Lobbyist
topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
American Optimist 
Top Founders 
the a16z Podcast 
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5 statements about Lobbyist, every show
Stitt: Lobbying money in state capitols is always on the 'yes' side
“Only the money is on the yes side that's going to benefit someone. They're the ones that have the money to hire the lobbyists to go whip up the legislature to get stuff passed.”
Stern: Advantage Capital used state lobbyists to create government capital incentive programs
“And Advantage was a very unique type of private equity investor in that it used a network of state and local lobbyists across the country to create programs where government incentivized capital and to come into very vulnerable areas.”
Meyer: No state lobbyist represents both healthcare providers and insurers
“I would say it's a mix, but the good news is no lobbyist represents the hospitals or the providers and the insurers because they're always fighting with each other. So you kind of have to pick.”
Podesta: The term lobbyist stems from D.C.'s Willard Hotel lobby
“So the term lobbyist is Over a hundred years old, and it stems from the lobby of the Willard here in Washington, D.C., and it was when legislators were here part-time, the lobbyists would sit in the lobby and catch members on the fly as they were going to thei…”
GovTech Fund portfolio companies avoid lobbyists and custom government contracting
“Our companies do neither. We neither do any government And we don't use any lobbyists, actually, across the portfolio. If we have, it's been extremely rare for a one-off scenario, but no, this doesn't look like anything that's come before it.”