'It's critical to make this work': small firms go online to survive coronavirus crisis

From yoga teachers to gardeners, firms are finding ways to overcome losses during the outbreak

Surrounded by candles and in a downward dog pose, Meegan Bradley, a 34-year-old yoga teacher, is leading a class of 30 for an hour of stretching and relaxation. But for the first time as a practitioner, she is not in her a studio. Instead Bradley is live-streaming via Zoom and her students are participating in their own homes.

With the coronavirus forcing businesses to close their doors as governments around the world move to either ban or limit social contact, many freelancers and self-employed people are finding their income decimated by the virus. The catastrophe is forcing some small companies and freelancers like Bradley to turn their business online. This is how they are doing it.

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