Kenney Conwell

Most small business owners assume government contracts are for established companies with years of history. That assumption is leaving real money on the table.

Here's what most people don't know: there's something called the Simplified Acquisition Procedure — and it was specifically created by the SBA to make it easier for small businesses to win contracts under $250,000.

The purpose of the Small Business Administration is to help small businesses make money. These contracts — up to $250,000 — were made for exactly that.

And here's what that looks like in practice: if you win a service contract under this threshold, even if your business is only six months old, that contract is going to pay directly to your business bank account. With average profit margins around 20% on a $250,000 contract, you're walking with $50,000 in profit.

Your business being young doesn't disqualify you. The simplified acquisitions threshold exists precisely so that new and small businesses can compete.

This is one of the most accessible — and most overlooked — capital and revenue strategies for business owners right now.

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What's the difference between a holding company and a management company? 👇

A holding company is for asset protection. It owns real estate, intellectual property, patents, and investments. But there's no revenue coming into your holding company.

Its purpose is strictly liability protection—separating valuable assets from operational business risk.

Here's the key: you do NOT want to use a holding company for funding purposes.

So what should you use instead? A management company.

If you have an older LLC sitting there doing nothing, you can reposition it as your management company and funding entity. It doesn't matter what the name is—you can change the name and industry classification.

That dormant LLC becomes your preferred funding entity because of the established age. Banks want to see time in business.

Here's the structure:
🏛️ Holding Company → Asset protection (owned by a trust)

🏢 Management Company → Funding, legal, and tax purposes (owned by you)

Repurpose that dormant LLC as your management company. That's the entity you leverage for funding. That's where the revenue flows. That's how you file the taxes.

Holding company = protection.

Management company = funding.

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Find out how lenders view you before you even apply—so you know exactly how to approach them

If you think you're just gonna apply for Chase or American Express and automatically get a $50K approval, it's not happening.

Here's what's really going on:

First, banks are being more cautious.

The lending space is tight. Approvals that used to be easy aren't
anymore.

Second, if you don't have the proper data points when you apply, you're getting a reduced or eliminated approval amount.

Third, if you don't have verifiable income to back up what you claim, the bank is going to ask for proof.

Let me break down American Express specifically:

If you say you make $650,000 a year, Amex will say, "Prove it." They'll request bank statements from your business.

If you can't prove it, one of two things happens: that $25K limit you should've gotten drops to $2,000, or you get flat out declined.

Why?

Because your business credit card approval is tied to your highest revolving limit on your personal credit. And if you don't already have an existing strong relationship with American Express, they're going to scrutinize every data point.

There are bad apples out here putting out misinformation—telling people to inflate their income or apply without the proper foundation. Banks are hip to the game. Don't be a casualty of bad advice.

Know your data points. Understand how banks evaluate you.

Then apply from a position of strength.

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Know exactly how lenders view you before you even apply—so you approach them with confidence, not guesswork 💰

shared one of the most powerful stories about deploying
capital the right way 👇

Freddy became a millionaire—out of thin air.

Here's how it happened:

Freddy came to , who connected her with . We helped her secure $127,000 in capital and showed her how to liquidate it.

They took that money and rolled it into a business they purchased seller financed.
That means no pledging her house as collateral.
No massive down payment.
No signing over her firstborn.

That business now produces $12,000 per month in cash flow.

And within her first year of owning it, Freddy won a $2.2 million government contract.

Read that again.

This is what happens when you understand how to deploy capital strategically:

You access funding the right way. You buy into something already producing income. You let the business create cash flow. Then you scale into bigger opportunities.

Freddy didn't start from scratch. She leveraged funding, bought smart, and positioned herself for a contract that changed her life.

That's the power of understanding how credit and capital work together.
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