Google Getting Kenyan Businesses Online With GKBO
Google has launched an initiative aimed at helping businesses in Kenya. The partnership with Safaricom, Equity Bank and Kenic called the Getting Kenyan Businesses Online (GKBO) program, is aimed at thousands of Kenya SMEs who do not have a website or online presence. GKBO will provide free or subsidized services to help businesses to use web [...]
Read MoreBlack Companies Among Fastest Growing
The annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies for 2011 includes the Top 10 Black Entrepreneurs. It is a diverse group. Eight of the companies are engaged directly in some aspect of science or technology. They include an innovative dental firm, three management-consulting companies, a real estate settlement services firm, a telecom and technology service provider, [...]
Read MoreLinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur
Where does the ideal startup founder come from? Whom is he or she connected to? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. It mined the data of its more than 115 million users to understand the background of entrepreneurs. The result is an infographic that dives into the educational and corporate [...]
Read MoreJamaican Tech Entrepreneur Uses Crowdfunding for Caribbean Film
The planned return of passenger rail in Jamaica is what sparked tech entrepreneur, David Mullings’s interest in making a film. After talking to several people about his experience he learned that many people knew nothing about the train system in Jamaica. He wanted to do a short film that not only told a personal story [...]
Read MoreHelp 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 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 [...]
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