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TechCrunch TV Talks Diversity in Silicon Valley With Navarrow Wright
Aol’s TechCrunch TV sat down with Interactive One CTO and Global Grind co-founder Navarrow Wright to discuss the role race plays in the new entrepreneurial landscape of tech start-up companies. If the...
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Black Founders Ring in the Year With Hack Day
Hadiyah Mujhid, Nnena Ukuku, Monique Woodard, and Chris Bennett started Black Founders to increase the numbers of successful black entrepreneurs in technology (Image: Black Founders) For many years,...
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Digital Renaissance: 3 Signs Detroit Is the Next Tech Hub
(Image: MWSanders/Flicker) When most people think of tech hubs, the most active locales come to mind: Silicon Valley, New York City, London and Toronto. However, Detroit, MI is pacing to be the next...
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Push for More Investment in Minority Entreprenuers Emerges
From Wall Street Journal. It’s no secret that African-Americans make up but a dint in the upper echelon’s of Silicon Valley. In fact, research from CB Insights shows that only 1 percent of...
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‘Black in America’: Tiffani Bell, One Year Later
As a black woman, Tiffani Bell (r), founder of Pencil You In, is a rarity in Silicon Valley. She was one of eight entrepreneurs featured on Soledad O'Brien's (l) Black in America 4 documentary....
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‘Black in America’: Curtiss Pope, One Year Later
Curtiss Pope's AisleFinder app makes shopping easier. He fine tuned the business model when he participated in the NewMe Accelerator (Image: Kent Hwang) Last November, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien explored...
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Major Tech Firms Refuse to Share Data About Workplace Diversity
When CNN investigated Silicon Valley technology companies’ diversity problem, most of the major technology companies refused to share employee data. CNN asked 20 companies for data on the male, female,...
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Silicon Valley Utility Industry Conference Showcases Minority and Women Owned...
Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the nation’s premier utility industry trade association, convened its 30th anniversary conference focused on developing opportunities for diverse suppliers. The...
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The 10 Best Cities to Start a Business
NYC is the global capital for female tech entreprenuers Silicon Valley still reigns supreme as the top-ranked city around the globe to start a business. Not a surprise to most entrepreneurs and...
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San Francisco Tech Interns Earn More Than Median U.S. Household
In The Internship, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn play Google interns. According to Glassdoor, they are the ninth-highest paying company for interns. Being an intern is often a financially precarious...
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Startup Innovation ‘At Its Peak’ According to Bill Gates
The richest man in the world thinks Silicon Valley is going to shape the future of America. Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, weighed in on Silicon Valley yesterday. His verdict? It’ll be...
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Jesse Jackson Targets Silicon Valley’s Poor Diversity Record
Rev. Jesse Jackson is using HP's annual meeting to highlight the lack of diversity in the tech community. Reverend Jesse Jackson is scheduled to speak at HP’s annual meeting to address the lack of...
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Minority Startups Get Big Push From New Me Accelerator
There’s a big difference between consuming technology and creating it. Angela Benton, the Principle of Black Web 2.0, along with partners Wayne Sutton and Toby Morning will help other African...
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The Keys to Tech Startup Success
Johann Schleier-Smith‘s mother bought him his first computer when he was six or seven years old. Since then he’s been passionate about computers and became an avid programmer in his spare time. He met...
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WATCH: How to Raise Venture Capital for a Tech Start-Up
(Image: Scott Council) What does it take to get your tech company funded by people other than your family and friends? It’s a lot harder for tech entrepreneurs than for those who are trying to raise...
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Black Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley Do Exist
There was recently an online conversation on Twitter on the subject of diversity and Silicon Valley. It was sparked by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington’s comments from the trailer for CNN’s Black...
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In the News: CNN’s ‘Black in America’ Special Airs Sunday; Haiti Demands Pay...
(Image: CNN) ‘The New Promised Land: Inside Silicon Valley’ Premieres Sunday In the fourth installment of CNN’s Black in America, special correspondent Soledad O’Brien explores the worlds of eight...
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‘Black in America’ Dives into Silicon Valley
NewMe co-founder Angela Benton (far right) and other young leaders in technology grace the August 2011 cover This Sunday, November 13, Soledad O’Brien hosts the fourth installment of Black in America:...
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