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Entrepreneurship Tips in Time of Crisis
With nearly 22 million people filing for unemployment (at the time of writing this) due to the coronavirus pandemic, millions more working remotely and commerce slowing to a crawl, the impact on the U.S. economy and the lives of everyday Americans have...
DoorDash Teams Up with Pennsylvania AG to Help Gig Workers
In response to the on-going Covid-19 outbreak, delivery food network DoorDash is stepping up support for its employees. In a partnership with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, DoorDash will expand financial, child care and health related support for its gig...
Millions of Gig Workers Still Waiting for Unemployment Benefits
Most of the estimated 23 million independent contractors and gig workers made newly eligible last month for unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic are still waiting for relief. Six weeks after the pandemic set off a continuing wave of massive layoffs,...
Starting a Small Business in Retirement
Everyone’s vision of retirement is different. Certainly the idea of retirement in 2020 is different than it was in 1950. Today’s retiree is more active, with many to-dos on the bucket list and the time and resources to pursue their vision. To some that means starting...
Guide to Small Business COVID-19 Emergency Loans
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated $350 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn. Known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the initiative provides 100% federally...
They have always Worked from Home: Here’s What You Should Know
Working from home has been a big adjustment for millions of workers as we try to stop the spread of coronavirus. But for some company employees, remote life is all they know."Setting up Zoom or Slack or Google Meet or any other tool ... that is the easy part," said...
Everything You Need to Work From Home Like a Pro
LONG BEFORE I was forced to stay indoors, I spent most of my time ... indoors. I built a PC back in college (with the help of some friends), and ever since then I've continued perfecting my home office setup—switching desks, keyboards, monitors, and more. When...
Cleo Capital’s Sarah Kunst Launches Fellowship for Laid-off Workers
Sarah Kunst graduated from college in 2008 and went straight into the luxury marketing world with a job at Chanel. Then, the stock market collapsed and Kunst was laid off. It was that layoff, Kunst says, that brought her to the world of startups and eventually to...
