From novel to sobering: When the world changed

Editor's note: These stories are part of a national Special Report from The Business Journals: Small Business, Big Mission. The headlines coming out of 2019 were random and fairly innocuous in the early going of the novel coronavirus outbreak. By mid-February things had taken an ominous turn. On Valentine’s Day, Facebook canceled its upcoming, 5,000-attendee company summit in San Francisco. Three days later, Apple warned of a pending hit to revenue. By March 1, the daily economic toll was being…