Why we're stepping up for Detroit.(2009 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference)

Black Enterprise | February 1, 2009| | Copyright

Last November, when we announced that Detroit would be the host city of our 2009 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, America's largest annual gathering of black entrepreneurs, there Were more than a few people who responded: Why Detroit?

It's a fair question. We've all read the headlines of the woes facing the Motor City. It was among the cities hardest hit by the epidemic of home foreclosures triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis. And the automotive industry that the city is both named and known for, led by General Motors, a longtime host of the ...

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