Adam Neuman is a sports fanatic. Adam is Chief of Staff and right-hand man to Kevin Warren, Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference. He’s less than four years out of law school, and get this, he nabbed this pretty cool position less than two years out of law school. How did Adam do it? Well it’s a bit of a crazy story... And you’ll just have to listen to this episode to here the rest. Joseph Gerstel & Aaron Shapiro 

Samantha Coxe was spending multiple nights on the floor in her office at Skadden when she decided to make her entrepreneurial dreams a reality. After three and a half years as an M&A associate, Sam jumped ship to  launch Flaus, a dental wellness company focused first on developing an eco-friendly electric flosser.  In this episode we discuss:  How Sam had a hardware product designed with no engineering background Great legal resources that can help you launch a company including Cooley Go and Y Combinator’s free document resources  How Flaus pre-sold more than $300K of its electric flosser hero product on IndieGoGo Raising money from friends and family  What a SAFE is, and why it can be an attractive way to raise early capital  How Sam reflects on the risk she took leaving a high-paying job as a mid-level associate We had an awesome conversation with Sam and we hope you’ll find her journey as inspiring as we do! Joseph & Aaron

Alex Knight always had a hunch that he would ultimately pursue something outside legal practice. So after graduating from Harvard Law School in 2018, and spending just under two years as a corporate associate at Fenwick & West out in California, Alex moved home to Utah to start working as Director of Strategic Initiatives at Best Company, where he is now Chief Revenue Officer.  In this episode we discuss:  How Alex made the move from corporate associate to Director of Strategic initiatives at Best Company The cultural and workstyle differences between legal practice at a large law firm and strategic work at a growing company How Alex thought about the risk of leaving his stable legal career  Alex’s advice to law students on how to make the most of law school   Alex was a real pleasure to speak to and an awesome human being. Enjoy the convo! Joseph & Aaron 

Hear about how Jake Yormak went from being a junior associate at a premier New York law firm to founding his own venture capital firm, Story Ventures, with his brother