1871
Member 30Second Mobile Selected to Attend Google For Entrepreneurs’ Blackbox
Connect Accelerator Program
Elisa
All, Founder and CEO of 30Second Mobile, to spend two weeks at Google for
Entrepreneurs’ Blackbox Connect program for female founders
Chicago (April 16, 2015)—Google
for Entrepreneurs announced today that 1871 member company 30Second Mobile, a
women-led mobile media company, has been selected to participate in Google for
Entrepreneurs’ Blackbox Connect Female Founders Edition, a two-week immersion
program where the most promising global startups grow and connect with top VCs
and game-changers in Silicon Valley. Elisa All, founder and CEO of 30Second
Mobile, will travel to Google Headquarters with other companies nominated by
partners of Google for Entrepreneurs for a two-week accelerator program
exclusively available to high potential women entrepreneurs.
“1871 is constantly working to offer a wide variety of
opportunities and resources that help our member companies succeed,” said 1871
CEO Howard A. Tullman. “As one of only nine members of the Google for
Entrepreneurs North American Tech Hub Network, our close relationship with
Google continues to create amazing opportunities for 1871 companies. We are
especially excited to work on a program that focuses on supporting women
entrepreneurs, and we congratulate 30Second Mobile on being selected for this
year’s Blackbox Connect program.”
Google for Entrepreneurs selected the most promising startups
from across the globe to participate in its first Blackbox Connect program
focused specifically on female founders. These startups will travel to
California from April 27 through May 8, where they will have the opportunity to
collaborate with like-minded entrepreneurs from around the world and partake in
an intense agenda of strategic meetings and workshops with entrepreneurs,
investors, experts and executives. Each of the participating companies is
required to have launched a product and received customer feedback.
“I am thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to
participate in the first Blackbox Connect program to focus specifically on
female founders,” said Elisa All, founder and CEO of 30Second Mobile. “I look
forward to collaborating with other female entrepreneurs while learning from
Google’s experts and representing the amazing startup community at 1871 and in
Chicago.”
30Second Mobile is a women-led mobile media company creating
authentic, easily-consumed content for mobile and social users. The company
licenses its content to media companies and creates custom branded content for
companies that bring their brand messages to life. 30Second Mobile’s first vertical,
30Second Mom, is a free website and app that enables mothers to access quick
and helpful information tailored to their interests and share that information
via social networks – in about 30 seconds. The company has received numerous
accolades, including being named “One of the 5 Hottest Startups in Chicago.”
Prior to 30Second Mobile,
Elisa All founded iParenting Media, a highly-regarded dotcom acquired by The
Walt Disney Company in 2007. Elisa led the company to be recognized as “Best of
the Web” by Newsweek, US News & World Report, The
London Times and more. After iParenting was acquired by Disney, Elisa
served as Director for the Disney Interactive Media Group, where she led the
integration of iParenting into the Disney Family Network. Elisa also has served
as a video and radio host, newspaper columnist and editor-in-chief of six
national newsstand magazines: Pregnancy, Baby
Years, Women’s Health & Fitness, Family
Energy, European Homes & Gardens and The
Buyer’s Guide.