Why Every Startup Founder Needs a Mentor – And How to Find One
Why does founding a startup sometimes feel like the loneliest journey on the planet? Yes, you may be surrounded by family and friends who want to support you emotionally, but do they really understand what you’re going through? The answer: Find yourself a mentor. No “Yes Men” Surrounding yourself with “yes men” is a stupid [...]
Read MoreFrom BET to Wave45, Tech Entrepreneur Creates Urban Online Video Platform
Starbucks is currently tech entrepreneur Adrian Grant’s new office. After leaving his position as a product manager at BET, he is working full-time on his entrepreneurial endeavours including most recent project, Wave45. Wave45 is an online video platform that curates the best urban videos from music to web series; a startup that makes absolute sense when African-Americans [...]
Read MoreNew York Based Tech Company Worldcast Inc. Bringing Entertainment To You Live Online
Minority founders Peter Lewis and Darren Skeete found their own way of combining two of the largest industries; technology and entertainment with their company Worldcast, Inc. Worldcast is an on demand media platform that streams live entertainment from anywhere in the world online. The platform will offer three components including, DJ On Demand, Entertainers On [...]
Read MoreDetroit Startup gokit Launched Today in Beta by Invitation
As another NewME class graduates today, 2011 NewME graduate Hajj Flemming launches his startup in beta. Flemming announced the beta launch of gokit by invitation today. gokit is described as an online identity platform that allows you to create visually compelling personal homepages that tell your story and share your social network connections in a central location. The [...]
Read MoreNow That’s An Investor List: Viddy Backed By Biz Stone, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, and More
Right after racing to the top of the App Store charts, Viddyjust announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a long list of celebrities — not just tech celebrities, but also the kind that non-techies have heard of. Here’s who invested: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Omniture founder Josh James, Skull Candy chairman Jeff [...]
Read MoreStartup Hiring: The 10% Solution
LinkedIn employees get a 24-hour gym. Twitter workers get free laundry service. Googlers get Japanese toilets with a cool “rear-cleansing” function. How can your startup compete with that? It’s not easy. When tech giants such as Facebook give their workers six-figure packages and everything up to and including free leather repair (leather repair?), a salary [...]
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