Startup in the NewMe Accelerator Receives First Funding for Mobile App OneSchool
It was only two weeks ago that the first minority accelerator, NewMe, hosted their first demo day in San Franciso, Cali. The 11 founders in the program displayed their companies to a crowd of about 70 attendees. Each one had a unique startup to bring to the table and now one of them has received [...]
Read MoreNewMe Accelerator, Aiming To Encourage Black Tech Entrepreneurs, Has Its First Demo Day
Yesterday someone asked me whether the reason most of my avatar photos are silly is because otherwise I would have to deal with people constantly bringing up the fact that I don’t “look” like I should work in technology, meaning that I’m a (relatively not nerdy) woman. While I had never consciously thought about it, [...]
Read MoreBlack Entrepreneur Pencils Herself Into Silicon Valley
Tiffani Ashley Bell is the founder and CEO of Pencil You In and a member of the NewMe Accelerator. She will be blogging about her experiences in Silicon Valley. I’m Tiffani Ashley Bell and I founded Pencil You In as a way to allow hairstylists and makeup artists to accept appointments online and by extension, grow their clientele. I’ve been programming since [...]
Read MoreBlack Entrepreneur Talks About His Journey To Silicon Valley
Chris Bennett is the CEO and co-founder of Central.ly, a co-founder of Black Founders, and a member of the NewMe Accelerator. He will be blogging about his experiences in Silicon Valley for the next month to share what he is learning out in the Wild Wild West. From a very young age I witnessed my parents strive to [...]
Read More8 Entrepreneurs Diversifying the Tech Scene with NewMe Accelerator
Silicon Valley’s startup scene is mostly young, male, and white. In response, the NewMe Accelerator brought 8 black entrepreneurs together for two month immersion in San Francisco. CNNMoney featured each entrepreneur in their own personal profiles. The 8 entrepreneurs include: Hajj Flemings: GoKit Pius Uzamere: BeCouply Wayne Sutton: Vouch Anthony Frasier: Playd Tiffani Bell: Pencil You [...]
Read MoreBlack Tech Entrepreneur Tries To Achieve Lifelong Dream
Over the next few weeks, NewsOne.com will highlight 3 Black entrepreneurs who are part of the NewMe Accelerator. The NewMe Accelerator is a program for minority led start-ups that will house a handful of visiting start-ups during the summer of 2011 in Silicon Valley. The three entrepreneurs, Pius Uzamere, Tiffani Bell, and Chris Bennett, will [...]
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