A colleague just reminded me that it has been 10 years since we started our first jobs! I have gone from Biglaw, to in-house counsel, to running a small firm, to starting a legal tech company and I am always exploring something new.. In the Beginning: Life in Biglaw On 3 January 2011…

It Starts With You I hate to make the dating/marriage analogy but finding the right technical co-founder is about being the right non-technical co-founder. I have always been bad at math. I see numbers, ratios and my brain sends an <<ERROR>> message. I quickly decided that I would double down on what I was…

Starting Anü An overview of our process and progress in building a professional services marketplace. Franklin. D. Roosevelt outlined the four freedoms that every human being in the world is entitled to as follows: The freedom of speech and expression. The freedom of every person to worship God in his…

My reflections on why I decided to be an entrepreneur America. Making the decision to start a company, as black and immigrant woman in the United States wasn’t something I took lightly. I had already spent 6 years building a consulting firm in South Africa and frankly I was tired…

“Sue me I’m voting for everybody black” There is no need to rehash the harshness and assault of this week on black souls and lives. We all know what happened and everyone has a role to play in deciding what to do next. In the meantime, I want to be…

We are ready to go, ready to launch our pilot- because we know we will pivot to the right idea, or we will crash. But I think the flight is still worth it- just for a few seconds to be airborne.

“Spring Break in Quarantine…” We have been fortunate to get hold of some many people during this period, it was great to get feedback on our idea and get further in terms of developing it. LexGraft provides startups between the Angel round and Series A with debt financing towards legal fees. Our target clients are B2B startups that are in the process of acquiring customers and need legal assistance to negotiate good agreements.

How Corona is affecting our startup As many people are moving from working in their offices to working from home- it has been hard to find people to talk to about the business. People taking the social distancing very seriously which makes it interesting to build a startup right now. Also Sequoia sent out the Black Swan email. Money is skeptical. I wish our business can spread and grow as quickly as this virus.

How one class changed my perspective and saved our startup. To be honest I was finding the interviews with users and customers as a drag. I have so many other obligations with my academics and the requirement to find 5 new people to interview each week just felt unreasonable. Until…