Today’s guest is Brian Lee, a rock-star serial entrepreneur. Brian has cofounded several companies worth over a billion dollars each, such as Legalzoom with Robert Shapiro, The Honest Company with Jessica Alba, ShoeDazzle with Kim Kardashian and Arena Club with baseball legend Derek Jeter.
Brian is also the cofounder and managing partner of BAM Ventures, an early-stage VC firm. Brian wrote the first investment check into Honey, which went on to sell to PayPal for $4B.
Brian was formerly an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.
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.
He was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014.
In this episode, we dive into:
- The incredible stories of how LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, The Honest Company and Arena Club came to fruition.
- The secret sauce behind celebrity partnerships
- How Brian made his transition into VC venture capital
- The types of founders that VCs want to invest in
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