Starting a business? Pandemic could provide opportunity

COULD SEE SHOWERS DAVID AND I

WILL TELL YOU WHERE THEY COULD

POP UP COMING UP.

>>> WAS AN 800,000 N.

CAROLINIANS HAVE FILED FOR

UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE MID-MARCH

AND NOW YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT

DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE MONEY.

IS THE PANDEMIC A GOOD TIME TO

START PICKY ABOUT STARTING A

NEW BUSINESS QUESTION MANDY

MITCHELL SPOKE TO AN EXPERT WHO

SAID THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR

OPPORTUNITY.>>REPORTER: THIS

SEEM LIKE A DECENT IDEA TO

JERRY CAMPBELL, IT IS

CONVENIENT AND THE CUSTOMER IS

AN OFFICE AND YOU CAN CHANGE

HIS TIRES.

DONE.

BUT THESE DAYS THE MODEL MAY

HAVE EVEN MORE POTENTIAL.>> YOU

KNOW LESS EXPOSURE IS PROBABLY

BETTER.>> CAMPBELL STARTED HIS

TREAD CONNECTION BUSINESS ON

MARCH 1, TALK ABOUT TRICKY

TIMING.

THE SPIN IT IS TOUGH TO HAVE TO

REEVALUATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING

GOOD>> THE TEAM IS WEARING

GLOVES AND MASKS AND OFFERING

CONTACTLESS SERVICE AND

BUSINESS IS PICKING UP AGAIN

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING

LONGTIME ENTREPRENEUR BRIAN

HAMILTON IS HOPING FOR FOR

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THOSE

WHO MAY WANT TO TAKE A SHOT AT

STARTING A BUSINESS DURING A

PANDEMIC.

>> ARE THERE BUSINESSES IN THIS

NEW ECONOMY THAT MIGHT BE

OPPORTUNITIES?

MAYBE TUTORING OR A TECHNOLOGY

TOOL.

>> HAMILTON MADE MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS COFOUNDING AND SHARING

HIS SHARE OF THE TECHNOLOGY

COMPANY SAGE WORKS AND NOW HE

SPENDS HIS DAYS HELPING OTHERS

VENTURE OUT INTO

ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

HE SAYS HE'S VERY WORRIED ABOUT

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHT NOW

THAT HE ALSO SEES THE

POSSIBILITY FOR GROWTH.>> THERE

IS ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES IN

TOUGH TIMES, JUST THINK AS AN

ENTREPRENEUR WHAT CAN I DO THAT

WOULD HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF

THE MARKET A LITTLE.>> A CHANCE

TO MAKE A CHANGE THAT COULD

LEAD TO STABILITY AND MAYBE JOB

CREATION WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS A

MEMORY.>> HAMILTON SAYS THE

MOST IMPORTANT ACTION THAT WE