Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

Me and Sam

Sponsored · Ship Features Fearlessly Turn features on and off without deploys. Used by thousands of Ruby developers. →
Avatar for jedwood jedwood
August 28, 2012
Business
1
2k

Me and Sam

Some screenshots of my experience in trying to register my small business with sam.gov

Avatar for jedwood

jedwood

August 28, 2012
Tweet

More Decks by jedwood

See All by jedwood
Effective Node.js : Øredev 2013
Avatar for jedwood jedwood
0
83

Other Decks in Business

See All in Business
㈱サンエー 会社 採用資料
Avatar for クリヤマホールディングス㈱採用担当 uemura2024
0
1.7k
ラクスル会社紹介資料 / RAKSUL Introduction
Avatar for RAKSUL raksulrecruiting
16
200k
Claude Coworkで 非エンジニアも業務効率化しよう
Avatar for ysuzaki2 suzakiyoshito
0
1.8k
イグニション・ポイント株式会社／採用エントランスBook_2026
Avatar for Ignition Point-HR ignitionpointhr
2
180k
8 quotes that sum up recent trading in the travel sector
Avatar for TTC marketingttc
0
120
株式会社IDOM_FACT BOOK 2026
Avatar for 株式会社IDOM idompr
0
300
Webinar 04.03.2026 Nuevo marco de contratación, suministro y atención a la clientela en el sector eléctrico
Avatar for Neuro Energía neuroenergia
PRO
0
270
Q4 2025 Earnings release
Avatar for CMB.TECH cmbtech
PRO
0
780
ワンキャリア 会社説明資料 / Company Deck
Avatar for ONE CAREER onecareer
7
280k
GMOリザーブプラス｜カルチャーデック "Way Book"
Avatar for GMO RESERVE PLUS gmo_rp
0
150
VCファンドにおける公正価値評価の留意点
Avatar for 公正価値評価タスクフォース fairvalue_tf
0
3.3k
株式会社ネオキャリア＿新卒採用ピッチ資料＿20260201
Avatar for neo_recruit neo_recruit
0
2.8k

Featured

See All Featured
WCS-LA-2024
Avatar for Leonardo Collado-Torres lcolladotor
0
480
SEO in 2025: How to Prepare for the Future of Search
Avatar for Michael King ipullrank
3
3.4k
Templates, Plugins, & Blocks: Oh My! Creating the theme that thinks of everything
Avatar for Michelle Schulp Hunt marktimemedia
31
2.7k
How to build a perfect <img>
Avatar for Jono Alderson jonoalderson
1
5.3k
The #1 spot is gone: here's how to win anyway
Avatar for Tamara Novitovic tamaranovitovic
2
990
Abbi's Birthday
Avatar for Violet Bock coloredviolet
2
5.4k
Gemini Prompt Engineering: Practical Techniques for Tangible AI Outcomes
Avatar for Mfonobong Umondia mfonobong
2
320
Typedesign – Prime Four
Avatar for Hannes Fritz hannesfritz
42
3k
Building a Scalable Design System with Sketch
Avatar for Laura Van Doore lauravandoore
463
34k
What's in a price? How to price your products and services
Avatar for Michael Herold michaelherold
247
13k
The SEO identity crisis: Don't let AI make you average
Avatar for Varn varn
0
420
The Cult of Friendly URLs
Avatar for Andy Hume andyhume
79
6.8k

Transcript

  1. Registering on SAM.gov Tuesday, August 28, 12

  2. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  3. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  4. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  5. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  6. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  7. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  8. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  9. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  10. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  11. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  12. My first point of confusion- now what? Tuesday, August 28,

    12

  13. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  14. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  15. Maybe the FAQs will help... Tuesday, August 28, 12

  16. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  17. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  18. Plenty of things required that I don’t know Tuesday, August

    28, 12

  19. Starting with my DUNS number Tuesday, August 28, 12

  20. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  21. Call or email? A little weird, but okay. Tuesday, August

    28, 12

  22. Hey at least they warned me. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  23. While I wait for a response, I’ll carry on. Tuesday,

    August 28, 12

  24. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  25. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  26. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  27. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  28. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  29. 5 relatively painless steps later Tuesday, August 28, 12

  30. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  31. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  32. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  33. (OT: exactly 9 characters, no special chars. That’s a password

    cracker’s dream.) Tuesday, August 28, 12

  34. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  35. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  36. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  37. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  38. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  39. This was one of the most surprising requests. Unless I

    knew I was destined for a contract, I would not have continued. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  40. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  41. I have no idea Tuesday, August 28, 12

  42. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  43. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  44. I don’t know what that means, but sure Tuesday, August

    28, 12

  45. Vaguely recall NAICS, but don’t know mine. Tuesday, August 28,

    12

  46. software development: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  47. web design: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  48. application development: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  49. Internets: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  50. computer: bingo! Tuesday, August 28, 12

  51. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  52. information technology: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  53. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  54. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  55. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  56. Then sam.gov went down for a little while... Tuesday, August

    28, 12

  57. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  58. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  59. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  60. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  61. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  62. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  63. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  64. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  65. Oops. Not sure how I did that. Tuesday, August 28,

    12

  66. I’ll have to look these up... Tuesday, August 28, 12

  67. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  68. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  69. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  70. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  71. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  72. Hmm, phone wasn’t marked as required. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  73. Or “facsimile” as we used to call them. Tuesday, August

    28, 12

  74. N/A to me (luckily) Tuesday, August 28, 12

  75. I reviewed all my info and clicked Submit... Tuesday, August

    28, 12

  76. But could never get past this point. Tuesday, August 28,

    12

  77. And so I eventually gave up. Tuesday, August 28, 12