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CNN Features Mountain View's New Black Accelerator

Soledad O'Brien visited the city several times this summer to document the life of eight Black entrepreneurs who want to succeed in Silicon Valley.

Are there enough Blacks in Silicon Valley?

That's the question CNN's Black in America series considered as Soledad O'Brien reported on Black founders of startups members of the NewME Accelerator.

The entrepreneurs lived in a house on Leong Drive in Mountain View and learned how to develop business plans and pitch just like others have done for years in Silicon Valley. The difference however, O'Brien learns, is that this is the first time an environment has been created that focuses on developing Blacks to do the same.

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