Protect & Recover From Disaster
A flood, hurricane, fire, or storm closes more small businesses than any recession. Prepare before, insure against the real gaps, move fast after, tap SBA disaster loans, and reopen stronger.
- Prepare your business before disaster strikes: A flood, fire, storm, or extended power outage closes far more small businesses for good than a bad economy ever does — and the ones that…
- Insure against the disasters that can end you: The gap that sinks businesses after a disaster is almost always the coverage they thought they had but didn't. Standard property insurance…
- Recover after a disaster: your first moves: The hours and days right after a disaster are chaotic, and what you do in them shapes how well you recover. Safety comes first, always —…
- Get an SBA disaster loan: When a disaster is federally declared, the SBA offers low-interest disaster loans directly to businesses — to repair the physical damage…
- Reopen and come back stronger: Getting the doors open again is a win — but reopening well is what wins your customers back and keeps you from being caught flat-footed…
More playlists on money
- Cash is Tight This Week: Collect what's owed and raise your floor — two moves that buy you breathing room fast.
- Money Basics: New to the money side? Start here — separate your accounts, see what's really happening, and price so you actually get paid.
- Take Control of Your Money: Got the basics handled? Go further — know your numbers cold, build a cushion, and keep more of every dollar.
- Fund Your Business: Need money to start or grow? Figure out how much, learn your real options, build business credit, and find the right lender.
- Get Funding-Ready: Turn a nervous ask into an approval: know what lenders check, understand SBA loans and grants, and steer clear of the money that sinks businesses.
- Taxes, Demystified: The thing everyone dreads, in plain English. What you owe, when it's due, and how to keep it from biting you.
- Scale Up Your Business: Ready to grow bigger? Know when you're truly ready, fund it without sinking, add capacity without breaking, protect your profit, and build systems so it doesn't all rest on you.
- Buy or Sell a Business: Grow by buying instead of building, weigh a franchise, or plan the exit that pays you back. Vet a deal, value and fund it, and get your own business ready to sell.
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