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Federal workers. >> reporter: in this cases an executive order that applies across the board because its a small rule change within the lane department. bill: is this something that could help the economy? would it help employees or is it something thats a continued drag on workers and businesses and how they think and act and make decisions. >> reporter: let me take you back to google. in the early days of google they had all kind of junk youngsters who would workday and night. thats how they b...

Come may, chicagos tech startups really start to bloom. the mayor has a lot of responsibilities but makes it a priority to visit chicagos tech hub. 1871, its part of emanuels plan to revitalize the economy. >> we have 85 employees and we have an office and revenue. >> 1871 is this interesting sort of experiment. 50,000 square feet, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists have these working sessions to change the status quo as well as hopefully make money. >> you come in here and you feel like youve g...

>> reporter: patrick wanted to get him employed and housed asap but leo had other priorities. what did you want to do with this information he was teaching you? >> make the world a better place. >> reporter: hes a passionate environmentalist. his heroes are scientists that brave the rugged out doors. >> this is what life is supposed to be. >> reporter: coming outside? >> yeah, i want to be around plants and trees. i want to breathe as much oxygen as possible. >> reporter: since hes really worrie...

We were outcasts. >> i think anyone that is brave enough to go and want to be an entrepreneur, you have to be resilient. that is what prison teaches you. how to be resilient and try to win against all odds although the deck is stacked against us so much. >> christine, they dont have access to technology. they are physically writing out tweets that volunteers later tweet for them. the idea is to give them a voice. if they get out or when they get out, they are not looked at as an ex-con. >> you s...

But let us know what you think. out front next, from prison bars to tech stars, a new wave of tech startups is emerging from, the prison? ♪ morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and well be the best of friends ♪ [ male announcer ] the 2014 chevrolet traverse... all set? all set.

Build modern day businesses and pitch their product. >> you can subscribe to our premium service. >> reporter: not just to chris and bev but venture captioning provided in part by a grant from the department of education -- capitalests. >> this is where people succeed and fail and start over again. >> if i can conquer eight years of incarceration, i can become an entrepreneur. >> i was sentenced 25 to life in 1994. motorola just came up with the flip flown. >> reporter: he got a job at rocket sp...

Wisely, some new tech startups are now using social data as a way of measuring creditworthiness. for the millions who dont have a credit score, it could make securing a loan significantly easier, but that also depends on who you associate with on the web. the company lendo judges your creditworthiness based on of that your facebook friends. if your roster is full of people with high credit scores, they can pass the same on to you. but if you interact often with someone who is delinquent, they ca...

October 8th. >> its amazing counterfeiters are benefiting by this. >> and they have been for two years. >> thank you so much. if those endless baby photos and posts about the vmas are not enough to convince you to scroll down and click unfriend on facebook, this might do it. the company you keep online might affect your credit score. some tech startups are using social media data to decide whether to give you a loan. they look at whether your facebook friends were late paying back their own loan...

Competitive industry. >> and if i say to loreal, this is what the objectives are going to be and is that what you would be focused on. >> well, having a goal in mind is a great strategy. there is so much competition out there, and if we are going to take a meeting with you and you do get through the front door, chances are that we are meeting with people who are like you or have a similar solution in mind, so you have to be not only articulate what you can do for us, but have a solution and also...

>> so the serious is great. it is, i mean, as far as travel. you went to some very dangerous places. i was telling you during the break what i thought, corruption, extortion, crazy were repeated words on my note pad. tell us about karachi in terms of, you know, u.s./pakistan relations. its an important city in pakistan. its sort of the center, the cultural center of the country. and yet so much of it appears to be riddled with dysfunction. >> i mean, karachi is, i would say, one of the most fasc...