Startups including Hello Alfred, Magic Leap, and Zenefits are increasing lobbying in Washington to create good will and minimize potential regulatory issues
Cecilia Kang / New York Times : Tweets: @danarubinstein and @erikbryn Tweets: Dana Rubinstein / @danarubinstein : Uber, Airbnb and their tech-sector peers now spend “just a little less than the auto sector” on lobbying: http://www.nytimes.com/... Erik Brynjolfsson / @erikbryn : Not a good sign: “over the last five years, Internet companies have tripled their lobbying spending” - @ceciliakang http://www.nytimes.com/...