- Eric Coffie
- November 4, 2025
AI Is the New Industrial Revolution — Are You Ready?
In this thought-provoking episode, we tackle one of the biggest economic and societal shifts of our lifetime — artificial intelligence. The guest draws bold comparisons between AI and past revolutionary inventions like the steam engine and electricity, calling it a massive game changer that will reshape productivity, the job market, and even global wealth distribution. […]
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- Eric Coffie
- November 3, 2025
Urgency Over Comfort: How the Air Force Prepared for Great Power Competition
In today’s episode, we dive deep into leadership, legacy, and lessons from one of the Air Force’s top decision-makers. Reflecting on his tenure, he shared the three major accomplishments that shaped the force’s trajectory — from advancing modernization through $100 billion in operational imperatives to restructuring training and investment systems for great power competition. Perhaps […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 31, 2025
Interest Rates Are Too High — and Small Businesses Are Paying the Price!
Today’s discussion hits home for entrepreneurs and small business owners navigating this volatile economy. While large corporations like Microsoft or JPMorgan are setting market highs, small caps remain stuck in correction—mirroring the reality for Main Street. The biggest threat? Monetary policy, not fiscal policy. With interest rates still 125 basis points above equilibrium, small businesses—who […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 30, 2025
From SBIR to Prime: 5 Ways to Keep Your Government Contract Data Rights
Today we dig into the hard truths of small-business innovation in defense: most startups won’t sell end items—they’ll be 1st– or 2nd-tier subs whose tech is embedded in a prime’s system. We unpack why founders fear losing IP to primes (and why we need better mechanisms than today’s SBIR handoffs), where OCONUS opportunities really exist […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 29, 2025
299: What Presidents Don’t Tell You About Executive Orders and OMB
In this episode of The Daily Windup, we take a deep dive into how executive power really works in the U.S. government — from executive orders and OMB oversight to how federal procurement priorities shift when a new president takes office. My guest, Dr. Andy Rudalevige, one of the nation’s leading scholars on the presidency, […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 28, 2025
America’s $1 Trillion Interest Bill: The Debt Spiral No One’s Talking About!
In this episode of The Daily Windup, we dive deep into America’s fiscal reality check — and it’s not pretty. Federal spending is now 53% higher than before the pandemic, with annual deficits exceeding $2 trillion. The interest alone on the national debt has reached $1 trillion, surpassing the Pentagon’s entire budget and soon to […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 27, 2025
Inside the $30B Industrial Base Crisis — How Contractors Can Fill the Gap!
In this episode of The Daily Windup, I sit down with Frank Kendall, former Secretary of the Air Force, to unpack one of the toughest challenges facing national defense today — the shrinking U.S. industrial base. Frank explains how, after two decades of decline, the U.S. no longer has the production capacity or lead times […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 24, 2025
Fed’s 50% Recession Warning: What the Beige Book Just Revealed!
In today’s episode of The Daily Windup, we break down what the latest Federal Reserve Beige Book is really saying — and why it’s sending a chilling warning most investors are ignoring. According to the Fed’s own field reports, economic activity has “declined slightly” across three-quarters of the U.S., with only a handful of districts […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 23, 2025
The Costly Lie Behind ‘Acquisition Reform’ — $30B Wasted and Counting!
In this episode, I sit down with Frank Kendall and talk about one of the biggest traps in defense procurement — the endless search for “acquisition magic.” Frank exposes why every few years, someone promises a revolutionary new system to fix everything — and why those reforms almost always fail. From $30 billion MRAP programs that […]
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- Eric Coffie
- October 22, 2025
298: Hire Your Own Lawyer, Lose Your Coverage: The Costly Government Contracting Mistake with Wes Edison
Today I sit down with insurance expert Wes to demystify the policies every government contractor needs but few truly understand. We cover why a General Liability (GL) policy typically includes attorney fees (if you notify the carrier before hiring your own lawyer), why a certificate ≠ the policy, how exclusions (like aviation work) can leave […]
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