Maybe Giving $30B to VCs…or Business Incubators…Would Work Better By Carol Tice | edited by Dan Bova | Sep 20, 2010 Add Entrepreneur Share Copied to clipboard Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. $30 billion in funding President Barack Obama’s desk make its way to small businesses Was this even the best way to help small businesses? better spent handed over to early-stage venture capitalists major engine of job creation more than 1,200 of them solid track record $30 billion in funding President Barack Obama’s desk make its way to small businesses Was this even the best way to help small businesses? better spent handed over to early-stage venture capitalists major engine of job creation more than 1,200 of them solid track record
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