by Robb Zerr | Apr 2, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Rebuilding a Business, Starting a Business
This past year has certainly been a memorable one, one that we’ll undoubtedly tell our grandchildren and great-grandchildren about without the need to add the phrase, “two miles in the snow, uphill both ways.” Some of us will even be able to tell them that...
by Robb Zerr | Mar 1, 2021 | Rebuilding a Business
When the pandemic first hit, there was endless talk about a V-shaped recovery where we would bottom out and recover at relatively the same pace. Some experts, however, are beginning to think recovery may look more like a checkmark instead, with a compressed downward...
by Robb Zerr | Feb 1, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Rebuilding a Business
When I talk to others about what it’s like to start a business, I often turn to one of my favorite analogies. “It’s like the Old West,” I would say. “Old West towns had two types of people in it: settlers and gamblers. The settlers were more than happy to live life as...
by Robb Zerr | Jan 4, 2021 | Entrepreneurship
By any measure, 2020 was a tumultuous, challenging time. Who would have guessed last January that by March, we would be facing a global pandemic that sent the economy into a spiral of uncertainty and caused millions of Americans to seek the safety and security of...
by Robb Zerr | Nov 30, 2020 | Entrepreneurship
The third wave is upon us. As I write this, indoor dining, gyms, bowling alleys and museums are a no-go and stores are at 25% capacity. Life is definitely not the same as it was at the beginning of the year, and it looks like the life we knew back then may not be the...
