Help Teens from Low Income Communities Become Entrepreneurs
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) for a group of startup, savvy people to be mentors next week at highschools in San Francisco, Calif. You’ll need to commit to a morning or an afternoon. No preparation necessary. Here is the schedule: Tuesday 9-12 and 1-4: Building a product, payment processing, setting up a website 1/2 Wed [...]
Read MoreWGU Partners with National Urban League to Help Affiliates Gain Online College Degrees
Western Governors University and the National Urban League have announced a partnership aimed at helping individuals affiliated with the historic civil rights organization achieve their academic and career goals. Under the partnership, employees, members, and clients of the National Urban League are entitled to a $65 application fee waiver, 5% off WGU’s already affordable tuition, [...]
Read MoreKlout Now Factors in Foursquare Checkins
Foursquare checkins will now play a role in determining your Klout score. The San Francisco-based startup has just added Foursquare to its scoring system, which already factors in Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to measure the online influence of social media users. For Klout to integrate your Foursquare checkins into its algorithm, go to your Klout [...]
Read MoreOkayplayer.com Joins Hotlist.com to Maximize the Social Presence of Artists and Fans
Hotlist.com has quickly become a source where users can interact with their friends, each other and relevant brands, organize around venues and events, and discover the hottest venues in any city on any given date. The site recently announced they will launch a Okayplayer Hotlist, building visibility for the Okayplayer brand. Owned by the hip-hop [...]
Read MoreWhite House Business Council and the Office of Public Engagement to Host Urban Entrepreneurship Forums in New Orleans and Atlanta
The White House Business Council and the Office of Public Engagement announced that they will host two Urban Entrepreneurship Forums in New Orleans, La on Wednesday, July 20th and in Atlanta, Ga on Friday, July 29th. Each forum will focus on ways to best support economic growth in America’s cities and providing the necessary tools [...]
Read MoreSmartphones Are Helping Minorities Leapfrog Over the Digital Divide in the U.S.
There’s more evidence of smartphone usage in the United States enabling a kind of “leapfrog effect” over the digital divide. According to a new report by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American LIfe Project, 44 percent of African Americans and Hispanics say they own a smartphone, compared to just 30 percent of non-Hispanic whites. [...]
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