VIDEO: Black in America 4 Trailer for NewME Accelerator
I’ve been biting my tongue on this one for a while. Happy to share a snippet of all the excitement over the past several of months. If you haven’t heard already CNN’s Black in America 4 will be on the NewME Accelerator and the lack of diversity, specifically for African-Americans, in Silicon Valley. In the documentary I [...]
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 MoreSix Minutes to Pitch the Silicon Valley Elite
Every morning entrepreneur Hajj Flemings wakes up and heads to his favorite coffee shop in downtown Mountain View, Calif., to prep for one of the most important presentations of his career. On Thursday, the 39-year old Detroit native will have six minutes to present his fledgling startup venture to a roster of Silicon Valley’s top [...]
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 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 MoreInviting You Inside Black Web Media with Our New Blog: Inside BW
Black Web 2.0 (Black Web Media) will turn 4 years old this year… August 16th to be exact and it has been a whirlwind. Being an entrepreneur and running a business is full of ups and downs, many of which no one knows of unless you’re a close friend of the fam. Today that changes, [...]
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