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Austin as a Technology Center - Case Study
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- Regardless of economics, Austin has flourished as a technology center throughout the years due to creative business & political leadership and individuals making up a culture conducive to and attractive to the tech industry. Architects of this culture will reveal the playbook so other cities' technology industries might prosper like Austin.
- Questions
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- What is your relationship to the Austin tech industry?
- How has Austin reached outside its borders to bring in tech companies?
- What one factor do you think has made Austin so conducive to being tech friendly?
- Who/what is most responsible for the success of Austin's tech scene?
- What is a barrier to Austin's success going forward?
- What is most important to a city being a tech center- cost of living, legislation, funding, local culture or other?
- Is the technology growth in Austin sustainable?
- What is next on Austin's horizon?
- If a city is in economic decline, what can they do to harness the possibility of a flourishing tech scene?
- What one thing can cities do to replicate the Austin success with being a tech center?
- Level:
- Beginner
- Category:
- Case Study, Community / Online Community, Government and Technology, History of Technology, Locations -- US, Other / Out There
- Type:
- Panel
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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