South by Southwest (SXSW) is a massive conference where collaboration is king, and big ideas emerge. It is the innovation and technology platform where Twitter and Foursquare were launched. Starting in early March, more than 3,000 reporters from around the globe will descend upon Austin, Texas, America's fastest growing city...

American voters sent President Barack Obama a clear message on Nov. 6, 2012 when he was re-elected to lead a red and blue divided nation. That message came in the form of his legacy, which was firmly established by the time Obama strode onto the Chicago stage -- accompanied by...

In the aftermath of President Obama's historic reelection, the big discussion in Washington D.C. has already shifted to the elephant in the room: the looming battle in congress that will be fought on the precipice of a fiscal cliff.

On the other side of America, however, deep within...

Would you like a $100,000 grant to test an idea or implement an innovation you've developed? That's a question the federal government is asking -- but few minorities are responding.

Each year, federal agencies dole out more than $2 billion in grants to startups, small businesses and...

The New York Times proclaimed that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was heading into the GOP convention in Tampa, Florida determined to ratchet up the combative rhetoric against President Barack Obama. The reason? He believes it is the best tactic to appeal to white working-class Americans. According to...

A chorus of boos reverberated among the crowd in Houston, Texas at the NAACP convention on July 11 in response to Mitt Romney's public pledge to repeal the new healthcare law, which the Republican presidential candidate referred to as "Obamacare."

Despite the display of discontent, it wasn't Mitt...

What do you want out of life?

The question cuts to the core of the dilemma facing a vast majority of teenage Black boys preparing to walk down the aisle of "Pomp and Circumstance" into a society about which they know very little. A small percentage of the perplexed will...

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...