Partial Reopening for Art, Toy and Book Shops
• May 18, 2020

Under D.C.’s Educational and Academic Retail Shops (EARS) pilot program, certain nonessential businesses can get waivers to offer pickup and curbside service through June 8.

Tech Tip: Do Online Banking? Read This …
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Never access your online account with a PC or device that you use to log in to social media sites or free email accounts (like Hotmail) or to surf the web.

Tech Tip: How to Keep Staff From Unintentionally Causing a Security Breach
• May 11, 2020

Once the foundation is in place, the next most important thing you can do is create an Acceptable Use Policy and train your employees on how to use company devices and other security protocols

Pandemic Pivot: How Businesses Are Adapting
• May 6, 2020

Many local businesses are turning to creative ways to stay afloat during the coronavirus restrictions — even as they know their percentage of sales is way down and they apply […]

A Tip of the Hat to Proper Topper
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After store closures, store openings and a current chemotherapy regime, Anna Fuhrman is still propping and topping — no small feat in the turbulent world of COVID-19 retail.

Business Ins & Outs: Tacqueria, Cafe Ama, Starbucks & More
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COMING: TACQUERIA IN DEAN & DELUCA SPACE District Bodega, a tacqueria serving fresh Mexican cuisine, is planning to move into the former D.C. home of Dean & DeLuca at 3276 […]

Tech Tip: Make Phishing Training a Priority
• May 4, 2020

With businesses forced to use technology to support a remote workforce, It becomes extremely important to train your employees to spot phishing attempts.

Virtual ANC 2E: Recovery, Sidewalks, 3000 M, Water St.
• April 30, 2020

The May meeting of the advisory neighborhood commission, on Monday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m., will be held online via Zoom. You can also join the meeting by telephone.

Tech Tip: If You’ve Ever Said This, You’re Asking to Be Hacked
• April 27, 2020

Half of all cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses because they make themselves low-hanging fruit with sloppy or nonexistent security protocols.

Business Ins & Outs: Founders Bank Opens, Qatar buys Hollerith House & More
• April 22, 2020

IN: FOUNDERS BANK OPENS Former executives of the Bank of Georgetown — acquired by United Bank in 2016 for $269 million — opened Founders Bank (as in Founding Fathers) last […]