The Startup & Small Business Coronavirus Survival Guide

👋A practical wiki to help you navigate this challenging period

Tips for remote working

Guides to help you transition smoothly

How to embrace remote work - a comprehensive guide by Trello
A guide to manage your newly remote workers - from Harvard Business Review
16 home office set up guides - to help you create a calming and motivating work environment
How to set up your first home office - actionable tips to help you use what you have to create a workable office space
180 tips for remote working - searchable crowd-sourced wisdom
The Year Without Pants – Free guide to remote working
Take Control of Working From Home Temporarily – Another free guide to temporary remote working

Help for anyone navigating uncertainty

The following publications have removed their paywalls

Tips to stay focused

15 ways to increase productivity at work - okay, so this is for a traditional office setup, but the same rules apply
Snackable rules to increase work productivity - do you really need that meeting?
Expert tips for staying connected and engaged with your colleagues - a comprehensive article by Forbes
The art of working remotely to ensure productivity - a brand new guide created to help people struggling with the corona lockdown transition

The best offers we've found (so far)

Free Xfinity WiFi network throughout America - Comcast opens Xfinity nationally and offers unlimited data for free to keep American's online.
Google offers free access to advanced Hangout features - available to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally
Free plan at Convertkit extended to 500 subscribers - until April 1
Adobe offers Creative Cloud free to Students - Adobe is making temporary at-home access to Creative Cloud available until May 31, 2020 for schools and colleges who currently have only lab access for students, at no additional cost.
Slack offer free upgrades - available to teams helping to solve the coronavirus crisis
Free 90-day trial for SMEs to use Box - to support remote teams with secure cloud sharing
Free 6 month trial of Microsoft Teams - giving better access to scheduling, meeting features, recording, and storage
Free access to Cisco Webex - for secure remote working
Free language lessons for kids from Busuu - keep kids entertained while you work with free live language lessons for children anywhere in the world
Free plans with Hilo - a platform to share the highs and lows of your work day with team leaders (for employe engagement and feedback)

For informed, panic-free updates

Info to stay well and panic-free

Unmind Open Slack Channel - to promote workplace mental health amid the outbreak and beyond
COVID-19 Anxiety Management program from Talkspace - use TALKSPACE150 for $150 off any program
Workplace wellbeing as the coronavirus develops - another resource from Unmind to help you manage the impact of coronavirus on the mental wellbeing of your workforce.
Coronavirus and your wellbeing - a comprehensive guide by Mind
Coronavirus: how to protect your mental health - curated advice from experts in the BBC

To keep your mind stimulated and engaged

Free workouts from CarrotFIT - the usual $4.99 app cost has been waived
All Down Dog apps are now free - Down Dog is making all of its apps — Yoga, Yoga for Beginners, HIIT, Barre, and 7 Minute Workout — free.
Patreon’s “Weird-stream-a-thon” event on March 18
19 Minute Yoga – Free live streamed yoga classes on YouTube
GOLD’s AMP – 600 audio and video workouts free until May 31
Alto’s Odyssey and Alto’s Adventure - beautiful games, free for the next week
Cincinnati zoo and botanical garden are doing daily safari tours online - perfect if you're into animals or have kids
Netflix party - watch Netflix in sync with friends with this Google Chrome extension

Watch this space

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