# Inside the Legal Tech Fund: Tom Dreyfus on Community, Courage & Climbing the Mountain Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/careers-and-the-business-of-law-6403793/inside-the-legal-tech-fund-tom-dreyfus-on-community-courage-climbing-the-mountain Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/careers-and-the-business-of-law-6403793/inside-the-legal-tech-fund-tom-dreyfus-on-community-courage-climbing-the-mountain.md Podcast: [Careers and the Business of Law](https://stenobird.com/podcast/careers-and-the-business-of-law-6403793) Published: 2025-11-07T22:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://48601e5c-fc2d-4099-9281-666ceaf381e8.libsyn.com/inside-the-legal-tech-fund-tom-dreyfus-on-community-courage-climbing-the-mountain Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/48601e5c-fc2d-4099-9281-666ceaf381e8/TLTF_-_TOM_Dreyfus.mp3?dest-id=3934293 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/careers-and-the-business-of-law-6403793/episodes/inside-the-legal-tech-fund-tom-dreyfus-on-community-courage-climbing-the-mountain Duration seconds: 1301 ## Resource In this Careers and the Business of Law | Pre-TLTF conversation, David Cowen sits down with Tom Dreyfus , CEO and Founder of Josef, to unpack what it really takes to build and scale a legal tech startup from the ground up. From the first Legal Tech Fund investment to today's thriving TLTF community, Tom shares unfiltered insights on grit, growth, and redefining success beyond the 9-9-6 grind. Key Topics Covered: The founder's journey: how Josef became the Legal Tech Fund's first portfolio company. Why relationships and listening matter more than capital in startup growth. The evolution from outsider to insider in the TLTF community and what that feels like. Why there are no shortcuts in building a meaningful business or reputation. The balance between grit and grace, navigating startup life and parenthood. How TLTF built a warm, human-centered community in an industry full of transactional events. A reflection on privilege, partnership, and progress in modern leadership. 🎧 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Share this episode and take your career from now to next! πŸ’‘To learn more about the future of legal innovation, visit https://cowengroup.com/ See you at TLTF! ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/careers-and-the-business-of-law-6403793/episodes/inside-the-legal-tech-fund-tom-dreyfus-on-community-courage-climbing-the-mountain/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/careers-and-the-business-of-law-6403793/inside-the-legal-tech-fund-tom-dreyfus-on-community-courage-climbing-the-mountain.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.