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Nathan Wenzel

Founder & CEO, LegalOperator.ai. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Nathan Wenzel co-founded legal operations software platform SimpleLegal and led it through its 2019 acquisition by Onit. He subsequently founded LegalOperator.ai to develop AI-driven tools for corporate legal teams.

What they said8 Shows1

Everything Nathan Wenzel said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

20VC Insight

"Move Fast and Break Things" Fails for SOX-Compliant SaaS Startups

“The idea of move fast and break things really doesn't work if you need to be SOX compliant, and if you're asking your customers to trust you with their financials.”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 6:11 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

20VC What-if

SimpleLegal Would Have Reached Profitability by Q3 2017 Without Series A

“Had we chosen not to raise money, we would have been profitable by the beginning of the third quarter.”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 15:35 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

20VC Disclosure

SimpleLegal Waited Two Years Before Hiring Its First Employee

“We spent 18 months to get it right, but once we saw that it was working, we took another six months before we hired our first employee”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 5:46 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

20VC Opinion

Relying on Continuous VC Funding Availability Is Dangerous for Startups

“VC money is just always around the corner, and if you need more money, you just go and ask for it. It's a dangerous assumption to make, and we've already seen companies that have raised tens of millions of dollars just disappear overnight because they thought …”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 10:13 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

20VC Assertion Supported

Y Combinator Is Not Just for 22-Year-Olds, Says 35-Year-Old Alum

“We went through, I was 35 at the time, and I was not the oldest. So I think the idea that YC is really just for twenty-two-year-olds is, is kind of a myth.”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 18:33 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

20VC Disclosure

SimpleLegal Maintained Near-Zero Gross Churn During Early Growth

“Our gross churn was near zero.”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 8:20 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

20VC Disclosure

SimpleLegal Maintained Near-Zero Company Net Burn for Its First 18 Months

“For us, we were net zero burn for the first year and a half. Our personal burn rates were not net zero, but our company net burn was near zero.”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 10:40 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

20VC Disclosure

Leo Polovets Made a Personal Angel Investment in SimpleLegal

“One of the partners saw something in us, and so he made a personal investment. And so that was Leo Polovets from Sousa Ventures.”

Nathan Wenzel Jul 28, 2017 ▶ 16:51 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Nathan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	Founder & CEO, LegalOperator.ai	1	8	100% 1/1	full record on 20VC →