Michael Baisden Announces ‘Million Dollar Business Pitch’ for Entrepreneurs
Radio personality Michael Baisden announced the details of his “Million Dollar Business Pitch” campaign. Baisden initially announced his plans to provide a half-million dollars to small businesses and non-profits through the campaign. Michael Baisden Show listeners were instructed to tune into the radio show, Twitter, or Facebook for submission details. That details were revealed in a three-step [...]
Read MoreHow to Build Sustainable Journalism Startups
In the current media landscape where online startups are looking to fill the void left by wilting traditional media, starting a business is only the beginning. Though first steps are important, many startups are starting to face problems in sustaining their enterprises. This is what a new study by the Renaissance Journalism Center seeks to understand. The [...]
Read MoreNecessity Driving Entrepreneurship
Necessity, not opportunity, is driving entrepreneurship, says a new report. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a nonprofit research consortium, Monday released its latest National Entrepreneurial Assessment for the United States. It has been conducting this research since 1999. According to the report, in the United States, the percent of early-stage entrepreneurship activity that stemmed from individuals [...]
Read MoreGoogle 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 MorePresident Obama Creates New Program for Young Entrepreneurs
President Obama has created a new program called “We Can’t Wait” to help youth manage their student debt and enable them to start their own business upon graduation. The program is said to modify the federal government’s “income-based repayment” plan, allowing qualifying students to pay back loans using a monthly percentage of their discretionary income, [...]
Read MorePost Arab Spring, African Startups Should Be Next in Line for Attention
In Accra, the capital of Ghana, it’s not about who you know, what you know, which member’s club you belong to or even which school you used to go to. It’s all about which church you belong to. Ghana is nearly 70% Christian and on Sundays anybody who is anybody heads off to church, not [...]
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