by Robb Zerr | Oct 1, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
A global pandemic has a way of changing our priorities. While remote working was a once or twice a week option for some workers in a pre-COVID world, it has increasingly become the norm. The genie is out of the bottle. The only question that remains is what will the...
by Robb Zerr | Jul 31, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
If you were thinking this was another blog about the importance of wearing a mask or social distancing, prepare to be disappointed. This month it’s all about flattening the business recovery curve as we look down the road to the time when a vaccine becomes widely...
by Robb Zerr | Jun 1, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
As the economy begins to ramp back up, many businesses are discovering that what worked in the past won’t work going forward. Businesses will have to navigate a new norm where making a buck may take a back seat to soothing customer and employee concerns about their...
by Robb Zerr | Apr 29, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
The storm clouds of a global pandemic are hovering over us as I write this. All the long-range plans of businesses large and small have gone out the window as a once-bustling economy unexpectedly ground to a halt just six short weeks ago. Which leads us to...
by Robb Zerr | Aug 29, 2019 | Economic Development
In February 2001, I was working with my team on a client project with an impossibly tight deadline. We were all deep in thought, carving through the work before us. Suddenly, the ground began to shake. A little at first, then more and more. Our office was in the...
by Maury Forman | Jul 1, 2019 | Economic Development
I love July. I love the warm weather, the weekend barbecues, watching the Seattle Mariners valiantly battle for last place, and because I celebrate another year of being born (it’s the 22nd, in case you’re wondering or are in a shopping mood). But, I really love this...