FEATURE
Nine Big Questions Main Street Will Be Asking in 2014
December 24, 2013 | BusinessWeek
Ask nine small business owners what they’re hoping for in 2014, and the answer will likely be something along the lines of a better economy and stronger sales. Ask them how to achieve that end, and you’ll likely get nine different answers. The list of questions below aren’t the only questions that will shape life on Main Street next year, but they’re among the biggest that people involved with small companies will be keeping on their radar.
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Experts: Expect Another ‘Growth Spurt’ for Austin’s Economy in 2014
December 28, 2013 | Austin American Statesman
The pessimists waiting for the Austin metro area’s economic and business foundation to crumble under the weight of its growth will have to keep waiting — it ain’t gonna happen in 2014. Even in what, by some measures, was a mediocre 2013 for a regional economy that has come to expect soaring job numbers, growth in Central Texas remained the envy of most metropolitan areas around the country. And, local economic experts said, the groundwork laid this past year could push Austin back toward the sharp growth rates it enjoyed coming out of the recession.
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U.S. Chooses Ten States for Domestic Test of Drones
December 30, 2013 | New York Times
New York (with New Jersey and Cape Cod Nevada, Texas, North Dakota, Virginia, and Alaska (with Hawaii and Oregon) among states chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration to develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into U.S. skies. Drones have been mainly used by the military, but governments, businesses, farmers and others are making plans to join the market. Many universities are starting or expanding drone programs.
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From Lock-up to Start-ups at San Quentin
December 27, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
North of Silicon Valley on a rocky promontory overlooking San Francisco Bay stands California's oldest prison. Inmates here are cut off from the innovation the nearby high-tech industry produces. They are not permitted on the Internet, and most have never touched a smartphone or a tablet. But two technology veterans — Chris Redlitz and Beverly Parenti — are bringing the promise of Silicon Valley to San Quentin State Prison by creating a high-tech incubator here called the Last Mile. Its mission is to teach inmates about technology so they can forge new lives when they are released from prison.
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