Episode 23: How a Tech Smart Boss Creates a Contingency Plan for Their Business

As an entrepreneur, we always plan for the best, but we need to be prepared for the worst.  In this episode, I go over a 5 step plan that I use to build contingency plan in the key areas of my business (including technology) and discuss how you can apply them to small and large-sized businesses.

Topics Discussed (Time Stamped)

0:42 Setting up and building contingency plans for your business
02:37 The cool tech of the week: Dropbox Paper
06:50 How to build Contingency plan for your business
10:27 Infrastructure touch points in environment that levers technology
10: Help systems
12:28 How exposed you are to the technology standpoint in your business
15:23 The Con of using the technology and its contingency
22:34 Approach to Contingency Planning
22:56 1. Prioritize the risk
28:59 2. Look at your priority list and think about how can the risk be reduced
31:34 3: Timeline and trigger points
33:16 4. Communication plan
37:18 5. Maintain the plan

Quotes Worth Sharing

Resources Mentioned

• Quip – https://quip.com/
• Google Docs – https://www.google.com/docs/about/
• Office Online – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/
• Box – https://www.box.com/
• Cool Tech of the Week – https://dialpad.com/
• Paper by Dropbox – https://www.dropbox.com/paper
• Skype – https://www.skype.com/
• Grasshopper – http://grasshopper.com/
• Helpscout – https://www.helpscout.net/
• Desk – https://www.desk.com/
• Salesforce – https://www.salesforce.com/
• G Suite – https://gsuite.google.com/
• Xero – https://www.xero.com/
• Amazon Web Services – https://www.amazon.com/
• Gusto – https://gusto.com/
• Recur Post – https://recurpost.com/

Thanks!

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