Local Government
topic on 7 shows · 10 statements across 9 episodes
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American Optimist 
My First Million 
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10 statements about Local Government, every show
Langley: The last local government tech company IPO was over 20 years ago
“The last company to go public that serviced local government It was over 20 years ago.”
Langley: Selling to local government has more negatives than positives
“Like it's, I would not wish upon anyone Selling to local government. It's more negatives than positives, always.”
Trae Stephens: Local GovTech sales are as hard as federal with less upside
“Selling to local governments is incredibly difficult. I think it's basically just as hard as selling to federal government and except the upside is Significantly less.”
Bookman: Multi-fund accounting is the core difference between governments and companies
“The core difference between a company and a government is often the multi-fund accounting. So everyone says, you're taxing my gas, you idiots, you can't even, you know, deliver My water correctly. Well, I can't spend the gas tax on your water because it goes i…”
Bookman: OpenGov originally mistakenly assumed government needs were uniform
“And this is something we started off with that I think we weren't very clear on. We thought there is a little more one size fits all. The tech can be useful, but the way they want to use the tech is very, very different.”
Lonsdale: AI-Augmented BPO for Local Governments Could Generate Tens of Billions
“I think a BPO, a business process outsourcing thing for certain tasks for local government that are augmented by AI could be like just a huge business to basically help them with this. And I, right now it's not a standard way they work, but I could see if you …”
Pompliano: Startups will use computer vision to automate municipal fine enforcement
“So I think there's going to be an entire rise of businesses that just use computer vision to do the same thing. Like anything that can be automated will be automated rather than have humans with their lazy eyes walking around, just have computers that constant…”
Thomas: Over 30 states have local bans or restrictions on clean energy
“Local governments in more than 30 states have passed local ordinances that either severely restrict clean energy development or outright ban it, and more than a hundred local governments have passed severe restrictions Setbacks that make it almost impossible t…”
At least 20 US states have introduced gas preemption bills
“So what we're seeing is now in at least 20 states a count is at, including Florida, we've seen bills that preempt local governments from taking different kinds of climate action.”
Buttigieg: Service delivery demands prevent local governments from shutting down politically
“You will never hear about a state or a local government shutting down over partisan disagreement, right? We deliver water. You need water to live. And so, it's not even on the table. We are under a pressure to deliver that, I think, compels us to be more open …”