Cover.com Would Have Cost $5M–$6M After Series B or C
Karn Saroya · Karn Saroya on the Capital-Light Way to Start an Insurance Business · Y Combinator · Feb 27, 2019 · at 23:46
Cover CEO Karn Saroya explains why Cover purchased its premium domain early through proxy brokers.
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“And I can guarantee you that if we had tried to buy it after our B or C, we'd be looking at like five, six million dollars.”
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