You will certainly pay for your share of the economic stimulus package over the coming decade but will you collect your share? Fortunes are made in times like this so what kind of net can you cast to collect the maximum amount of stimulus that the government is about to sprinkle all over America?
Go through the various line items and ask yourself “who, what, when, where, and how” will this money be spent. Go Deep. Are there opportunities to get in front of some of this money?
http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf
Here’s an example pulled from the House of Representatives version of the Bill (page 73):
“additional amount for ”Innovative Technology 14 Loan Guarantee Program” for the cost of guaranteed 15 loans authorized by section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act 16 of 2005, $8,000,000,000:”
Got a product or business idea that could be considered “innovative technology”? Dive deeper in to the Energy Policy Act 16 of 2005
This bill discusses the action the government wants to take in terms of Renewable Energy, Geothermal, Hydropower, and other energy related technologies. Is there some piece of software you could make to help one of these industries? How about products you could manufacture or retail in these categories?
Here’s another example pulled from the House of Representative version of the Bill (page 112):
“No loan shall be subject to this section if 3 the borrower is an entity found, based on a deter4 mination by the Secretary of Homeland Security or 5 the Attorney General to have engaged in a pattern 6 or practice of hiring, recruiting or referring for a 7 fee, for employment in the United States an alien 8 knowing the person is an unauthorized alien”
Can you help companies certify their compliance with this rule? Background checks, software, genecology interfaces, and other helpful services could find themselves in high demand as thousands and thousands of companies scramble to ensure they are eligible.
The possibilities are endless. I generated those in under 20 minutes and didn’t go very deep but with a little thought and planning one could easily position themselves to do well as a result of this economic stimulus package.
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