Essential Guide to Getting Your Business Through the Covid-19 Crisis

Here's a brief guide to business continuity to help you steer your company through today's uncharted territory. You'll find tips and advice on planning for a range of operational contingencies, including people, facilities, vendors, and systems, such as technology. You'll also find guidance on issues especially critical to entrepreneurs, such as cash flow, leadership, self-care, and even inspiration.

On March 18, President Trump signed the $100 million Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), a law that provides employees of certain small businesses emergency paid sick leave and child care leave, among other provisions.

Getting Started

How to Build a Business Continuity Plan


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Self-Care

18 Habits of Mentally Strong People


Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent


3 Techniques to Stay Focused and Productive in Times of Uncertainty


Your Gratitude Practice: The 1 Thing Resilient People Do Before They Get Up Every Morning


Here's How to Avoid Loneliness and Isolation When You Live Alone and Work From Home. Hint: Facebook Won't Help

Leadership

How to Meet With Your Team in Times of Crisis


How Leaders Can Effectively Manage in Times of Uncertainty


Bill Gates and Elon Musk Just Issued Very Different Responses to the Coronavirus. It's a Lesson in Emotional Intelligence

People

Congress Is Poised to Come Up With Coronavirus Aid for Small Business. Here's What to Expect


The Coronavirus Has Been Devastating for Some Companies. 6 Questions to Ask Before You Consider Layoffs


The Best Way to Tell Your Staff That You Expect to Make Job Cuts


Working From Home? Here Are 7 Things You Should Start Doing Today



A Beginner's Guide to Working From Home Without Driving Yourself and Your Family Crazy

Facilities

A Comprehensive Guide to Collaboration Tools for Businesses with Teams Working From Home


These 5 Tech Companies Are Providing Free Remote Working Tools During the Coronavirus Outbreak


23 Essential Tips for Working Remotely

Systems

Worried About Your Remote Team's Cybersecurity? Do These 5 Things Right Now to Protect Your Business


Here's How to Get Your iPhone or Mac Repaired While Most Apple Stores Are Closed Worldwide

Cash Flow

Strapped for Cash? 2 Business Loans You Need to Pay Attention to Right Now


Where to Turn for Financial Help for Your Small Business During the Coronavirus Crisis


Tracker: Financial Assistance for Businesses Hit by the Coronavirus Crisis


How to Handle a Cash-Flow Crisis Without Taking Out a High-Interest Loan

Business Forecasts

In 2008, a Legendary VC Firm Warned of an Economic Crisis. It Just Sent the Same Alert About the Coronavirus

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