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.

Getting Started

• 3 Things You Can Do to Help Your Business Survive an Economic Downturn
• How to Build a Business Continuity Plan
• Mark Cuban’s 4 Best Tips for Weathering a Business Downturn
• Steve Blank: What’s Plan B? The Lifeboat Strategy for Your Startup
• 4 Things to Know When You’re Facing a Sudden Cash Crunch
• How Leaders Can Effectively Manage in Times of Uncertainty
• 10 Things Every Small-Business Owner Needs to Do to Prepare for the Impact of COVID-19

Cash Flow

Government Aid

• Your Biggest Stimulus Loan Questions, Answered
• $2 Trillion in Stimulus: What Business Owners Need to Do Next
• Small Businesses Could Land SBA Loans in as Soon as 2 Weeks. Here’s Who’s Eligible
• Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Business Loan Forgiven
• A $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Is on the Way: Here’s What’s In It for Business Owners
• Tracker: Financial Assistance for Businesses Hit by the Coronavirus Crisis
• 4 Things to Know When You’re Facing a Sudden Cash Crunch
• FAQ on Disaster Assistance Loans

Finding Capital

• Google Unveiled a $340 Million Grant Program to Help Small Businesses
• 4 Cash-Flow Management Strategies to Get Your Business Through Tough Times
• 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

Managing Debt

• How to Manage Salaries During COVID-19
• How to Handle a Cash-Flow Crisis Without Taking Out a High-Interest Loan

Economic Forecasting

• 3 Likely Scenarios for Economic Recovery From the Coronavirus: The Conference Board Report
• In 2008, a Legendary VC Firm Warned of an Economic Crisis. It Just Sent the Same Alert About the Coronavirus

Sales Trends

• Yelp: Here’s Where Customers Are Still Spending Money

People

Staffing

• How to Lay Off Employees When Everyone Is Remote
• How to Hire When You Can’t Meet in Person
• How to Help Your Laid-Off or Furloughed Employees Apply for Unemployment

• 6 Questions to Ask Before You Consider Layoffs
• The Best Way to Tell Your Staff That You Expect to Make Job Cuts

Benefits

• What the Newly Passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act Means for You

Working From Home

• Some Jobs Can’t Be Done Remotely. Here’s What Business Owners Are Doing to Keep Those Employees Safe
• 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
• 23 Essential Tips for Working Remotely

• How to Avoid Loneliness and Isolation When You Live Alone and Work From Home

(Remote Work Tools, below)

Managing Stress

• Emotional Survival Tips to Refocus in Tough Times
• Feeling Overwhelmed at Work? 8 Self-Care Activities That Take 5 Minutes or Less
• 18 Habits of Mentally Strong People
• Your Gratitude Practice: The 1 Thing Resilient People Do Before They Get Up Every Morning
• 5 TED Talks That Will Help You Manage Anxiety and Build Resilience​
• Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent
• How to Host a Virtual Happy Hour and Why It Will Improve Your Mood
• 7 Ways You Can Help People You Care About During the Pandemic

Productivity​

• 3 Techniques to Stay Focused and Productive in Times of Uncertainty

Leadership

Communication

• How to Embrace the Power of No in Your Business
• If You Can Answer Yes to Any of These 4 Questions, You’re Ready to Lead
• How to Meet With Your Team in Times of Crisis

• How to Expand Your Company’s, Resilience Zone
• How Real Leaders Step Up to the Plate

Motivation and Inspiration

• Employees Are Dealing With Major Anxiety Due to the Coronavirus. Here Are 3 Ways Emotional Intelligence Can Help
• Bill Gates and Elon Musk Just Issued Very Different Responses to the Coronavirus. It’s a Lesson in Emotional Intelligence

Systems/Technology