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One of the most dynamic areas of legal tech right now is practice management, which has seen a surge of investments and acquisitions over the past year. And one of the companies that best represents that trend is Paradigm, which was founded two years ago as ASG LegalTech and rebranded this year as Paradigm, to represent its goal of bringing about a paradigm shift for legal technology. Paradigm is a portfolio company composed of three popular practice management platforms — PracticePanther, Bill4Time and MerusCase — and its most recent acquisition in September 2020, the electronic payments platform Headnote. Since acquiring Headnote, it has integrated its e-payments technology into both PracticePanther and Bill4Time, with plans to also add it to MerusCase. On this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi is joined by two principals of Paradigm: Sarah Schaaf, a former lawyer and the founder of Headnote and now general manager of Paradigm’ payments division. Colin Li, chief financial officer and chief revenue officer at Paradigm. We talk about the company’s growth and future plans, the state of the practice management market, the increasing importance of e-payments technology, and their thoughts on future developments. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about. A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.
Sarah Schaaf, CEO and Co-Founder of Headnote, shares her thoughts on diversity inequity, the stigma she faced as a female entrepreneur looking for funding, and her words of wisdom for young entrepreneurs.
How does Jared sound so damn good in this podcast? Maybe you're not a podcaster, but we've all been tossed into the world of online meetings in the past year, and having the right audio tools can help you sound your best. Listen in for Jared's top audio tips, with a little wisdom on being camera-ready, too. You know, like taking a shower and stuff. (1:50) Next, Jared welcomes Sarah Schaaf to talk through her thoughts on why the shift toward using a single provider for your legal tech needs is a good move for lawyers. (8:58) And, as always, stick around for the Rump Roast—this time á la shocking (or not?) Correia family history. (26:02) Jared's Audio Tips: Shure SM58, Blue Snowball, or another high-quality microphone. Krisp - for muting background noise. Audacity - free recording/editing software. Zencastr - a recording platform. Noise-canceling headphones Sarah's Sparkling Margarita: Lowball glass full of ice A few fingers of tequila (higher end the better) A splash of fresh lime and agave (or Margarita Mix) ⅓ to ⅔ can (to taste) of sparkling beverage (Sarah recommends Coconut LaCroix) Sarah Schaaf is general manager of the payments division at Paradigm. Because we love Sarah so much, this episode's playlist is inspired by her love of African funk. Listen to it below while you mix up some of Sarah's Sparkling Margarita: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3a14k3zD5LJQ1VMoAhV8Yu?si=gxXIgfcDR-SpmYwvVDsANg Our theme song is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. Our closing song is Sewn To You by The HA. Special thanks to our sponsors Scorpion, TimeSolv, and Alert Communications.
How does Jared sound so damn good in this podcast? Maybe you’re not a podcaster, but we’ve all been tossed into the world of online meetings in the past year, and having the right audio tools can help you sound your best. Listen in for Jared’s top audio tips, with a little wisdom on being camera-ready, too. You know, like taking a shower and stuff. (1:50) Next, Jared welcomes Sarah Schaaf to talk through her thoughts on why the shift toward using a single provider for your legal tech needs is a good move for lawyers. (8:58) And, as always, stick around for the Rump Roast—this time á la shocking (or not?) Correia family history. (26:02) Jared’s Audio Tips: Shure SM58, Blue Snowball, or another high-quality microphone. Krisp - for muting background noise. Audacity - free recording/editing software. Zencastr - a recording platform. Noise-canceling headphones Sarah’s Sparkling Margarita: Lowball glass full of ice A few fingers of tequila (higher end the better) A splash of fresh lime and agave (or Margarita Mix) ⅓ to ⅔ can (to taste) of sparkling beverage (Sarah recommends Coconut LaCroix) Sarah Schaaf is general manager of the payments division at Paradigm. Because we love Sarah so much, this episode’s playlist is inspired by her love of African funk. Listen to it below while you mix up some of Sarah's Sparkling Margarita: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3a14k3zD5LJQ1VMoAhV8Yu?si=gxXIgfcDR-SpmYwvVDsANg Our theme song is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. Our closing song is Sewn To You by The HA. Special thanks to our sponsors Scorpion, TimeSolv, and Alert Communications.
