We love everyday entrepreneurs, and in times like these we’re going to prove it. We’ll prove it when we order in from the local café. We’ll prove it when we load up our offices with handcrafted soaps. We’ll prove it when we stock our fridges with pressed juice from that place around the corner.

We’ll prove it by putting our dollars behind independent entrepreneurs from candle makers to carpenters.

Because we know that a small — yet decisive — act here, a sandwich there, that’s what’s going to make a difference. That’s what’s going to get us through as a society.

It’s not just lunch, or coffee, it’s a mom and pop restaurant making it one more day. It’s not just soap, it’s keeping a story going. It’s not just a purchase, it’s an effort to keep small businesses alive.

So, we, the undersigned, hereby pledge to live by these words. We will maximize our purchasing power across independent businesses as much as possible. And we are asking other businesses to join us.

Business is more than just the bottom line. It’s a group of people working together to pull something off. People have given us their loyalty, their dedication, their trust. Their bright ideas, silly ideas that just might work, and ideas we would never have thought of. We owe it to them to live up to that.

So.
We pledge to keep our employees safe.
We’ll allow them to work remote, where possible.
We’ll respect and reinforce the guidelines of social distancing.
We’ll let them video chat the meeting, even when the dogs, or kids, are barking.
We’ll give our employees what they need to perform their tasks in safety and security.

By keeping everyone healthy, we keep society healthy, so we can return to normal as soon as possible. Normal so we can go back to our favorite bar, restaurant, hairdresser or boutique. Or find new ones. So, we can have people back in our homes to spruce up a kitchen or build us a garage. So, we the undersigned, hereby pledge to live by these words. We will make employee safety our number-one priority. And we are asking other businesses to join us.