Black Founders’ Launch Study Group and Startup Challenge for the Lean Launchpad
Black Founders is launching a study group and startup challenge for The Lean Launchpad participants in February. The Lean Launchpad is a free online course hosted by Stanford University and taught by a serial entrepreneur and professor at Stanford University, Steve Blank. Black Founders will host a weekly, one-hour, online study group focusing on the video [...]
Read MoreHow to Build Sustainable Journalism Startups
In the current media landscape where online startups are looking to fill the void left by wilting traditional media, starting a business is only the beginning. Though first steps are important, many startups are starting to face problems in sustaining their enterprises. This is what a new study by the Renaissance Journalism Center seeks to understand. The [...]
Read MoreTurntable.fm Upgrades, Aims to Make DJing Easier
Turntable, the most original and interesting music service to come along in years, launched an overhaul of its interface Thursday in a bid to make itself less intimidating to newcomers. Once you get inside a Turntable room, everything’s peachy: avatars cluster together amiably, chatting and listening to tunes spun by up to 5 DJs, bobbing [...]
Read MoreNew Tech Startup Rap Genius Decoding Your Favorite Lyrics
Music startups are exciting, for the simple fact that they help move the industry forward instead of back like so many like to harp on. One in particular is getting the attention of many music lovers called Rap Genius. Rap Genius is a startup from the Bay Area, Calif. that has created a massive and [...]
Read MoreSilicon Valley’s Scarcest Resource: Technical Founders
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Skilled developers are Silicon Valley’s scarcest resource. With big companies throwing around giant salaries and startups competing fiercely for talent, the technical ability to build what they envision is often a make-or-break issue for new ventures. Which means tech industry entrepreneurs sort out into two distinct camps: those with coding skills and [...]
Read MoreSix Minutes to Pitch the Silicon Valley Elite
Every morning entrepreneur Hajj Flemings wakes up and heads to his favorite coffee shop in downtown Mountain View, Calif., to prep for one of the most important presentations of his career. On Thursday, the 39-year old Detroit native will have six minutes to present his fledgling startup venture to a roster of Silicon Valley’s top [...]
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