Emergency Planning for the Solo Entrepreneur: Back Up Your Business--Before Disaster Strikes

209 Pages·2015·6.09 MB·English

by  Kathryn Hack

Emergency Planning for
the Solo Entrepreneur

Emergency Planning for
the Solo Entrepreneur
Back Up Your Business—Before
Disaster Strikes
K H
ATHRYN ACK
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ISBN978–1–4408–4149–1(hardback)—ISBN978–1–4408–4150–7(ebook)
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
PART ONE THEPLAN
Chapter 1 TakingStock 3
ExploringtheBroaderIssuesofSurvival
Chapter 2 GettingOrganized 13
Organization,Documentation,andCommunication
Chapter 3 DefiningYourGoals 21
Short,Intermediate,andLong-Term
Chapter 4 ChoosingYourBackupTeam 31
LeverageTheirCapabilitiesNow,WhileYouCan
Chapter 5 MakingItOfficial 45
EmpowerYourTeamtoActLegally
Chapter 6 ManagingtheMoney 55
StayFiscallySoundduringaCrisis
viii CONTENTS
Chapter 7 GettingVisual 63
VisualAidsasaToolforManagingChange
Chapter 8 BackingUpYourData 69
BuildaFail-SafeSystembeforeIt’sNeeded
Chapter 9 KeepingtheBusinessSafe 77
Scammers,Hackers,andIdentityThieves—HowtoStopThem
Chapter 10 PlanningYourExitStrategy 89
SoYourFutureIsNotLefttoChance
Chapter 11 BuildingaNetworkofPeople 97
YouWillNeedOutsideHelptoSurviveanEmergency
Chapter 12 TestingandImplementation 107
UncoveringAnyFlawsintheSystem
In Conclusion 113
Postscript Emergency ProceduresintheEventofaNatural
Disaster 117
PART TWO ACTIONGUIDE
Step One TakeStock 123
Step Two GetOrganized 127
Step Three DefineYourGoals 135
Step Four ChooseYourBackupTeam 141
Step Five MakeItOfficial 147
Step Six ManagetheMoney 151
Step Seven GetVisual 157
Step Eight BackUpYourData 159
Step Nine KeeptheBusinessSafe 163
CONTENTS ix
Step Ten PlanYourExitStrategy 165
Step Eleven BuildaNetworkofPeople 169
Step Twelve TestandImplement 173
Resources 175
Index 177