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Legal Battles: The Biggest Startup Lawsuits of 2024
The startup landscape in 2024 was marked by increased regulatory scrutiny, AI-related legal battles, and challenges in navigating complex legal and financial landscapes. Through a risk management lens, let's look at the biggest startups lawsuits of 2024! December 19 • Thought Leadership
Carl Niedbala
Managing Partner; COO & Co-Founder
Learn From the Best: Top 25 Cleantech Companies Raising Funds
Discover the top 25 cleantech companies making waves. This comprehensive list highlights innovative projects, unique business models, and pioneering technologies driving the cleantech industry forward.
Tech IPOs 2024: Back from the Brink?
Discover the latest trends and insights shaping the IPO market in 2024. Explore the rise of AI-powered companies, the impact of economic uncertainty, and key success factors for a successful IPO. Get ready to navigate the dynamic world of tech IPOs and seize opportunities for growth and innovation.
Webinar – Continuity Strategies for Business Operations & Insurance
Our goal is to highlight ways to position your company for success during this difficult time; or at least provide guidance on bizops offense and defense to get you through economic downturns.
5 Recent Business Insurance Trends to Watch
The business world is constantly evolving, and the insurance industry is no exception. Here are business insurance trends we’ve seen surface recently.
Insights for Fintech Leaders: A Chat With an Insurance Expert
Have you heard about the crypto exclusions flying under the radar or the real secret surrounding best cyber practices? Our fintech expert shares his insights in a rare in-house interview.
Digital Health Insurance Trends 2024
Digital health insurance trends shift nearly as rapidly as the ever-changing industry. This post reviews the past year and delves into the outlook for 2024. What’s next?
Fintech Insurance Trends for 2023 [Updated for 2024]
The fintech industry is undergoing massive changes, creating new challenges and risks. As a result, fintech insurance trends are responding. Let’s review 2023 what to expect from this market in 2024.
SEC Cracks Down on Crypto — What the Binance and Coinbase Lawsuits Mean for Risk Management
As the SEC cracks down on crypto, suing Coinbase and Binance, our experts chime in about the greater risk management implications on the industry. What can we expect for crypto regulations in the future?
Crypto Crash: FTX Files for Bankruptcy — Here’s What We Know
FTX filed for bankruptcy. SBF is in hot water. Investors and stakeholders are seeing red. Ponzi is now a four-letter word. What’s next? Let’s review this crypto crash through our risk management lens.
6 Lessons Learned From Recent Crypto Lawsuits — Market News to Know
The crypto market used to be hot news for its new innovations — but now the scams and lawsuits tend to make headlines. Let review some recent cases and talk about lessons we can learn from them.
The Roundup — Alright, Alright, Alright: A Look at Cannabis and Executive Risk (Webinar)
Matt McKenna from Scale Underwriting provides takeaways from the PLUS 4-person panel, reviewing challenges that cannabis underwriters face.
5 Key Takeaways from the Sequoia Memo — Y Combinator & LightSpeed Chime In
The “leaked” Sequoia memo, Adapting to Endure, highlights several concepts for startups and businesses backed by venture capital. Here’s our key takeaways.
Biden’s Executive Order on Crypto — What You Should Know
President Biden recently released an Executive Order on Crypto, ensuring responsible innovation in digital assets. Here’s the newsbeat.
This Week In Risk Management — February
Here’s a familiar question: If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a noise? Of course, we know that it does! Scientific discovery works wonders when answering questions about the universe — but these questions still make us ponder. And we like that. As
Cyber Liability Insurance Trends 2022
After an exceptionally rough year in cybersecurity, let’s review cyber liability insurance trends to expect in 2022.
D&O Insurance Pricing Trends 2022
The D&O insurance market has experienced some unique action this past year. Let’s review recent happenings and our predictions for 2022.
This Week in Risk Management — December Issue #1
A cloud outage disrupts business processes across the US while the new Omicron variant threatens our collective health. Plus, a favorite coffee joint faces some steep allegations, and BlackRock plays financial advisor. This week’s clip provides a healthy dose of risk management happenings and juicy insights you won’t want to miss. Major Cloud Outage Devastated
This Week in Risk Management — November Issue #2
As we officially enter the holiday season, the rest of the world is moving forward differently. This week in risk management brings us a new phase of COVID-19-related trials, mammoth Astroworld lawsuits, data protection issues for local governments, and a glimmer of hope in tech innovation. Let’s dive in. Astroworld Organizers Faces Massive Lawsuits Ten
Startups Giving Us More to be Thankful for (2021 Edition)
It is that time of year again, when we gather with our loved ones for Thanksgiving and reflect on what we are thankful for. Here at Founder Shield, we have so much to be thankful for; we have had a year full of growth and opportunity and we are lucky enough to work with some
This Week In Risk Management — November Issue #1
“Dodging” is the theme of this post, whether it’s dodging catastrophes or live rounds from a prop gun. While these topics might seem incredibly grim, let’s take a respectful step back to ponder how these tragic events could potentially shape our future — and why they should. Will Underwriters Put Coal Plants on the Chopping
This Week In Risk Management — September Issue #2
If you look toward the stars in roughly a week, a unique sight will be floating through the sky — The Shat. Yes, in this roundup, we’re talking about William Shatner visiting space, a win for diversity, vaccine mandates, and how Amazon continues to expand. In a recent RIMS podcast, host Justin Smulison touched on