401: Julia Shapiro, Hire an Esquire CEO & Co-Founder

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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It's Startup Week on So Money. We're going to talk to some amazing entrepreneurs that are in the startup phase of their businesses. This themed week was really inspired by my show Follow the Leader, where I've been spending time with billionaires and mega-entrepreneurs as they make tough decisions behind the scenes, how they execute strategy and run their businesses. So, I thought, wouldn't it be kind of interesting to look at some startups, some younger entrepreneurs, fledgling entrepreneurs as they're in the first year, two or three, of their business. Today's guest is Julia Shapiro. She's the CEO and co-founder of Hire an Esquire. It's an on-demand attorney workforce platform that helps attorney's connect with law firms and corporate legal departments to build a freelance career and alternative career path. It's been called the "Uber" for attorney's. The company is backed by a variety of investors, which is why I wanted to have her on the show for startup week. Her clients include Fortune 500 legal departments and AMLaw 200 firms. This past fall, Julia was named one of the Top 150 Professionals under 35 and top 10 Innovators in the Legal Industry by LinkedIn's Next Wave 2015. In my conversation with Julia we learn, how do you find investors for your business? Julia shares how she was able to attract investors. And answers the question I have which is, what happens in that boardroom? What do you say to convince those rich people to give you their money? She also spills on some of the astonishing things that she has encountered as a female in Silicon Valley as she's tried to go and build her business. And the Eureka behind Hire An Esquire, why exactly did she want to start the business? For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money episode 401. It's startup week kicking it off with Julia Shapiro, founder of
0:06.6	Higher and Esquire.
0:10.1	You're listening to So Money withour, Farnu Karabi.
0:15.0	Each day get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds,
0:20.1	authors, influencers, and from Farnuus yourself.
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1:27.0	Welcome back to So Money everyone. It's Start Up Week. Yeah, we're doing themes once a month in case you haven't realized it
1:37.5	In January we dedicated a whole week to college and student loans then in February we spoke to millennials.
1:43.7	millennials who were kicking some financial butt. In March we spoke to millionaires next
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