Maurita Coley

Obama’s Internet Effort Goes High-Speed

May 25, 2012

Tweet Three cheers (almost!) for Tom Power, the President’s Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Telecommunications.  Speaking recently at an event hosted by the Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy, Power crystallized the Administration’s focus on improving access to the wireless web. As the President who assembled “the most technologically sophisticated campaign in history” and [...]

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Using Broadband to Boost Your Business’s Bottom Line

April 23, 2012

Tweet Part II: Using Social Media to Promote Your Business In a world where African Americans and other minorities face extreme difficulty creating tech-based companies, it is important for would-be entrepreneurs to create their own solutions.  At the Black Women’s Roundtable’s recent financial workshop, Linking Broadband Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, several black tech entrepreneurs and [...]

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Using Broadband to Boost Your Business’s Bottom Line

April 15, 2012

Tweet Exactly how important is social media to achieving success for your start-up business?  How can we get more African Americans educated on the benefits of technology?  What are the emerging business opportunities enabled by broadband?  A panel of broadband industry experts recently addressed these and other important questions at the Black Women’s Roundtable’s financial [...]

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‘RLJ Rules’ – With Innovative OppsPlace Solution to Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap

March 18, 2012

Tweet Rather than just acknowledging the 20:1 racial wealth gap between white and black Americans, Bob Johnson – founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), chairman of The RLJ Companies, and serial entrepreneur – has put his money where his mouth is. On Feb. 1, Johnson, in collaboration with Ariel M. Friedler, president of Symplicity Corporation, [...]

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