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  • Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur, with T.A. McCann

    Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur, with T.A. McCann
    Dec 5 2025
    What could a law firm entrepreneur learn from a tech incubator? Pioneer Square Labs has vetted 500-plus business ideas and launched 43 software companies. PSL’s managing director, “serial entrepreneur” T.A. McCann, visits hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright to reveal his playbook for growth, from breaking down PSL’s proven strategies to leveraging AI to recognizing the essential traits of any entrepreneur – regardless of their sector.Learn More and Connect☑️ T.A. McCann | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | X☑️ Pioneer Square Labs | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | X☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Jeff Wright☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | X ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Produced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by SmartAdvocate, Hype Legal, Expert...
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    48 m
  • Building ‘Comes Down to Balance’, with Andrew Garza

    Building ‘Comes Down to Balance’, with Andrew Garza
    Nov 21 2025
    “Even if it's going to mean we're less profitable, short term, if it provides sanity, we're going to do it,” Andrew Garza says as he reflects on his entrepreneurial journey, including co-founding Claggett, Sykes & Garza Trial Lawyers. “It all comes down to a balance.” In this wide-ranging conversation with hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright, Andrew reveals how balance informs the firm’s decisions, from balancing automation and systems to balancing referrals and digital marketing. He also describes why the hardest decisions typically surround maintaining your law firm’s culture, why he rejects the myth of work-life balance, and why he doesn’t mind if the firm’s job posting turns people off. Spoiler: If it turns you off, you’re not a fit.Learn More and Connect☑️ Andrew Garza | LinkedIn☑️ Claggett, Sykes & Garza Trial Lawyers on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Jeff Wright☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | X ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeProduced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by Supio
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    55 m
  • Secrets to Scaling a Criminal Defense Firm, with Tim Zerillo

    Secrets to Scaling a Criminal Defense Firm, with Tim Zerillo
    Nov 7 2025
    “I tell people my practice is primarily sex, drugs, and white collar crime. No rock and roll,” says defense lawyer Tim Zerillo in this conversation about building a criminal defense firm. With hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright, Tim reveals how he evolved from bartering for office space as a new lawyer to running a nationally recognized practice. He shares hard-won insights about managing the economic realities of criminal defense, mentoring younger lawyers, and giving time to professional organizations. “If you are thinking about leaving as an associate of a bigger firm and starting a solo firm, you really have to expect to give your time to causes that are related to the criminal legal system,” he observes.Learn More and Connect☑️ Tim Zerillo | LinkedIn☑️ Zerillo Law Firm on Facebook | YouTube☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Jeff Wright☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | X ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeProduced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by Supio, VisionSpark, and 1% for the Planet.
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    49 m
  • The “Vivid Vision” Playbook for Growth, with Cameron Herold

    The “Vivid Vision” Playbook for Growth, with Cameron Herold
    Oct 24 2025
    Building a business without a clear vision is like doing a 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle with no picture on the box. That’s the metaphor that informs Cameron Herold’s revolutionary “Vivid Vision” model. He describes it in this conversation with hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright. The founder of the COO Alliance and mastermind behind companies like 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Cameron explains how his jigsaw puzzle approach to business structure guides entrepreneurs as they build the four corners and sides of their organizational foundation. He reveals hard-won lessons about how poor financial management nearly bankrupted a $100 million company, why hiring motivated people beats trying to motivate unmotivated ones, and what calling a journalist directly can do for your marketing efforts. Learn More and Connect☑️ Cameron Herold | LinkedIn☑️ COO Alliance on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Jeff Wright☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | X ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeProduced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by
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    55 m
  • Aim, Plan, Honor: Strategic Growth, with Melissa Shanahan

    Aim, Plan, Honor: Strategic Growth, with Melissa Shanahan
    Oct 10 2025
    Melissa Shanahan encourages her law firm clients to envision a “three-legged stool” that supports growth. The three legs of that stool are: aim, plan, and honor. “When you don't have one of those, you don't really get the traction that you're looking for,” she explains to hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright. The founder of the consulting firm Velocity Work, Melissa discusses her work helping law firms scale through strategic planning. Tune in for her insights about staying on top of data, having quarterly planning sessions, and being honest about staffing. Learn More and Connect☑️ Melissa Shanahan | LinkedIn☑️ Velocity Work on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Jeff Wright☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | X ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeProduced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by Supio, VisionSpark, and
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    51 m
  • Do You Have a Vision or a Pipe Dream?, with Ben Gideon

    Do You Have a Vision or a Pipe Dream?, with Ben Gideon
    Sep 26 2025

    Here’s what a vision is not: a pipe dream or a Christmas wish list. Here’s what it is: a big, audacious goal that’s worthy of your time and energy. Ben Gideon lays out this critical difference by unpacking his own vision for Gideon Asen. In a conversation guided by COO Jeff Wright, Ben shares how their firm's original mission statement evolved from a three-person operation to a market-leading practice. Tune in for insights about how to craft a plan that will define your firm, from opening day to years in the future.

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    Sponsored by Supio, VisionSpark, and 1% for the Planet.
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    54 m
  • The Art of Decision-Making, with Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright

    The Art of Decision-Making, with Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright
    Sep 12 2025

    Every business succeeds or fails based on decisions: making good ones and recovering from bad ones. “Sounds like a pretty rudimentary concept,” says Gideon Asen founder Ben Gideon. To break down that concept, Ben and firm COO Jeff Wright reflect on how decision-making has informed Gideon Asen and its growth. They also dissect crucial contradictions – between the right idea at the wrong time, paid consultants versus honest mentors, and dissenters versus yes-men – that can separate a good decision from a bad one.

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    ☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

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    ☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | X

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    Sponsored by Supio, VisionSpark, and 1% for the Planet.
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    41 m
  • From Silicon Valley to Legal AI Startup, with Jerry Zhou

    From Silicon Valley to Legal AI Startup, with Jerry Zhou
    Aug 29 2025
    Jerry Zhou and childhood friend Kyle Lam had vast skills in software development by the time Covid hit and they left Microsoft. That’s when they sat down at a Starbucks and wrote “all the ideas that we had about things that we thought we could contribute to the world.” Their coffee-house brainstorming eventually turned into Supio, a developer of legal AI for personal injury firms and a sponsor of “Build & Grow Your Law Firm.” Hosts Ben Gideon and Jeff Wright unravel Jerry’s reflections about finding product-market fit with plaintiff trial lawyers and scaling from a "shadiest part of Seattle" office to a 150-plus employee company with Series B funding. Tune in for his insights about taking the entrepreneurial leap and building sustainable business growth.Learn More and Connect☑️ Jerry Zhou | LinkedIn☑️ Supio on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook☑️ Ben Gideon | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram☑️ Jeff Wright☑️ Gideon Asen on LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram | X ☑️ Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeProduced and Powered by LawPodsSponsored by Supio, VisionSpark, and
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    48 m