Tagged, Google, InteractiveOne and Others Line Up to Sponsor NewME Accelerator #BOOM
Important Note: You may see Wayne and I say #BOOM consistently in the coming weeks and throughout the summer, it’s our version of the fist bump, lol We are just a couple of weeks out at this point and we are still in awe about the amount of support that we’ve gotten not only from [...]
Read MoreSummer of Startups: NewME Accelerator Announces Winners
Last month, Black Web 2.o CEO and founder, Angela Benton announced the launch of the NewME Accelerator. The “first-ever technology accelerator for minority-led startups,” the NewME Accelerator will help a select number of startups take their budding businesses to the next level. Taking place over a nine-week period (June 16 – August 18), startup founders [...]
Read MoreNewME Launches Accelerator for Minority-led Start-ups in Silicon Valley
It seems like just yesterday we closed out the first NewME Conference, #goodTimes. While small, we got a lot of good information and data on what is needed to make technology focused start-ups successful. And by successful we mean either operating in the black or experiencing a liquidity event. Entrepreneurs, private equity, business leaders, and [...]
Read MoreBlack Web 2.0 Giveaway: inDinero Small Business Software
Back in July, Black Web 2.o covered inDinero, a real-time financial dashboard that would call Mint.com for small businesses. The creation of Jessica Mah, inDinero allows business owners to keep track of their company’s cashflow in a simpler fashion than Quickbooks or Excel. The software securely links business accounts including bank and PayPal accounts, credit [...]
Read MoreAnd the Top 50 Amazing Tech Tastemakers Are….
It’s been a month since we first announce the Top 50 Amazing Tech Tastemakers campaign and kicked it off with our top 15. Since then you all have spoken (and voted) on who you think should be a Top 50 Tech Tastemaker and the results and activity have been both interesting and exciting to watch. [...]
Read MoreSilicon Valley Meets Black Web 2.0
This past week was a whirlwind! Aside from speaking with the Black Googler Network which was super exciting in and of itself our meet-up had even more in store for us. The Black Googler Network Speaking to these inviduals was beyond great. I had the opportunity to meet several people from various aspects of the [...]
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