In federal contracting, your network is your net worth, and most small businesses are working with one far too small to win what they are capable of winning.

On this Special Episode of GovCon Unscripted, host Chelsea Roberts continues the #RoadtoHUBZone series with Tim Hagerty, founder and CEO of TeamingPro and a board member of the HUBZone Contractors National Council.

Tim started TeamingPro after a lesson every small business learns the hard way: capability is rarely what holds you back, your network is. He breaks down what actually makes a strong teaming partner (past performance with the specific buyer, not just a matching capability), why teaming wins a larger slice of a bigger contract rather than a smaller slice of the same one, and how technology can take the friction out of finding and reaching the right partners. The conversation widens into the fragility of the domestic manufacturing supply chain and the reshoring opportunity, then lands on the 2026 National HUBZone Conference, where TeamingPro is powering the matchmaking so attendees arrive already knowing who they should meet.

2026 National HUBZone Conference, July 21 and 22 (golf outing July 20) at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and who Tim is

01:00 What TeamingPro is and why he built it

02:00 The convention problem: 4,000 people, no blinking arrows

06:00 What makes a strong teaming partner

10:00 The network is the bottleneck, not capability

14:00 The bigger pie: small businesses winning together

17:00 TeamingPro’s role in the HUBZone Conference matchmaking

25:00 Manufacturing supply chain risk and reshoring

33:00 SBA momentum and opening up competition

36:00 How to reach Tim and TeamingPro

Resources:

Tim Hagerty's LinkedIn Profile

Chelsea's LinkedIn Profile

Other resources:

TeamingPro Website

HUBZone Contractors National Council

2026 National HUBZone Conference (register)

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