Most GovCon firms think they have a growth strategy. What they actually have is activity: Pipeline dashboards. Proposal volume. A lot of motion, with very little alignment behind it.
In this first episode, David Blackburn sits down with Krystn Macomber, Founder and CEO of Summit Strategy, a win studio built for growth-obsessed teams who want results. Summit Strategy is not a traditional consulting firm. It is designed to help organizations connect business development, capture, proposals, marketing, and training into one integrated system that drives revenue. The focus is not on checking boxes; it is on building a repeatable way to win.
Krystn has spent more than 20 years working across firms from startups to enterprise organizations, helping teams identify the gaps most miss and turning disconnected efforts into disciplined execution. Through Summit Strategy, she has built a model that challenges how GovCon companies think about growth, pushing them to move beyond siloed functions and into true alignment.
This conversation gets into why misalignment is the real growth killer, what it actually looks like day to day, and why so many leaders fail to see it. They also dig into the Summit Win System™, where firms tend to fall short, and the mindset shift required to stop outsourcing pieces of growth and start owning the outcome.
If your pipeline is full but your win rate is not moving, this is worth your time.
To learn more about the Summit Win Academy™ click here. OrangeSlices member can use the code OSWIN at checkout to receive $1,000 off. The discount code expires 12/31/26.
For more information about how you can WIN, visit our dedicated page here.
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Learn more about Summit Strategy by visiting their webpage here.
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