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Does having a controlling interest in a startup offer investors additional protection?
It reduces the risk for the entrepreneur but I also came across the complementary view that it might offer the angel/VC an added level of protection. How does that work?
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Best security practices for online rentals? [closed]
Sites like adorn.com, bag borrow and steal, and rent the runway all allow users to rent very expensive items for a short period of time. I'm curious how they all protect against consumer fraud?
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What kind of liability insurance should a contract engineer have?
I have been working in a company for a month. They buy my service instead of hiring me, so they ask me to set up my company. I do some drawing and design work for them. I want to know what kind of ...
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Is there such a thing as “legal insurance” available to startups?
As some kind of a follow-up of my previous question about trademark, I am curious to know about legal risks and protection options, particularly in Europe.
As far as I can see, one of the greatest ...
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Do health insurance premiums reduce an LLC member's capital account?
If the LLC covers the health insurance premiums for the members, does the amount get deducted from the member's capital account?
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1 Million Dollar bond for a web design developer LLC?
I'm a web developer who has been a freelancer for a few years. I just now started a llc and I'm being told by some staffing companies that I need a 1 million dollar business insurance to work with ...
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What title should I use and should I require D&O?
I have been a startup advisor for a colleague of mine for several years. He is primed to go from incubatory stage to launch and has some excellent blue-chip customers lined up. He is having admitted ...
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How best to manage charge backs and returns in 3rd party aggregation model?
Searched the site, but didn't find an answer to the following question:
My partners and I are working on a startup and part of our model is acting as a 3rd party aggregator of certain services, ...
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Can a startup expense an employee's health insurance premiums?
As a proposed company policy, is it a legal/good idea for employees to just expenses their health care premiums? (By "expense", I mean submit an expense report and get a check that has nothing to do ...
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Defending against lawsuits when based in another country
I want to start a company that is based in the US - since that's where my suppliers and biggest customer base will be.
What concerns me are potential lawsuits. I will be selling nutraceutical ...
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How important is business insurance?
Me and my brother have a limited company, with 1 angel investor. We sell software we have written ourselves, mainly to individuals but we will be looking at educational institutions soon. Our refund ...
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Does exists shared patents porfolios that a company can contract as insurance?
considering so much articles I've read about the IP scenario today, I was wondering if there exists Patents holder companies that...
Have a good patents porfolio (maybe thounsands, in many areas).
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Errors and Omissions Insurance for a game company?
I run a mobile game company with my partner, we publish to the Android market and iOS app store. That's all we do, we don't offer consulting services and we don't work with/for anyone else. Would it ...
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Security breach and data loss insurance?
I would've thought that this is the #1 requested insurance for businesses. However, I cannot find much information if such insurance exists. Errors and Omissions insurance does not cover security ...
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What type of insurance should a small software shop have?
We are a small software shop and feel we have more coverage then we need.
When we first started they set us up with a professional services package that included all kinds of things including ...
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What are some startup-friendly providers of General Liability insurance?
I just moved into a subleased office space in Southern California and am required to carry general liability of at least $1M for our startup. This didn't seem like a big deal, but when I called my ...
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Insuring against non payment
If after doing the necessary credit checks, after loaning someone some money, they don't pay it back after a period (how long would this need to be?) is there a way I can indemnify my business against ...
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Do you need Internet Security Liability insurance on your website?
Do you need this even if you don't store credit card data?
Who do you use for this and what are the general rates for this type of policy?
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Insurance for vested equity
My equity has fully vested with my current employer. Is there some type of insurance that can be purchased to guarantee I won't lose everything in the case of force majeure or other drastic event ...
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How much do you generally pay for an insurance broker?
I am looking into buying insurance for my at home business. I will need to insure, not only my home, but also the equipment inside and have all of the regular business insurance plans (property, ...
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What kind of insurance protects against frivolous lawsuits?
I have a business that publishes information and reviews about local businesses. We are registered as an LLC with two partners and no employees.
One of our concerns is frivolous lawsuits from ...
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Online Retail Startup
Do I need liability insurance if I have no employees and my dropshippers are supplying and shipping the products ordered (ladies accessories) Also, I am working out of my home which is not open to the ...
