by Robb Zerr | Oct 1, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurs
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 | Sep 1, 2020 | Entrepreneurs
Money makes the world go round, at least when it comes to the world of business. As Tom Wolfe pointed out in The Right Stuff, “no bucks, no Buck Rogers.” Here at Commerce, we get tons of emails from business owners who are looking for financial resources to save their...
by Robb Zerr | Jul 31, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurs
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, Entrepreneurs
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, Entrepreneurs
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 | Mar 31, 2020 | Entrepreneurs
To say that times are tough for small businesses is almost laughable. In the history of our economy, we have never seen anything like this. In the Great Recession and even the Great Depression, there were clear warning signs long before the fall. With COVID-19, we...
