4After many failed jobs, including starting his own business, Derek James describes his journey of how he went from being a broke and hopeless kid in his 20s, to learning how to sell to Federal Government Agencies, and win millions in government contracts before the age of 30. In Part 1 of his book "Winning Government Contracts", Derek discusses the challenges of being thrown into the deep-end, and almost being fired in his first 3 months. Without proper training and with only minimal guidance from his peers, Derek had to essentially learn how to win contracts on his own. Part 2 of the book describes his process (the GovKid Method), that he assures every small business is missing out on by not following. He breaks down the 5-Step Strategy that every small business can follow to win contracts, regardless of their socioeconomic status, or level of experience selling to the government.