Capture advisory and federal growth strategy for firms that win in hard markets.
We train operators and advise firms on how to find, shape, and win federal work. Specialized lanes for defense market entry and embedded capture support.
The work concentrates where growth, capture, and market entry create the most pressure.
Each line is built around a specific buyer and a specific problem. They share one method and one delivery standard.
Teaching
Open-enrollment and private-team courses on capture, color teams, pipeline discipline, and SBIR/STTR. Shipley-grade content at roughly half the price.
Federal Growth Advisory
Embedded capture support for small primes and growth-stage federal contractors. Three tiers built around real proposal volume, from monthly sessions to full pipeline ownership.
Commercial → Defense
Fixed-scope diagnostic and entry sprint for dual-use technology firms targeting DoD and IC markets. Anything beyond the sprint converts to the embedded advisory retainer.
Kavaro is priced 30–50% below Shipley and the established boutiques, with delivery from a practitioner carrying $175M+ in documented federal wins. The math is simple: better wins, lower bill rate, no junior consultants on your account.
Three doors. One practice.
Most engagements start with a course seat, an executive briefing, or a fixed-scope diagnostic. From there, the path is sequenced and only when there is real implementation pressure to justify it.
Course, briefing, or diagnostic
Define the problem precisely before scoping the work. Diagnostics and public courses are designed to stand alone. No pressure to convert.
Sprint or private workshop
A four-week sprint or private team day produces the first working operating model: a capture plan, a pipeline architecture, a 90-day execution sequence.
Embedded advisory
Monthly retainers exist for one reason: when there is active pipeline movement and live executive decision pressure that justifies sustained support. No retainer for retainer's sake.
Built for firms where the system is already carrying more pressure than it should.
Small primes and growth-stage GovCons
Technically credible but capture discipline, pursuit prioritization, or pipeline architecture has not kept pace with the work you are winning.
Dual-use tech firms entering defense
Commercially proven product or platform, now targeting DoD or IC. Strong technology but the federal market entry strategy is still forming.
Firms that do not need more noise
You need sharper judgment, tighter structure, and cleaner execution around a few critical pressure points. Not another strategy deck that sits in a drawer.