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Biography:
In 1999, Will Moss founded HBCUconnect.com
- the first social network for African Americans.
To date, it’s the largest online destination
for Black college students and alumni with a
reach of approximately 1.2 million visitors
each month.
Most
recently, he has built a white label social
networking platform called Connect Platform
(www.connectplatform.com).
The service targets Black entrepreneurs, organizations,
and businesses to help them create their very
own revenue-generating social networks.
In
partnership with Diversity City Media, his company
has already launched over 15 different sites.
The big ones are BlackHistory.com – an
online encyclopedia and social network for Black
history and culture, BlackWomenConnect.com –
the first ever social network for professional
Black women, BlackInAmerica.com – the
first ever social network for socially-conscious
African Americans, and BlackCEOs.com –
a social network for Black Business owners.
All of the sites are growing exponentially with
thousands of active members signing up daily.
He
has also been tapped to do social networks for
TV One, Real Men Cook, October Gallery, Janet
Jackson, Patti Labelle, Juanita Bynum, “Pepa”
from Salt-N-Pepa, and other bigger brands.
Mr.
Moss, an alumni of Hampton University in Hampton,
Virginia, graduated as the top Computer Science
scholar in his class and went on to work as
a lead software engineer for AT&T Bell Labs.
Availability:
Available to speak on internet technology, social
networks, computer science, business development,
marketing, the digital divide, and more.
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