“[T]ech at its most enterprising can build whole new economies around brand new industries. Google did it with search; Amazon with online retail; and Facebook and Twitter with social networking. These days, however, the buzziest startups with the highest valuations—think Uber and Airbnb—aren’t just the ones challenging incumbent businesses; it’s almost an assumed part of the deal that at some point the most successful startups will have to go up against the government.
Bradley Tusk thinks there’s something to that idea, and he hopes to capitalize on it. This week, he and a few like-minded colleagues with political and investing experience introduced Tusk Ventures, which Tusk touts as the nation’s first political consulting firm that aims to help startups leap the myriad regulatory hurdles that many face.”
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