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.

Jazmin Warren

Oddly enough, I emerged No Broken Nails amidst the beginning of COVID as a college student at Georgia State University so my entire business model was scoped originally completely around the restrictions and rules of COVID. The average day Tuesday and Thursday for me was class from 9am-4:45PM roughly and my evenings were spent completing homework in route to in home clients. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays were completely committed to clients. Read more>>

Cynthia James

I was working in dual capacities. I saw clients in person and some remote. The in person business far outweighed the remote. When Covid hit I was forced to close my office and move my business home. The remote business at the time was not totally sustainable. So, I created a letter to my clients and shared that I would be happy to work with them remotely. Read more>>

Joseph and Kristy Griffin

We founded our business “Genuinely Blended Prints” in June 2019. We saw a need in our community and surrounding areas that would fill the void of custom printed services. We initially offered custom printed services in the form of party invitations, programs, business cards, obituaries and anything printed that could be used for a party, gathering or program. Our business was flourishing for about 9 months and then March 2020 the things took a turn for the worse once the pandemic hit, Read more>>