Preface viiIntroduction xiChapter 1 History of Black Entrepreneurship 1Chapter 2 Importance of Black Entrepreneurs 37Chapter 3 Black Start-Up Entrepreneurs 43Chapter 4 Entrepreneurship Through Acquisitions 75Chapter 5 Entrepreneurship Through Franchising 125Chapter 6 Access to Capital for Black Entrepreneurs 157Chapter 7 Black Turnaround Entrepreneurs 203Chapter 8 Entrepreneurial Exits: Selling the Company 235Chapter 9 Black Intrapreneurs 285Epilogue 311Appendix 313Acknowledgments 317About the Author 321Index 323
STEVEN S. ROGERS retired from Harvard Business School in 2019 where he was the "MBA Class of 1957 Senior Lecturer" in General Management. He taught Entrepreneurial Finance and his own course, "Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship." He is the author of A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues.