Google Announced as 2012 NewME Accelerator Sponsor
An exciting announcement was made at the West Coast pre-screening of Black in America 4 on Friday. The NewMe Accelerator team announced tech giant, Google as their presenting sponsor for 2012. Sponsors played a major part in the 2011 accelerator and will be just as important in the coming year. The partnership with Google means [...]
Read MoreAisleFinder Launches Supermarket API
Finding information on groceries at your favorite market like Whole Foods or Trader Joes can be a task. NewMe Accelerator startup, AisleFinder is making that task easier. They have launched a Supermarket API, an open source API for the grocery industry. Since founder and CEO of AisleFinder, Curtiss Pope’s work during the NewMe Accelerator this summer his company [...]
Read MoreBlack Enterprise Feature the New Faces of Silicon Valley in Their August Issue
A slate of new talent has arrived in Silicon Valley. What’s great about it is that they are black and young entrepreneurs, bringing fresh and innovative new technologies to the forefront. Black business magazine, Black Enterprise features the new faces of Silicon Valley in this month’s issue. This edition features Chuck Baker, founder of the [...]
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 MoreInsideBW: Soleadad O’Brien Visits the NewMe House [PHOTO]
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Take a look at the behind the scenes photos as CNN’s Soleadad O’Brien visits the NewMe House to prepare footage for the upcoming Black in America 4 in the fall. For more behind the scenes visit InsideBW
Read MoreBlack Startups Get Huge Push From New Me Accelerator Program
It was an historic last night in Mountain View, CA as the first annual New Me Accelerator program, designed to motivate African-American technological entrepreneurship, launched on the campuses of Google, Inc. Created by Angela Benton (founder) and Wayne Sutton, NME has been the continuation of Ms. Benton’s commitment to empower and create opportunity for African-Americans in the digital [...]
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