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LawTrades aims to become the world's largest virtual law firm
“The biggest thing that I hope to accomplish with this is to sort of be the biggest virtual law firm that decentralizes the existing model and creates the most affordable scalable and efficient solution for people that are looking to handle their legal work.”
Ashish Walia Oct 30, 2015 ▶ 22:00 20 VC FF 019: 500 Startups Week: Life As A 500 Startups Portfolio Company with Ashish Walia, Co-Founder @ LawTrades
Insight
500 Startups selection hinges on early validation and network recommendations
“So I would really say for anyone that wants to get in I, you know, focus on, Just getting some early validation and show that there is some opportunity with your business, and then also try to just get connected with people within the network because if they v…”
Ashish Walia Oct 30, 2015 ▶ 15:49 20 VC FF 019: 500 Startups Week: Life As A 500 Startups Portfolio Company with Ashish Walia, Co-Founder @ LawTrades
Disclosure
LawTrades targets former Big Law attorneys running solo or boutique practices
“So we have pretty strict standards for the lawyers that come onto our platform. So generally what we look for is attorneys that have big law experience that, you know, are sort of tired of like the work-life balance. And inevitably a lot of people will work in…”
Ashish Walia Oct 30, 2015 ▶ 12:32 20 VC FF 019: 500 Startups Week: Life As A 500 Startups Portfolio Company with Ashish Walia, Co-Founder @ LawTrades
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LawTrades' initial product was a lawyer directory with zero traction
“And the first version that we built out was absolutely horrendous. We had zero traction. It was simply a lawyer directory service. No one was really using it.”
Ashish Walia Oct 30, 2015 ▶ 6:22 20 VC FF 019: 500 Startups Week: Life As A 500 Startups Portfolio Company with Ashish Walia, Co-Founder @ LawTrades
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