In our final episode of the series we feature De J. Lozada, founder of Soul Popped Gourmet Popcorn, who tells the story of how the coronavirus forced her to reimagine her Soul Food-inspired popcorn brand while staying true to her company’s core values.

When Covid forced farmers markets to shut their operations, Jennifer Chan’s pop-up sorbet business, Banato, was on the verge of collapse. Instead of wallowing in despair, Jennifer chose to lead with love and serve her Chicago community hope (and sweet treats) during hard times.

When the global events industry dramatically collapsed in the wake of Covid-related shutdowns, Jeremy Fleming and his team at Sydney-based Stagekings faced a disastrous outlook. As a company that specializes in building state-of-the-art stages (think Formula 1 and a Shakespeare’s Globe replica), they had to think fast — and look to a whole new industry — after suffering mass cancellations.

Dr. Michelle Dickinson is a nanotechnologist and founder of Nanogirl Labs, an educational company committed to helping kids around the world find their passion in STEM fields. When New Zealand went into lockdown to combat Covid-19, Nanogirl Labs’ in-person science theatre events were completely wiped out, which forced Michelle to get creative at warp speed.

When New York-based Scott’s Pizza Tours was forced to stop offering in-person tours thanks to Covid, pizza expert Scott Wiener got creative quickly to keep connecting with his pizza-obsessed audience around the world.

When SXSW was canceled last-minute, Beth DiBaggio's Austin-based catering business faced imminent collapse. But instead of giving up, she and her partner Rafael Rodriguez looked to a family taco recipe as their life raft.

When New York City went into lockdown, the iconic Nuyorican Poets Cafe creatively took their powerful spoken word events from in-person to online.

When her flower shop, House of Lilac, ran out of fresh flowers because of Covid-related disruptions, founder Melanie Fernandez had to act quickly to keep her business flourishing.

For comedian and filmmaker Toni Nagy, performing live stand-up is an integral way to energetically connect with people and the cultural pulse. When the coronavirus wiped out Toni's in-person gigs, she found herself transitioning more fully to online work to continue engaging with her audience in meaningful ways.

When his pet-focused travel gear company started to see the stagnating impact of Covid-19, Jamie Knowles knew he had to get creative with Roverlund.

When five high school friends decided to buy a flower farm in rural Washington State, they never imagined the disaster scenario their business would face in its very first year.

Seattle-based Eric Rivera spent years working with one of the world's top chefs before opening his endlessly creative restaurant Addo. Unlike many restaurant owners, who were quick to lay people off when times got tough, Eric and his innovative employees have found myriad ways to survive and thrive throughout the crisis, ranging from multi-sensory “camping-at-home” experiences, to strategy-based dinner games and more.

Despite the challenge of meeting deadlines (and maintaining sanity) while working from home with young children, Australian illustrator Beck Feiner has kept her creative spark turned on through a bit of optimism, hard work, and a healthy dose of trickery.

In the face of the coronavirus, employee-owned Modern Times Beer set a guiding principle to keep everyone on staff. Inspired by this goal, they have been able to use their existing infrastructure — and new ideas — to find creative ways to generate revenue.

Following a Covid-induced trade show disaster, peanut butter maven Jill Van Gyn found a way to forge ahead while giving back to her community in the process.

When rugby season was cut short due to the coronavirus, London-based commentator Nick Heath suddenly found himself without work — until he discovered the humor of commentating on ordinary life.

Host Andres Zuleta chats with his colleagues, Eléonore Simon and Roni Sivan, and they delve into how their small team was inspired to dive headfirst into the world of podcasts when the coronavirus temporarily brought travel to a halt.

Australian winemaker Brendan Carter's business was nearly obliterated overnight when Australia went into coronavirus lockdown. Inspired by the unprecedented challenge, Brendan and his team adapted quickly and took their small beverage empire online with daily happy hours, "isolation 6 packs," and lighthearted junk food pairings.

The events industry took a huge hit from the coronavirus, and Sam Eitzen’s business was almost wiped out in a matter of days. In this episode, Sam explains how his thriving Inc. 500 company suddenly found itself without work, and shares his process for — literally overnight — coming up with the idea for a new care package business.