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The Importance of Tail Insurance Coverage for Startups
A tail insurance policy is one of the most important risk mitigation tools for a startup approaching an exit. The mission for every founder is pretty much the same: get some traction, get funded, scale rapidly, and hit an exit opportunity. While the occasional unicorn might be fortunate enough to IPO, most startups go the
Read Article4 Key Things to Look for On Your Business Insurance Quotes
It would be extremely surprising if you didn’t have some questions when looking at your first business insurance quotes. They’re extremely detailed and certainly not the easiest document to digest. Here’s a quick overview of the major items you should be looking at on your quote. [Note: this article is mainly pertaining to errors and
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Read ArticleMary Meeker of KPCB Sounds the Cyber Security Alarm
With the release of her annual report this week, veteran internet analyst and Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker sounded the alarm on the state of cyber security. Meeker’s reports are essentially the bible to investors and entrepreneurs in the space. The report contains valuable data on everything from mobile to emerging markets, but the slides on cyber security
Read ArticleTop Reasons Your Startup Needs Product Liability Insurance
Product liability insurance is an extremely important piece to the risk management puzzle, particularly for startups that sell a tangible product. Usually included in a General Liability policy (though sometimes offered standalone), product liability insurance protects your company from liability lawsuits related to bodily injury or property damage caused by product defects. Whether you’re e-commerce
Read ArticleBest HR Practices for Your Startup
This is a guest post from Amy Klimek, VP of HR at ZipRecruiter.com. Startups cannot run their businesses the way established companies can. Established companies leverage their name and stability to attract the best talent in the industry. Your startup does not have an established name or track record of stability, but you do have other principles
Read ArticleThe Business Insurance Renewal Checklist (for Startups)
Business insurance renewals are usually uncharted territory for a young startup. Typically, venture-backed startups experience significantly more change/growth year over year compared to your standard new business venture. It’s important to understand how this affects your startup’s insurance coverage and how to ensure you’re properly protected. Here’s the “checklist” of items to be aware of as your policies renew.
Read ArticleThe 2013 Target Data Breach: Insurance Coverage Recap
Retail Giant Target was hit with a massive data breach incident during the holiday season of 2013. We posted a few articles outlining the severity of the breach and speculating on how cyber insurance may be their lifeline. Here’s a quick follow up on the claims the company has seen since the incident. VentureBeat recently reported
Read ArticleFounder Shield’s SXSWi 2015 Recap
Now that the dust has settled from this year’s SXSW Interactive weekend in Austin and we’re back in the big Apple, we wanted to share some of the highlights of our weekend with you. Founder Shield’s VP of Sales, Jeff Samuels, recaps what went down:
Read ArticleTop 7 Founder Shield FAQs About Getting Business Insurance
Insurance proposals are uncharted territory of most founders. We’ve done a basic tutorial (or 2, or 3) to help people understand the insurance terms, but here’s a breakdown of the practical/procedural FAQs we see. 1. What am I actually getting for the price? All quotes presented will provide coverage for a policy period of one
Read ArticleStartup Risk Tips: Don’t Let Your Business Insurance Lapse
Sometimes things don’t go quite as planned and your company ends up a bit more cash strapped than anticipated at year end. The typical gut reaction is to pull the rip chord and cut any and all “extraneous” expenses. Insurance is considered by some to be one of those expenses. Here’s why you shouldn’t be quick to
Read ArticleFounder Shield + NYVC Ops Kickoff: 2.26.2015!
We’re excited to be kicking of the first of a series of meetups for the newly formed New York Venture Community Ops group! As you might gather from the title, the group’s focus is on operations and examines the challenges startups face when scaling ops. The events are also a great chance to network
Read Article4 Ways Cyber Insurance May Be Anthem’s Data Breach Lifeline
For anyone that hasn’t heard, Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurance providers, suffered a data breach in which an estimated 80 Million customer and employee records containing personally identifiable information were compromised.
Read ArticleInsurance for Fintech Companies
Founder Shield 101: Insurance for Fintech Companies. From financial products to payments to investing, fintech is a red hot. The market is forecasted to grow to $6-8 billion by 2018 and Q1 2014 alone saw 1.7 billion invested across 167 deals.
Read ArticleDon’t Wait: 7 Reasons to Find a Good Startup Lawyer Now
We’re all about teaming up with great startups on a mission to help the startup community excel. Priori Legal is one of those awesome companies. This guest post from proiri is important from an insurance perspective because many underwriters will ask for the legal work described below when quoting your insurance policy. Without these documents, insurance can be more
Read ArticleStartup Risk Tips: Additional Insured Insurance Certificates
Startup Risk Tips is a series of posts where we explain the finer details of insurance requirements or terms Startups will face along the road. We hope these posts will help you feel more comfortable and confident as new relationships are formed with customers, suppliers, vendors, investors, and insurance companies alike. Q: We’re required to send an “additional
Read ArticleInsurance for Ecommerce Companies
Consumer Ecommerce is booming. With the vast array of web developers, payment processors and digital currencies, it has never been easier to get an online business off the ground. The US market alone is estimated at $409 billion for 2017. By 2022, it’s expected to make up to as much 17% of all retail sales nationwide. Risks
Read ArticlePriori Legal’s Guidelines for Finding the Right Lawyer
We’re all about teaming up with great startups on a mission to help the startup community excel. Priori Legal is one of those awesome companies. This guest post provides some helpful tips for hiring a startup lawyer. Priori Legal is an online platform for connecting start-ups and SMB’s with a network of vetted lawyers at below-market (and wherever possible)
Read ArticleInside Job: The 2014 Morgan Stanley Data Breach
While most of us are coming back rested and refreshed for the new year, Morgan Stanley can’t quite say the same as the bank’s 2014 ended with a massive data breach. Just two days after Christmas, information security employees at the bank discovered the data breach. The bank was conducting a standard sweep of known criminal websites
Read ArticleYear in Review: 2014 Cyber Attacks (What Startups Should Know)
2014 Cyber Attacks Reviewed For the last four years, cyber risk management firm Net Diligence has done a report on cyber insurance claims for the year…and 2014 has been a hell of a year for cyber attacks. This year’s report has been published and has some very interesting findings pertaining to the startup community.
Read ArticleMeet Priori Legal: Connecting Startups to Trusted Lawyers
We’re all about teaming up with great startups on a mission to help the startup community excel. Priori Legal is one of those awesome companies. This guest post will introduce the company and shed a little light on the kind of advice they’ll be sharing on our blog.
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