Why Recessions Are the Perfect Time to Be an Entrepreneur

By Brian J. Skinner, Esq.

Starting a business during a pandemic induced recession? Kinsey Grant argues that companies founded during an economic downturn are more resilient in the long-run. She asserts that if a company and a founder can make it through a year like 2020, they can make it through anything. Do you agree?

Brian J. Skinner is the former counsel to the West Virginia House of Delegates Committee on the Judiciary and counsel to the West Virginia Senate Minority Caucus. He has over a decade of experience as an adviser to legislators on legal and political issues related to pending legislation; providing research and legal analysis services to legislative committees; and preparing bills, resolutions, amendments, and other documents for the West Virginia Legislature.