Business
8 African-American entrepreneurs in the Tech scene
Tiffani Bell
Tiffani Bell, 26 is a Howard University trained engineer from North Carolina, who after missing a number of appointments with her hair stylist was inspired to create Pencil You In, a business that streamlines the appointments process for grooming based business providers. It also helps salons expand their social media presence on sites like Twitter and FaceBook.
Hank Williams
Hank Williams, 46 is behind the Kloud.co
Kloud.co, puts all your personal data in the cloud and lets you search it. It is like a Google search engine for your information universe. You can explore your e-mails, tweets, documents, contacts, calendar and more.
Crisson Jno-Charles
Crisson Jno-Charles, 26 and his girlfriend, founded Fetchmob.
Fetchmob, is a site where users can post shopping requests for friends to take on. If your friend is at the grocery store and wouldn’t mind picking up some groceries for you, or you could drop off an item for another student in your dorm. It is all about making it simpler to help your friends, family and people who live near you.
Angela Benton
Angela Benton, 30, is a tech entreprenuer with a lot of punch to her name. She started Black Web 2.0 in 2007. It is about what African-Americans are doing in technology and new media. It has been a success and has developed a strong community.
She is presently working on Cued, an app that gives you recommendations based on where you are, what you like and your past experiences. As an example, if you tell Cued that you like a specific bar and you also like karaoke and draft beer, the system will make recommendations for more places that match your tastes.
Hajj Flemings
Hajj Flemings, 40 is the CEO and founder of Gokit.
Gokit is a one-stop shop for your professional online platform. It encompasses who you are professionally, personally and socially — and puts it all in a package thats neat, appealing to look at and share.
Wayne Sutton
Wayne Sutton, 36, is an avid entrepreneur. He, along with Angela Benton are partners in NewMe – an accelerator an accelerator for minority led start-ups.
He is a founder of Vouch.
With Vouch you can tweet recommendations of a person in your network.It lets others know this person is professional, their talents and areas of expertise.
Pius Uzamere
Pius Uzamere, 27 and his girlfriend founded BeCouply.
BeCouply helps couples discover new date spots and ideas. It is a mobile/web app and exclusive social network for power couples.
Pius’ goal is to have every couple using BeCouply to advance their relationship — both on the computer and on the go.
Anthony Frasier
Anthony Frasier, 25 is the founder of Playd.
Playd allows gamers to share their game experiences across multiple platforms and earn rewards. You can “check in” when you’re playing a game on a console or your phone, and rate how much you like it. You can also discuss and share with your friends.
Sources: CNN, The Atlanta Post