Inc.’s solutions center offers expert advice on handling panicked customers, interrupted supply chains, webinars, Zoom meetings, hyper kids, and a work environment that changes by the hour.

Inc.’s Guide to Getting Your Business Through this 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.

A Letter From Inc.’s CEO

Inc.'s Guide to Getting Your Business Through this Crisis
Inc.’s Guide to Getting Your Business Through this Crisis

General Preparation

How to Get Started
How to Build a Business Continuity Plan
Mark Cuban’s 4 Best Tips for Weathering a Business Downturn
Business Forecasts
In 2008, a Legendary VC Firm Warned of an Economic Crisis. It Just Sent the Same Alert About the Coronavirus
Contingency Planning
Worried About A Recession? Millionaire Barbara Corcoran’s 3 Best Pieces of Business Advice
What’s Plan B? The Lifeboat Strategy for Your Startup
How Leaders Can Effectively Manage in Times of Uncertainty
Helping Others
7 Ways You Can Help People You Care About During the Pandemic

Cash Flow

Finding Capital
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 Handle a Cash-Flow Crisis Without Taking Out a High-Interest Loan
Government Assistance
Tracker: Financial Assistance for Businesses Hit by the Coronavirus Crisis
Contingency Planning
4 Things to Know When You’re Facing a Sudden Cash Crunch

Employee Relations 

Staffing Issues
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
Contingency Planning
How Business Owners Are Responding to Business Disruption–and Even Finding Reasons for Optimism
How Business Owners Are Working to Maintain Sales and Avoid Layoffs as the Economy Grinds to a Halt​ 

Leadership

Communication
If You Can Honestly Answer Yes to Any of These 4 Questions, You’re Ready to Lead in a Crisis​
How to Meet With Your Team in Times of Crisis
Motivation and Inspiration
Bill Gates and Elon Musk Just Issued Very Different Responses to the Coronavirus. It’s a Lesson in Emotional Intelligence

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