

About The "SmallsCast" Podcast

This podcast is designed for Small Government Contractors, Service Providers, and Manufacturers, as part of the Government Contractor Ecosystem, connecting people, organizations, and resources

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Typical length: 44 min
Latest episode: 24 Aug 2026
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