Light at the end of the tunnel

I had a blast speaking at StartupGrind 2021. The event was virtual this year but everything was well done. I can’t wait until next year. Hopefully we get to do it in person and I get a rider.

I’m giving a similar presentation to a group of MBA students at Wharton tomorrow and I’m excited for that. These presentations are always fun despite the circumstances but I would really enjoy doing this in person.

I’m starting to see a lot of chatter of pandemic spikes settling down at a a lot of businesses. Pimp your home business numbers which had a lot of pandemic tailwinds seem to be settling down and other industries seem to be on the same trend.

People seem to be booking a lot of travel for the summer and fall. I know there’s a lot of optimism that we’ll have live events in the fall again as well.

Just like we needed to look ahead to the pandemic and how that’s going to affect businesses, we should also look ahead to how to adjust to life after the pandemic. Lots of things will go back to normal, but there will be a lot that will permanently be different because of COVID.

We’ll need to reevaluate businesses and valuations in the post-pandemic world. Just like some companies and industries that got a COVID bump, there’ll be some that’ll experience a post COVID drop or perhaps a post COVID accelerator.

It’s going to be an interesting new few months as the weather warms up and we start to turn to spring and summer. The light is at the end of the tunnel and I’m cautiously optimistic.