All About Stimulus Funding

My most recent Globe column was about how cleantech companies are chasing stimulus funding that's just starting to flow from DC. From that piece:

"Emerging technology companies in the energy space are landing in Washington like locusts," says Mitch Tyson, chief executive of Advanced Electron Beams, a Wilmington start-up that is just now hiring Holland & Knight LLP to handle its lobbying.

Hemant Taneja, a venture capitalist at Cambridge-based General Catalyst Partners, says that all of the energy-related companies in his portfolio are hiring government relations specialists and lobbyists: "This is a $10,000-a-month expense that could yield significant capital for our businesses, which are really capital-intensive."

Mass High Tech did a similar story recently, which was part of a much bigger package on stimulus funding. Lots of great advice and resources there...