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Emergency Planning for Solopreneurs: What You Need To Know

Kylie Travers · Smart Money, Simple Life Free Beginner

This is the practical build-it-this-weekend version of a one-person continuity plan, written for a business where the only employee is you. It walks through naming a trusted person who can step in, handing them a master list of passwords and account access, and writing an action plan that spells out exactly which tasks keep running the moment you flip the switch, including putting the site in holiday mode so paying customers are not left hanging. It even covers the boring parts that matter: dual backups of your data, and storing the plan (digital plus a hard copy) somewhere your backup person can actually find it.

  • Name one trusted backup person and hand them a master access list plus a written task-by-task action plan
  • Prepare a graceful pause: know how to put the business in holiday mode so customers are informed, not stranded
  • Keep dual backups of critical data and store the whole plan where your backup person can reach it without you
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The question it answers

  1. What happens to my customers and my business if I get sick, and how do I reduce that single-point-of-failure risk?

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