This legislation will increase the maximum number of permitted angel investors from 250 to 500 and raise the cap on angel funds from $10 million to $50 million.
These same actions beat SOPA/PIPA in 2012. More recently ACA repeal. Massive contact to Congress that scares officials that they won't be re-elected, yes that works. It must be louder than the equivalent in campaign contributions that officials spend for ads in October/November.
http://producthunt.com is how a lot of startups do it nowadays, and reporters are usually in there looking—so if it's interesting it may also get pickup.
We can scan your social networks for registered voters you know. Once you know who they are, you can affect their vote by asking them to turn out for who you want. I think the discovery piece is very interesting, even if you're not ready to ask anyone to help you elect a candidate yet. We'll be building more uses in the future.
We don't need you to, but ultimately if we want to change this political system, meaning replace the fundraise from large donors > buy television / direct mail > blast you with TV/robocall with something more democratic, you're going to need to be a bit more vocal about what you want from your elected officials, and prove somewhere that you're a voter and you matter.
Our long term vision is to build online electorates, where you come together with people that share your values, and attract candidates to a large voting pool. In a system like that, candidates even with little to no money, can win based on how well they can convince you / match with your values.
