ABOUT THIS EPISODE
We love romanticizing entrepreneurship stories—leaving a 9-to-5, raising millions, and watching a product take off. But what does it look like when you aren’t a developer, but you decide to build a tech company anyway?
In this episode, practicing attorney and Vlawsity co-founder Kevin Barone joins me for a brutally honest reflection on building an online, do-it-yourself estate planning platform. Kevin opens up about leaving a big law firm, navigating complex legal guardrails, making big financial bets, and rebuilding from scratch.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why building a startup is harder than law school or the bar exam
- The legal precedents (and guardrails) that make non-lawyer legal tech possible
- Learning the hard way what non-technical founders don’t know about tech, marketing, and investor relations
- How Vlawsity makes estate planning accessible for a fraction of traditional firm costs
Want to check it out for yourself? Visit vlawsity.com to check out their estate planning tools.
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