Nordic Women in Tech Awards

Karola has been a pioneer in the paradigm shift in the legal industry for more than a decade which
has been induced by the technological revolution which we all live in. Her dedication to the future of
lawyering in the tech sphere, to empowering disruptive ideas, finding innovative business-oriented,
long-term working strategies and solutions to legal challenges, and shaping the future of the industry
has made a tremendous impact.


As the founder of KassaiLaw, Karola has shown a deep understanding of the need for collective
intelligence, ethics, and responsibility in the tech industry. She is a dedicated advocate to the next
paradigm shift in law invoked by technology, turning the traditionally and historically society follower
nature of law to actually becoming a real shaper of the future by turning into a pre-regulator of the
new technologies.


She is a recognized member of the tech community in the EU and is highly respected for her
insightful perspectives on the future of the industry. She has spoken at numerous events, including
Stockholm Fintech Week, CEE Global Startup Awards, SvD Bank Summit, and many other events. Her
presentations have been inspiring and have helped entrepreneurs gain a deeper understanding of
the new generation of lawyering and the legal implications of emerging technologies even where there is
lack of practice in law yet.


Karola’s commitment to empowering entrepreneurs has helped countless startups turn their ideas
into reality.

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“Is your team the dream team? How much percentage should each founder get?” One of the core ingredients to success is the right team with complementing skills and personalities: early stage investors (and business partners too, by the way) will invest in the team, not the idea. Our goal is to guide you in building a strong and well-functioning team, as well as help you uncover potential friction points or weaknesses in the team, so that you can address them in the very beginning. When it comes to the fair split with your co-founders, if you need a reference point, or just want reassurance, we have developed our own tool for equity split calculation. Hint: the one answer that’s certainly wrong is a hasty 50-50 split.

You have spotted a problem and found a viable solution – in other words, you have your idea. What’s the next step? You need to make sure that the problem your business is trying to solve is a valid problem for a wide enough group, and that

Are you sure that the problem your business is trying to solve is a valid problem for a wide enough group? 

When you spot a problem and think you have found a viable solution to create a business around, it’s all too easy to get excited and jump straight into ideating a solution.

Avoid making something and then hoping people buy it when you could research what people need and then make that.

It doesn’t make any sense to make a key and then run around looking for a lock to open.

There are many ingredients in the recipe for creating a successful startup, but most certainly whatever you read and wherever you go, one of the first pieces of advice is going to be to do your homework properly regarding the validation. You have to validate both your problem and your solution to be able to define the perfect problem-solution and later on the product-market fit. If you manipulate your future customers into liking your solution or do not reveal all the aspects and layers of a problem you identified, your idea can easily lose its ground and with that the probability of it surviving and actually being turned into a prosperous business. Let us know if we can help at this initial but yet super-important stage.

Validation is the first step in moving towards learning more about the problem you are ultimately looking to solve.

Finding your unique value proposition is only possible if you take a thorough glance at your competitors. The world of tech is highly competitive, particularly so when you operate in a field with low entry barriers, you need to carefully examine and regularly update the news and developments of those companies who act in the same field and market. This might lead to several pivots for you if necessary, because you can significantly increase your chances of success if you can offer a—at least in some aspect—unique solution to your customers. The introduction as “we are like Uber/Snapchat/WeWork/Spotify, only better” is hardly sufficient in most cases. Unless you really are so much better, but then you need to know that too, so up the competitive analysis.