{"id":14784,"date":"2011-07-09T10:27:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T17:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14784"},"modified":"2011-07-09T10:27:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T17:27:44","slug":"being-an-entrepreneur-is-kind-of-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14784\/being-an-entrepreneur-is-kind-of-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Being an Entrepreneur is Kind of Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSNBC ran a pretty cool article<\/a> on me (and another lawyer) and about how an increasing number of young lawyers are starting their own practices.<\/p>\n

In general, it was a good article. I hope I didn’t come off as too much of a braggart. People – at least anonymous commenters in the Intertubes – focused on my revenue claims, and not on my basic message which is: 1) anyone can do what I did and 2) State Bars should make it easier for people to do what I did by lowering the costs and barriers to entry. <\/p>\n

It’s entirely absurd to me that someone should need to study three years in law school before being able to practice law. That’s not how it is in most other countries, including other countries that follow the common law tradition.<\/p>\n

Lawyers in America have built up a frightful monopoly. An ABA executive pooh-poohed my suggestion. That’s fine. He’s part of the establishment. What else would he say?<\/p>\n

What is sad to me is that so many other run-of-the-mill lawyers believe that these rules help them – the same rules that saddle them with enormous debt, that prevent them from marketing, the same rules that in the name of the Rules of “Ethics” privilege large firms. <\/p>\n

I think people prefer to be secure, rather than free, even if that security is an enormous burden that prevents them from being rich, too.<\/p>\n

The wonderful thing about the article is that I’ve been contacted by a couple of dozen entrepreneurial types across the country and am planning a free webinar. That’s pretty cool!<\/p>\n

Anyway, thanks also for all the feedback on my website<\/a>! I have randomly selected a winner who will receive a $100 gift certificate from Amazon. Since feedback was anonymous, I can’t disclose who won the certificate. But, trust me, someone received it. I’m a lawyer, after all!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MSNBC ran a pretty cool article on me (and another lawyer) and about how an increasing number of young lawyers are starting their own practices. In general, it was a good article. I hope I didn’t come off as too much of a braggart. 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