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Hiscox Authors Series: Small Business Benefits of Starting a Blog

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Hiscox Authors Series for Entrepreneurs

Small business expert and author Stephanie Chandler shares tips on how to expand your web presence. This week as part of the Hiscox Authors Series for Entrepreneurs we bring you an interview with Stephanie Chandler, author of LEAP! 101 Ways to Grow Your Business. In this video Stephanie explains how the internet is underutilized by a lot [...]

Leap Year Season One, Episode Ten: Life in 3D

This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Watch Leap Year Season One

Episode 10 – Life in 3D Lisa goes into labor as Aaron, Bryn and Derek meet with programming genius, Sergei Lenov (Mark Gantt), at his cabin in the woods. With hours left, the gang tries desperately to get the final pieces together to present their new plan to their mysterious investor. Hiscox Commentary The Leap [...]

Leap Year Season One, Episode Nine: Kind of a Genius

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Episode 9 – Kind of a Genius With everyone on board with Jack and Bryn’s plans, the group just needs two small pieces of the puzzle: money, and a possibly insane Russian genius who lives somewhere in the woods. What could be easier? Special guest star Guy Kawasaki! Hiscox Commentary Fundraising is a crucial matter [...]

Do You Know What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur?

According to Harvard Business Schoool academics it’s a combination of skill, luck and good timing. What makes some entrepreneurs successful and others unsuccessful? It’s a combination of skill, luck and good timing, according to Harvard Business School academics. In their paper “Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship,” Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David Scharfstein looked into the [...]

Leap Year Season Two Trailer

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Small business series Leap Year returns for it’s second season, 10 episodes airing every Monday starting June 18. It’s finally here, the trailer for the 2nd season of Leap Year. We’re excited to share this with you and hope you’ll join us for the 10 episode new season airing on Mondays starting June 18. This season follows the [...]

Leap Year Season One, Episode Eight: Five Roads

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Episode 8 – Five Roads Jack has a plan to win the competition and save his friends’ startups. The problem? No one trusts him, no one likes him. Special guest star Julie Warner. Presented by Hiscox Small Business Insurance. Hiscox Commentary Forgiveness, teamwork, unity. Great qualities for anyone in life and in business. But, are [...]

Hiscox launches a new small business channel on Fora.tv

Hiscox sponsors new series on Fora.tv called – ‘Think Big – strategies to improve your small business. At Hiscox we are continuously looking for new ways to help our customers grow their business. In addition to recently launching our new Authors Series for Entrepreneurs, we have teamed up to sponsor a brand new small business resource channel [...]

Leap Year Season One, Episode Seven: Corporate Cupid

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Episode 7 – Corporate Cupid Derek gets slapped with a lawsuit and seeks help from his attorney Josie Lanning (special guest star Julie Warner). Jack loses his only client and most of his friends. Hiscox Commentary on Small Business Insurance In this episode we find out that Derek stole the server and Scarlett threatened to sue [...]

Get small business advice, join our live Twitter chat

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Hiscox Authors Series for Entrepreneurs

Get advice from featured author Susan Urquhart-Brown and ask her your small business questions live on Twitter. The Hiscox Authors Series will host a live Twitter Chat with Susan Urquhart-Brown, author of The Accidental Entrpreneur: The 50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Starting a Business. Join us on Twitter @hiscoxsmallbiz tomorrow, April [...]

Join our liveTwitter chat!

Ask Author and Entrepreneur Susan Urquhart-Brown your small business questions on Twitter! As part of our Hiscox Author Series for Entrepreneurs we will be hosting a: Live Twitter Chat with The Accidental Entrepreneur author Susan Urquhart-Brown Thursday, April 26th at 2 P.M. EST During this Twitter chat you can ask Susan about her journey as an “accidental entrepreneur,” [...]

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