African-American Tech Start-up Creates Financial Literacy iOS Gaming App Mindblown Life
Jason Young, an African-American founder and CEO of Mindblown Labs, an Oakland, CA based education technology start-up, knows first-hand how financial literacy or lack thereof can impact the African-American community. Through his own personal experiences he learned very quickly that financial literacy is essential for everyone so he created a mobile app called Mindblown Life. [...]
Read MoreDigital Portfolio Startup Pathbrite Raises $2.5 Million In Funding
Pathbrite, a San Francisco based start-up and digital portfolio game changer recently raised $2.5 million led by Rethink Education with strategic investment from ACT, a college assessment taken for admittance. Pathbrite is an excellent platform created for young professionals ages 18 to 25 who are seeking to enter college, an internship or even career. It helps potential [...]
Read MoreStart-up Blazetrak Connecting You With Industry Music Executives
What do music artist trying to get put on usually do? Well, they used to try and shove a demo tape down DJs and musicians throats. Now they send links and mention them a million times on Twitter. Entrepreneurs Ron Harrison, Nate Casey, and Corey Stanford noticed this was in an ineffective way to try [...]
Read MoreCory Booker Building Start-up #Waywire to Give Youth A Voice in the Media
Cory Booker isn’t just the mayor of Newark, NJ. He is now a start-up founder. Booker is currently building a news site called #Waywire that features original and syndicated video content that lets viewers record and share their responses. The site intends to give millennials news from their own perspective. Booker is trying to create a platform that [...]
Read MoreThe Roots to Headline Startup RockOn Event Series With Startup America at Democratic National Convention
The legendary Roots Crew are scheduled to headline ‘Startup RockOn‘ at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC Sept. 3. Startup RockOn is a series of events highlighting the importance of America’s start-up community to the future, so it only makes sense they teamed up with Startup America. Startup America is a growing national coalition launched [...]
Read MoreConnectYard Changing the Way Professors and Students Communicate Through Social Media
Numerous educational social tools have emerged over the past years trying to close communication gaps between professors and students. Mobile platform, ConnectYard is contributing a unique concept, enabling professors to communicate incorporating texting, Facebook, and Twitter. ConnectYard was founded by two African-American entrepreneurs Donald Doane and Grant Warner, Ph.D. Although it appears the conversation about [...]
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