FS Monthly Roundup: December 2018

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We hope you had a great holiday break and Happy New Year! 2018 has been a hell of a ride for us. Here’s your last roundup of the year.

INSURANCE

• The essential pre-IPO checklist for 2019
• The ins and outs of home sharing insurance
• Stress management in the workplace

Read the blog posts below

COMPANY

Secret Santa has always been a tradition here at Founder Shield, but this year we added a new one. The inaugural “Foundies” awards were held last month hosted by a festive Benji and Carl. Here’s a small taste of the winners.

We had a great time caroling and hanging out with the patients at Metropolitan Hospital in NYC on our December day of service.

ReShield, our division focused on the real estate and property management space, got a facelift! Check out the new website here.

Here’s to an even better 2019!

Carl
Co-Founder & COO

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Client Spotlight

Every month we like to feature some of our awesome, innovative clients in our monthly roundup and newsletter (you can sign up here if you haven’t already). 

 

Wrrk is a remote customer service team that grows with your business. They hire the top 1% of US-based customer service talent and charge only for the tickets they work. And all contracts are month-to-month. Their mission is to help customers and they’re trusted by brands to do just that. They’d love to start helping your customers too, which is why they’re offering Founder Shield readers 20% off your first three months!

 

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SaveOhno is a gamified platform that helps college students take action on environmental issues in social competitions. They run 3-week campaigns that typically see 175k social impressions and 7.5k environmental actions from 1-2k passionate students. Throughout the program and after, they help companies engage this audience and recruit them for jobs and internships.

If you’re looking for a way to get beyond the career fair, they’d love to chat! Feel free to reach out to Dylan Husted at dylan@saveohno.org to learn more.

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Top Blog Posts of the Month

Pre-IPO Checklist 2019

Considering an IPO? We’ve created a 10 part a checklist to serve as a preliminary starting point for thought and discussion, as well as a brief primer on the process. Read the full post…

 

Guide to Host Insurance for Home Sharing Platforms

Host Insurance guide for home sharing and vacation rental platforms. What it covers and how it improves customer acquisition and brand loyalty. Read the full post…

 

Stress management in the workplace

Some tips to relieve stress and more effectively manage the anxiety and pressures associated with a growing career. Read the full post…

 

 

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News

• Rideshare IPOs – Some of the most intense speculation for 2019 IPOs surrounds the ridesharing giants. Lyft filed their S1 with the SEC on December 6th, flying somewhat under the radar, while Uber filed the very next day. Coincidence?

• Austin Apples – Apple is investing $1 billion in a new campus in Austin, TX, where it expects to create up to 15,000 jobs. It’s also setting up other large satellite offices in Seattle, San Diego, and the Los Angeles area.

• ECB Ends Easing – The European Central Bank announced it’s ending its quantitative easing program, a bond-buying bonanza that juiced the eurozone economy with $2.9 trillion over the last few years. So…did it work? For the most part. Inflation grew to hit targets, but the eurozone’s recovery lagged behind the U.S.

• OTC Giants – Pfizer and GSK announced they’re combining their consumer health care businesses and eventually spinning off the new joint venture—creating the world’s biggest over-the-counter medicine supplier in the process, with a combined $12.7 billion in sales

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Fun Stuff

• Game of Thrones Teaser – OK so it’s not a trailer and doesn’t give away much, but we’re now less than 4 months away from GOT. Hurry up April!

• The Ultimate Megastructure – How to build a dyson shpere and take over the galaxy.

• ANYmal quadrupedal robot goes for an adventure – Watch this four-legged animal robot explore the sewers beneath Zurich.

• Chart of the month – Lets all toast our half-full glasses to 2019!

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