Arlington offers a tempting package to lure a tech startup into moving
Northern Virginia has plenty of examples of home-grown tech startups, but Arlington Economic Development is eager to bring in more, launching a new contest called Startup Arlington to lure a young startup with a lot of potential to the area with three free months of office and residential space and a bunch of helpful services from local groups. It could be the seed for a growing tech startup scene across the river. Read more about AED's plans here.
Why 2U is selling lots of stock
Local edtech giant 2U, is offloading some new shares. Until today, the stock had a killer month, growing in price by 19.5 percent. Find out why the company is now selling 13 million shares of stock in Chris Bing's story here.
The patron saints to make tech startups #blessed
We picked out some holy "angel investors" to make tech startups feel #?blessed? during the Pope's visit. The patron saint of the internet has already been established, but check out who we think the patron saints of Uber, Tinder and other tech startups should be in our story here.
The NFL will start flying drones
The FAA gave the NFL permission to start using drones to take pictures and videos during games. Although drones are still banned for commercial purposes, the FAA decided to give the NFL an exception, which it has also done for real estate agents, movie makers and other groups. Read more in the Hill here.