I spoke with Soumya Nettimi and Sarah Schaaf, the CEO and general manager of payments, respectively, for ASG LegalTech, a platform of legal SaaS products including PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and now following its recent acquisition, Headnote, of which Sarah is a co-founder and the former CEO. We discussed the alignment of Headnote with ASG LegalTech's suite of products, how the future of payments in legal is evolving, and what the appetite for a suite of technology tools indicates about the shift in the business of law.
I spoke with Soumya Nettimi and Sarah Schaaf, the CEO and general manager of payments, respectively, for ASG LegalTech, a platform of legal SaaS products including PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and now following its recent acquisition, Headnote, of which Sarah is a co-founder and the former CEO. We discussed the alignment of Headnote with ASG LegalTech's suite of products, how the future of payments in legal is evolving, and what the appetite for a suite of technology tools indicates about the shift in the business of law.
I spoke with Soumya Nettimi and Sarah Schaaf, the CEO and general manager of payments, respectively, for ASG LegalTech, a platform of legal SaaS products including PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and now following its recent acquisition, Headnote, of which Sarah is a co-founder and the former CEO. We discussed the alignment of Headnote with ASG LegalTech’s suite of products, how the future of payments in legal is evolving, and what the appetite for a suite of technology tools indicates about the shift in the business of law.
I spoke with Soumya Nettimi and Sarah Schaaf, the CEO and general manager of payments, respectively, for ASG LegalTech, a platform of legal SaaS products including PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and now following its recent acquisition, Headnote, of which Sarah is a co-founder and the former CEO. We discussed the alignment of Headnote with ASG LegalTech’s suite of products, how the future of payments in legal is evolving, and what the appetite for a suite of technology tools indicates about the shift in the business of law.
In this exclusive LawNext interview recorded in advance of the announcement of ASG LegalTech’s acquisition of electronic payments company Headnote, host Bob Ambrogi speaks with the two companies’ CEOs: Soumya Nettimi of ASG LegalTech and Sarah Schaaf of Headnote, on the reasons for the deal and the significance for customers. On Sept. 22, 2020, ASG LegalTech, the company that owns cloud practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time and MerusCase, announced that it had acquired Headnote, the online payments platform that provides e-payments and accounts-receivable management for law firms. The acquisition is the fourth in three years for ASG LegalTech and the 27th for its parent company Alpine SG (ASG), a portfolio company of the San Francisco private equity firm Alpine Investors. No sooner did ASG announce the acquisition than it revealed the first product to result from it — PantherPayments, an all-in-one payment system that is fully integrated within the PracticePanther platform. In this interview, Nettimi and Schaaf go into depth on the reasons for the acquisition, their plans for future development, and what this means for both companies’ customers. NEW: Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com. We are now on Patreon! Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Thank you to our leading Patreon member Allen Rodriguez and ONE400 for your support!
I had the privilege of interviewing Jeff McCoy, Haresh Bhungalia, David Horrigan, Shawn Gaines, Ed Walters, Erez Bustan, Patrick DiDomenico, Ian Campbell, Brad Blickstein, Warrick McLean, Helle Schwartz-Grossman, Caterina Latte, Kim Taylor, Craig Carpenter, Scott Wallingford, Scott Winter, Sarah Schaaf, Rick Weber, and Tony Caputo at ILTACON 2019 and this is a mash-up of their perspectives.
I had the privilege of interviewing Jeff McCoy, Haresh Bhungalia, David Horrigan, Shawn Gaines, Ed Walters, Erez Bustan, Patrick DiDomenico, Ian Campbell, Brad Blickstein, Warrick McLean, Helle Schwartz-Grossman, Caterina Latte, Kim Taylor, Craig Carpenter, Scott Wallingford, Scott Winter, Sarah Schaaf, Rick Weber, and Tony Caputo at ILTACON 2019 and this is a mash-up of their perspectives.
I had the privilege of interviewing Jeff McCoy, Haresh Bhungalia, David Horrigan, Shawn Gaines, Ed Walters, Erez Bustan, Patrick DiDomenico, Ian Campbell, Brad Blickstein, Warrick McLean, Helle Schwartz-Grossman, Caterina Latte, Kim Taylor, Craig Carpenter, Scott Wallingford, Scott Winter, Sarah Schaaf, Rick Weber, and Tony Caputo at ILTACON 2019 and this is a mash-up of their perspectives.
