Jimmy Mulinski can work on cars without much face-to-face interaction, which has helped his business over the past 16 months. “So, I just kept at it, building up my clientele. Now, I’m booked out for at least a month,” he said. PHOTO COURTESY OF JIMMY MULINSKI.
Lawson hasn’t given up on the possibility of starting another business someday, but even if he stays on his current accounting path, he could see himself becoming a chief financial officer at a startup someday. Those aspirations all took shape during his time as a CWU student and mentor.
“Entrepreneurship is more than just going through the motions of starting a business,” Lawson said. “It’s all about changing your thinking from the traditional ‘graduate and get a job’ mindset to becoming more of a problem-solver. The projects we worked on forced us to think outside the box, and I still use those principles every day in my work.”
48% of entrepreneurs see their business surviving the crisis.
48% of businesses did not use online trading and/or delivery options.
38% expect their businesses to grow and be even larger than pre-pandemic.
46% of entrepreneurs believed the pandemic could have a positive impact on their business in the long-term.
70% of entrepreneurs expect to create new jobs over the next five years. (Past research indicates such expectations are a good predictor of actual employment growth over time.)
65% of entrepreneurs felt they can easily bounce back from adversity and cope with setbacks, uncertainty, and stress from the pandemic. Entrepreneurs in the USA, Australia, Sweden, and the UK had the highest resilience.
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