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10 ripple effects of COVID-19, you should keep an eye on in 2020

The shock from Covid-19’s high-speed spread had brought not only a health crisis but also an economic emergency that may roll into one of the largest recessions our generation has faced. This has and will further cause major disruption in what we called “everyday life” as more than 3,5 million people have tested positive around the globe. Many studies suggest that even after the lockdown ends, the social distancing measure may become the standard way of life at least in the year 2020. At present, it is difficult to foresee when this situation will end. For sure, a lot of

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10 key strategies to help entrepreneurs fight through the COVID-19 crisis

Just a few days into the lockdown, I got a call from Sophie, she was furious and frustrated as she has been working for the last year to develop a wonderful “atelier” to share her passion for handcrafts. Her place was just launched in January, but after less than 1 month of operations, everything was suddenly stopped. On another side, there was a touch of mixed feelings as she was also thankful to be safe at home with her family in these uncertain times. During the first two weeks of the lockdown, Sophie was dumbstruck, as a solo entrepreneur she

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COVID-19 today fear and confusion. Afterthought, time to learn, adapt and help!

I’m writing this from my home in France, stuck in a Hollywood-ish lockdown for the last four weeks, waiting for the hero of the movie to break the rut. We do not have a complete understanding of what is happening and what will happen in the near future. My 5-year-old son has even learned the term COVID-19 or better “Mom, it is is because of the coronavirus”, sometimes he explains to me. This morning he came up with a baffling question, “Mom when he will be able to go back to school?”  This is a question, one that cannot be

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6 heart-wrenching lessons from companies that failed to handle disruption

Falling off the perch is not a nice feeling as an individual or a company. However, falling is a trait of warriors and rising after a fall is a hobby for champions. For this to happen, an individual or a company needs to be sitting right up to the pile of all other competitors for a number of years to lose track and fall so viciously, that the fall usually ends up in a bankruptcy file. For a new business, there can be a number of reasons causing disruptions, however, a seasoned business is not easily brought to the ground. Let’s

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