Schox Patent Group has built patent portfolios for over 500 startups, including Twilio, Cruise, Duo, Coinbase, and Joby at the very earliest stage. When Jeff saw AI coming for the legal industry, he knew he had to disrupt his own firm. He explains how his coach helped him reimagine the business to thrive in the AI era.
I knew that I needed more firepower. I needed to fully disrupt my own law firm to be able to thrive in the AI era.
Answers are verbatim from the recorded interview.
I first started thinking about getting a coach as I saw this AI legal apocalypse on the horizon, and I knew that I needed more firepower. I needed to fully disrupt my own law firm to be able to thrive in the AI era.
We had to go from, this is how you write great patent applications, to, this is how you make great decisions. This was a huge part of my work with my coach.
I met with three different potential coaches, and one of them I really clicked with quite a bit.
I'm surrounded by a lot of great entrepreneurs, and they all have great advice. But there's something really special about having a coach who's going to push back and really help you uncover the truth of a situation.
In patent strategy and early-stage investing, I'm being asked to make decisions before something is technically feasible, before something is commercially proven. The core underlying skill is the same — trying to understand value before the market truly understands it. This is what my Titan coach helped me understand.
Each of those founders is going through a transformation almost annually. To hyperscale a startup is a series of massive transformations, and I would highly encourage them to get a coach as soon as they can.
Jeff Schox, Founder and CEO of Schox Patent Group, in conversation with Titan. Lightly edited for clarity.
I'm Jeffrey Schox. I'm the founder and CEO of Schox Patent Group. We develop patent strategies and build patent portfolios for frontier tech startups.
The legal apocalypse is coming. AI is coming very hard for the legal field, and for many patent attorneys, this is a pretty scary moment. For us, it's clarifying. We've had an unbelievable string of unicorns come to us at the very, very early stage, whether this is Twilio or Cruise or Duo or Coinbase or Joby. All of these companies have come to us very early on to be able to say, this is our technology, can you help us protect it? Twilio actually launched from my office. I was the one who ordered them pizza for the evening after their launch.
I first started thinking about getting a coach as I saw this AI legal apocalypse on the horizon, and I knew that I needed more firepower. I needed to fully disrupt my own law firm to be able to thrive in the AI era. We had to go from, this is how you write great patent applications, to, this is how you make great decisions. This was a huge part of my work with my coach.
I love my Titan coach. I met with three different potential coaches, and one of them I really clicked with quite a bit. I'm surrounded by a lot of great entrepreneurs, and they all have great advice. But there's something really special about having a coach who's going to push back and really help you uncover the truth of a situation.
People often ask, am I a patent attorney or a venture capitalist? My law firm has filed thousands of patent applications, and my venture funds have made hundreds of early-stage investments. In patent strategy and early-stage investing, I'm being asked to make decisions before something is technically feasible, before something is commercially proven. The core underlying skill is the same — trying to understand value before the market truly understands it. These two skills are the same underneath, and this is what my Titan coach helped me understand.
Schox Patent Group is creating a new category. We're developing the patent strategy, building the patent portfolios, and investing in these companies to empower them to move forward. Schox Patent Group has worked with over 500 startups over the years, and they've raised collectively over $10 billion.
When I look at our clients, our startups, and my investments, each of those founders is going through a transformation almost annually. To hyperscale a startup is a series of massive transformations, and I would highly encourage them to get a coach as soon as they can. Everyone should have a Titan coach.
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