Stories from Beyond Six Feet Apart

8.07.2020 — LISC StoriesEconomic Opportunity

We kicked off this cohort's round of Beyond Six Feet Apart Weekly Webinars with some special guests: small business owners who have completed the program. These businesses are now implementing the plans they developed with their consulting team. Many thanks to Nikia Londy, Amanda Miranda, Jeysi Zuniga, Brandon Ransom and Frank Carvalho for sharing their stories and their wisdom and to everyone who joined us for the session. The takeaways below are the business owners' words of advice for other business owners: those starting the program and others who may be jumping into their own plans for reopening.

Takeaway #1: Be Open Minded

"Get to know and trust your team from Day 1."
"Lean into the space of vulnerability and allow someone to come in and help you."
"Keep your mind open or you will never reach your goals."
"This program opened up my eyes to how I could learn from other businesses."

Takeaway #2: Try New Things

"My kids have been telling me to do these things for years. My team convinced me to try them."
"We got started with email marketing and got so many sales."
"You can use zoom for everything."
"You gotta go get your money. Use every tool at your disposal."

Takeaway #3: Rethink Everything

"Everything you learned pre-COVID is not applicable."
"We didn't know how to approach our customer base, so we did a survey."
"We had to figure out how to convert from one-time sales to recurring revenue."
"Get out of your comfort zone and rebuild."

Stories from Beyond Six Feet Apart

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