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How Startups Build Trust from Day One | Nicole Kirschner, founder of Grounded Legal Practice

You can have a great product, but if users don’t feel safe, they won’t use it. 🎙️ In this episode of my startup podcast, I spoke with Nicole Kirschner, founder of Grounded Legal Practice, PLLC, about privacy in the simplest way: not as legal talk, but as the thing that makes people trust your product. Nicole didn’t start in law. She worked in HR tech after studying psychology, using recruiting systems and video interview platforms, so she handled personal data every day. When stricter privacy rules started changing how companies collect and use data, she saw how fast trust disappears after one small mistake. That’s why she switched into law, to help startups know what they collect, why they collect it, and how to explain it to users in a clear, honest way. She also brings an athlete mindset to business. Nicole wasn’t accepted onto the track team at Binghamton at first, so she trained all summer and earned her spot on a Division 1 team. That persistence is the same energy behind Grounded Legal Practice. She turns confusing rules into clear next steps, and helps startups write policies in plain language that matches their brand, so users can actually understand and trust them. Explore Grounded Legal Practice: www.groundedlegalpractice.com Follow Hudson Network for more interviews and startup events. 💡 Key highlights from the episode: → 📄 Many startups copy and paste a privacy policy, but it doesn’t match what the product actually does, and trust starts breaking from there. → 🍪 Cookie and tracking messages shouldn’t sound like legal code, because confusion makes users assume the worst. → 🕵️ Tracking tools can cause big issues when placed on the wrong pages, especially anything related to health or appointments. → 🤝 A risky vendor is one of the fastest ways to get burned, so a basic check before signing can save months of cleanup. → 🎯 Early stage teams don’t need “big company” systems, they just need clarity on what data they collect and what to fix first. → 💰 Once you raise money or work with bigger partners, the questions get sharper: how do you use data, and who can access it? → 🤖 AI can speed up work, but you still need humans to verify, decide, and take responsibility. #GroundedLegalPractice #NicoleKirschner #Startups #FounderStories #HudsonNetwork #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity #AIgovernance