Want to help create jobs? Help my start-up!

Entrepreneurship is the way to economic recovery. Help a start-up hire talent!

You could help me win $10,000 in seed money for my start-up, Ashley Cisneros, Inc., which will help me hire talent and launch an aggressive marketing campaign to take the company to the next level. I specifically seek to hire displaced journalists, and help them develop the entrepreneurial skills needed to profit from their gifts.

I was selected as one of 14 Fellows in the Unity NewU initiative, a program for news entrepreneurs of color, generously supported by the Ford Foundation. With your help, I can hire, and even create much-needed jobs!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR ME

You can vote for me as many times as you wish through midnight on Jan. 3, 2012. You just have keep going to this site and clicking the Vote Now! link at the bottom. Please share this info with your colleagues, friends and family, and anyone who may be interested in supporting entrepreneurship! Thanks a million!

About Ashley Cisneros, Inc.

Ashley Cisneros, Inc. is based upon the belief that each person has a story to tell, and talents to share – and profit from. You can have the best credentials, most innovative product or service, or groundbreaking news, but if no one knows about it, there’s little value. Words do more than communicate, words can really change lives.

Ashley Cisneros, Inc. helps individuals and companies leverage the selling power of words. The firm achieves this by delivering communication products such as advertorials, articles, speeches, annual reports, sales letters and more. These products save corporations, small businesses and magazines precious time and money while helping engage their target audiences. Ashley Cisneros, Inc. communication products have helped clients achieve key goals such as increasing brand awareness, getting more sales or earned media.

Vote for My Partners, Too

I'm competing in the National Association of Hispanic Journalists fellowship category. There are also competitions in the categories of Unaffiliated and Asian American Journalists Association. I urge you to vote for these fabulous projects in those categories:

AAJA

Cluefly.com. the factcheck desk for the Internet, is a creation of my pal, Jeff Yang. Cluefly.com is a collaborative site for crowdsourced, expert-validated answers to questions about hot-button topics like race, culture, gender and identity. Vote for Jeff here.

Unaffiliated

Dominion of New York: "The Best of Black New York" is a wonderful content site being developed by my friend Kelly Virella in the Unaffiliated category. Vote for Kelly here.