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 MoreTagged, Google, InteractiveOne and Others Line Up to Sponsor NewME Accelerator #BOOM
Important Note: You may see Wayne and I say #BOOM consistently in the coming weeks and throughout the summer, it’s our version of the fist bump, lol We are just a couple of weeks out at this point and we are still in awe about the amount of support that we’ve gotten not only from [...]
Read MoreSummer of Startups: NewME Accelerator Announces Winners
Last month, Black Web 2.o CEO and founder, Angela Benton announced the launch of the NewME Accelerator. The “first-ever technology accelerator for minority-led startups,” the NewME Accelerator will help a select number of startups take their budding businesses to the next level. Taking place over a nine-week period (June 16 – August 18), startup founders [...]
Read MoreWayne Sutton Presents the Social Wayne QR Reader App
Today TriOut co-founder, Wayne Sutton has announced the launch of a brand new app. The Wayne Sutton QR Reader, pulls some of the best components of community together and packages them with a nifty QR Reader. According to the press release, the app “bridges mobile social, online and offline communities to provide a new way of [...]
Read MoreNewME Launches Accelerator for Minority-led Start-ups in Silicon Valley
It seems like just yesterday we closed out the first NewME Conference, #goodTimes. While small, we got a lot of good information and data on what is needed to make technology focused start-ups successful. And by successful we mean either operating in the black or experiencing a liquidity event. Entrepreneurs, private equity, business leaders, and [...]
Read MoreWayne Sutton Named TechMedia’s Director of Digital
By Brandi Tape Wayne Sutton, social media expert and cofounder of TriOut, is the newest addition to TechMedia. As Director of Digital, Sutton will be designing all upcoming content for Tech Media conferences, while positioning himself as not only a social ambassador, but a liaison for the community.TriOut, however, will not be void of leadership [...]
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