Get Government-Ready | Leading with LaKesha

Live Virtual Intensive · For Texas Businesses

Get Government-Ready

Is your business prepared for public-sector opportunities?

Government contracts aren't won by finding an opportunity after it posts. They're won by being ready before it does.

DateWed, Aug 5

Time11:00 AM CT

FormatLive · 90 Min

Cohort20 Businesses

Reserve Your Seat

Chamber member? Your rate is $47 through your chamber's link.

Being registered is not the same as being ready, or being awarded.

Why now

Texas agencies are heading into fiscal year-end, and fall procurement activity is already taking shape across cities, school districts, colleges, and cooperatives. The businesses that get considered aren't the ones scrambling after a solicitation drops. They're the ones who were already visible, qualified, and ready. This session is where you find out if that's you.

Who it's for

Built for owners ready to grow into government work

If you've heard there's public-sector money and never quite cracked how it works, this room is for you.

Small business owners

Service providers, contractors, and vendors who want to sell to the public sector but aren't sure where to start.

Consultants & solo firms

Independent professionals ready to pursue contracts with cities, districts, colleges, and agencies.

Growing companies

Businesses that have tried to register or bid before and want to know why it hasn't turned into contracts.

Chamber members

Members of participating chambers looking to expand into government and public-sector work.

What you walk away with

Not a lecture. A result.

You leave this session with a clear read on where your business actually stands, and what to do next.

Your Readiness Score

Complete the Government-Readiness Scorecard live and see exactly how prepared your business is across six areas.

Your #1 Gap

Pinpoint the single most urgent thing standing between you and being considered for public-sector work.

Your 30-Day Action Plan

Leave with a personalized 30-Day Readiness Action Plan: your next three moves, in order.

The signature tool

The Government-Readiness Scorecard

Six areas decide whether a business gets found, considered, and qualified. You'll score yourself on every one.

Readiness Scorecard

6 Categories

Business Foundation

Is your business set up to be a credible, contract-ready vendor?

Market Alignment

Which public-sector buyers actually fit what you sell?

Vendor Visibility

Can the right agencies find you when they're looking?

Qualifications & Capability

Can you show, on paper, that you can do the work?

Proposal Readiness

Are you positioned to respond when an opportunity opens?

Compliance Capacity

Can you meet the requirements that keep bids from being tossed?

Your score points straight to your most urgent gap

What we'll cover

Leave with clarity, not confusion

In 90 minutes you'll understand the landscape well enough to act, and know exactly where you need support.

Which public-sector markets may actually fit your business
The real difference between registration, qualification, responding, cooperative award, and an actual contract
The foundational documents every ready vendor needs
The most common reasons businesses aren't procurement-ready
Where your own business stands today
Your next three moves, and which ones you can do alone

This session gives you the map and your position on it. The turn-by-turn route (your documents, your positioning, and your bid decisions) is where working directly with LWL comes in.

LaKesha Raynor

Founder & Principal Consultant, LWL

Approved or awarded vendor across 7 Texas school districts, plus a statewide purchasing cooperative

Who's leading it

Taught by someone who's actually in the pools

Most people teaching government contracting have read about it. LaKesha Raynor lives it. She's a Certified Contract Trainer and workforce strategist whose firm is an approved or awarded vendor across multiple Texas school districts and a statewide purchasing cooperative. She's not explaining a process from the outside. She's in the middle of it right now, and she'll show you what being ready actually looks like.

Reserve your seat

One room. 20 businesses.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · 11:00 AM–12:30 PM CT · Live on Zoom

Chamber Member

$47

Members of a participating chamber. Register with the link your chamber sends you.

Ask your chamber for their member link

General Registration

$87

Open to any business owner ready to get government-ready.

Registration includes the live 90-minute intensive, the Government-Readiness Scorecard, and your 30-Day Readiness Action Plan worksheet.

Chamber seats and general seats are capped separately, and the room fills fast. If your chamber rate has sold out, general registration may still be open. If both are closed, email us to join the waitlist for the next cohort.

Limited to 20 businesses for the inaugural cohort, small on purpose so the room stays interactive, with time to interpret your results and ask questions. When it fills, registration closes and the waitlist opens.

Registration is transferable to another person or to a future cohort at any time, with no expiration. Refunds are not offered. If LWL cancels or reschedules, you will receive a full refund or a transfer, your choice.
Chamber registration rates have no cash value and cannot be combined with other offers.

Prefer to pay by Zelle? Email us and we'll send instructions.

Good to know

Questions

Is it live or recorded?

Live on Zoom, 90 minutes. You'll complete your scorecard in real time and there's time to interpret your results and ask questions, which is why the room is capped.

What do I leave with?

Your Government-Readiness Score, your most urgent gap, and a personalized 30-Day Readiness Action Plan worksheet.

How do I get the chamber rate?

Participating chambers share a member registration link for the $47 rate. If you're a member and don't have it, check your chamber's email or ask them directly.

What if it sells out?

Chamber seats and general seats are limited separately, so if your chamber rate is gone, check general registration. If the whole cohort is full, email us and we will add you to the waitlist for the next one.

What if I can't make it?

Your registration transfers to another person or to a future cohort at any time, with no expiration. Just let us know. Refunds are not offered, but if LWL cancels or reschedules you can take a full refund or a transfer, whichever you prefer.

Do I need contracting experience to attend?

No. This session meets you where you are, whether you've never registered anywhere or you've bid before without winning.