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