Google for Entrepreneurs Supports Start-ups With Diverse Tech Programs Around the World
Start-ups and entrepreneurship is booming right now with approximately 400 million across 54 countries! Because of the high population of entrepreneurs around the world, people are constantly looking for new resources to help build their start-ups and connect with the right people; that is why Google launched Google for Entrepreneurs. Google for Entrepreneurs is an [...]
Read MoreHow to Get the Most Out of AngelList: As a VC and Entrepreneur
I love AngelList. I truly believe it is disrupting the way early stage deals are being discovered and funded. When I was with BlackBerry Partners Fund (now Relay Ventures), I used AngelList to virtually meet and screen tons of companies. I set up Super Fridays for myself, filling my mornings and/or afternoons with back-to-back 30 minute calls [...]
Read MoreBlack Entrepreneurship On the Rise For Jobless Black Graduates
While a degree certainly provides graduates with an edge in the job market, unemployment statistics have repeatedly shown that one’s race plays a role in securing employment. As of March 2012, African American graduates encountered a rate of 10.8 percent, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute. White graduates appeared to stand a greater [...]
Read More6 Ways to Connect Minorities to the Nation’s Emerging Tech-Based Economy
As a country looking to create new jobs, new opportunities and new industries, we’re supporting and investing in our regional entrepreneurial ecosystems–which represent the collective of technology-based economic development organizations, entrepreneurial incubators, colleges and universities, venture and angel funds, and other resources dedicated to spurring the creation of a region’s high growth entrepreneurs. Still, we’re [...]
Read MoreObama Administration to Host White House Forum on Entrepreneurship for HBCUs Today
The U.S. Small Business Administration and Department of Education will host a forum on entrepreneurship at the White House today bringing together business owners, experts and leaders from a various Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to discuss opportunities and facilitate solutions to challenges in underserved communities. The moderator for the discussion will be national radio [...]
Read MoreHow Entrepreneurs Can Create Magnetic Brands That Attract More Clients
If you’re like many entrepreneurs, when someone asks you about your brand you immediately start describing your logo or your website. You spent a lot of money to have your logo and website professionally designed. They look fantastic unfortunately, they aren’t helping you to attract more clients and make more money. Here’s why… Your logo [...]
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