#BITTechTalk ep.21 w/ Curtiss Pope




(BIT) Blacks In Technology show

Summary: In this episode Greg Greenlee and Ronnie Hash sits down and talks with Curtiss Pope, CEO/Founder of Aislefinder, a software application that helps you to locate items in your grocery store.  We discuss some of the technology behind the Aislefinder app, comics, entrepreneurship, and more!!! Tune in for a special announcement from Curtis regarding Aislefinder!!! About Curtiss Pope: Born and Raised in Silicon Valley, Curtiss started his technology career coding and designing web sites and software for companies like Yahoo, Microsoft and Installshield. His leadership style  has  an emphasis on design  and functionality. His current role is as CEO of AisleFinder, an app that matches  items  on shopping lists with aisles within supermarkets (Google maps for supermarkets). Curtiss’ company AisleFinder was selected to be one of the startups selected for the first class of NewMe Accelerator in 2011. At 29 years old he is one of the youngest black entrepreneurs within the Silicon Valley tech scene. He often shares his views on entrepreneurship,design and motivation on blogs such as Hacker News, Black Enterprise,Twitter, Facebook (Building While Brown) and has been featured in site like: TechCrunch ,CNN.com,PC Magazine and CNET. Follow Curtis: Twitter: @aislefinder Twitter: @clpope Twitter: @supermarketap