Black In America 4

CNN’s most successful yearly series Black in America 4 will make its debut this November with its award-winning host, Soledad O’ Brien, leading the charge once again. This year, Black in America 4, will again focus on some of the various issues affecting the African American community. In this trailer, Soledad O’Brien goes to Silicon […]

Name: Wayne Sutton Age: 36 Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. I’m a partner in NewMe, along with Angela Benton. A bunch of us startup types knew each other via Twitter. We’re all from different parts of the country, and we knew the best way to get funding was to be in Silicon Valley. We were also interested […]

Company: Gokit Age: 39 Hometown: Detroit, Mich. Originally from Detroit, Mich., Hajj Flemings’ interest for technology grew while he was in high school.  After high school, Fleming pursued his passion at  Michigan Technological Institute , where he received his BA in mechanical engineering, before finishing his formal education completing his MBA at Lawrence Technological University […]

Inspired by and wanting to impress his girlfriend (who happens to be his co-founder), Pius Uzamere, 27, created BeCouply, a mobile application that helps couples discover new date spots, capture special moments and connect with their couple friends. “I realized there wasn’t a lot out there for couples who don’t want to fall into the […]

It was an historic last night in Mountain View, CA as the first annual New Me Accelerator program, designed to motivate African-American technological entrepreneurship, launched on the campuses of Google, Inc. Created by Angela Benton (founder) and Wayne Sutton, NME has been the continuation of Ms. Benton’s commitment to empower and create opportunity for African-Americans […]

Techcrunch founder and CEO Michael Arrington raised some eyebrows recently when he attacked CNN’s Black in America 4 special which talks about the lack of African Americans in Silicon Valley. See Also: Black In America 4 Exclusive Trailer See Also: CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Talks To NewsOne About NewMe Accelerator, Black In America 4 After a […]

With Black in America 4 premiering tonight, we at NewsOne decided to take a look at the Black technology entrepreneurs who are going to be featured in the series tonight. We will start with the owner of Kloud.co, Hank Williams. See Also: Black In America 4 Exclusive Trailer See Also: CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Talks To […]

With Black in America 4 premiering tonight, we at NewsOne wanted to take a look at the featured guests on the show which focuses on Blacks in Silicon Valley and the technology sector. Today, we take a look at the founder of the NewMe Accelerator, Angela Benton. See Also: Black In America 4 Exclusive Trailer […]

Black Enterprise Magazine recently did a feature titled “The new faces of Silicon Valley.” Silicon Valley, a tech-hub that isn’t known for having many African-Americans, is undergoing a transformation thanks to several initiatives like the NewMe Accelerator. The edition features the founder of Black Web Media and the NewMe Accelerator, Angela Benton. Read more at […]

I’m Tiffani Ashley Bell and I founded Pencil You In as a way to allow hairstylists and makeup artists to accept appointments online and by extension, grow their clientele. I’ve been programming since I was a kid, but at some point, I realized it was more important to use my technical ability to solve real […]

From a very young age I witnessed my parents strive to create their businesses so they could work for themselves. My father badly wanted to stop dragging others luggage up and down Miami International Airport as a Skycap; and my mom wanted out of the corporate job that left her unhappy and unfulfilled. They went […]