Kristina Subbotina - Lexsy Founder & CEO (Ex-Cooley) | What Happens When You Stop Playing It Safe and Actually Bet Everything on Yourself

➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory Kristina Subbotina is the Founder and CEO of Lexsy. She previously practiced as an attorney at Cooley LLP, one of the top law firms in the world for technology and emerging growth companies, where she advised high-growth startups through venture financings, M&A, and complex corporate transactions. She founded Lexsy to rethink how legal services are delivered to the companies that need them most, bringing the caliber of work she did at a top-tier firm into a faster, more accessible model. ➡️ Show Links https://www.instagram.com/kristinasubbotina.esq/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinasubbotinaesq/  https://www.kristinasubbotina.com/  ➡️ Podcast Sponsors Hubspot - https://hubspot.com/   Huel - https://huel.com/scott (Code: scott) NetSuite - https://netsuite.com/scottclary/  Framer - https://framer.com/design (Code: SuccessStory) LinkedIn Ads - https://linkedin.com/scottclary  Upwork - https://upwork.com/  Dell - https://dell.com/dell-pro   AutoPilot - https://www.joinautopilot.com/landing  Cohesity - https://www.cohesity.com/datacloud  Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.com/ Monarch - https://www.monarch.com/ (Code: success) Cash App - https://cash.app/ (Code: cashapp10) MyFitnessPal - https://podcasts.myfitnesspal.com (Code: SCOTT) Scribe - https://scribe.how/success (Code: SuccessStory) Noom - https://www.noom.com/  ➡️ Talking Points 00:00 – Intro   02:16 – Leaving Russia for the American Dream   07:32 – Courage Requires Fear   11:18 – Keep Going When Nothing Works   13:04 – Passing the Bar Without Fluent English   16:11 – What Big Law Missed   18:30 – Why Immigrants Make Great Founders   23:01 – How Founders Survive Uncertainty   27:26 – Revenue Before Fundraising   37:57 – Sponsor Break   40:46 – From Big Law to Lexsy   47:29 – The Big Idea Behind Lexsy   51:21 – Why AI Contracts Fail   59:11 – Why Lawyers Fear Personal Branding   1:04:12 – Why Legacy Law Will Be Disrupted   1:06:41 – Signs of a Winning Founder   1:09:05 – Sponsor Break   1:13:39 – Legal Mistakes Costing Founders Millions   1:23:43 – How a Founder Lost Her IP   1:30:32 – Staying Valuable in the AI Era   1:33:45 – Turning Disadvantages Into an Edge   1:37:39 – The Books Behind Her Mindset   1:40:13 – One Lesson for Her Younger Self