0:00 - [Music] 0:14 - Welcome to Tech Woke Podcast 0:20 - Introduction of podcast topic 0:28 - Introducing Ousmane Toure 0:35 - Greeting and introductory chat 0:49 - Overview of Government Contracting 1:09 - Importance of government spending 1:20 - Ousmane's background 1:26 - Family origins and upbringing 1:33 - Places Ousmane lived 1:39 - Claiming New York as home 1:46 - Host mentions living in DC 2:00 - High school activities 2:06 - Focus on sports and video games 2:17 - Biomed engineering magnet 2:29 - Parents' career expectations 2:45 - Aspiring to be an Olympic Athlete 3:04 - Selling candy and Pokemon cards 3:31 - Transition from high school to college 3:42 - College at Pace University 3:48 - Choosing accounting 4:00 - Internship at specialty food store 4:06 - Realizing accounting wasn’t appealing 4:17 - Internship at small accounting firm 4:33 - Tearing Achilles tendon and impact 4:46 - Working at downtown magazine 5:00 - Managing accounting post-theft 5:30 - Internship at Grand Central 6:19 - Learning about government subsidies 7:04 - Realizing financial opportunities 8:14 - Learning high-level government accounting 8:32 - Job at DEOE 9:06 - Media Tech and entertainment auditing 9:14 - Difference in job responsibilities 10:20 - Realizing income disparity 10:33 - Host's similar experience with contracts 11:46 - Resentment from long work hours 12:30 - Helping friend with apartment search 13:00 - Learning from property manager 13:34 - First foray into apartment management 14:08 - Starting credit business with partner 14:45 - Quitting DEOE, financial struggles 15:35 - Working long hours in small office 16:08 - Decision to leave job 16:21 - Struggling to pay rent 16:39 - Calling old partner for help 16:51 - Starting new business 17:08 - Transition to quality assurance and real estate loans 18:04 - Learning sales and marketing through failure 18:30 - Various entrepreneurial attempts 19:07 - Getting into Bitcoin mining 19:45 - Innovative model for Bitcoin mining 20:14 - Scaling Bitcoin mining operations 21:21 - Losing Bitcoin mining business 22:14 - Recovering from the loss 23:26 - Moving to Government Contracting 24:04 - Roommates not paying rent 24:28 - Reflecting on past failures 24:46 - Need to learn sales and marketing 25:05 - Partnering with a TH-cam credit guru 26:00 - Overwhelmed by lead generation 26:37 - Earning and losing business revenue 27:12 - Leaving New York for Maryland 27:45 - Adjusting to living with parents 28:25 - Treating adversity as opportunity 29:06 - Consulting for government contractor 30:09 - Observing massive revenue in Government Contracting 30:34 - Learning sales and marketing via Twitter 31:41 - Selling accounting services online 32:12 - Trend with Government Contracting clients 33:05 - Structuring business for Government Contracting 34:06 - Pitch for Your Big Bank 34:55 - Charging a percentage of revenue 35:38 - Indirect costs in Government Contracting 36:54 - Defining indirect and direct costs 37:47 - Importance of proper accounting 38:17 - Required insurances for Government Contracting 39:56 - Managing money with Profit First system 40:39 - Payroll as a regular business expense 41:07 - Billing for government contract expenses 41:47 - Opportunities as subcontractors 43:43 - Importance of referring to FAR 45:01 - Range of Government Contracting opportunities 46:10 - Government budget usage and profit strategies 47:11 - Promoting value in contract bids 47:23 - Government's intention to spend money 47:43 - Steps to get into Government Contracting 48:16 - Registering on sam.gov 49:21 - Using sam.gov for bidding 50:05 - Complexities of subbing with prime contractors 50:34 - Next goals for five years 51:22 - Confidence in achieving revenue goals 52:06 - Where to find Ousmane online 52:57 - Closing remarks and thanks 53:37 - [Music]
Great interview. My question is how did the youtube guy sending the leads? Steal the business did he know your system of the actual system you used to help people with credit. I thought he was only just sending the leads. Ty
0:00 - [Music]
0:14 - Welcome to Tech Woke Podcast
0:20 - Introduction of podcast topic
0:28 - Introducing Ousmane Toure
0:35 - Greeting and introductory chat
0:49 - Overview of Government Contracting
