I’m looking at real-time Q&A on a bid…and guess what? 👉 Some vendors don’t even have a website👉 Some are NOT brick & mortar👉 Some are running straight from home And they are STILL bidding. STILL showing up. Meanwhile, a lot of us be thinking:“I’m not ready yet…” 🤦🏾‍♀️ Nah. That’s not it. 📌 You don’t need perfect📌 You don’t need a storefront📌 You don’t need everything figured out You just need to READ, LEARN, and APPLY. I’m still learning this process every day…but one thing for sure—I’m not sitting on the sidelines anymore 💪🏾Follow my journey. #GovernmentBids #SmallBusinessJourney #LearningAsIGo #EntrepreneurMindset #NoExcuses #WorkInProgress

Balancing custom clients 🎨 AND bids 📑 AND deadlines ⏰ Trying to understand what I’m reading… Making sure I’m pricing the RIGHT items… Yeah… this ain’t light work 😅 Learning I really have to prioritize my time ⏳ Still learning. Still building 💪🏾 Follow my journey. Link in bio 🔗 #GovernmentBids #LearningProcess #EntrepreneurLife #TimeManagement #SmallBusinessJourney #StayConsistent #BehindTheScenes #StillLearning

Today, yesterday, Monday… and even Tuesday—I’ve been deep in these bids. Reading. Researching. Trying to understand it all. And I just found out something BIG… One of the bids I’m actively working on?I can’t even submit it yet ❌ Why? Because I need to be certified with the state as a:✔ Black-owned business✔ Woman-owned business✔ Minority-owned business 👉 BEFORE I can even qualify. So let this be a lesson: READ the solicitation. Every. Single. Line. Don’t just jump in thinking you can go for it—make sure you actually meet the requirements first. Still learning. Still building. 💪🏾

Working on a bid for a solicitor and this one… it’s a process. Went back and forth Friday, then spent the weekend + today tracking down ONE specific shirt. No substitutes. Got it narrowed down to 2–3 suppliers. Meanwhile—fulfilled memorial shirts and got them shipped out 🙏🏾 This is the part people don’t see… juggling real orders while learning bids. Still learning. 💪🏾

Getting my business bid-ready didn’t happen overnight. I started with research—reading, learning, and figuring things out step by step. Coming from the mortgage industry, I’m used to digging for information, so that part came naturally. But that doesn’t make this process easy. It takes time, patience, and real focus. Yesterday, I took a break. No post, no pressure—just a reset. This process can be mentally demanding, and that’s real