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On 1 December 2022, in the third episode of eight in the CLI’s [[ Ссылка ]] Women Legal Business Founders and Leaders Series [[ Ссылка ]] offered through our Legalpreneurs Lab [[ Ссылка ]], Women Legalpreneurs Special Interest Group [[ Ссылка ]], Terri Mottershead [[ Ссылка ]], Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation [[ Ссылка ]], facilitated a discussion about the when, how, why and what of funding for women led businesses with two outstanding women founders and leaders from Australia and the USA:
• Jannaya James [[ Ссылка ]], Partner - Financial Advisory, Grant Thornton Australia [[ Ссылка ]]
• Basha Rubin [[ Ссылка ]], CEO & Co-Founder, Priori Legal [[ Ссылка ]]
Topics covered in this session included:
• How to think about and make fundamental choices about business funding
• Key sources of funding for legal businesses
• Whether or not legal businesses need to be more creative and cast the net widely/differently when it comes to funding
• What funders look for in a legal business and why
• When it’s desirable/undesirable for a funder to take a stake in the business
• The profile of and your checklist for a fabulous investor
• Why women led businesses don’t fare as well in the funding stakes and what can be done about it
If you would prefer to listen rather than watch this episode, you’ll find the podcast in our The Legalpreneurs Sandbox podcast series here [[ Ссылка ]].
About the Centre for Legal Innovation
The Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific) is an innovation-focused think tank at the College of Law. The Centre provides thought leadership, practical research and opportunities for collaboration to support legal professionals as they navigate the disruption and new technologies transforming the industry. Find out more about our work or contact us via our website, LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter. Come and join us in The Legalpreneurs Lab [[ Ссылка ]] - your one stop shop for all things legaltech and legal innovation.
