August – in – Brief
Essentially Yours
In Essentially Yours, Dean Landsman captures the essence of how our work world has changed. He also pays tribute to essential workers, often laboring behind the scenes. Work and workers that have been largely unseen or taken for granted have suddenly been elevated in the public’s perception.
Libraries We Love | Taking Care of Business
Patricia Vaccarino writes about the amazing array of business resources that libraries offer to entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses. Whether you are a fledgling freelancer, a homespun mom and pop shop, a small business getting ready to scale in size, or the next emerging technology giant, your local public library is there to serve you.
Building Back Better:
Barbara Lloyd McMichael’s monthly column examines the impact of the Biden Administration’s Building Back Better initiative. This month she writes about the Department of Transportation, but tells her story through the lens of small business owner Logan Niles.
Dean Landsman probes the real fallout from the pandemic: Jobs kept, jobs lost and all the variants (no pun intended) in between.
Dean Landsman shares his experience with three small shops in Manhattan. Hooray for The Pandering Pig, Dutch Baby Bakery, and Frank’s Fresh Market!