Mobile Platform Spinlet for Music Lovers and Artists in Africa
Digital music is hot right now. There are many different platforms to choose from,; Pandora to Spotify and the other new startups in between. Listening to music has become fun and more convenient over the years. But it is Spinlet that is offering great music to fans and artists in Africa. Spinlet is a social [...]
Read MoreTurntable.fm Launches iPhone App
Good news for all you Turntable fiends. One of the most requested features for the social music app — an iPhone version – launched Tuesday in the App Store. Yes, that’s right: you can now listen, rack up those DJ points and chat from anywhere you happen to have your iPhone (though if you happen [...]
Read MoreBlack Techies Find the Industry Elusive
Despite the high number of Black technology consumers and users on popular social networking sites like Twitter, African-Americans are lagging behind in the creation of successful technology start-ups and work in the field of technology. African-Americans make up just one percent of internet company founders nationally and, on average, Black founders raise less than half the amount [...]
Read MoreKapor Capital Makes Pre-Seed Investment in BeCouply
NewMe Accelerator participants hit the ground running towards success, especially co-founder of BeCouply, Pius Uzamere. His mobile/web app and exclusive social network for couples he started alongside his partner Becky, is the first from the accelerator to receive funding for their startup. BeCouply just received a pre-seed investment by Kapor Capital. “We’re making a pre-seed [...]
Read MoreLinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur
Where does the ideal startup founder come from? Whom is he or she connected to? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. It mined the data of its more than 115 million users to understand the background of entrepreneurs. The result is an infographic that dives into the educational and corporate [...]
Read MoreSilicon Valley’s Scarcest Resource: Technical Founders
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Skilled developers are Silicon Valley’s scarcest resource. With big companies throwing around giant salaries and startups competing fiercely for talent, the technical ability to build what they envision is often a make-or-break issue for new ventures. Which means tech industry entrepreneurs sort out into two distinct camps: those with coding skills and [...]
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