RE-OPEN - 4R Project
As North Dakota businesses re-open, guidelines and processes vary by industry. If your business is ready, the state has provided those initial guidelines:
The ND Smart Restart steps include:
- Workplace Self Assessment
- Essential Workplace Recommendations for COVID-19
- Industry specific guidelines
Additionally, there is a list of ND Smart Restart Contacts and Workplace COVID-19 Resources.
Our national association, ASBDC, also put together a guide to help you plan and prepare.
4R Project Recordings:
- The 4R Project - Getting North Dakota Back in Business - recording
- Coronavirus Tax Relief for Employers and Business Owners - recording
- Small Business Legal Issues: Employee & Customer Safety, HR issues, insurance and liability - recording
- Cybersecurity for Small Business Owner - recording
- How your Business can Harness the Power of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Resilience in Response to COVID-19 - recording
- Small Business Legal Issues: Legal structure, implications, bankruptcy and solvency issues due to COVID-19 - recording
- Hospitality Leadership - recording
- Creative Marketing in the Hospitality Industry - recording
- Restaurant and Hospitality Industry recovery and adaptation
- Resiliency in business and mental health
- Marketing
- Types of Disaster Plans and Why You Need One
- Examples from a Real Business Working with PPP implementation, tracking, and forgiveness
Upcoming Webinars/Events:
- Disaster Planning: Riots, Floods, and Hurricanes - oh my! (2 part series) - Sept 23 & 30
- National Small Business Week
- Presentation of National Small Business Award Winners - Sept 22
- Educational Presentations and panel discussions that help both new and existing businesses to recover, adapt, and innovate in this challenging time - Sept 23 & 24
- 50th Anniversary of the Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program - virtual conference - Sept 24-25
- Audit Your Social Media - Sept 28 (the first in a week long social media series)
- Business Builders Workshop: Cybersecurity in Today's World - Oct 13
- American Express - Help Empower Your Business for the Road Ahead - Oct 20
- Business Builders Workshop: Building a Home Based Business - Nov 3
Webinar Recordings
- PPP Loan Forgiveness: Application Walk through and Prep - June 23
- PPP Loan Forgiveness: Application Walk through and Prep - June 24
- Business Builders Workshop: Social Media Foundations
- EPA/CDC: Safely Disinfecting Public Places to Reopen America
- Business Builders Workshop: Succession Planning
- Business Builders BONUS: Building Your Funding Stream
Tools
- Lowe's & LISC grants for minority & women owned, as well as rural businesses
- Facebook launched a Virtual Shopping Mall option
- As businesses transition online, there can be a lot of questions about taxes. This website covers information for many states as it relates to remote sellers.
- Constant Contact Action Plans for various industries
- Salesforce - A Guide to Safely Reopening Your Business
Resources
- How to Implement Flexible Scheduling That's a Win-Win for You and Your Employees
- Nine Guidelines for Reopening After a COVID-19 Shutdown
- Quickbooks Online and Desktop Discounts - contact our site nearest you to inquire about up to 40% off your first 12-months.
Employee Testing & Business Liability
- There has been much discussion about business liability protection as it relates to reopening. Read more
- .Considerations for Mandatory Testing and Vaccinations. Read more,
As we progress in this phase, the ND SBDC will be providing additional training and one-on-one advising from subject matter experts. If you have a topic you'd like to see included, please let us know.
Permanently Closing a Business
While we hope it doesn't come to this, we know the reality of our current situation and that it is inevitable that some businesses will not survive.
It's a difficult decision that is sometimes necessary. And, there are certain steps to follow to do it correctly. Our advisors can offer guidance and assistance, however obtaining specific legal, accounting, or tax advice specific to your business is often recommended.
The SBA and resource partners put together a checklist to get you stated should this be the unfortunate path for your business.