Pandemic-era founders

July 5, 2021

 
Editor-in-Chief, Sacramento Business Journal  

PANDEMIC ERA FOUNDERS SHOWED A SPECIAL KIND OF COURAGE. 

We are profiling a group of founders who have not only started businesses, but did so while the economy was largely shut down.
They include an owner of a tea shop that opened in Downtown Sacramento just as downtown office buildings and the Capitol building emptied out; a fitness center owner in Roseville, who started up as many speculated that consumers might not return to gyms after getting used to their home exercise routines; a restaurant owner in Midtown who immediately had to rely on to-go orders; a tech entrepreneur who had to convince consumers to use her app to invite chefs into their homes to make meals; and the leader of an arts nonprofit who’s helped artists reach patrons who couldn’t visit galleries.

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