The Growth Letter by Tim Cakir - Issue #3

March 16, 2020

Hi guys,

In the last edition of my newsletter, I mentioned that I wouldn’t speak much about the Coronavirus, but of course, things have escalated very quickly, and I know a lot of people are already affected.

We literally had no food left, and we tried to order from Amazon Prime Now where the website kept crashing, other supermarkets had their delivery slots of 10 days later, so we went out on a food mission and yes we found some things, maybe not the shopping list we were going for, but at least we now have food for 8-10 days.

Here in Spain, we are in a state of emergency as the situation is getting quite severe.

What actions are we taking:

  • Social Distancing

  • Extra focus on Hygiene

  • Continuing our social lives online

  • Daily vegetable and fruit juices

There isn’t much more in our hands that we can do but wait this out.

I will try my best to add some value to this situation with this newsletter.

I hope you enjoy it. If you like to read to my newsletter, please do invite your friends, colleagues and family members to subscribe. They will receive a personal welcome video from me.

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Good Reads

I’m hoping that you all have read and seen this article on Medium as it is one of the most valuable article around the Corona Virus subject. If you haven’t red it yet I do recommend it:

Updated on 3/13/2020. Now reflects an update on containment vs. mitigation strategies. 26 translations at the bottom. Send me more existing translations in private notes at the bottom. This article…

This article from The Information explains some of the possible impacts on businesses and especially the tech industry:

The impact of COVID-19 on the economy and our lives has been the subject of a lot of discussions in the last several weeks. But there’s been less discussion of the potential long-term implications of how the virus—or something like it—may alter the longer-term trajectory of our society and …

I’ve been talking about Social Distance to everyone in the past few days and I really recommend you to act now and get a good Social Distancing strategy in place, here is a great article on the subject:

Experts weigh in on whether you should cancel your dates, dinner parties, and gym sessions.

Caitlin Rivers= Outbreak science + epidemiology + health security. Assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. ELBI alum.

Has a great twitter account to follow if you would like to hear some news from a reliable source:

Last but not least, a lot of people look at the numbers and stats in popular media and most of those numbers are wrong or not updated, here is in my opinion the best place for stats:

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, and death toll by country due to the COVID 19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, historical data, and info. Daily charts, graphs, news and updates

Tools

This week I would like to talk to you about Bonjoro!

I have been using Bonjoro for two weeks now and it is an incredible tool for personalising your communication with your customers and/or followers.

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