Robb Mandelbaum

I've covered entrepreneurs and the policies and politics that affect them for Forbes, The New York Times, and Inc.

[Heather Howard @HeatherHHoward]

Big state health policy news in NJ today - state level individual mandate and reinsurance program pass both houses of state legislature #1332waivers #statestakinglead

[NWYC @NWYC]

Is Amazon good or bad for your #SmallBusiness? @Forbes and @RobbMandelbaum say YES. https://t.co/zSLAMcujII

[Safety Coalition @SafeCoalition]

While some debate @Amazon impact on #smallbusiness like @robbmandelbaum in @Forbes there is no doubt it's about time we have this debate finally. https://t.co/zYtWjVmmxf

[The Regulatory Review @TheRegReview]

#Regulations may be limiting the growth of #foodtrucks, via @Forbes and @RobbMandelbaum https://t.co/0nPGYPE4nN

[Jim Perry @mi_jim]

A new #fintech funding platform, @GSE_Funding, aims to 'level the playing field' for small business https://t.co/yXiCP6L0UO | @RobbMandelbaum for @Forbes

[SourceFunding.org National Expansion @GSE_Funding]

We're thrilled to be featured in @Forbes by @RobbMandelbaum: "'There's a disconnect,' Short said, 'between lenders who say they can't find qualified applicants, and the credit-worthy businesses going from lender to lender and can't find a loan.'" https://t.co/xmpWmqbG7s

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

With the help of a volunteer army of college students, @GSE_Funding has built a network of 14,000 #smallbusiness lenders with its online loan broker https://t.co/VbyZeb0CvI. My latest @ForbesTreps https://t.co/L9vhrVIzqf

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

#Smallbusiness #loan brokers for online lenders are many, but what SourceFunding is doing is much harder, because the banks, credit unions, and nonprofit in its network are not nearly so automated. https://t.co/EZFU2JoJis

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

With the help of a volunteer army of college students, @SourceFunding has built a network of 14,000 #smallbusiness lenders. My latest @ForbesTreps https://t.co/fFuAyeFUTw @forbes

[90 West @Ninety_West]

Are regulations choking off the supply of food trucks? https://t.co/y3DKh7VdBr via @RobbMandelbaum

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

Worth pointing out that in any other context, the opposition would be decrying Delta's $50 million jet fuel tax break as an outrageous corporate giveaway from Republicans?

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

What DC Republicans giveth, California Democrats taketh away — they hope — with a 10 percent state "windfall" tax on rich corporations. https://t.co/8pYYxhO7rG

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

The value of #immigrants: one-third of US super #innovators — OK, that's my term, not theirs — are foreign-born. So why doesn't GOP #immigrationreform recruit more of these folks? My latest post @ForbesTreps https://t.co/i40CGmU0Bc

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

President Trump says he wants America to choose #immigrants "based on their ability to contribute to our #economy," but his #immigration overhaul bill in the Senate tells a different story. New @ForbesTreps https://t.co/LFo5MWWR6E @forbes #RaiseAct

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

Donald Trump thinks they're vipers, or worse, but immigrants are far more likely to start a company than people born in the US. Shiny new post, up at @ForbesTreps. https://t.co/jFNeZZsmz3

[Center For American Entrepreneurship @startupsUSAorg]

"All of the evidence shows that immigrants not only don't take jobs from Americans, they actually create jobs for Americans." https://t.co/lBxdf5IZTO @RobbMandelbaum @Forbes #startups #immigration

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

Because of how they link to the federal tax code, at least six states are (reluctantly) giving pass-through owners a matching 20 percent tax cut. Legislators in Idaho and Oregon are considering opting out. My latest post @ForbesTreps https://t.co/FUa8fp7nbL

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

Collateral damage of the new pass-through tax deduction a handful states now stand to lose tens of millions in tax revenue. My latest post @forbestreps https://t.co/bi5hpTx5on @forbes

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

First they flouted the Affordable Care Act's mandate to provide health insurance; now some businesses hope to arbitrage the law's complexity and inconsistencies to beat the penalty. New @ForbesTreps https://t.co/qgPVP51n92

[Robb Mandelbaum @RobbMandelbaum]

Businesses that didn't offer health insurance to employees may have found way out of paying #Obamacare's employer #mandate, but they'll need a judge to agree. New post @ForbesTreps. https://t.co/O6lY0hLNNO @forbes