Helpful Tips for Improving Your Credit Score

For entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, particularly first-time founders who bootstrapped their start-up, mediocre credit scores can be a painful fact of life. Perhaps company expenses were paid with personal credit, or, in the early days, a paycheck was passed on while bills piled up at home. Educational debt can also have served to lower credit … Continued

Protect Identity Fraud’s Most Vulnerable: Minors and the Elderly

In the wake of the recent massive data breach at Equifax, just about everyone is currently mindful of the importance of protecting their personal identity; and many have already taken precautions to review, monitor and secure their own sensitive  information. But often, the most vulnerable among us – minors and elderly – get overlooked. Indeed, … Continued

Protect Yourself: Reducing Your Fraud Risk

When news of the security breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus broke, many people, myself included, immediately thought, “Did I do any holiday shopping at either of those stores?!” followed by “What do I do now and how do I protect myself in the future?” At Sand Hill, we have always been diligent about safeguarding … Continued