{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66a958fcbeb76fc5ebff8460/66a95902ab1347ecaa99880c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Brian Lee – Building Multiple Billion-Dollar Companies","description":"<p>Today’s guest is Brian Lee, a rock-star serial entrepreneur. Brian has cofounded several companies worth over a billion dollars each, such as <a href= \"https://www.legalzoom.com/\">Legalzoom</a> with Robert Shapiro, <a href=\"http://honest.com/\">The Honest Company </a>with Jessica Alba, <a href= \"https://www.shoedazzle.com/\">ShoeDazzle</a> with Kim Kardashian and <a href=\"https://arenaclub.com/\">Arena Club</a> with baseball legend Derek Jeter.</p> <p>Brian is also the cofounder and managing partner of <a href=\"https://www.bam.vc/\">BAM Ventures</a>, an early-stage VC firm. Brian wrote the first investment check into Honey, which went on to sell to PayPal for $4B.</p> <p>Brian was formerly an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP. </p> <p>Brian graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Economics and Business from UCLA. He received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law.</p> <p>He was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014.</p> <p>In this episode, we dive into:</p> <ul> <li>The incredible stories of how LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, The Honest Company and Arena Club came to fruition.</li> <li>The secret sauce behind celebrity partnerships</li> <li>How Brian made his transition into VC venture capital</li> <li>The types of founders that VCs want to invest in</li> </ul>","author_name":"Lan Anh Vu"}