Risk Management Archives

How Life Insurance Can Protect Your Business

By SmallBizClub | Feb 25, 2016

As an entrepreneur, you’ve spent years of your life building a name for yourself by opening your own business. But what happens when you’re gone? Without a plan in place, there’s nothing to protect your business from going under. Just like traditional life insurance, business life insurance protects your business in the event of your…

6 Surprises That Can Shut Down Your Small Business

By SmallBizClub | Oct 21, 2015

One moment you are running a successful business, and the next moment your company is shut down. It happens every day in this country. The following basic but overlooked events are the six most common reasons a business experiences a sudden shutdown. Air conditioning If your air conditioning system fails in the hot months, you…

5 Important Online Security Tips for Small Businesses

By SmallBizClub | Sep 22, 2015

You probably hear about a major data breach in the news at least a few times a month, and they rock some of the world’s largest corporations to the core. Yet large corporations are not the only targets for hackers. The information you have on the computers in your office is often just as valuable,…

4 Incidents That Could Torpedo Your Business

By SmallBizClub | Aug 28, 2015

You had a vision, and you’re now up and running, but you’ve been running on a tight shoestring budget for a few years. You’re still well within the make-it-or-break-it five year period, but business has grown steadily, and there’s good reason for optimism. Don’t get torpedoed by any of these incidents that can sink you…

How to Flood Proof Your Phone System

By Scott Resnick | Jun 29, 2015

Recently, Houston has been experiencing a tremendous amount of flooding. River levels are steadily rising. What was once your neighborhood pond is now your neighborhood lake.

How to Avoid a Data Disaster

By SmallBizClub | Jun 25, 2015

Data loss can have a devastating impact on small businesses. In fact, 20% of small to medium businesses will suffer a major disaster causing loss of critical data every 5 years.

How to Combat Small Business Fraud

By SmallBizClub | Jun 22, 2015

Fraud can be hugely costly for a business, and any organization strives to detect and defend against business fraud. The factors that drive people and employees to commit fraud are complex,

How Data Center Design Affects Your Data Backup Plan

By Scott Resnick | Jun 19, 2015

What’s the most valuable asset your company owns? If you’re like a lot of businesses, it’s your data. What your business is doing today, what it’s done in the past, where it’s going in the future, and how you’re going to get there – that’s all in your data center.

Safety in the Workplace: 6 Dangers to Know

By SmallBizClub | Jun 2, 2015

One of the most important things any manager should uphold in the workplace is safety. Without a safe work environment, you are putting the lives and well-being of your employees on the line.

5 Data Center Design Commandments

By Scott Resnick | May 7, 2015

If you’re creating a data center design from scratch, it’s important to think a little bit about how you’re going to lay it out before you get building. Here are a few areas to think about: