There's a new nonprofit in town focusing on teaching youth coding and tech skills — one specifically with a mission of reaching out to girls and students of color. Entrepreneur and educator Winnie Karanja founded Maydm last fall with an eye toward bringing more diversity and...
Rodney Sampson is a successful, black serial tech entrepreneur. He’s built four companies from the ground up, and written four books. He’s also branded as the first black co-founder of a high-growth tech startup — but he wants company. Partnering with the city of Atlanta’s Workforce...
Those of us working in down-to-earth jobs can only tip our caps to those working in more lofty professions like space travel, biotechnology and systems gaming. There is no doubt, in the age of autonomous vehicles and virtual reality gaming systems, that behind these innovations...
LeBron James is promoting his new CNBC TV show "Cleveland Hustles" by launching a new contest in which the winner gets his or her small business promoted by the Cavs superstar on social media. The contest is called #PitchLeBronContest, and applicants are "are asked to...
Talk about colorization. The United States is more racially and ethnically diverse now than at the turn of the century, and so is the workforce, according to a 2015 report released by Career Builder. That’s why Jopwell founders Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams hope to...