We had five amazing women lead teams slated to be in the Spring 2013 class, more than we’ve ever had, then one by one they started to drop or defer like flies. It struck me that the male participants, many of whom had the same conflicts and decisions to make, took the risk and leveraged [...]
Posts Tagged "Angela Benton"
NewMe Accelerator Pop-Up In Miami (November 12-14)
October 24, 2012 – 6:00 am
The NewME Pop-Up is a concentrated, three-day version of the critically acclaimed 12-week startup accelerator to be held in Miami. By Angela Benton (Founder & CEO, NewME Accelerator) Miami’s diverse culture and growing entrepreneurial presence has NewME Accelerator, a Silicon Valley program designed to launch underrepresented entrepreneurs in technology, hitting the road to do its [...]
Partner Event: Ideas Are Worthless (September 6 In SF)
August 16, 2012 – 9:00 am
Black Founders events are open to entrepreneurs of all races and encourages all interested to attend. Black Founders hosts Ideas Are Worthless on Thursday, September 6, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. The all-day conference features Michael Seibel (Founder of SocialCam), Steve Blank (Author of 4 Steps To The Epiphany), Charles Hudson (Venture Partner at SoftTech [...]
Female Founders To Watch: NewMe Accelerator For Minority Entrepreneurs (Apply For New Class By June 15)
May 25, 2012 – 3:33 pm
Deadline to apply for NewMe accelerator for minority-led startups has been extended to June 15, 2012. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Earlier this week, the NewMe accelerator announced that the fall application deadline has been extended to June 15, 2012. The NewME Accelerator is a 12 week immersive program that combines quality [...]
The Giving Season: Stories Of Leadership, Mentorship (Videos)
December 16, 2011 – 1:00 pm
By Dara Olmsted (Grant Writer & Ethnographer, Iridescent) Did you miss the Technovation Challenge’s Women in Leadership panel at Andreessen Horowitz last month? The science education non-profit that runs the Technovation Challenge, Iridescent, teaches high school girls how to design a mobile phone app prototype, write a business plan, and pitch their plan to a [...]
Work/Life Balance: Angela Benton Schedules For The Unexpected
December 7, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Angela Benton (Founder & CEO, NewME Accelerator) It’s true that we really don’t see many women in tech, both as entrepreneurs and as executives. In fact, only a handful of top executives in tech are women and about 11% of tech founders are women. What is keeping women from starting businesses? There are several [...]
Women App Developers And The Mentorship Continuum
November 11, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) High school girls across the country gain hands-on programming experience — by building Android apps and writing business plans — at Technovation Challenges held nationwide. The 10 week program culminates in a pitch night where VCs ask tough questions — and the girls take it well! With [...]
“Stories of Leadership” Free Event on November 2 in Menlo Park
October 30, 2011 – 4:23 pm
By Tara Chklovski (Founder & CEO, Iridescent) The Technovation Challenge is a technology and entrepreneurship program for high school girls, founded by Dr. Anuranjita Tewary (Sr. Data Scientist, Linkedin) and implemented by Iridescent, a national, science-education nonprofit. Over the course of ten weeks, girls work with professional women in technology to develop mobile phone apps. [...]
BeCouply Presents at NewME Accelerator Demo Day
August 17, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Becky Cruze (Co-Founder, BeCouply) As detailed in a previous post, my boyfriend Pius Uzamere and I co-founded a tech startup called BeCouply. BeCouply is the mobile app that helps couples have epic social lives by making it easy to discover new date ideas, capture special moments and connect with other couples. Pius and I [...]
Female Founders to Follow from TechStars, NewME Accelerators
August 12, 2011 – 7:15 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In the last few weeks, we watched the NewMe accelerator launch the first class of minority led start-ups. We also watched the TechStars Boulder class launch a class of new ventures. Here are the women starting some of those newly launched companies: Angela Benton (Founder, Cued) Angela [...]
