Silicon Valley’s New Conversation on Diversity
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Silicon Valley’s startup field is dominated by young, mostly white men from a handful of elite universities. NewMe, an accelerator program for minority-led ventures, aims to shake up the scene. Three months after CNN’s Black in America 4 aired, chronicling the stories of NewMe’s first class, several of the documentary’s participants reconvened at last week’s [...]
Read MoreJay-Z Amex Sync Show Concert to be Live-Streamed at SXSW, Fans Tweet Songs They Want Him to Perform
American Express ‘s Amex Sync Show featuring Jay-Z at SXSW on March 8 will be live- streamed on YouTube in addition to a Twitter campaign leading up the event. Fans will be able to choose songs Jay-Z will perform by tweeting the song with the hashtag #JAYZSyncShow. He will perform the most request song at [...]
Read MoreApps to Help You Survive SXSW 2012
Since I’m not going to be there this year, I might as well do you a favor and throw out some apps to help you learn, network, and party while you’re down in Austin this year. SXSW GO is the official app of the conference. I personally don’t like carrying around all those papers or looking [...]
Read More5 Panels Black Tech Entrepreneurs Should Attend at SXSW Interactive 2012
SXSW is back again, taking place March 9- March 18 in Austin, Tex. The interactive portion is a great opportunity to learn about new innovative ideas, companies, and people. The schedule is out and there are several interesting panels that continue the discussion on black tech and innovation. Here are 5 that black tech entrepreneurs should [...]
Read MoreAaron Bannister: Enabling Location-Based Conversations with Locaii
Although South by Southwest Interactive wrapped a few weeks ago, the relationships formed during the conference continue to reverberate through the black community of entrepreneurs. Black Web 2.0 has already covered the launch of gokit, and another SXSW attendee, Adria Richards, won the AppSumo Lean Startup Challenge for her UseYourDeals startup. I recently had the [...]
Read MoreGroupMe Introduces Featured Groups as Revenue Stream
A big hit at SXSW, GroupMe is definitely one of the front-runners in the crowded world of group messaging. Now, they’ve begun to show what they’re really made of with Featured Groups. The feature launched yesterday and will give brands an opportunity to easily engage with the focused community. The obvious tendency for any group [...]
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