The March 30th, 2020 edition of the Age of Ingenuity

Show notes:

Although most non-essential businesses have closed down, no one really likes to think of themselves as being "non-essential" and many organizations are looking for ways to remain in the public eye.
o "8 Ways for Your Business to Stay Ahead During the Coronavirus Outbreak" at https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347753.
• Innovative companies and organizations throughout the world are taking those lessons to heart and attempting to remain in the public spotlight and continue their work. As an example, here's how numerous start-ups at the Toronto based MarsDD are tackling the CoronaVirus pandemic - "How Canadian startups are tackling the COVID-19 crisis" at https://www.marsdd.com/magazine/how-canadian-startups-are-tackling-the-covid-19-crisis/.

To assist during the crisis, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has announced a series of support programs for Canadian small businesses and those programs are being tracked through a number of organizations: (29.50
o "The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada's COVID-19 Updates and Resources Webpage" at https://aiac.ca/covid19/.
o The iPolitics list of "All COVID-19 stimulus funding available in your region, in one place: Fundingportal Analysis" at https://ipolitics.ca/2020/03/24/all-covid-19-stimulus-funding-available-in-your-region-in-one-place-fundingportal-analysis/.
o Resources from Kitchener ON based Communitech - https://www.communitech.ca.
o Funding portal is a "state of the art," grants and incentives advisory practice with offices in Canada, the US and the UK which promises to "help companies and other applicants get frunding." - https://ca.fundingportal.com.

But others aren't satisfied. "Liberals flub COVID-19 emergency assistance" at https://rabble.ca/columnists/2020/03/liberals-flub-covid-19-emergency-assistance