The pandemic may have broken many things, but it did not break the resolve of our people. We have been blown away by the countless stories of small business owners, artists, creatives and folks in every profession. The resilience and the ability to pivot to survive has been beyond inspiring and below we’ve shared stories of how folks have adapted their business models and ways of operating.

Sarah Sanville

I like to tell people that COVID changed our business model literally from the very beginning. We had just filed our paperwork to become an LLC in February of 2020. Jim and I were working our professional jobs as an engineering manager and respiratory therapist when COVID hit. Read more>>

Dana Corrigan

Pencil Gator formed during COVID, though I was a freelancer and animation instructor prior to that so many of the decisions made during the formation of Pencil Gator could be attributed to that. Read more>>

Elizabeth Worrell

Actually Covid lockdowns helped me to start my business. Read more>>

Aracelis Theoc

COVID taught me to be flexible and to teach my customers and clients to be flexible with the unexpected. Read more>>