It used to be a half-jocular expression to vent one’s dissatisfaction with the relentless barrage of online-only meetings… Most of them could have been a simple e-mail exchange, after all! Since the pandemic struck, Zoom fatigue has become more than a light-hearted musing on the nature of our teleconference-rich business lives…
PPP? The three Ps may ring a bell for many as a term describing the economy, even though in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the same acronym has been used to mean something else. The so-called Paycheck Protection Program, launched in the US to aid and protect the most vulnerable companies in America during the pandemic crisis, has made recent headlines as a possible misstep by the government. Apparently many of the bailed-out sole traders never paid back the loans, and the public coffer got suddenly even emptier than before. But hang on, weren’t we supposed to talk about a different PPP?
Looking for a good business idea that will make you a fortune in thesetroubled times? It seems the tried-and-tested ventures no longer guarantee getting the revenue stream. So let’s consider something a little bit less orthodox. Let’s get inspirational and explore several new business trends that arose over the past year and a half in response to the pandemic. Would it be possible to actually grow and achieve success not despite this disaster, but owing to it?
It’s been a few weeks, but somet time ago, we’ve talked about the weird and odd effects of the pandemic, the ones that are entirely strange and unpredictable, but not very serious. This time around, we’re going to talk about the effects which are easier to understand, but also a lot more severe. Take a brief look at the five changes to the real-estate market in 2020 that are set to continue this year, all due to the pandemic.
Have you ever wondered if what you like to eat, drink or use every day is actually also among the things most other people eat, drink or use globally? I know I have! Luckily there’s a top-X list for everything these days, and the ranking of top 5 most popular products globally is no exception!
