Disaster Planning: Page 4

Money & Finance

How to Handle Cash Flow When Disaster Strikes

What you need to consider to keep your business up and running when forces beyond your control cause you to temporarily shut down your business.

Leadership

Six Tips to Keep Your Business Going After Losing Your Partner

How to survive and rebuild while dealing with grief and loss.

Science & Technology

How to Prepare Your Business Data for the End of the World

According to the Mayan calendar, doomsday is right around the corner. Here are three things to do to get your business data ready for a disaster of any size.

Growing a Business

Business Interruption Insurance: What It Will -- and Won't -- Cover

Special coverage can help you recoup profits lost during storms and other disasters. Here's what you need to know.

Franchise

How One Franchise Owner Got His Businesses Running After Hurricane Sandy

How Eric Casaburi's Retro Fitness and Let's Yo! franchise systems bounced back after the superstorm.

Innovation

3 Disaster Recovery Strategies That Spur Innovation

How to find the silver lining in a crisis and use it to strengthen your business.

Devices

3 Tools for Keeping Your Gadgets Running When the Power Goes Out

Be prepared the next time you lose electricity with these handy alternative power sources.

Productivity

6 Ways to Stay Productive in a Power Outage

As Hurricane Sandy barrels into the Eastern Seaboard, don't let a loss of electricity slow down your progress.

Business News

Manage Through the Unthinkable With a Disaster Plan

Running a business is hard enough without worrying about wildfires or hurricanes. But a solid plan can help your business stay open and productive if disaster strikes.

Money & Finance

3 Insurance Gambles That Put Your Business at Risk

Many business owners don't even think about insuring their business. Here are tips that can protect your company.

Growing a Business

How to Recover Quickly When Disaster Strikes

Small businesses can't predict when Mother Nature may strike, but they certainly can be prepared for hurricanes, ice storms and other calamities.

Growing a Business

How a Business Emergency Plan Paid Off in Tornado-Struck Joplin, Mo.

When a tornado ravaged the town of Joplin, Mo., few businesses were left intact. Here's how one owner and his employees made it through the storm. And what you can learn from their story.

Growing a Business

Top Seven Mistakes Business Owners Make Filing Insurance Claims

In the chaos that follows a natural disaster, here are the top mistakes business owners make in filing insurance claims.

Growing a Business

Seven Steps to Get Your Business Ready For the Big One

The giant earthquake in Japan should serve as a reminder to business owners in the U.S. to have a backup plan.

Marketing

How to Be Entrepreneurial With Giving

The American Red Cross is just one of many outlets for entrepreneurs interested in helping out the people of Japan.