About the Book
As a former senior executive of the world’s largest reinsurance company, Donna Childs dealt with disaster preparedness, risk management and business continuity strategies. This experience proved critical when she launched her own small business, which business was in the immediate vicinity of the World Trade Center on 9-11. She not only kept her business up and running, she helped many others to recover. In this book, she shows you how.
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"Two things keep rising to the top as I deal with clients going back into business...

1) EVERY business needs backup of data - offsite as well as onsite.


2) EVERY business should have a minimum of an "information" page on the Internet for their business. This trains customers to check on the business; they can see if the business has changed their hours, moved locations, etc. It allows businesses to keep in touch with customers if other forms of communication are not available. "

 

Teresa Speir
Business Counselor
Gulf Coast Small Business Development Center