As the world moves to a more remote workforce, businesses across industries and markets are having to adapt. We asked leaders who have experience with making remote work effective to share their stories, lessons, and insights with us.

Javaun Miller

It’s crazy how through the COVID-19 season so many things have changed. Because of the pandemic, my business which launched during this period had to learn how to serve customers – without face-to-face contact. Doing that in Content Creation varies; when you go from shooting single shot spots in person with a Blackmagic Camera to Shooting these through a Zoom Call, virtually; Read more>>

Sasha Rose

You would think that being a wardrobe/fashion stylist and working with physical items such as clothes, shoes and accessories it would be easier to do in person right? Well the pandemic certainly forced me to broaden my ways of doing business and interacting with new or existing clients especially during quarantine Year. Read more>>

Jocelyne Williams

Because I play dual roles in my career, remote work has been integral to my success as a business woman. I have been able to co-create and work in my personal business as the owner and operator of Meat the Veggies takeout restaurant, while simultaneously maintaining my role as Director of Operations for a global consulting agency. Read more>>

Valaise Smith

With technology and artificial intelligence, it has become very convenient to manage Tried and True Financial Services in a remote work environment. We were already offering virtual services pre-COVID and that is one good thing that came out of the pandemic for us. It forced people to adapt to a virtual environment and many people had to learn new ways of getting things done. Read more>>

David Pitlyuk

The second business that I started back in 2001 was an aftermarket car parts manufacturer. I was still going to college in Maryland while my business partner at the time was in Wisconsin. We had met through a Nissan forum and literally had never met or even talked on the phone for the first year we were in business. We did everything through e-mail and AIM (remember AIM?). My point is, remote work is not new to me. Read more>>

Shea Newton

Before COVID-19 changed our perception of remote work, my husband and I made the decision to move from center city Philadelphia to my family farm in rural, southern West Virginia. Working remotely as a jewelry CAD designer was a pretty seamless transition. Read more>>