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How can a company prevent or protect themselves against post-delivery fraud?
How can a compay selling high-value products protect themselves against post-delivery fraud (including but not limited to returns fraud)?
Can we insure ourselves against fraud or somehow pass on the ...
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Basic legal requirements to set up web design business in UK
I am in the UK and I want to start designing web sites for people, through my own web design company, mainly because it is about the only thing I can do due to a disability. I have set up my own car ...
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Signing a business insurance quote [closed]
just a quick question - I know there are many companies online that compare business insurance quotes - which one is the most reliable one? Which would you recommend?
Also, when signing their ...
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How do I determine how much Liability Insurance I need?
We're starting a small business that will provide services locally. How do I determine what type of and how much Liability Insurance I need?
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Insurances for a one man software company
I'm a one man UK based startup with a number of products (both web based services and products that can be downloaded). My startup is a limited company and I have PI, employers, and public liability ...
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Should I establish an S-Corp or is Liability Insurance enough to Protect myself from Personal Liability?
I'm starting a small business and I'm concerned about personal liability. I like the idea of a corporation providing some protection, but I'm uncomfortable with the notion that the corporate veil ...
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What kind of Product Liability Insurance should a software startup have?
So where does one look for insurance to make sure that they are sufficiently covered and what type of agent and research should a founder do prior to looking at insurance for covering liability of ...
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Buying insurance against risks
I have a startup and I have LOTS of risks;
1) Companies suing me because of internal politics
2) My software is running on a corporate server, which I have no control over and if this goes down I ...
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Where to Research / Purchase Keyman Insurance
My partner and I have been looking for keyman life insurance so one or the other could buy our equity if we were to be disabled or killed; however, finding information about a policy is difficult.
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What type of insurance does an online payment business need?
I'm offering an online payment solution that other business will build upon. I'm going to have a service agreement that will promise certain things such as quality of service, uptime, etc. I will ...
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What kind of insurance do online startup companies need?
I thought one of the benefits of starting an online business is not having to purchase liability insurance. It turns out I was wrong.
Is there a standard list that shows the type of insurance online ...
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Single Founder - Keyman Insurance
I like the lean startup approach and our company has been set up to minimise its fixed costs. So we have one founder (me) "inside" but our development team, finance partner, attorney etc is "outside" ...
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Insurance solutions for online lending libraries?
We have started an online lending library for Children's books in India.
As with any lending library we send books to our members home. As with lent any items they can get damaged, lost in shipment ...
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Is professional indemnity insurance worth it for a software company?
This may be a silly question, and as you can see from the other question I recently asked, I'm trying to uncover the mystery about various types of insurance here in the UK, and the US as well.
So, ...
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Is Employer's Liability Insurance necessary to operate in the UK?
After doing a bit of research into sponsoring foreign workers from a UK based company, I came across something interesting; according to the UK Border Association, a small business must have ...
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New Social Networking Site, help with Liability Insurance please
I'm about to launch a new website business. I'm incorporate as an LLC but the site is not quite finished yet. I hope to launch it soon. Currently, I don't have any employees.
However, I realize I ...
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Would you recommend any business insurance provider? [closed]
I need to purchase general and professional liability business insurance and I was wondering if there are any insurance providers you would recommend. Located in Atlanta, GA.
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Is patent enforcement insurance all it's cracked up to be?
There are a few companies out there that seem to offer insurance packages for small(er) players in a market that want to be able to defend patents that are likely to be infringed.
On the face of it, ...
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Recommendations for Errors and Ommissions insurance carriers [closed]
Can someone please recommend a good insurance carrier for a comprehensive E&O policy? I have looked at Hartford but found their policy terms lacking. We are in Washington state.
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Is it worthwhile to get business insurance?
And if business insurance is worthwhile, at what stage should a startup consider purchasing it? After the release of a product or launch of a service? Or is it good to have it in place from the point ...
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Is it necessary to get errors and omissions insurance?
Obviously, generally liability is a must have, but is it necessary to carry errors and omissions insurance? What should I consider when deciding whether or not to carry it?
