• E15: Google Alum Spencer Cassidy (YC W19) on Founding LifeLegacy, an Estate Planning Startup

  • May 23 2024
  • Duración: 33 m
  • Podcast

E15: Google Alum Spencer Cassidy (YC W19) on Founding LifeLegacy, an Estate Planning Startup

  • Resumen

  • In episode 15 of the Superconnector podcast, Matt Joseph interviews Spencer Cassidy, the Cofounder and CEO of LifeLegacy. Cassidy is a Google alum who sold his first startup Balto (YC W19) to a publicly traded company.

    We cover his journey from working at Google for 5 years, to the successful acquisition of his previous startup, Balto, to founding LifeLegacy, an estate planning platform inspired by personal tragedy and the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Chapters

    00:00 Welcome

    00:38 The Genesis of LifeLegacy

    04:11 How LifeLegacy gets customers

    05:58 Developing strategic partnerships

    08:10 Why boostrapping made sense

    11:07 Bootstrapping vs Venture Capital

    14:48 The personal tragedy behind LifeLegacy

    18:20 Raising a family as a founder

    20:13 Advice for aspiring founders

    22:32 Working at Google vs being a founder

    23:20 Lessons from angel investing

    27:51 Most rewarding part of being a founder

    32:07 Sports, Startups, and the Skills That Translate



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