Saving Main Street Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Gary Rivlin
SCORE
0
TOTAL RATINGS
116

Saving Main Street by Gary Rivlin Book Summary

A veteran journalist follows an inspiring ensemble cast of small business owners fighting to keep their businesses alive through Covid-19, while exploring the sweeping trends and government policies that had brought small businesses to the breaking point long before the coronavirus hit.

There is a tendency to fetishize small business even as it shrinks before our eyes. Americans extol the virtues of small, local, often family-run shops, yet buy from big-box retailers and chains that dominate the competition. Even before the pandemic, small businesses seemed endangered. When Covid-19 hit, the resounding question was: How will they be able to survive this?

Saving Main Street is an unfiltered, up-close examination of a small group of business owners and their employees, their struggles, and their strategies to survive. It is an eye-opening tale of grit, perseverance, and entrepreneurial spirit that follows three businesses: a restaurant owner and his rambunctious staff, an immigrant running her own hair salon, and the owner of a “non-life sustaining” gift shop—alongside a larger cast of vividly drawn characters. 

Gary Rivlin focuses on the first days of the Covid lockdown and the ensuing eighteen months of chaos, including the personal and financial risks, a contentious presidential election, and contradictory governmental guidelines—all which compounded the everyday challenges of running an independent business trying to attract and retain customers who expect low prices, convenience, and endless choice. Rivlin keenly observes small businesses from all angles, examining commonly held “myths”; contradictions in government policy; enormous racial and class fissures; a national self-identity intrinsically connected to the ideal of small business, and how the decline of this American way of retail impacts our notions of American exceptionalism, community, and civic duty.

As Rivlin reveals, there’s something enduring about small business in the American psyche. Life will have changed in unprecedented ways on the other side of this pandemic, yet hard times will also create opportunities, offering hope and survival.

👋 Do you love Saving Main Street books? Please share your friends!

share facebook whatsapp twitter pinterest telegram email
Book Name Saving Main Street
Genre Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 3.68 MB

Saving Main Street (Gary Rivlin) Book Reviews 2024

💸 Want to send money abroad for free?

We transfer money over €4 billion every month. We enable individual and business accounts to save 4 million Euros on bank transfer fees. Want to send free money abroad or transfer money abroad for free? Free international money transfer!

💰 A universe of opportunities: Payoneer

Did you know that you can earn 25 USD from our site just by registering? Get $25 for free by joining Payoneer!

Please wait! Saving Main Street book comments loading...

Gary Rivlin - Saving Main Street Discussions & Comments

Have you read this book yet? What do you think about Saving Main Street by Gary Rivlin book? Ask the bookpedia.co community a question about Saving Main Street!

Saving Main Street E-book (PDF, PUB, KINDLE) Download

Saving Main Street ebook saving-main-street (3.68 MB) download new links will be update!

Saving Main Street Similar Books

Book Name Score Reviews Price
Great by Choice 4/5 290 $14.99
35 Tips on Saving Money 4/5 7,156 Free
Tax Optimisation Strategies for Your Limited Company 0/5 0 Free
At Your Best as an Electrician 0/5 0 $10.99
Branding 3.5/5 41 Free

Enhance sleep, vision, cognition, flexibility, energy, long-range health and more. Performance Lab CORE Formulas support all aspects of human performance, across all walks of life. Boosts work performance and productivity with nootropics for focus, multitasking under stress, creative problem-solving and more.

Other Books from Gary Rivlin
Book Name Score Reviews Price
Katrina 4/5 5 $14.99
Becoming an Ethical Hacker 0/5 0 $10.99
Becoming a Sports Agent 0/5 0 $11.99
Drive-By 0/5 0 $11.99
Broke, USA 0/5 0 $1.99

Summary of Saving Main Street by Gary Rivlin

The Saving Main Street book written by Gary Rivlin was published on 18 October 2022, Tuesday in the Small Business & Entrepreneurship category. A total of 116 readers of the book gave the book 0 points out of 5.

Free Small Business & Entrepreneurship Books
Book Name Author Price
Make Business Your Business Lord Young of Graffham Free
Merch by Amazon Research Formula Bennett Hui Free
10 Strategies for Startup Success Jason Nazar & Rochelle Bailis Free
How to Start a Catering Business Maxwell Rotheray Free
How to Become Wealthy Charles Spender Free

Coinbase is the world's most trusted place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Open an account today, and if you buy or sell $100 or more of crypto, you'll receive $10 worth of free Bitcoin!

Paid Small Business & Entrepreneurship Books
Book Name Author Price
The Diary of a CEO Steven Bartlett $15.99
How to Be a Great Boss Gino Wickman & René Boer $11.99
The Formula Albert-László Barabási $14.99
Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman & Chris Yeh $12.99
Nine-Figure Mindset Brandon Dawson $13.99

Jasper is the generative AI platform for business that helps your team create content tailored for your brand 10X faster, wherever you work online.