Post by @sidehustlereview

Quick breakdown of how this government contract thing actually works, since the video moves fast. Being a "prime" just means the contract is between you and the government directly. You hold it, you get paid, and you hire other companies (subs) to do the actual work. Your money is the gap between what the government pays you and what you pay them. You find the contracts on sam.gov. It's a free public site where every federal opportunity gets posted. You register your business, search by the type of work, and bid. No insider access, no paywall. The pros are real. These contracts run three to five years, the government is legally required to spend money with small businesses, and once it's running it's mostly invoicing. All the risk sits on you as the prime, not the sub. There's a cap on how much of the work you're allowed to hand off. And nothing stops a sub from bidding directly next time and cutting you out.