With most of your energy directed at building and growing your business, you may be overlooking a critical preventative measure to ensure its ongoing livelihood: disaster preparedness. According to the Institute for Business and Home Safety, an estimated 25% of businesses don’t open again after a major disaster.
When you hear “major disaster,” you probably conjure up images of hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, and other devastating works of Mother Nature. While those are indeed disasters worth preparing for (and they have existing guides and checklists you can use to do so), you should also consider disasters of a more manmade variety.
