How did your shop survive COVID? If you're like a lot of shop owners, the answer might be "just barely". But would your business survive yet another disaster after making it through COVID?

Listen in as shop owner - Mike Davis - and ops manager - Scott Dean - from Hilltop Signs & Graphics in Maryland tell their story of business survival. This was a killer interview with lots of great takeaways on how to survive (and even thrive) in hard times – which we may be facing yet again if you listen to the news.

In this episode...

  • All the emotions (02:37)
  • Was COVID a recession? (07:13)
  • Are we entering (or already in) a recession (10:01)
  • Peter's COVID strategy (14:41)
  • Introducing Mike and Scott (20:31)
  • Mike's story Hilltop Signs and Graphics (24:14)
  • Who is Scott? (33:42)
  • How did Hilltop survive COVID? (39:20)
  • Disaster strikes again (47:03)

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