--- title: (7) description: (7) image: https://www.hubspot.com/hubfs/assets/hubspot.com/buzz/HubSpotOpenGraph.png --- # Trends ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GettyImages-1182622704-3.jpg) [COVID-19](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/covid-19), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [health and wellness](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/health-and-wellness), [Food](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/food) ### [The Hygiene Industry: Opportunities and Changes](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/hygiene-industry-opportunities-and-changes) May 12, 2020 12:08:40 PM Picture this: It’s April 2021 and you’re meeting a friend for dinner. You can’t decide where to go because your favorite tapas place is closed — communal food is a thing of the past. You eventually agree on a spot, but it’s hard to get a reservation since restaurants are only accommodating half their normal number of patrons. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/hygiene-industry-opportunities-and-changes) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Josh-Wolfe-4.png) [COVID-19](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/covid-19), [featured](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/featured), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [health and wellness](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/health-and-wellness), [Technology](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/technology), [Software](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/software), [Finance](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/finance), [Health](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/health) ### [Why Josh Wolfe Wants to Back Society’s Outcasts](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/why-josh-wolfe-wants-to-back-societys-outcasts) May 5, 2020 11:18:55 AM Josh Wolfe believes that society’s outcasts are the ones who hold the secret to human progress. And he’s dedicated his life to spotting them early.  [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/why-josh-wolfe-wants-to-back-societys-outcasts) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screenshot-2020-05-06-at-15_07_59-3.png) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Podcast](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/podcast), [Media](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/media), [Entertainment](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/entertainment), [Signals](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/signals) ### [Solving the Interactive Podcast Mystery](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/interactive-podcasts) May 5, 2020 8:59:00 AM **The Signal:** You can add “interactive podcasts” to the list of interactive digital experiences that will stick in the post-COVID world. This new genre of media, which blurs the lines between narrative and gaming, was gaining popularity before the pandemic. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/interactive-podcasts) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/George-Mason-Dodd-3.png) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [Uncategorized](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/uncategorized) ### [Post-Coronavirus Regulation Will Force Companies to Spend Billions On Compliance. Here Are The Opportunities.](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/post-coronavirus-regulation-will-force-companies-to-spend-billions-on-compliance-here-are-the-opportunities) May 4, 2020 1:51:43 PM **The Signal:** The coronavirus crisis is forcing governments in the [US](https://www.axios.com/medicare-advantage-2021-regulations-coronavirus-fb017bf9-2b8a-47c5-b00e-95255bc97b7f.html) and [Europe](https://atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/explainer/european-union-regulatory-changes-during-coronavirus/) to make regulatory changes on the fly. The post-crisis world will see significant regulatory changes in regard to health care and disaster preparedness. And these changes will cost companies billions in compliance costs. According to research by [Rice University](https://news.rice.edu/2019/09/13/bank-compliance-costs-jumped-more-than-50b-a-year-after-dodd-frank-act-rice-expert-finds-2/), the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act following the 2008-09 financial crisis “roughly doubled the number of regulations applied to U.S. banks, which hiked their compliance costs by more than $50 billion per year”. Costs included compliance salary expenses, auditing, consulting, data processing and legal fees. Further analysis by [George Mason University](https://www.mercatus.org/publications/regulation/dodd-frank-one-biggest-regulatory-events-ever) showed that the number of new regulatory restrictions created by the Dodd-Frank Act dwarfed the combined impact of every other Obama-era administration law. In addition to the fact that there is significant coronavirus-related changes coming to global regulatory regimes, existing compliance training have 2 underlying factors that make the industry ripe for disruption: [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/post-coronavirus-regulation-will-force-companies-to-spend-billions-on-compliance-here-are-the-opportunities) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GettyImages-1203287495-3.jpg) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [Guides](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/guides), [Guide](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/guide) ### [Testing Business Ideas With Andrew Hogan](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/testing-business-ideas-with-andrew-hogan) Apr 25, 2020 3:46:06 PM **Andrew Hogan**, a London-based paid marketing professional with 10 years of travel and ecommerce experience, set the Trends Facebook group on fire with this [post](https://thehustle62422.acemlnb.com/lt.php?notrack=1&s=4041f77a67612f63acc898f2d19c06d7&i=245A498A2A4786): “Today, I will help validate your idea with Google search data.” [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/testing-business-ideas-with-andrew-hogan) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Nik-Sharma-1-3.png) Marketing, [featured](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/featured), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [eCommerce](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/ecommerce), [Guides](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/guides) ### [Lecture Lessons: Launching a Product 101 with Nik Sharma](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/lecture-lesson-nik-sharma-launching-a-product) Apr 23, 2020 1:22:37 PM ******Lecture Lessons**** provides actionable takeaways from our Trends Lectures series. This entry is based on Nik Sharma’s *[***Product Launch 101 ***](https://trends.co/articles/product-launch-playback-notes-the-lecture-and-presentation/)****webinar*****. You can find him at [Sharma Brands](https://sharmabrands.com/), f**ollow him on *[*Twitter *](https://twitter.com/mrsharma?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)*or contact him via text (917-905-2340). ***** * [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/lecture-lesson-nik-sharma-launching-a-product) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Great-Recession-4.jpg) [COVID-19](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/covid-19), [how to](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/how-to), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [profile](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/profile) ### [10 Lessons From Small Businesses That Survived the Great Recession](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/10-lessons-from-small-businesses-that-survived-the-great-recession) Apr 10, 2020 9:11:17 PM Last week, we sent out a [survey](https://thehustledaily.typeform.com/to/ELDNT0) inviting businesses that made it through the Great Recession to tell us how they did it. We got hundreds of responses, creating [a database](https://trends.co/recession-database) that shows the mix of strategies they used to cope with the economic fallout. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/10-lessons-from-small-businesses-that-survived-the-great-recession) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-10_46_20-AM-3.png) [COVID-19](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/covid-19), [how to](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/how-to), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [profile](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/profile) ### [How 7 Thriving Businesses Pivoted in Hard Times](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/7-thriving-businesses-forced-to-pivot-in-hard-times) Mar 31, 2020 1:50:42 PM This week we’re publishing our third (and likely final) installment of our “Coping with Coronavirus” series (here’s [part 1](https://trends.co/articles/trends-community-as-business-owners-face-the-coronavirus/) and [part 2](https://trends.co/articles/businesses-pivot-as-coronavirus-impact-widens/)). The final mini-case studies, all from new industries, cover 7 thriving businesses forced to pivot during an unprecedented era: [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/7-thriving-businesses-forced-to-pivot-in-hard-times) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-10_14_32-AM-3.png) [COVID-19](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/covid-19), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [profile](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/profile) ### [How 6 Businesses Managed a Coronavirus Pivot](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/how-6-businesses-managed-coronavirus-pivot) Mar 24, 2020 1:15:59 PM Last week, we profiled the business impact that coronavirus is having on [6 of our Trends community members](https://trends.co/articles/). The mini case studies covered the marketing, events, cleaning, beauty, manufacturing, and newsletters industries. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/how-6-businesses-managed-coronavirus-pivot) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-10_57_34-AM-3.png) [COVID-19](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/covid-19), [how to](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/how-to), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [q and a](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/q-and-a) ### [We Talked to 30+ Companies About Their Strategies for Coping with Coronavirus. Here Are Their Stories.](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/stories-from-the-trends-community) Mar 17, 2020 1:58:55 PM On March 12, 2020, Sam asked the Trends community, “How has your business been impacted by coronavirus? Grown? Hurt?” [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/stories-from-the-trends-community)