Connecting Capital With Viable Enterprises
Struggling brick and mortar retailers are looking for an infusion of capital in order to stay afloat. Brick and mortar businesses (be they retailers or entertainment venues) depend on in-person patrons; so it is they who were most adversely affected by the...
read moreRescuing Struggling Businesses With Targeted Capital Infusions
Faltering companies that are in need of working capital are seeking sources of capital to tide them over, so that they can weather the storm, and remain solvent during an economic downturn that has disproportionately impacted brick and mortar business. Typically,...
read moreUsing FinTech To Find Working Capital
Sick Company is there to connect struggling companies with investors looking for opportunity. It specializes in helping those in need of capital infusion by matching them with those with funds. This means securing investment via equity funding is a matter of finding...
read moreUsing Technology To Connect Sources Of Capital To Struggling Businesses
A failure to make use of the prodigious power of online communications technology has proven to be a formidable obstacle to the process of deploying assistance. The pandemic-induced shut-downs of 2020 adversely impacted commerce—making it far more difficult for...
read moreConnecting Capital Sources With Businesses In Need
Angel investors typically finance startups in exchange for equity in the company. Unlike a VC, however, angels are private individuals—or a group of individuals—investing their own money. They provide capital for a set fraction of the company--usually 15 to 20%. But...
read moreFinding Capital To Help Struggling Businesses Survive
This past year’s economic downturn has adversely impacted a vast swath of economic activity—especially for businesses that do not involve online commerce. Small businesses in particular have seen cash-flow shortages; so are struggling to make ends meet. Few small...
read moreInnovative Ways To Revitalize Faltering Enterprises
In the wake of the pandemic-induced economic downturn, it has become all-the-more urgent to marshal the best technological resources to divert limited resources quickly and effectively. Savvy capital allocation is vital to the survival of small and medium-sized...
read moreConnecting Struggling Businesses To Desperately-Needed Capital
Now more than ever, small businesses are looking for capital to maintain solvency. Basic cash-flow needs to be maintained in order to subsist during the economic downturn; which means that businesses need a way to connect with those willing and able to offer capital...
read moreBringing Desperately Needed Capital To Companies In Need
In the advent of the protracted economic down-turn resulting from the pandemic, struggling businesses are looking for an infusion of capital in order to stay afloat. That’s where SickCompany comes in. On the surface, startups seemed to be minimally affected by the...
read moreFinTech Is Providing Capital To Struggling Businesses
For many startups, securing investment via equity funding is a matter of finding those willing to invest money in startups in exchange for equity in the company. opportunity for growth, often also provide guidance to young companies--like mentorship and access to...
read moreNew Ways For Struggling Businesses To Revitalize As We Emerge From Last Year’s Pandemic
The corona-virus pandemic has adversely impacted commerce; and made it more difficult for vulnerable enterprises to maintain adequate levels of business. Enterprises are looking for effective ways to deal with the obstacles encountered in the midst of the...
read moreThe Importance Of Networking To Deal With The Pandemic-Induced Economic Downturn
As a result of disruptions in supply chains, many enterprises are struggling to stay afloat. Much-needed capital infusion is being sought so that vulnerable companies may better contend with distribution-network interruptions. Particularly vulnerable are businesses...
read moreCapital Is Coming To The Rescue For Struggling Businesses
In the wake of the pandemic-induced economic downturn, many businesses are faltering for predictable reasons. In other words, ill-prepared companies have incurred setbacks that are different from more conventional threats to business continuity. Plans are usually...
read moreDuring the Economic Downturn, Access to Capital is More Important Than Ever
Now more than ever, small businesses need access to capital to maintain liquidity/solvency. Basic cash-flow needs (spec. overhead expenses like utilities, rent, and payroll) have to be maintained in order to subsist during the economic downturn; which means that...
read moreEntrepreneurs Get Creative in Their Quest For Capital
The economic downturn is adversely impacting much economic activity that does not involve online commerce; but small businesses in particular will see an immediate cash-flow shortage; and struggle to make ends meet. If a company has large reserves then it will be able...
read moreAI, Networking Technology and Tele-Communications Prove Vital to Society
As schools and businesses make use of Slack, ClubHouse, and Twitch for collective group interface, many of the rest of us are availing ourselves of Skype, Line, Whereby, WhatsApp, Facetime, HouseParty, Zoom, and Google Groups for personal video communication....
read moreAI Technology and the Economic DownTurn
Now more than ever, savvy capital allocation is vital to the survival of nascent enterprises--especially those without any capacity to absorb temporary gluts; and who’s networking abilities are hampered by reduced commerce. The connectivity now afforded by Smartphone...
read moreChina Provided An Example Of Technological Solutions To The Pandemic
China--the first country to contend with the coronavirus--afforded us several case-studies for how technology can be leveraged to deal with pandemics. The prodigious cloud-computing resources of tech companies like Tencent and DiDi were used by researchers to expedite...
read moreAI Is Playing A Role In Handling The Pandemic
The better we can track the virus, the better we can fight it. AI is indispensable to this endeavor. AI technology is ideally positioned to identify, track and forecast outbreaks. By analyzing news reports, social media platforms, and government documents, AI can...
read moreThe Importance Of Networking To Deal With The Pandemic-induced Economic Downturn
Pandemic planning is distinct from traditional continuity planning; as companies are forced to analyze how a pandemic would adversely impact commerce. The key is to manage threats--which include absentee-ism and loss of vital public services (utilities and...
read moreSystemic Solutions For Systemic Problems
As companies start to address the current exigencies, they’re learning that a pandemic is fundamentally different from more conventional threats to business continuity. Plans are usually designed to help companies respond to localized threats--not to global...
read moreWell-positioned Companies Assist Faltering Businesses
Retail is floundering in the U.S. By the end of March, 20% of middle-class workers had already been temporarily furloughed or suspended; over 700,000 positions had vanished; and 10 million workers had filed for unemployment benefits (in just those last two weeks). (At...
read moreTechnology’s Role In Boosting Business
The connectivity now afforded to us by Smartphone apps, data analytics, and AI gives us ways to fight pandemics in ways we never previously thought possible. In the midst of the corona-virus outbreak, it has become all-the-more imperative to marshal our technological...
read moreMajor Chain Stores Take a Huge Hit in 2020
Due to the economic downturn induced by the coronavirus pandemic, as many as 12,000 major chain stores could close by the end of the year (2020). Among the casualties are Hallmark, GNC, Walgreens, and Gamestop. Brooks Brothers filed for bankruptcy in July. Some stores...
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