{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"IAMCP Profiles in Partnership","title":"Why Public Policy Is Now a Growth Lever for Microsoft Partners","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e5c6fd41\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2245,"description":"Turn policy insight into partner advantage.\n\nShow Notes:\nPublic policy is no longer background noise for Microsoft partners; it’s shaping AI adoption, cybersecurity risk, data privacy, and customer trust in real time. In this episode of IAMCP Profiles in Partnership, you’ll learn how Voices for Innovation helps partners reduce risk, simplify policy complexity, and accelerate high-trust partnerships. Discover how informed advocacy turns uncertainty into clarity, equips partners to guide customers with confidence, and positions IAMCP members as leaders, before regulations become roadblocks.\n\nGuests:\nMike McMahon, Managing Director US Government Affairs at Microsoft\nLinkedIn: Mike McMahon\nCompany URL: Voices For Innovation | Website\nCompany LinkedIn: Voices For Innovation\nMarian Breeze, Advisory Task Force Member at Voices for Innovation\nLinkedIn: Marian Breeze\nCompany URL: Voices For Innovation | Website\n\nHost:\nAnthony Carrano, Managing Partner at Dunamis Marketing\nLinkedIn: Anthony Carrano\nCompany: Dunamis Marketing | Website\n\nKey Discussion Points:\n1. Policy affects revenue, not just regulation\nLaws around AI, privacy, and cyber directly impact partner services, liability, and growth.\n2. SMBs have more influence than they realize\nLocal policymakers actively listen to small and mid-sized businesses.\n3. Policy fluency creates commercial differentiation\nPartners who understand what’s coming can guide customers proactively.\n4. Fragmented regulation increases partner risk\nFifty different state rules on privacy or rules for the development of AI foundation models disproportionately harm SMBs who sell services tied to those models.\n5. VFI turns advocacy into a low-friction, optional pathway\nPartners choose how involved they want to be—education first, action when ready.\n\nNotable Quotes:\n• “Public policy impacts the bottom line of every tech company—large and small.”\n• “SMBs often have more credibility with elected officials than large enterprises.”\n• “Privacy...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UindEHTGn__6-SCbZTniaGlstpFdtl3YZK640nRKnGI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YzJm/ZGRjMWFhYjNmNDgx/MWZlNjkxZmQ0YmMy/ZjgwYy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}