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Starting An Online Business During Covid-19 - Crazy Risk Or Crazy Opportunity?

3rd of May 2020 ~ tagged hong kong, coronavirus / covid, e-commerce, Start-up

New businesses start up every day. Entrepreneurs take their dreams in one hand and the risks in the other and weigh up whether to take the plunge. But with the Covid-19 crisis sending billions of people in Hong Kong and across the globe into lockdown, governments scrambling to cope and massive changes to the world economy, surely if you’re planning to start a business right now, the most sensible idea would just be to … wait a bit? Well, not necessarily. There are some surprising upsides to starting a business in the current climate, as well increased risks.