After losing a company to COVID, owners seek the next gig

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As the coronavirus outbreak forced businesses to shut permanently over the past year, owners have had to figure out what to do next. For some entrepreneurs, the answer lay in anticipating the next trend and creating a company to take advantage of it.

Alex Willen sits with his dog at his home, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in San Diego. Willen was preparing to open a dog boarding business when the pandemic hit. Willen sensed the virus outbreak wouldn't end quickly, which meant dog owners wouldn't be traveling and many would keep working at home, eliminating the need for his services. He decided to restart a business he'd shelved in favor of boarding, dog treats.

Catania started looking at how life was changing amid the pandemic and came up with the idea for his next business: Locaris, a website to help apartment renters connect with prospective neighbors to get the scoop on buildings and landlords. Because the pandemic limited people’s ability to meet in person, Locaris enabled renters to get the lowdown on a building safely.

Alex Willen of San Diego was preparing to open a dog boarding business when the pandemic hit; he was about to sign papers for a Small Business Administration loan to cover construction costs when his bank said it was putting new business loans on hold. Willen sensed the virus outbreak wouldn’t end quickly, which meant dog owners wouldn’t be traveling and many would keep working at home, eliminating the need for his services.

Willen bakes for his two dogs, Cooper and Maple — which gave him the idea for Cooper’s Treats. He sells the treats on his website and Amazon.Kathryn Valentine closed her consulting business last summer because she had lost her child-care options. Valentine’s nanny quit to take care of her own children, and daycare centers were closed. With a baby and a toddler, the Atlanta-based mother couldn’t work the 9-to-5 schedule followed by the apparel companies that were her clients.

A series of lockdowns in Britain forced Steve West to close his acupuncture practice. With no money coming in, he returned to digital marketing, work that helped him get through a slowdown in his practice during the Great Recession. He’s not sure when, or if, he’ll return to acupuncture, given people’s uncertainty about close contact.

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When we take a look at who benefited from covid, the CCP would be on top. Covid really changed the US & world politics. The Democrats and their MSM (NYT, WaPo, CNN,) lackeys took this once in a century opportunity to take down Trump. The virus was made in a CCP lab.

Many of us have same problem. New ideas are fogged with Covid retributions.

Did you steal this from WJHL ? Are plagiarizing them ?

Biggest thing is predicting your political leaders in your area . New York Va and California show how you won’t be allowed to succeed.

Why didn't AOC raise money for them? And many of them were New Yorkers .

It is no accident that the purpose of coronavirus outbreaks to shut businesses permanently... The Great Reset

Corollary to this: Giving citizens financial relief through emergency payments--even when they're not in dire need--will allow Americans to vote with their wallets for the things they desire or need. It's a free-market concept. Republicans ought to love it.

amazon warehouses are hiring.

Invest in a funeral home. Thanks to Trumps mishandling of Covid19, people are dying to get in.

Run the same company different name under chapter 7...

Look at the trying to spin anything to help the dictator in office.

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