The Importance of Insurance for Your Start Up

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iwant to take a moment and tell you about the importance of insurance for your start up. I am an expert at this, because i've been doing it for thirty years. Insurance stands for errors and omissions. Any big customer you have using your product is going to want you to have p and o if you oingto close a deal with them. There's d and o insurance as directors and officers. And e p l employment practice is liability that covers harassment and onful termination. You might be the greatest boss in the world, but if somebody else feels like they've been wrong, they're going to sue you. So you want to get that e p l, you...

1:00 Jason thanks all frontline workers and intros Dreamit Ventures’ Steve Barsh
3:33 How did Dreamit start, what is the goal and how is their program structured?
9:43 How often does Dreamit follow-on with their portfolio companies, how do they think about pricing, valuation & leading rounds?
15:15 Steve goes over some of Dreamit’s top portfolio companies: SeatGeek, LevelUp & Houseparty and explains how SeatGeek pivoted while going through Dreamit’s program
18:20 How early will Dreamit Ventures go? Pre-revenue? What verticals do they focus on how do they improve their program?
27:24 What is the most important thing Dreamit does for founders: advice, anointing or money?
30:07 At what point during the process does Dreamit turn on the criticism? What questions do they ask during Accelerator interviews?
42:58 How much of Dreamit’s program focuses on the fundraising process?
48:59 Lightning round: How founders should judge accelerators, nailing interviews, multiple accelerators, follow-on philosophy, bridge rounds, top firms that Dreamit works with