So much to do, so little time, and only one of you. Last week I noticed a tweet from Danielle Morrill, CEO at Mattermark, with a suggestion that reminded me of similar advice I received long ago from one of my own mentors and friends. I tried to sum up that advice in 140 characters
Law firm partners should be investing
For large law firms, funding innovation isn’t the problem. Committing to innovation is. You can call me a legal industry specialist, and as such I pay close attention to start-up and investment activity in that space. As reported by my friend and colleague Josh Kubicki and others, there is a clear trend of increased legal
Startup founders: bootstrapping for pie
Funding isn’t your mission; building your business is. Entrepreneurs do what they do for a variety of reasons. For freedom, flexibility, as a creative outlet, or simply because they see things differently and don’t want to be told otherwise. Some claim they aren’t “doing it for the money” but however you slice it, we all want
The legal startup community – on the front lines of innovation
Last week was an intense week of legal innovation discussion, debate and (I hope) progress toward defining what the future of our industry will be. There were a number of great events and gatherings of very smart people, and I was fortunate to meet and spend time with many of them. It was also a
Legal industry innovators – united, divided or undecided?
In the 15+ years I’ve been in the legal industry, I’ve never witnessed a more concentrated collection of innovators, entrepreneurs and industry experts together in one place. Surrounding the annual LegalTech conference held last week at the ever-so-depressing Hilton NYC were a number of events and gatherings focused on an important and sometimes controversial topic