{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c92c88b5e222bd90980d1fc/60c3389889ad59001917887c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dr. Sonja Ebron - Courtroom5","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c92c88b5e222bd90980d1fc/1623406732101-0250d78483b1084305a80fca93858561.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>OUR SPONSORS FOR THIS EPISODE</strong>:</p><h2><a href=\"https://www.founderslive.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Founders Live</a></h2><p><em>the global venue for entrepreneurs to experience events, content, and community.</em></p><p>Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.founderslive.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>founderslive.com</strong></a>&nbsp;to join and to find a live event streaming from your city.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode Sonja and Dan discussed:</strong></p><ul><li>growing up in Durham NC</li><li>The call to engineering</li><li>The career arc between academia and entrepreneurship</li><li>Why the legal system can feel rigged</li><li>How African Americans are, by necessity, innovative and entrepreneurial</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Dr. Sonja Ebron Co-founder and CEO of Courtroom5</strong>, a company that makes an automated legal toolbox that helps people represent themselves in court. </p><p>Sonja has one of the amazing backgrounds, engineering academia, a repeat entrepreneur, but it took a challenging experience of our own with the legal system to unleash your mission and passion for the startup life. She has a strong conviction that fairness and the justice system shouldn't depend on inequitable access to knowledge or resources and our conversation. She talked about the allure of engineering doing a startup in Durham, North Carolina, and so much more.</p><p><br></p><p>Sonja has a great story. Be sure to listen in.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><h3>MORE on SONJA and COURTROOM5</h3><p><strong>Sonja:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonjaebron/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">linkedin.com/in/sonjaebron</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/SonjaEbron\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/SonjaEbron</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Courtroom5:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://courtroom5.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">courtroom5.com</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/courtroom5legal/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com/courtroom5legal</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.twitter.com/courtroom5legal/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/courtroom5legal</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/courtroom5/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">linkedin.com/company/courtroom5</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://wavve.link/Founders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Founders Unfound</a>: Like and share - help us grow!</p><p><a href=\"https://foundersunfound.com/podcast-transcript-ep34-sonja-ebron-courtroom5/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>PODCAST TRANSCRIPT</em></a></p><p><br></p><p>#blackfounders #blackentrepreneurs #founderstory #underrepresented #underestimated #founderAfricandescent #legaltech</p>","author_name":"Daniel Kihanya"}