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4B with Margit #6: How Startups Can Work with Government and Policy Makers

Episode Summary

If you’re inventing a new category, such as the sharing economy, or part of a nascent industry like crypto, regulations can make, or break, your company. Margit talks with policy comms experts on how to work with regulators and policy makers.

Episode Notes

In this episode: 

• Jim Messina - CEO, The Messina Group; formerly Obama's Deputy Chief of Staff; known as the "fixer" and "the most powerful person in Washington you've never heard of"
• Adrian Durbin - currently at Greenbrier; former Director of Policy Comms at Lyft
• Risa Heller - CEO of Risa Heller Communications; former Director of Comms for Senator Charles Schumer

"4B with Margit" is a Clubhouse show for raw and unfiltered advice from comms and marketing experts who have seen it all, as well as insider stories from the builders and pioneers who were in the trenches. Think “Scandal” meets “Halt and Catch Fire.” Catch it live Wednesdays 4-5 PST.  

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