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I am Testifying on Capitol Hill on Wednesday

May 11, 2015 By Peter Renton 6 Comments

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House Committee on Small Business

I have to admit, it was a little surreal when the email came in. A congressional staffer emailed me while I was on vacation to ask if I would be interested in testifying in front of the House Committee on Small Business next week. The committee wants to learn more about peer to peer lending and how it applies to small business lending.

After a conversation with this staffer last week I found out on Thursday that I have been invited to testify. So, on Wednesday morning (May 13) at 11am ET I will be on Capitol Hill discussing this industry with some of the leaders of this country. Also testifying will be Sam Hodges of Funding Circle, an MIT professor and a small business owner. If you are interested you can watch these proceedings live here:
https://smallbusiness.house.gov/legislation/live.htm

I believe they also make these videos available on the committee’s YouTube channel after the fact so if you can’t watch it on Wednesday you should be able to view it later. I will have a post about my experiences later in the week.

Filed Under: Peer to Peer Lending Tagged With: Congressional hearing, regulation, small business loans, testify

Views: 3

Comments

  1. James Wu says

    May 11, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    Congratulations Peter! Another sign peer to peer lending has gone mainstream.

    Reply
    • Peter Renton says

      May 11, 2015 at 5:40 pm

      Thanks James. Indeed.

      Reply
  2. Simon Cunningham says

    May 11, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    So cool! Looking forward to watching this. Also very curious about the questions they’ll ask. Did they provide any beforehand?

    Reply
    • Peter Renton says

      May 11, 2015 at 5:41 pm

      Thanks Simon. I haven’t seen a list of questions yet – they said I should get that tomorrow.

      Reply
  3. rawraw says

    May 12, 2015 at 6:00 am

    I’ll be curious if you use extremely optimistic language that mirrors your writing style. Congratulations!

    Reply
    • Peter Renton says

      May 12, 2015 at 6:13 am

      Rawraw, it is not just my writing style, it is what I believe. So, while my testimony will be tempered somewhat, I will still be my normal optimistic self.

      Reply

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