Small Business

Robert Herjavec, CEO, Herjavec Group Scott Mlyn | CNBC Robert Herjavec, cybersecurity entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” investor, told CNBC on Friday that his directive to small businesses is to do whatever it takes to survive the coronavirus crisis. Herjavec argued he would take hedge fund manager Bill Ackman’s “hell is coming” warning on Wednesday to the

The Uptown Garrison in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood is still offering takeout and delivery as much of the city shuts down due to coronavirus. Spencer Kimball | CNBC Restaurant and bars in the nation’s largest city, world-renowned for its food and nightlife, are shutting down indefinitely and laying people off en masse as the state

Daniel Harison, a barista at Velvette Brew, a coffee shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Greg Iacurci A palpable chill had settled over Park Slope on an otherwise beautiful Monday evening. The brownstone-lined streets of this South Brooklyn enclave, typically abuzz with commuters at peak rush hour, were near empty. Stores of all kinds — from

A man cleans the windows at his store on March 17, 2020 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. – The coronavirus outbreak has transformed the US virtually overnight from a place of boundless consumerism to one suddenly constrained by nesting and social distancing.The crisis tests all retailers, leading to temporary store closures at

Small businesses are switching up their models in a fight to survive during the coronavirus crisis — some in unexpected ways. Businesses including condom-makers, gin producers and food manufacturers are seeing consumers react in different ways as they self-isolate or reduce social contact. Small businesses generate 44% of U.S. economic activity, and around half of