Kathryn Hack

Emergency Planning for the Solo Entrepreneur: Back Up Your Business-Before Disaster Strikes Kathryn Hack

Commendation Quotes: "Kathryn Hack has given the Solo Entrepreneur the perfect guide to the how, why, who, where and what of creating their business. The information is spot on and the way it is delivered makes it both helpful and easy to follow. Kathryn has provided the best guidebook available . . . OUTSTANDING!"Biographical Note: Kathryn Hack is a solo entrepreneur and the founder of Tiger Communications, a commercial print brokerage in business since 1999. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Commendation Quotes: "I've worked with thousands of entrepreneurs as a trainer and coach, and have seen firsthand how an unexpected crisis can ruin a business and a life. But it doesn't have to be that way. Whether you're about to start, grow, or reinvent your business, Kathryn's book gives you a step-by-step system to follow so you have one less threat to worry about as an entrepreneur. This book is not just a must-read, it's a must-implement!"Commendation Quotes: "Kathryn Hack is a meticulous and powerful writer. Reading her book is like having a personal coach, asking critical questions and making sure you analyze your business so that everything is in order--from taking stock of the thousand odds and ends that comprise each solo entrepreneur's business, to the vision statement that helps others understand what the business was set up to do. I feel like I have just been given the keys to liberating myself from the cloud of doubt we all secretly feel about the fragility of life. Having everything organized for unforeseen events is a freeing experience."Publisher Marketing: Disasters are sudden, calamitous events that can bring about great loss and failure to a business. Some disasters can be prevented through good judgment and careful planning; others--whether "acts of God" such as flood or fire or a personal health crisis--cannot be. What will happen if the one person responsible for the day-to-day operations of a solo entrepreneurship is suddenly incapacitated and unable to manage the business? In cases of small businesses that do not have a clear backup or disaster recovery plan, the outcome is often the total failure of the business. This book is both a wakeup call and an action plan for small business owners. It will guide readers toward creating a backup system that will enable a business to "run itself" without the immediate presence of its owner--for a week, a month, or even longer. The author presents a tested strategy that has its roots in preparing for natural disasters, and replaces the all-too-common refusal to believe that bad things can and do happen with hard facts and realism. Clearly, solopreneurs cannot afford to take risks of failure when it comes to their businesses--the most important thing in their lives aside from family and health.