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Anyone at Prosper provide any info on this lately?

[Urbi_et_Orbi]

The first thing I would have cut is the stupid stupid expenditure for lobbyists.  $60,000 to Podesta group.  http://prosperlending.blogspot.com/2009/05/prospercom-only-p2p-player-on-beltway.html

Fred93,

They spent a WHOLE LOT more than $60,000...

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/client_reports.php?lname=Prosper+Marketplace&year=2009.

(the link above documents a total 2009 expenditure by Prosper to the Podesta Group of $270,000)

...and that's not counting whatever contribution Prosper may have made as part of their "Coalition."

[112233]

The first thing I would have cut is the stupid stupid expenditure for lobbyists.  $60,000 to Podesta group.  http://prosperlending.blogspot.com/2009/05/prospercom-only-p2p-player-on-beltway.html

Fred93,

They spent a WHOLE LOT more than $60,000...

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/client_reports.php?lname=Prosper+Marketplace&year=2009.

(the link above documents a total 2009 expenditure by Prosper to the Podesta Group of $270,000)

...and that's not counting whatever contribution Prosper may have made as part of their "Coalition."

what is that, something like $9M worth of originations?

[Urbi_et_Orbi]

Here's the info re the $100,000 spent by the Coalition for New Credit Models...

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?lname=Coalition+for+New+Credit+Models&year=2009

[Fred93]

I obviously didn't spend enough time searching, and only saw one of the quarterly numbers.