Innovating Through Crisis: Strategies for Small Businesses to Survive and Thrive

Lynda Applegate of Harvard Business School will moderate the discussion. Joining her are five prior winners of the Inner City 100 (IC100), an award published annually in Fortune the celebrates the 100 fastest-growing companies in under-resourced communities. The IC100 application is open, and we encourage you to either apply and/or nominate businesses in your network for the award.

The COVID-19 Global Health Crisis presents an existential challenge to many small businesses. This panel will begin with a discussion of these key challenges and approaches that prior IC100 winners are taking to address them. We will then discuss how these business owners are pursuing opportunities that enable them to — not just survive — but accelerate through the crisis and position their firms for long-term growth.