I had the privilege of interviewing Jeff McCoy, Haresh Bhungalia, David Horrigan, Shawn Gaines, Ed Walters, Erez Bustan, Patrick DiDomenico, Ian Campbell, Brad Blickstein, Warrick McLean, Helle Schwartz-Grossman, Caterina Latte, Kim Taylor, Craig Carpenter, Scott Wallingford, Scott Winter, Sarah Schaaf, Rick Weber, and Tony Caputo at ILTACON 2019 and this is a mash-up of their perspectives.
We talk accounts receivables and how modern lawyers are getting paid, how they're getting stiffed, and what to do about it with lawyer, entreprepreneur, and CEO of Headnote, Sarah Schaaf. NEWS - http://bit.ly/2RJOtW7 GUEST - http://bit.ly/HeadNoteLAWsome © 2019 Consultwebs
Sarah Schaaf tells us all about growing up with Patrick the Miniature Horse, and how they came to attend some of the biggest horse events in the USA. And now, Patrick is a Breyer Horse too! classroom.miniaturehorsemanship.com/32
Visit MaximumLawyer.com for complete show notes of each podcast episode, tips, hacks and more resources! Today on the show we have Sarah Schaaf, lawyer and CEO of Headnote. We’ll discuss Headnote, advice to lawyer parents, working in the legal field vs the tech field, and more. Sarah has worked at a variety of firms and see the whole gamut of billing methods by law firms. What’s happening right now for most law firms is they send an invoice out and wait to see if they get a check a few weeks to months later. There’s a series of meetings and awkward collection calls, but in reality there is a lot of vagueness around the status of each funnel from collection to payment. Headnote tracks all of these steps so your firm is wasting less time making collection calls and comparing notes and more time focusing on practicing the law. Get $30 of free transaction fees from Headnote at: https://headnote.com/maxlawyer/ Reach out to Sarah at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahkschaaf/ Make sure to register for MaxLawCon19, June 6 and 7 in St.Louis. For more content from us please subscribe to our Youtube Channel Thanks so much for listening to the show! If you want to know more about this and keep on maximizing your firm, please join our Facebook Group or like us on Facebook and comment! You can also go to MaximumLawyer.com or, if you’d prefer, email us at: info@maximumlawyer.com Interested in being on the show? Shoot us an email at support@maximumlawyer.com or message us on Facebook! Welcome to the Maximum Lawyer Podcast. Partner up, and maximize your firm.
What do Silicon Valley tech companies do that law firms should consider implementing in their business practices? In this episode of the Un-Billable Hour, host Christopher Anderson talks to Sarah Schaaf, CEO of Headnote, about the key things law firms can learn from tech companies to improve how they operate. They get into the details of how firms can consider data, speed, and ongoing streamlining to allocate firm resources responsibly and efficiently. Sarah Schaaf is the CEO of Headnote, a company that provides electronic payment processing to law firms. Special thanks to our sponsors, Answer1, Solo Practice University, Scorpion, and Lawclerk.
Law firms of any size can have accounts receivable issues. What changes can lawyers make to give their clients a professional and modern payment experience? In this episode of Legal Toolkit, host Jared Correia talks to Sarah Schaaf, CEO of Headnote, about how lawyers can optimize their payment processes with technology and automation. As high-end service providers, lawyers can serve their clients better when they use the best payment processes available. Jared and Sarah discuss how utilizing modern tools helps lawyers get paid faster and gives their clients a more professional payment experience. Sarah Schaaf is the CEO of Headnote, a company that provides electronic payment processing to law firms. Special thanks to our sponsors Scorpion, Answer1, Thomson Reuters Firm Central and TimeSolv.
