New member-Doctoral student and entrepreneur

1.Recognize that your business can suffer a natural disaster. Small businesses the world over have been affected by disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and fire.
2.Develop your recovery plan before disaster strikes. Make sure everyone in your company is familiar with the plan and knows what steps to take in emergencies.
3.Have adequate insurance. You’ll need coverage not only for property damage and loss (including inventory), but also for business interruption.
4.Draw up a list of telephone numbers for all employees. Assign certain employees to call others if disaster strikes. That way, you can learn who is all right and who needs help, and you can quickly communicate instructions about your business.
5.Don’t forget your computer system. Keep backup programs and duplicate records (accounts receivable, client information, and the like) at a different, safe site.

I am a doctoral student (and an entrepreneur) conducting research of employee retention and engagement issues that affect you, your business, and your employees, and I would greatly appreciate your participation in my study. If you would, please have each of your employees (and yourself) complete a brief online survey that takes less than 10 minutes. All responses will be anonymous and used for no purpose other than academic research. Results of this research study will be available at www.drdavidallenbrown.com once the study is published later this year. My hope is that the study will provide some key insights for retaining and engaging small entrepreneurial business employees.

There is a limited time window to participate in this research survey so please do so now by visiting this URL and instructing your employees to do the same:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V2J5X5H

Thank you!
David A. Brown, Doctoral Candidate
Doctor of Business Administration – Technology Entrepreneurship
Walden University
[email]David.Brown3@waldenu.edu[/email]