• Many companies are joining hands and putting together business partnerships to leverage each other's strengths, as a survival technique.
• The pandemic will result in wider adoption of digital payments, digital invoicing and what he calls more creative financial solutions for business payments.
• Promising technologies like blockchain will help in building financial contracts where services get delivered or goods are provided and payment is automatically made when delivered.

• The pandemic is presenting new or increased opportunities for entrepreneurs in certain sectors, like the renewed spotlight on telemedicine, for instance.
• With the widespread necessity of remote work, other burgeoning areas include business intelligence software and cybersecurity.

Is joining a startup a smart idea for new business school graduates at this time? Experts say yes.