ESG, Sustainability, CleanTech, and the Prospect of an Economic Slowdown
The 9/11 Terror Attacks paralyzed air travel; business travel was slow to recover. Space for working (or co-working) was not popular at the time—leaving professionals disconnected, in new territory where phone-based connections had to supplant traditional handshake meetings. With the internet in its growth phase, there were few options for making the types of connections needed to expand and network as executives would do at trade shows and conferences.