April 18, 2024

You’re the Boss Blog: Advice for Small Businesses Coping With a Natural Disaster

Last September, we published a How I Saved My Company video created by Vince Morvillo, who owns Sea Lake Yacht Sales, a dealership in Houston, that had been hit by a one-two punch. First, Hurricane Ike, a Category 4 storm, struck Texas in 2008, doing terrible damage. And then came the recession. In that video, Mr. Morvillo talked about how his company survived a period when many of his customers had higher priorities than buying a yacht.

Mr. Morvillo, a yachtsman who was born blind, has prepared a new video, above, in which he offers advice to businesses on the East Coast that may have been affected by Hurricane Irene.

Article source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4717a6562db87e3da3bcb92c3b9bab18

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