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Innovation in a Time of Crisis: Entrepreneurs' Response to the Pandemic

This article by the Kenan Institute explores how while COVID-19 takes the stage as an all-demanding problem that the world is racing to solve, opportunity lies with innovators and entrepreneurs. While healthcare professionals innovate in their search for vaccines, entrepreneurs innovate in their products and services as COVID turns normal business upside down. At Alternativ, we've seen the same exact thing. When hit with the pandemic and associated concerns (lockdowns, impacts to supply chains, need for new products, etc.) Alternativ graduates have used the skills they gained from training to innovate on their existing business models and address immediate community needs. Just scroll on down to our last blog!

Article from the Kenan Institute, from April 2020, by Chris Bingham, Mahka Moeen, and Ted Zoller.