Author: DigiStaff

Meet Angela Benton, Founder & CEO of NewME Accelerator. NewME has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs launch businesses and raise funding from investors. Constantly thinking outside of the box, she also runs B20, the premier online publication for African-Americans interested in Technology and New Media.

It's no secret that the technology industry has a diversity problem. And while larger firms like Apple, Intel, and others are now working to hire more staff from underrepresented minorities, the most well known representatives of Silicon Valley are only part of the overall picture. The other center of power is known as Sand Hill Road, a part of Silicon Valley that's the center of private equity for the tech industry.