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Julia Salasky: Legl and Why It Can Beneficial Building a Start-Up in Industries Resistant To Change


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Julia Salasky is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Legl, a B2B Software-as-a-Service startup that provides workflow solutions to law firms. Some of Legl’s solutions include client onboarding, client outreach, payments, and integrations.

Legl has been recognized as award winning technology for the legal industry by Legal 500, Legal Week, Modern Law Awards, among others.

Julia has 15+ years of legal and entrepreneurial experience. She started her career as a corporate lawyer before moving on to human rights law with the United Nations. Julia is the founder of not one, but TWO start-ups: Crowd Justice, an award-winning funding platform for legal action, and Legl.

For her work, Julia has been featured in the Financial Times, Legal Week, Legal 500, City AM's Digital Innovators List, Debrett's, BBC, TechCrunch, and The Guardian, among others.


IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
1. Why Julia decided to found Legl
2. Innovation in the legal industry and how to deal with slow behavioral change
3. How Legl automates manual workflow processes for law firms
4. Why it’s importance to truly understand your customer’s needs to build great products
5. How Julia transitioned from corporate and human rights lawyer to entrepreneur
6. What it’s like being a solo founder
7. What’s next for Legl


BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
1. Crowd Justice
2. Legl
3. Follow Legl on Twitter, LinkedIn
4. Follow Julia on Twitter


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