26 things Black In America 4 didn’t show you last night during my summer in Silicon Valley

In: Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Featured, NewME Accelerator, Startups 5 minutes read

Posted Yesterday: Update title from: Black In America 4, Silicon Valley spoiler alert! 26 things to keep in mind while watching #blackinamerica tonight

Black In America 4 spoiler alert, spoiler alert! (not really)but Black In America 4 airs tonight 8pm on CNN. The subtitle is Silicon Valley, the new promise land narrated by Soledad O’Brien. The base of story about Black In America 4 is the NewME Accelerator which I help plan/organize with Angela Benton and also as a participated in as an entrepreneur. CNN heard about the project via a Wall Street Journal Article and the rest I guess you [...]

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Dear Mr. President Barack Obama, see what had happen was… Explanation of my Black In America 4 comment about not putting money in my pocket

In: Diversity, Featured, Life, NewME Accelerator 3 minutes read



Tomorrow is the big day. CNN Black In America 4 airs about the NewME Accelerator and our experiences in Silicon Valley. If you have seen any of the preview trailers/commercials you can tell there are some very controversial, intense moments. You have the whole Michael Arrington situation and personally there my comment/rant where I mention President Barack Obama. Let me explain the "CONTEXT" of the situation.

First here is what I said,

It's very sad, it's 2011 and we have a black President … AND, he's not putting no money in my pocket right now directly, so what do we got to do? Play [...]

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One week until CNN Black In America 4, Silicon Valley – Everything changes after this or does it? #blackinamerica

In: Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Featured, NewME Accelerator 1 minute read



We're exactly one week away from CNN's Black In America 4, Silicon Valley - The New Promised Land hosted by Soledad O’Brien that airs Sunday, November 13, 8pm EST. There's a lot of hype around the document with all of the back and forth race/diversity talk that I'm still disappointed about. Out of the eight entrepreneurs in the house I think I'm the last one to see one of the pre-screenings but that will change this week as I'll be in Detroit with Hajj Flemmings on a few panels for pre-screenings and BrandCampU.

Regardless, I think it was reported that some 4 million people watched the [...]

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Black In America 4 – Silicon Valley – The New Promised Land – Promo Picture & Video Released

In: Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Featured, NewME Accelerator 1 minute read

Last week while I traveling CNN released a new promo picture for the upcoming Black In America series. TheBlack In America 4 subtitle is called "Silicon Valley - The New Promised Land" and tells the story of the NewMe Accelerator participates who lived in Silicon Valley this past summer. The promo picture features the eight founders who lived in the house which includes Anthony Frasier of Playd, Hank Williams of KloudCo, Angela Benton of Cued/NewMe Accelerator, Hajj E. Flemings of gokit, Crisson Jno-Charles of Fetchmob, Tiffani Ashley Bell of Pencil You In, Pius Uzamere of becouply and myself( [...]

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