Small-business owners need to plan for disasters
A spring that has already brought deadly and destructive weather to parts of the country is a reminder to small businesses that they need to prepare for disasters that could shut them down. Owners should try to make their companies as prepared as possible - or at the least be sure that employees and data are protected.
Disaster planning tends to get pushed lower and lower on owners’ to-do lists as they handle the more pressing day-to-day demands of running a company. Or, they put it off because they feel overwhelmed by the prospect of putting a plan together.
”Small business owners have an inflated idea of what the cost is going to be, or the complexity,” said disaster recovery expert John Toigo, CEO of Toigo Partners International, which is based in Tampa, Fla. He noted that small companies usually have an easier task than their larger counterparts when it comes to disaster prep.
A small business does need to be sure about the safety and accessibility of two critical assets: its employees and its data.
”Build a solid contact list with at least five ways to contact every employee,” Toigo said. And don’t just keep the list electronically - print it out and keep it in your wallet. Keep it updated - especially when people are making plans to evacuate.
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