Screenshot of the Omaha World-Herald article
Paul Hammel of the Omaha World-Herald‘s Lincoln Bureau put out an excellent piece today looking over the governor’s proposed Angel Investment Tax Credit Act, Legislative Bill 389 – “‘Angels’ would get sweet tax credit.”
After giving readers a baseline for the terminology used, Hammel dives into the proposed incentives LB 389 would provide, compares those incentives to those of other states, and then interviews select individuals in Nebraska and Wisconsin, a state with active angel tax credits. One of the individuals interviewed was our very own Dusty Davidson, who not only came at this subject as the co-founder of an organization dedicated to highlighting and supporting entrepreneurs but also as an entrepreneur himself, having co-founded and raised money for Tripleseat.
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The opening of the article is just below, and after you’ve read it I strongly encourage you to check out our guest post on LB 389 from Tom Chapman, director of innovation and entrepreneurship for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce – “Special Series: ‘Talent and Innovation Initiative’ – Angel Tax Credit Act.”
‘Angels’ would get sweet tax credit
By Paul Hammel, World-Herald Bureau
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Lincoln – How sweet is too sweet when it comes to state economic development incentives?
State legislators again are wrestling with that question as they decide how aggressive Nebraska should be in encouraging “angel” investments in promising, but not-yet-marketable, inventions or high-tech innovations.
“Angels” – typically successful entrepreneurs or groups of investors – have been credited with helping finance some of this generation’s most successful […]
