What Can You Give with Leslee Cohen of AllRise

After two decades as a successful attorney, Leslee decided to branch out with a partner. Once that partner left, she was left as a business owner with no business experience. So she did what every person in her shoes would: she took a course to learn how to lead. And lead she has.  

In today’s episode, we sit down with Leslee Cohen, founder of AllRise, a law firm that helps small businesses with their early fundraising. Leslee shares important legal information, how she helps founders, her unique way of billing clients, and so much more. 

“’I am Leslee Cohen, I represent companies that are raising money.’ It’s just floodgates opened after that. Everyone could go back and remember exactly what I do––one thing––and do I do other things? Yeah, mergers and acquisitions, day to day contracts, all that, but that is my entry point. It’s my differentiator..” – Leslee Cohen

This week on Startups in Stilettos:

• Leslee discusses how she learned to run a business (1:42)
• Leslee shares important legal information for new business owners (7:11)
• Leslee talks about what she helps founders with through AllRise (11:44)
• Leslee explains how she bills clients (16:42)
• What Leslee is most proud of (21:13)
• Leslee gives advice for networking (23:39)
• Leslee shares what is next for AllRise (26:44)

Resources Mentioned:

• QuickBooks
• Clio
• Apochromatik
• Google Sheets
• Google Drive
• Google Calendar

Our Favorite Quotes:

• “So the number one thing is to form an entity of some kind to protect you. If you’re a sole proprietorship, you have the potential of personal liability, and you don’t want someone to sue you and come after your home. So you really need to have some type of entity.” – Leslee Cohen
• “It is that hand holding that I love and that I was passionate about.” – Leslee Cohen
• “I think there were, at least the first two years, I did two networking, either a meeting or a one-on-one coffee, or that kind of thing per day, seven days a week for two years.” – Leslee Cohen

Connect with Leslee Cohen:

• AllRiseLawyers.com
• Leslee on LinkedIn
• LCohen@AllRiseLawyers.com

Connect with your Startups in Stilettos hosts:

• Stephanie Cartin on Instagram
• Stephanie Cartin on LinkedIn
• Jessica Abo on Instagram
• Jessica Abo on LinkedIn
• Learn more about Jessica Abo here

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