Hitting The Mark

Fabian Geyrhalter:Welcome to the show, Eddie.Eddie Hartman:Thank you so much.Fabian Geyrhalter:Well, thrilled to have you here. I've been a customer of LegalZoom for, I don't know, I believe it must be 15 years or so by now, creating DBAs, and trademarks, and all of that good stuff one has to deal with as an entrepreneur. You created LegalZoom 20 years ago with two friends, as a digital tech company that helps its customers create legal documents without necessarily having to hire a lawyer. And you built it into the best known legal brand in the United States. Last year, one in four LLCs in California were started through LegalZoom. It might have been more by now. And you have over four million customers. More than half of all Americans know the brand. How did it start? Take us back 20 years ago, you and two friends, how did you come up with this quite revolutionary idea that point in time?Eddie Hartman:What a great question. And I have to say, when we began, we had no idea that we would be founding what I'm