Shelly Rood explains why international startups need a physical U.S. presence to win government contracts. Programs like Velocity Small Business Hub connect founders with contractors, help them form U.S. corporations, and teach the procurement process that most startups don't understand.
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That know they've got to have that US Footprint here especially to compete on some of these government contracts. So having a space in the ILZ gives us the opportunity to understand and learn from them. What is their long term strategy, how can we help out, who do we need to introduce them to so that they are focused on growing their business and then we can handle all the, I don't say government bureaucracy side of it but we find ourselves in that space where it's like we understand what does, what does it look like to become a US Corporation and finding those key industry experts who can help us along the way.
You mentioned Velocity and that's like a small business building business hub and I think there's so many listeners that think of something like that and they imagine these entrepreneurs trying to start their own tiny little things bunkering down right coming out of their garages. But Velocity has some incredible international startup companies. Do you want to share a few of those stories?