Mike Green

America's Got Talent is a popular television show based upon the search for talented, creative people across America. The idea of a talent show isn't new, of course. We've seen a few before, like The Gong Show, Star Search and American Idol....

Whenever someone thinks they have few bullet points of supreme wisdom that can save the world, sane people instantly roll their eyes. The insanely curious will, of course, be unable to stop themselves from reading on. You decide which you are.

Here are three ways to save America's Black...

"The new rules we passed restore what should be any financial system's core purpose: getting funding to entrepreneurs with the best ideas. ... After all, innovation is what America has always been about."

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Just before...

Will the next Mark Zuckerberg please stand up?

What are the odds that another young student at a prestigious university will develop an Internet social platform to solve a campus problem, which will ultimately scale to become a national phenomenon? Ari Winkleman may have done exactly that. The Drexel University...

A decade from now historians will discuss the economic impact of a two-day event that took place on Nov. 15 & 16, 2011 at Rutgers University, which brought together more than 120 minority business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs for the first-ever "Gathering of Angels" summit. The catalytic gathering...

Michael Arrington had no idea a firestorm of controversy would ignite when he fumbled a question from Soleded O'Brien during an interview for CNN's documentary Black in America: New Promised Land, Silicon Valley, which officially airs on Nov. 13.

Q: "How many Black entrepreneurs do...

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is a smart, articulate, well-educated American, who happens to be a Black man. He has a successful business background and has held his ground against GOP rivals in recent debates. Cain has risen to the top of the heap of a group of eight candidates,...

Those concerned with the plight of Black America -- and can write a check for $10,000, or even $100 -- this is an opportunity for you to create job growth, generate wealth and radically alter the investment culture in Black America.

Bold prediction? Read on.

Zuckerberg's Bet on Black

Dear Black America, can we talk?

How about in the churches... or the HBCUs... or somewhere within our urban communities?

So, here's what I want to discuss.

I propose we invest in creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem with a goal of generating 150,000 jobs in...

How will America's economic portfolio change in the next few decades as we race toward 2050 when racial minorities are expected to emerge as the majority of the U.S. population?

Investing today to uplift America's minority students and innovators seems prudent.

Unfortunately, the excitement and energy of...

Each year, many of the 15 million students enrolled in public secondary schools ask the same question: What's the point of staying in school if the choices are a minimum-wage job upon graduation or a minimum-wage job now?

These students have astutely recognized a pitiful paradigm for far too...

Anyone who meets Freada Kapor Klein will quickly realize she puts the passion in compassion.

Freada sent her son to the top high school in the nation, Phillips Academy in Andover. When she discovered the school had filled its allotted seats for low income minority students to...

I've listened with great interest to intellectual minds like Dr. Cornel West, politically savvy leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and informed media personalities like Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner. All have uniquely insightful perspectives -- and all have...

It's a simple formula: Investing in high-growth companies creates jobs while generating more wealth for investors. The formula has worked for America's private venture capital investment community for 65 years.

Unfortunately, no such active community exists in Black America.

This week, the National Venture Capital...

I enjoyed reading the New York Times article titled, "Matchmaking for Web Start-Ups and Investors," which featured Naval Ravikant, a 37-year-old tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Angellist. Ravikant started the service in February of 2009 with Babak Nivi. The site boasts more than 1,300 investors today....

The nation is nervous, yet outwardly calm. President Obama has set the stage for a vision of America's new Innovation Economy and forward-looking anticipation of global competitiveness.

I had almost forgot the catastrophic caterwaul from the White House, pleading desperately with Congress and the American people as the...

Unless you're a coal miner working deep beneath the cold Chilean ground, you've likely heard that Oprah Winfrey is set to end her award-winning television talk show in 2011 after 25 years. The beloved Queen of Daytime TV kept America's eyes glued to her show throughout 2010, counting down each...

Alicia Keys, Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga are alive!

The celebrity trio, along with Usher, Justin Timberlake and other celebrities, were resuscitated by a $500,000 donation from billionaire Stewart Rahr, a pharmaceutical distributor worth a reported $1.9 billion.

When Keys, Kardashian and Gaga fainted from...

You're invited to participate in a bold experiment to help preserve an important piece of Black American history. It's simple, yet, in the 21st century, simplicity has become the most powerful tool of innovation.

You can help preserve an iconic symbol of Black American achievement by clicking the Facebook...

"Black males continue to perform lower than their peers throughout the country on almost every indicator," concludes a new report released by the Council of the Great City Schools titled, "A Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban...