Run and protect your business
Protect your accounts and files, get help with work that is not worth your hours, and build simple systems that keep a one-person business running.
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Protecting a one-person business: passwords, backups and safe Wi-Fi
When you are the whole company, one lost laptop or hacked email can stop everything. Five cheap habits that prevent most disasters.
Tools that help
Freelance help
When a task is not worth your hours, hire it out by the job.
Fiverr
Hire freelancers by the job, from logo design to video editing, with fixed-price offers.
Visit Fiverr →Security & backups
Passwords, backups and protection. Losing your files or your accounts can end a one-person business, so this is cheap insurance.
LastPass
A password manager that saves and fills logins across devices.
Visit LastPass →Acronis
Backups of whole computers and files, with cloud storage and ransomware protection.
Visit Acronis →EaseUS
Backup, disk and file-recovery tools for Windows and Mac.
Visit EaseUS →Norton
Antivirus and device protection, with identity monitoring on some plans.
Visit Norton →VPNs
A VPN protects your connection on café, hotel and airport Wi-Fi.
Surfshark
A VPN with no limit on the number of devices, which suits one person with many gadgets.
Visit Surfshark →NordVPN
A well-known, fast VPN with extras such as threat protection.
Visit NordVPN →The Solo Weekly
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