Which Apps for Business?

Episode #2: In talks with Jillian Baronoff, CEO of Lawzyapp, the one app allowing you to DM a lawyer


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Were you ever in need of a qualified legal service on-the-go? Much like a GP service or a Tutor service on-the-go. More so, how convenient would it be to be able to simply DM a lawyer when you need a quick and professional answer to react as agile as can be to a new challenge? Of course, we'd rather not have to face any of the such, however as online tech is diversifying and paperwork is notably shrinking, we're now finding more doors ready to get opened, which - let's face it - wouldn't have happened as much, had it not been for the pandemic.

In this episode, I'm getting deeper beneath the surface of on-the-go convenience looking to find out what makes such an app a fairly revolutionary tool and what's its long-term potential given its current business model? Most likely, you'd be surprised no less than I have been when you'll hear what makes its business model different from the rest. As for me - aside from a fulfilling conversation with Jillie, I've also found out how important is the power of nurturing laser-focused questions and spot-on answers. Check below for highlights:

00:01:22.040 - ๐‰๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž: Lawzyapp is basically a very ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ $๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€. So for me, I was a divorce attorney for about four years before I decided to do Lawzy. And ๐—œ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต. And sometimes you just have a question, right? ย 

00:02:03.600 - ย ๐‰๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž: ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ป๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, where you can download this app, you select an area of law, ย you type out your question and that sent out to a lawyer and you receive a response. ย 

00:02:39.520 - ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ฎ: What was your motivation behind investing your time and effort to start developing the app concept?

00:02:41.460 - ๐‰๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž: Sure, we started Lawzi pre- covid and in our digital world. And I think especially for millennials, which I would say is our audience. We're always on our phones. And when we did consumer research, we found people weren't really using desktops unless they were at work. You might not want to ask a question through your computer where we have a sense of privacy in our phones. ย And if anything, law which has been kind of this archaic industry where we don't like change, we're now being forced to shift and change, and so It's just a great entry point for where Lawzy is. ย 

00:04:21.050 - ๐‰๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž: And so we thought, When people make better-informed decisions, they live better lives, and then it has a bigger effect on communities. ๐™’๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ฏ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š'๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™ง. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ช๐™–๐™ก. And while we have the tools to do that, what about the entrepreneurs that don't have the money to hire a full-time lawyer? What about the person who has just a contract issue? ย ย 

00:05:35.450 - ๐‰๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž: ๐™ž๐™› ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช'๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™™.๐Ÿ‘

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Which Apps for Business?By Nadya Birca