An expert in the art of in-person networking is changing with the times and pivoting his small business toward producing live virtual events. “I built my entire career with handshakes and just being in the community and attending events and supporting various causes and events, so this new world of COVID-19 is something that is a very big challenge,” says Derek Dickow, the founder and president of Metro Detroit-based public and political relations firm Steward Media. “So, in a business mindset, I'm putting on my entrepreneurial hat and we decided very quickly to pivot instead of panic.”
Learn more about Dickow’s new business strategy when he talks with Michael Rogers on SBAM’s Weekly Podcast.
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