The U.S. government purchases $500 billion worth of merchandise every year, and a large chunk of that money is spent at small businesses. We went to California to meet a woman who owns an office products company. She has succeeded in cracking the complicated code of doing business with the government.
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Doing Business With The USA
Published: January 31, 2016
Updated: August 31, 2023
Summary
One small business owner can call the federal government a customer.