GovClose | Start Winning Government Contracts
Sep 11, 2026 · 45 min · 15 segments
Alexandra Tati spent 12 years in the U.S. Air Force, including four years at the Air Force Academy and eight years working in engineering and program management. Within approximately four months of…
Yeah, it's definitely different than putting on a uniform every day and going into the office.
And then I have also had interactions with Rick and the other people in the cohort with Get Checked and a couple of the other individuals that we've been able to meet with and it's been such like an accelerator, right? Because right now I'm able to make mistakes in the past and then get corrections right away.
And get all this information just inundated because coming out of, you know, Air Force and doing engineering program management doesn't always mean that people know how to make those connections.
from this world there's certain things right like how to talk to people how to reach out how do you know actually use linkedin and connect with people and then reach back out not only to like buddies i have you know in the military but also backed with other units as well and those mechanisms available
So, and if you're going in to become like an entrepreneur, you've got a few things right now we've got to learn.
How do I generate an income for myself right outside of the military? How do I, you know, if you're, if you're running a business, that means you need to understand sales marketing.
not to mention the service, what service are we providing, right? So this is, you know, we're talking government contracting specific, and I think this is a great, I think it's a great niche for everybody, but specifically if you're a veteran or you're coming out of the government, I mean, you automatically have some boxes checked that nobody else has.
You understand an agency, better than anyone that hasn't been in that agency.
And as we know, there's like policies, there's acronyms, like there's kind of a, you know, even between the different services, they all have slightly different ways of talking and doing things.
Yeah, it's definitely different than putting on a uniform every day and going into the office.
And then I have also had interactions with Rick and the other people in the cohort with Get Checked and a couple of the other individuals that we've been able to meet with and it's been such like an accelerator, right? Because right now I'm able to make mistakes in the past and then get corrections right away.
And get all this information just inundated because coming out of, you know, Air Force and doing engineering program management doesn't always mean that people know how to make those connections.
from this world there's certain things right like how to talk to people how to reach out how do you know actually use linkedin and connect with people and then reach back out not only to like buddies i have you know in the military but also backed with other units as well and those mechanisms available
So, and if you're going in to become like an entrepreneur, you've got a few things right now we've got to learn.
How do I generate an income for myself right outside of the military? How do I, you know, if you're, if you're running a business, that means you need to understand sales marketing.
not to mention the service, what service are we providing, right? So this is, you know, we're talking government contracting specific, and I think this is a great, I think it's a great niche for everybody, but specifically if you're a veteran or you're coming out of the government, I mean, you automatically have some boxes checked that nobody else has.
You understand an agency, better than anyone that hasn't been in that agency.
And as we know, there's like policies, there's acronyms, like there's kind of a, you know, even between the different services, they all have slightly different ways of talking and doing things.
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