Sarah Schaaf wanted to revolutionize how lawyers get paid. After growing up with lawyer parents and then becoming a lawyer herself, including a stint in Google’s legal department, she saw the problems lawyers had in collecting from clients. She envisioned a platform as easy to use as PayPal or Venmo, but made specifically for the legal field and fully compliant with lawyers’ professional responsibilities. Headnote, the company she co-founded and leads as CEO, is both a payment processing platform, allowing lawyers to accept echeck and credit card payments, and an accounts-receivable automation platform, to help ensure invoices get paid. Headnote takes a unique approach to the e-payments process, aiming to make it easier for both the lawyer and the client. It is also transparent about its pricing, with no monthly service fees and fixed transaction fees of 1.9% for echecks and 2.9% for credit cards. In this episode of LawNext, Schaaf joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss her company and her thoughts about payment processing in general. She describes how Headnote evolved out of her own experiences as a lawyer, how it differs from other payment processing platforms, and what lawyers should understand when selecting a payment processing company. Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com.
This week we have Episode 22 of The Get Automated Podcast. Every small business owner knows that cash flow is the life of a small business. How can you improve that? Listen to Kelsey Bratcher and Sarah Schaaf CEO and Co-Founder of Headnote chat about invoicing, receivables and most importantly payments. Sarah is a former attorney who saw something that the legal industry need to have improved and that drove her create Headnote a better way for lawyers to invoice and collect payments. Headnote is focused on the legal industry but the ideas and advice in this episode apply to anyone with a business. This episode is all about getting you paid, and fast. Kelsey and Sarah discuss why making it easy to have your clients pay you is one of the best things you can improve or better yet automate for your business. Download this episode to find out about automating invoicing and payment reminders, using a dashboard to simplify tracking accounts receivable, and using a payment link for simple payment access. Plus a whole lot more, but you have to download it to find out.
Sarah Schaaf is the founder and CEO of Headnote which revolutionizing payments in the legal community. Host Ian Connett (@QuantumJurist) and Sarah talk about validating a legal tech idea, raising venture capital and the future of Headnote. For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to the Evolve the Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at evolve@abovethelaw.com Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information go to https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center https://headnote.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahkschaaf Show Notes The origin story of Headnote – how Sarah solved her own pain points Developing a tool like Venmo for lawyers - thinking of her solution as a “tool” vs. software Taking “awkward collections” off the client’s plate Sarah’s approach to design – ruthless focus on the client experience Transitioning from traditional law career to running a venture backed start up - how to find a nice founder-funder fit Sarah’s take on recent VC investment in legal tech 2 easy ways to test if you have an “MVP” to develop for the legal tech market Convergence with FinTech – exploring crypto payments for lawyers and international transactions Why you’re risking disbarment if you’re unaware of the lawyer-client payment rules How you can try Headnote today, risk free, and take advantage of the Evolve the Law promo code at https://headnote.com/evolve Review and Subscribe If you like what you hear please leave a review by clicking here Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player to get the latest episodes. Subscribe with Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Subscribe with Stitcher
You could call this the "Imgur.com" episode. Imgur's own Vice-President of Community, Sarah Schaaf (@sarah) joins me for an amazing look behind the scenes at the humble beginnings and rise of one of the biggest websites on the planet. We ALSO get to hear about her hobbies and interests outside of running an elite website. Guess what, she's a geek about something just like everyone else! :) https://imgur.com/Then at 28:03, unlikely knitter Louis Boria of https://www.brooklynboyknits.com/ joins me to inspire others to follow their passion no matter our outward appearance or self-consciousness. I'm DEFINITELY inviting him back again!Finally, at 36:44 all the way from Spain, I talk to Giovanni, a video game creator and the genius behind the game Rocket Assault. We hear his story and about his awesome game. Think Rocket League + Mario Kart = Rocket Assault. I can't wait! Support his project! https://rocketassault.com/Like, follow, and subscribe to the podcast and social media! Let me know YOUR geek thing! Be the good in this world...and don't forget to be good to yourself as well
Kruze Consulting's Founders and Friends Podcast for Startups
Sarah Schaaf of Headnote (https://headnote.com/) retraces her journey from Google Lawyer to legal industry startup founder. Headnote makes billing and collections easy for lawyers. It's a huge pain point for lawyers and the company has already handled over $1M in its very short life. We discuss the value of an incubator (NFX) and how it helped Headnote's team pivot to the right idea. Finally, we talk about working with your spouse and how rewarding and challenging that can be.