A Recipe for Accomplishment

David Thompson, founder and president of Home Bistro catalog, took a chance on a good idea and wasn’t afraid to knock down a few doors to make it happen. His persistence was well rewarded in 2002, three years after starting his gourmet food delivery company, when an infusion of venture capital allowed him to build a new manufacturing facility and expand his catalog circulation from 100,000 in 1999 to nearly 5 million last year.