The NewMe Accelerator, a startup incubation program founded last year aimed at under-represented minorities in the tech world (namely African Americans, Latinos, and women), held its second-ever Demo Day today for its latest class of entrepreneurs. → Read More
The NewMe Accelerator, a startup incubator program focused on underrepresented minorities in the tech industry, assembles a select group of tech entrepreneurs from all over the United States to participate in its 12-week Silicon Valley accelerator. NewMe is a residential program, meaning that the entrepreneurs all live together in a house for three months to brainstorm and hack on their respective… → Read More
The NewME Accelerator program is getting more support as it heads towards its second class of founders, today announcing that it’s landed top venture firm Andreessen Horowitz as a sponsor/partner. Joining other backers, including Google, HP and Tagged, the firm will also provide mentors for companies, speakers at founder dinners, as well as connect top minority tech talent with its Talent Agency. → Read More
Yesterday someone asked me whether the reason most of my avatar photos are silly is because otherwise I would have to deal with people constantly bringing up the fact that I don’t “look” like I should work in technology, meaning that I’m a (relatively not nerdy) woman.
While I had never consciously thought about it, the answer is yes (“silly” at least is off-putting, while “woman” just means… → Read More
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