Lawdingo

2015年9月3日

/下午1:58 LawDingo CEO Nikhil Nirmel采訪的問題之一——或任何談話,往往你想出一個好的反應20分鍾後,像George“jerk-store”回歸。我發表的談話在ATL,理論上,沒有這個問題,因為他們緩慢的自然發展。但上周,我完全錯過了船當LawDingo CEO Nikhil Nirmel下降這個小金塊:我不知道說這個公開幫助我,但是最近,我完全是錢了。像信貸額度都刷爆了,銀行賬戶透支,我收藏機構之後,投資者不咬。我付不起房租,更別說工資。通常這意味著該公司關閉。的努力。事後的博客。但那不是我。相反我賣一些家具,我大部分的下崗人員,airbnb我的公寓,搬進了我的前女友,她誤以為我不使用免費房租,也許我們可以解決問題。 Awkward. But then I got my cashflow situation back on track, raised a bit of money, moved back into my home and averted death! Here’s a link to the full conversation Now, ideally, I would have asked natural follow ups like, “Were you able to hire any of your staff back?” or “How are things going now?” but was so shocked by his honesty that I just sort of, well, panicked. Slowly. (Update 9/3/15 2:24pm: Nikhil confirmed that there are 30 people working on LawDingos staff, although not all of them are full time. ) Some might look at this episode and predict a poor outlook for the Dingos — Law, Doc, Psych and Cash. I don’t and here’s why. Paul Graham, he of the Y Combinator that funded Nikhil, often describes good entrepreneurs as “cockroaches,” those who just stick around and refuse to go away. The Airbnb guys? Classic cockroaches (as it happens, I used to work with some lawyers who were cockroaches). Many founders, whether its startups or solo practices, will experience adversity, but it’s the ones who will find anyway to stick around that give themselves the best chance go the distance. I’ve never met Nikhil in person — I know him only through our conversations here on ATL. But he strikes me as having this cockroach quality. And, while moving back in with his ex might make me think twice before setting him up on a date with friends, I read it as a positive sign for the future of LawDingo. Zach Abramowitz is a former Biglaw associate and currently CEO and co-founder of ReplyAll . You can follow Zach on Twitter ( @zachabramowitz ) or reach him by email at zach@replyall.me . Topics