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Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Small Businesses

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This guide to disaster preparedness is useful to any small business owner who wants to manage risk and avert catastrophic losses. The first part of the book explains how to prepare for disasters, while the second outlines the best ways to deal with disasters when they do happen. The first part is critical; proper preparation can minimize the potential damage and enable getting the business up and running again faster. In some cases, proper preparation can avoid any losses at all even if a disaster strikes.

The thorough treatment of the subject of insurance in preparing for disasters and dealing with their aftermath is particularly useful. What differentiates the book from a number of publications on the topic is the very clear outline of specific steps that a small business could--and should--take in preparing to disasters. Such a truly practical guide has been missing until now. In today's world of heightened risk and potential crises, reading this book is a great first step toward being better prepared for disasters.

While the focus is primarily on the matters of particular importance to small businesses, the key elements of disaster preparedness are presented so well that, despite the title, they are relevant to businesses of any size.

Highly recommended!

When I bought this book to learn how to ensure the safety of my small business I was expecting a dry introduction to the subject. Instead, the book was thorough, taking me step by step through every possibility and more surprisingly, it was engaging! I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in protecting their business!

This is the second of Ms. Child's books I've read. This one, however, is a superior read and while comprehensive in structure is easy to follow and digest. What I enjoy most is that everything the author writes is explained clearly or backed up by fact or example. The attention to detail is truly noteworthy. I highly reccomend this book to any small business owner.

I had not appreciated the importance of preparing for the everyday disaster, particularly in regards to making timely backups, until I lost my cell phone data and the information in this book helped me to immediately recover it. This book offers very practical tips for preparedness that can benefit everyone.