So, money episode 1165, Candice Cook Simmons, founder of the Cook Law Group.

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The problems we have identified over the past 15 years, we are not going to disrupt them doing the same things.

And part of that is changing our mindset in terms of what happens when we put money into women,

what happens when we put money into indigenous communities or underrepresented groups across the board.

And what happens when we see ourselves not at the center of the narrative?

Our theme on So Money is disruption today, disruption in the legal industry.

If you're a lawyer or thinking about becoming a lawyer, you definitely want to listen,

disruption in the investment capital world.

And disruption in our personal lives, the pandemic has upended a lot.

And our guest today, Candice Cook, is trying to make the most of things in all of those realms.

She is a founder and managing member of the Cook Law Group and a co-founder of Word Ventures.

She has been featured in the New York Times as one of the top female attorneys in New York

and selected as a rising star and super lawyer.

But as we'll learn, her approach to law is very different.

And she's recently expanded her career to launch Word Ventures, an early stage venture fund,

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