From everyday business and market challenges to convincing typically tech-resistant professionals to change, building a legal tech company isn’t an easy journey. So much so that being acquired might be the intended goal, or provide necessary relief from the stress of entrepreneurship.

“It is a tough, rough road, and you have a lot of scars along the way to get to that exit,” noted Litera Corp. global head of corporate development Haley Altman. “I think some people get to that point and say, ‘I’m done, I don’t want to figure that out. I’m ready to be done.’ That journey is finished, and they find their passion in another place.”