Join Us Thursday, 3/26/2015 at 7/8PM EST For A Live Twitter #BOSSChat with Angela Benton!
Technology expert, speaker, media personality, and
entrepreneur, Angela Benton, is the founder and CEO of NewME, a social
enterprise that accelerates entrepreneurs with non-traditional backgrounds.
Since launching in 2011, NewME has accelerated hundreds of entrepreneurs in
changing their lives through entrepreneurship including helping them raise over
$17 million in venture capital funding. The company focuses on helping
entrepreneurs identify strengths from their non-traditional backgrounds and
leverage them in business.
Born in Chicago, IL, Benton spent most of her childhood
just outside Washington DC in Northern Virginia. Having her first child at 16
and determined not to become a statistic, Benton graduated high school in just
three years and went on to attend several colleges, graduating Magna Cum Laude
in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications with a
specialization in Digital Design. As a young, single mother, Benton armed with
resilience and determination, steadily began making a name for herself in the
world of design and technology, having worked in a number of capacities for the
web giant IAC, among others. In 2007, Benton launched BlackWeb 2.0, which to
this day fills a much-needed void by becoming a vital nexus for African-American
professionals and aspirants interested in the digital space.
To date, Benton
has received numerous accolades which include Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most
Intriguing Entrepreneurs, in addition to Fast Company’s Most Influential Women
In Technology, Business Insiders’ 25 Most Influential African-Americans in
Technology, Marie Claire’s 50 Women Who Rule, Ebony Magazine's’ Power 150 and
many more. At age 29, she was inducted
into the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) Hall of Fame in
2010, and at that time its youngest inducted ever.
In addition,
Benton has been featured in numerous national and international media outlets
including CNN’s award winning documentary series Black in America: The NewPromised Land: Silicon Valley, MSNBC, Bloomberg, Inc, Forbes, and the Wall
Street Journal where she was a featured essayist for the paper’s 125th
Anniversary edition on The Future of Entrepreneurship.
Benton continues to passionately make strides redefining
what successful entrepreneurs look like in the digital/technology arena.
Join The BOSS Network Founder, Cameka Smith (@iamcameka) and
Angela Benton(@ABenton) for a live #BOSSChat on Twitter
Angela Benton(@ABenton) for a live #BOSSChat on Twitter
Thursday, March 26th at 7/8PM ET
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