Rust Belt Startup

We love romanticizing entrepreneurship stories—leaving a 9-to-5, raising millions, and watching a product take off. But what does it look like when you aren’t a developer, but you decide to build a tech company anyway? In this episode, practicing attorney and Vlawsity co-founder Kevin Barone joins me for a brutally honest reflection on building an online, do-it-yourself estate planning platform. Kevin opens up about leaving a big law firm, navigating complex legal guardrails, making big financial bets, and rebuilding from scratch. In this episode, we discuss: Why building a startup is harder than law school or the bar exam The legal precedents (and guardrails) that make non-lawyer legal tech possible Learning the hard way what non-technical founders don’t know about tech, marketing, and investor relations How Vlawsity makes estate planning accessible for a fraction of traditional firm costs Want to check it out for yourself? Visit vlawsity.com to check out their estat