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This entry is part 3 of 14 in the series Hiscox Authors Series for EntrepreneursThe minute someone owes you money, you’re losing money. Here are some tips for streamlining your accounts receivables. Nineteen years. 600 clients. And 27 bottles of Mylanta. That’s what it’s been like running my business. That’s what it’s been like collecting [...]
Both coasts are in high demand for technology startups, but what about the Midwest? Learn how the Midwest is earning the name Silicon Prairie. You’ve heard of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley in New York, but how about Silicon Prairie? Omaha, Nebraska is pretty much smack-dab between the two and it has a creative vibe [...]
Bunkhouse Management grew into a hospitality firm through the vision and hard work of Liz Lambert. Find out how she became a small business owner. Hiscox Small Business Insurance had the pleasure of co-sponsoring the March Face 2 Face series hosted by The Austin Business Journal. The Face 2 Face series gives the Austin business [...]
Are You Headed to Austin for SXSW? Leave the Festival With an iPad Mini in Your Small Business Toolkit. We’ve extended our contest to win a brand new iPad Mini until March 17th in order to provide you with some more clues. You still have a chance to win! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook [...]
It was tough for small businesses in 2012, but it would seem that many entrepreneurs think this year is unlikely to be much better. Two major small business confidence surveys – the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index and the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index – plunged late last year and [...]
The IRS just suspended rules requiring tax preparers to be IRS approved. What exactly does this mean for companies and individuals using tax preparers, and for tax preparers themselves? Taxes are an important aspect of running a small business and the last thing any company, or individual, wants is to be audited. So, if the [...]
Small business is a hot topic in the 2012 election, but will politicians forget about small business owners after they vote? The only constituencies getting more love than small businesses this election season are puppies and newborns. In fact, some of the old political tactics of kissing babies and kowtowing to seniors have been largely replaced by [...]
With parts of Apple’s iPhone 5 leaked, does the competition now have the upper hand? Rumor has it that the iPhone 5 will be released this September. Apple has always been secretive about its products and I can only imagine that Apple’s facility looks something like the mysterious Area 51. This time, however, someone was able [...]
In any business, you’re only as good as your word and the actions that back them. Yesterday, in a scene straight out of the Depression, Greeks withdrew €700 million (nearly $900 million) from the country’s banks as the nascent government quickly crumbled amid continued political infighting. If we’ve learned anything from the financial crisis over [...]
Hiscox sponsors the Rice University Business Plan Competition. I was lucky enough to attend the annual Rice University Business Plan competition last weekend in Houston, Texas. This is the world’s biggest business plan competition and over $1.5m was awarded in prizes and funding. Hundreds of applications from around the world were submitted and then 42 [...]
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