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It’s really hard to get DC to understand Silicon Valley

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The U.S. Congress and the executive branch have an extraordinary level of influence over all aspects of business. Yet, as businesses have become ever more complex, the gap in knowledge between legislators and regulators has dramatically increased. That pattern is even more evident when it comes to high-scale startups and the venture capital industry, a weird niche of the investment world that even other financiers often struggle to grok. So what do you do to help DC understand our little world?

That’s where Bobby Franklin and his team come in. Franklin is the president of the National Venture Capital Association, the trade body that represents the VC industry in DC. He’s helmed the organization for more than a decade, and has experienced the constant treadmill of presidents, members of Congress and staffers as he advocates for the VC model of entrepreneurship.

Joining host Danny Crichton and Riskgaming director of programming Laurence Pevsner, the three of us discuss the Trump Administration’s first one hundred days as well as the prospective legislative slate for Congress, including tax hikes and cuts, R&D spending, antitrust, SEC rules and more. We also talk about the rise of new organizations like the Foundation for American Innovation and the Little Tech Competition Summit and how they play a role in the policy process.

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The U.S. Congress and the executive branch have an extraordinary level of influence over all aspects of business. Yet, as businesses have become ever more complex, the gap in knowledge between legislators and regulators has dramatically increased. That pattern is even more evident when it comes to high-scale startups and the venture capital industry, a weird niche of the investment world that even other financiers often struggle to grok. So what do you do to help DC understand our little world?

That’s where Bobby Franklin and his team come in. Franklin is the president of the National Venture Capital Association, the trade body that represents the VC industry in DC. He’s helmed the organization for more than a decade, and has experienced the constant treadmill of presidents, members of Congress and staffers as he advocates for the VC model of entrepreneurship.

Joining host Danny Crichton and Riskgaming director of programming Laurence Pevsner, the three of us discuss the Trump Administration’s first one hundred days as well as the prospective legislative slate for Congress, including tax hikes and cuts, R&D spending, antitrust, SEC rules and more. We also talk about the rise of new organizations like the Foundation for American Innovation and the Little Tech Competition Summit and how they play a role in the policy process.

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