Despite COVID-19 and the shutdown of economies around the world, some businesses and entrepreneurs have only got richer and actually grown like never before. For example, Last week, were greeted with then news that Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon has become the richest man on earth ever hitting a $200 billion net worth. Elon Musk, Melani Perkins of Canva and many others have also grown while others are hard hit. Nigerian companies are not left out and many have received funding and gained traction even in these tough times. Indeed, with the right business strategies and positioning, with particular reference to leveraging on technology companies can grow exponentially even in a pandemic.

We would like you to share from your wealth of experience and expertise how small businesses can also leverage on technology to thrive and grow in the times we are currently in.

Despite COVID-19 and the shutdown of economies around the world, some businesses and entrepreneurs have only got richer and actually grown like never before. For example, Last week, were greeted with then news that Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon has become the richest man on earth ever hitting a $200 billion net worth.

Elon Musk has grown by $84 billion this year

Melani Perkins of Canva doubled her personal net worth from $600m to $1.3 billion

Enough of the examples so far from us. Nigerian companies are not left out and many have received funding and gained traction even in these tough times.

During this pandemic, A company like Data Science Nigeria has been able to secure international partnerships, reaching more and more people with AI education. John Obidi, a digital media consultant put together the largest personal development summit in Africa with 50 thousand people registered and 15,000 total attendance across the three days making an undisclosed amount from the post-event offers.

Indeed, with the right business strategies and positioning, companies can grow exponentially even in a pandemic and recover quickly after a crisis.

One thing is common with all these companies, thy run data-driven, high-tech businesses and or rely on technology to drive their business. This was a thing before COVID-19 but more than ever, the companies of the future will be powered by tech. More so, during the pandemic, they evaluated their processes, doubled efforts on the things that gave the most result and made changes to the things that didn’t.

Additionally, for any business model, collaboration is the new competition. There is so much competing for the attention of people, clients and customers but to grow faster, there is more than ever the need to collaborate within and across sectors, industries, and borders.

Start up Grind Abeokuta invites you to its Virtual Webinar with two experts to take on take on the two business growth strategies highlighted.

How to Leverage on Technology for growth during

How to attract and broker rewarding collaborations for exponential business growth