1:09 - Importance of government spending
1:20 - Ousmane's background
1:26 - Family origins and upbringing
1:33 - Places Ousmane lived
1:39 - Claiming New York as home
1:46 - Host mentions living in DC
2:00 - High school activities
2:06 - Focus on sports and video games
2:17 - Biomed engineering magnet
2:29 - Parents' career expectations
2:45 - Aspiring to be an Olympic Athlete
3:04 - Selling candy and Pokemon cards
3:31 - Transition from high school to college
3:42 - College at Pace University
3:48 - Choosing accounting
4:00 - Internship at specialty food store
4:06 - Realizing accounting wasn’t appealing
4:17 - Internship at small accounting firm
4:33 - Tearing Achilles tendon and impact
4:46 - Working at downtown magazine
5:00 - Managing accounting post-theft
5:30 - Internship at Grand Central
6:19 - Learning about government subsidies
7:04 - Realizing financial opportunities
8:14 - Learning high-level government accounting
8:32 - Job at DEOE
9:06 - Media Tech and entertainment auditing
9:14 - Difference in job responsibilities
10:20 - Realizing income disparity
10:33 - Host's similar experience with contracts
11:46 - Resentment from long work hours
12:30 - Helping friend with apartment search
13:00 - Learning from property manager
13:34 - First foray into apartment management
14:08 - Starting credit business with partner
14:45 - Quitting DEOE, financial struggles
15:35 - Working long hours in small office
16:08 - Decision to leave job
16:21 - Struggling to pay rent
16:39 - Calling old partner for help
16:51 - Starting new business
17:08 - Transition to quality assurance and real estate loans
18:04 - Learning sales and marketing through failure
18:30 - Various entrepreneurial attempts
19:07 - Getting into Bitcoin mining
19:45 - Innovative model for Bitcoin mining
20:14 - Scaling Bitcoin mining operations
21:21 - Losing Bitcoin mining business
22:14 - Recovering from the loss
23:26 - Moving to Government Contracting
24:04 - Roommates not paying rent
24:28 - Reflecting on past failures
24:46 - Need to learn sales and marketing
25:05 - Partnering with a TH-cam credit guru
26:00 - Overwhelmed by lead generation
26:37 - Earning and losing business revenue
27:12 - Leaving New York for Maryland
27:45 - Adjusting to living with parents
28:25 - Treating adversity as opportunity
29:06 - Consulting for government contractor
30:09 - Observing massive revenue in Government Contracting
30:34 - Learning sales and marketing via Twitter
31:41 - Selling accounting services online
32:12 - Trend with Government Contracting clients
33:05 - Structuring business for Government Contracting
34:06 - Pitch for Your Big Bank
34:55 - Charging a percentage of revenue
35:38 - Indirect costs in Government Contracting
36:54 - Defining indirect and direct costs
37:47 - Importance of proper accounting
38:17 - Required insurances for Government Contracting
39:56 - Managing money with Profit First system
40:39 - Payroll as a regular business expense
41:07 - Billing for government contract expenses
41:47 - Opportunities as subcontractors
43:43 - Importance of referring to FAR
45:01 - Range of Government Contracting opportunities
46:10 - Government budget usage and profit strategies
47:11 - Promoting value in contract bids
47:23 - Government's intention to spend money
47:43 - Steps to get into Government Contracting
48:16 - Registering on sam.gov
49:21 - Using sam.gov for bidding
50:05 - Complexities of subbing with prime contractors
50:34 - Next goals for five years
51:22 - Confidence in achieving revenue goals
52:06 - Where to find Ousmane online
52:57 - Closing remarks and thanks
53:37 - [Music]
So much value in this conversation. Thank you for sharing.
Phenomenal interview and he has a wealth of knowledge stemming from his journey, great to see him at the top now. 💪🏾💪🏾
@@malikramon thanks for watching has a great story
Great work. This deserves way more views. Love this show bro
@@JailenRamone thanks this one was one my favorites very smart guy
Great interview. My question is how did the youtube guy sending the leads? Steal the business did he know your system of the actual system you used to help people with credit. I thought he was only just sending the leads. Ty
I’m assuming he just learned the system and started offering the service