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5 Great Websites to Help Young Urban Entrepreneurs | AfroDaddy.com

5 Great Websites to Help Young Urban Entrepreneurs | AfroDaddy.com

Are you a young entrepreneur in search of some content-rich, inspirational sites that will help you to keep you focused and passionate about your business success? Maybe you’re a not-so-young entrepreneur who has the sprit and the experience to make your dreams a reality and you need resources that make the most of your time. [...]

NewMe: Real World Entrepreneurship

NewMe: Real World Entrepreneurship

How would you like to live for nine-weeks in a housing unit with eight other strong willed individuals who are as hungry to hustle as you are? That’s the basic concept behind the NewMe Accelerator, an entrepreneurial incubator and support systems for eight minority-owned businesses who will live a daily and prolonged experience filled with [...]

Cracking the Silicon Valley Innovation Code: The Startup Genome

Cracking the Silicon Valley Innovation Code: The Startup Genome

Many thanks to Wayne Sutton of Social Wayne for sharing this first of a multi-part infographic of work done by KISSmetrics to study why so many Silicon Valley startups have been successful to determine if there are transferable principles that apply to any business. It’s good work and the full report is available as a [...]

Teachers Determine the Quality of Our Future

Teachers Determine the Quality of Our Future

Kudos to Spike for highlighting the importance of education and the need for more black male educators. My hat is off to all of you who are making a difference in the lives of our male youth through your excellent example. Amplify’d from www.eurweb.com Spike Lee Pushes for More Black Male Educators *Spike Lee and [...]

Study: HBCU Students Stronger in Technology and Math

Study: HBCU Students Stronger in Technology and Math

While the relevancy of Black colleges and universities is often questioned in today’s (supposedly) post-racial era, a new study shows their presence is more important than ever. According to a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights study, students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities are more likely to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and [...]

Forbes Ranks NYU-Poly in Top Ten for Diversity

Forbes Ranks NYU-Poly in Top Ten for Diversity

Editors from Forbes ranked Polytechnic Institute of New York University among the Best Colleges for Women and Minorities in STEM and also as one of America’s Most Diverse Colleges. The university ranked seventh for women and minorities enrolled in undergraduate STEM programs (science, technology, engineering and math). NYU-Poly was ranked sixth in ethnic and racial [...]

RMHC Scholars Program for Philly High School Students: Deadline Jan 28, 2011

RMHC Scholars Program for Philly High School Students: Deadline Jan 28, 2011

The Ronald McDonald House Charities is currently seeking minority students in the Greater Philadelphia region for the RMHC Scholars Program.  Fifty total scholarships are awarded to qualified minority applicants, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each. “RMHC scholarship winners are outstanding students who excel academically while proving leadership skills and a spirit of volunteerism in their [...]

Kimora: Lessons Learned | BrandMakerNews

Kimora: Lessons Learned | BrandMakerNews

Kimora: Lessons Learned | BrandMakerNews. Kimora Lee is no longer at the helm of Baby Phat and BrandMakerNews has lessons for any entrepreneur considering how to best prepare an exit strategy. It’s better to be prepared to leave with a proper plan than having an unceremonious or embarrassing exit from the enterprise that you founded [...]

HOW TO: Run Your Business Online with $10 and a Google Account << Mashable

HOW TO: Run Your Business Online with $10 and a Google Account << Mashable

via mashable.com So you still don’t have a website or blog and you’re wondering how to get things up and running with very little money. This post tells you how to make it happen with step-by-step instructions that include registering your own domain name. You can have a very professional site online in very little [...]

TheCASHFLOW – Pharrell Teaches Kids How to Become Millionaires

TheCASHFLOW – Pharrell Teaches Kids How to Become Millionaires

TheCASHFLOW – Pharrell’s Kidult Youth Conference Saturday in NYC. Some of you old heads might want to take notice. NYC youth ages 14 to 21 will get some great educational information and exposure by none other than Billionaire Boys Club Pharell Williams and Diggy Simmons among others at the Kidult Youth Leadership Conference on June [...]

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