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Entrepreneur Interview with Jim Shay, CEO of Shay and Glenn Law Firm

Jim Shay, Shay and Glenn Law Firm, San Mateo,CA,USA:

My brother is also an entrepreneur on the west coast that I used to contrast the entrepreneur interview I did in the Boston area where I live. He has small law firm in San Mateo, CA, focusing on intellectual property matters for small companies, primarily in the medical device industry. The firm was founded on November 1, 2006. A large portion of his work involves interaction with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Other than that, government has played no role in the founding or growth of the firm. Philanthropy and philanthropic institutions had no role in the founding or development our firm. No anchor institution had a role in the founding or development our firm. No intermediary institution had a role in the founding or development our firm. He took out a line of credit on his home to provide the start up capital for his firm.

In the beginning, their biggest challenge was to hire enough qualified people to meet the initial demand for our services. Since then, the biggest challenge has been learning how to adapt to the rapidly changing business climate in our primary industry, the start up medical device industry. The primary element enabling growth has been Jims long time relationships within their primary client community. The primary measure of their success has been their relative stability over the last eight years even as the overall legal and business landscapes have changed. The partners and employees of the firm are the primary beneficiaries, but their clients in the biomedical device industries have benefited from that stability as well.