In this issue

September 2020

Surviving An Economic Recession

“I’d rather be lucky than good.” – Lefty Gomez, all-star baseball player for the Yankees

10+ mins

Is It A Good Time To Be In F&B?

Is it a good time to be in F&B? The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought about a sea change in the sector. Eating out is inherently a social activity – and COVID-19 has brought social activity to a standstill.

3 mins

Zhang Yiming - Dancing The Hype

It is not much of an exaggeration to say that the world today revolves around social media.

6 mins

Closer Apart - Running A Virtual Business

Operating remotely does not come easy for most of us. Fundamentally at its core, business is a social activity. We talk, we discuss, we negotiate – we interact with each other. Humans are social animals, and we don’t live in isolation.

7 mins

Real Ways To Connect Remote Teams

As workplaces increasingly embrace the telecommuting model, leaders can take several steps to bridge cultural and interpersonal gaps.

9 mins

Why Businesses Must Help Build Trust In A Covid-19 Vaccine

Vaccine experts around the world are justifiably concerned by the lack of scientific data on the “Sputnik V” vaccine for COVID-19 that Russia recently approved after less than two months of human testing on a nonrandomized group of 39 patients.

3 mins

Good Franchises To Explore

It has now been a little more than half a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

3 mins

Do You Begin Every Sentence With No, But Or However?

An easy habit for people who like to win to fall into, and a surefire shortcut to killing conversations, is to start a sentence with “no,” “but,” or “however.”

2 mins

What You Should Think About If TikTok Gets Banned

There’s been a lot of talk about the possible TikTok ban and what effect it could have on the content creators who have built a base using that platform.

3 mins

For And Sir Isaac Newton On Why Salespeople Fail

There we were, in the dark, in the middle of a hotel parking lot, at 3:45 AM.

2 mins

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