Скачать или смотреть Daily Matters - Episode #42 - Mark Britton

Our last guest for Legal Industry Transformation Week is someone who has literally shaped the legal industry: Mark Britton, Founder and former CEO of Avvo. A unique mix of startup founder, public company executive, lawyer, and SEC regulator, Mark possesses valuable insights into the legal profession’s challenges in the present—and its opportunities for the future.

In this episode, Mark and Jack Newton discuss:
How and why Mark started Avvo, an online marketplace for legal services
Some of the limiting mindsets and patterns that are holding legal back
What law firms should learn from businesspeople and companies like Uber and Amazon
Key ways that the legal profession can innovate—and why it must

Mark is the founder and former CEO and Chairman of Avvo, an online marketplace for legal services, that was purchased by Internet Brands in 2018. For twelve years, Mark built Avvo into one of the stars of the Seattle tech ecosystem with 400+ employees and raising $132 million from venture investors. For his work at Avvo, Above the Law called him “the person who most disrupted law this decade.”

Mark started his career as an SEC lawyer but, over his career, migrated to senior executive and board positions in companies such as Expedia and Orbitz. Mark is currently the Strategic Director of the Madrona Venture Group and the Principal at Great B-Corp. Additionally, Mark serves on the Board of Directors at Clio and the Board of Regents at Gonzaga University.