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The Building of A Black Community: Inside Wilmington, Delaware’s Black Business Boom
With a Black population of over 50%, Wilmington, Delaware, serves as the perfect breeding ground for a Black-owned business to thrive.
Sizzling Returns
Thompson hospitality was in crisis mode. Founded a few months earlier in 1992 when CEO Warren M. Thompson negotiated a leveraged buyout of 31 Big Boy restaurants from Marriott Corp., the fledgling company was neck-deep in debt. Herndon, Virginia-based Thompson Hospitality Corp. (No. 12 on the BE industrial/service companies list with $321 million in revenues) acquired the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia restaurants for $13.1 million. THC also raised $1.9 million in capital from about 25 investors, and Thompson anted up about $100,000 of his own cash to convert the locations into Shoney’s restaurants. But the transaction wasn’t going according to plan.
Meet Dr. Felicia Phillips Who Built MogulCon and the One Million Dreams Foundation for Black Women and Girls
For the last seven years, Dr. Felicia has hosted MogulCon, a platform for Black women-owned businesses to get the education and access to the resources needed to build a profitable business and position themselves in the global marketplace.
Obama Stops by ‘Tonight Show’ During California Visit
President Barack Obama on the “Tonight Show†Jay Leno: The 44th President of the United States, please welcome President Barack Obama. (Applause.) President Barack Obama: Thank you. (Applause.) Leno: Good...