D.C. thinks over a Md.-commuter tax // U.S. Census Bureau releases 1st mobile app // Using empty storefronts as startup proving grounds [LINKS]

Use empty storefronts and shops as testing grounds for entrepreneurs and startups [NewStart]: “Start Up Street helps start up businesses to test their ideas in a supportive community context by re-using vacant spaces in the city.”

U.S. Census Bureau releases first mobile app, “America’s Economy” [U.S. Census Bureau]: “The app, which is currently available for Android mobile device users, combines statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
D.C. commuter tax faces opposition from politicians in Maryland [Baltimore Sun]: “Talk in Congress of letting the District of Columbia tax commuters is getting a cool reception in Maryland. Officials in Washington say such a measure could raise $1.2 billion in new revenue — enough to fund nearly an eighth of the district’s $9.65 billion operating budget.”
Adeo Ressi of the Founder Institute on teaching the art of startups [Bloomberg Businessweek]: “The most successful entrepreneurs in the world have a combination of the right type of personality and fortunate life circumstance. … But the world conditions you very well to be an employee, to work for someone else.”