RLJ Lodging Trus;, RLJ Equity Partners, LLC; RLJ Credit Opportunity Fund; RLJ Acquisition, Inc.; RLJ Financial, LLC; Rollover Systems; RLJ Insurance Services, LLC; RLJ Western Asset Management, LLC; RLJ Fixed Income, LLC; RLJ McLarty Landers Automotive Holdings, LLC; OppsPlace, LLC; Bobcats Sports & Entertainment; Caribbean CAGE, LLC; Our Stories Films, LLC; The RLJ Kendeja Resort & Villas; Liberia Project, and Black Entertainment Television -- if you have ever heard of any of these companies, then you have heard of Robert "Bob" L. Johnson, who parlayed his business acumen and entrepreneurial skills - after founding and selling Black Entertainment Television (BET) -- into a business empire recognized around the world.

Tune in to Biz Talk With Josh Smith this Thursday when Josh will interview Bob Johnson and they will share their insights on Black business and entrepreneurship, how to scale your business and become an economic force in the community.  Josh will also be joined by Dorien Nunez,  Co-Founder and Director of Research at OMNIResearch and the Wall Street Advantage. Dorien has been the Director of Research for a NYSE member firm, the CIO of a start-up Emerging Fund of Hedge Funds and a consultant to the nations' first minority-owned institutional pension consulting firm.  He has been an advisor to Mayors and  Governors on Minority Business Development and created and taught a course at a university on Black Entrepreneurship.  Nuñez was a Consultant to the U.S. Commission on Minority Business Development and a Delegate to the Whitehouse Conference on Small Business.