The analysis aims to establish a relationship between robust business strategy taken before recession and business performance changes after recession, as well as the impact of side hustle on Nigerian economy and business performance changes after recession. The study finds that there is no significant correlation between these variables. Additionally, it examines the relationship between business performance changes after recession and economic growth in Nigeria, and finds a negative correlation indicating that small business performance does not lead to economic growth. Finally, it conducts a regression analysis to examine the impact of robust business strategy taken before recession and experiences recession before its arrival on business performance changes after recession. The results show that all independent variables are statistically insignificant, indicating that they have no significant influence on the variation of dependent variable.