Small Businesses Already Feeling Huge Drop in Demand Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), New Study by Thryv, Inc. and America’s SBDC Shows
Summary
“ Small businesses across America are feeling the pain of the coronavirus pandemic,” said Gordon Henry, Chief Strategy Officer at Thryv®. Charles “Tee” Rowe, president and CEO at America’s SBDC noted, “ One-third of the study respondents said they were likely to apply for an SBA loan and another 18 percent said they didn’t realize these were available. “ At Thryv, we make software that helps small businesses stay in touch with their customers remotely, which is essential during this crisis,” Henry said. Thryv provides modernized business functions allowing them to manage their time, communicate with clients, and get paid. These include building a digital customer list, communicating with customers via email and text, updating business listings across the internet, accepting appointments, sending notifications and reminders, managing ratings and reviews, generating estimates and invoices, processing payments, and issuing invoices and coupons.