Alec Hankins

Entrepreneur

- 1st place, Venture Quest business plan competition
- Winners, Venture Quest elevator pitch competition
- Winners, Venture Quest MBA Choice elevator pitch competition
- Competitor, MAI Bangkok Business Challenge, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Competitor, Texas Venture Labs Competition, Austin, Texas.
- 2nd Place, Colligan User Interface Design Challenge, 2015
- Recipient, Paul Troiano RAINmaker Award, 2015
- Names "Rising Star in Law and Entrepreneurship" 2014

I want to change the world.

oDesk, EnvatoMarketplaces, Voices.com, HANDLR.

Frustrating: putting together all the various pieces of the puzzle that don't always fit.
Rewarding: having your idea validated by people who need/love/value your service.

Assuming you know what people want.

1. Financial models are bogus, but 100% valuable.
2. Formal business plans are worthless, but the process is invaluable.
3. ABP. Always be pitching. You're not that good and opportunities come out of nowhere, so you need be a blackbelt pitch meister.

I am a notorious tinkerer. Whether it's surfboard shaping, motorcycle racing, gardening, or software development, I love to be hands-on and a part of the action. 

I went to law school to be a start-up lawyer. I wanted (and continue to want) to help people start somehting great. I have worked previously in banking and in e-commerce, and founded my first start-up as an undergrauate. And through these encounters with entrepreneurship I developed a passion for innovation—both as an entrepreneur and an advocate for entrepreneurs. 

I started Lawger to democrotize the law. I think that the law isn't a luxury—it's something we are all enitled to and should not be a barrier to innovation, happiness, or progress. Lawger was built to match lawyers to clients as efficiently as possible so legal questions are more like "speed bumps" rather than brick walls that that squelch innovation merely because answers are too difficult and to expensive to come by.