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Hi everyone! I'm one of the founders of Ironclad and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Before starting Ironclad I was an attorney at Fenw

by jwb119 11y ago

Hi everyone! I'm one of the founders of Ironclad and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Before starting Ironclad I was an attorney at Fenwick & West, and my co-founder was an engineer at Palantir. Let us know how we can help. We're excited to launch :)

biot 11y ago
Minor point: the screenshot shows "Wiley E. Coyote" but it's actually "Wile E. Coyote". Otherwise, seems like a much-needed service. A lot of what lawyers are used for is little more than mail merge, so I'm happy to see this aspect of their work being commoditized.
- jwb119 11y ago
  This is an excellent bug report. Filed!
melvinmt 11y ago
Any plans on supporting Google Drive? I think it's more common for companies to keep documents there nowadays than in Dropbox, at least in the companies I'm working with.
- jwb119 11y ago
  Yep, that's our next integration. I didn't realize how popular it was until I started talking to companies either, so we're seeing the same thing.
zeeshanm 11y ago
I am curious to understand how you guys decided on the pricing model? If I am basically using a template for Contractor Agreements, Sales Contracts, etc. what is keeping me from using the same template again. Unless I am missing something here. I see there are integrations with HelloSign to make the process automated.
- jwb119 11y ago
  We want you to use the same template again and again! What we are really trying to provide is the administrative support layer that doesn't currently exist, or is being done by a human. So we help you fill in that template faster, we integrate with HelloSign so that it's sent out for signature automatically when you've approved it, and we create folders and store the final docs there for you when you're done. It's more of an end-to-end approach than just dealing with templates. The idea is you'd pay Ironclad $49/month rather than pay an assistant way more than that to keep you organized. Does that make sense? Would love any feedback if you think of this differently.
  - zeeshanm 11y ago
    Got it. I actually signed up already to use the NDA. I can see it definitely saves time and keeps things organized. Instead of going through HelloSign and Dropbox/GDrive each time I can just go to IrconClad. :)
    - jwb119 11y ago
      That's what I like to hear! Excited to have you as a user. Let us know what else you want too. founders@ironcladapp.com
tradd 11y ago
I think you've got a good idea here that could really help the administrative side of contract management. But I have a few questions: How does Ironclad ensure that you'll "never lose a contract again"? Can you dictate what the folder structure will be and have Ironclad follow that automatically? Can you have it follow agreement naming conventions? How does it handle successive iterations of a contract that is being negotiated? Can you also store a record of emails/discussions regarding those negotiations with the contracts?
- jwb119 11y ago
  Awesome questions, will try to answer here: >How does Ironclad ensure that you'll "never lose a contract again"? Can you dictate what the folder structure will be and have Ironclad follow that automatically? -Yes, you can! >Can you have it follow agreement naming conventions? -Yes! >How does it handle successive iterations of a contract that is being negotiated? -We are working on this, but there's some cool functionality built in to Dropbox already for collaboration. I'd suggest sharing the Dropbox folder that contains the doc and using those for now, they are pretty good. >Can you also store a record of emails/discussions regarding those negotiations with the contracts? -We're working on this, but for now you still can use Dropbox comments, etc.
alijafri80 11y ago
Hi there. Good product, clearly addresses a market-need gap. Q1 how is different from sites like rocketlawyer.com? Q2. What about potential liabilities? Do you get involved ? Thoughts: you might have this already, but have you thought about offering discounted time with a lawyer or perhaps even group legal packages?
msencenb 11y ago
Do you guys have templates for privacy policies and terms of service? I'm launching a small saas app soon and have been looking for a decent starting point.
- jwb119 11y ago
  Not yet, but always good to get the request for more features.
nkw 11y ago
Congrats! I think there is some awesome opportunity in this space. Best of luck!
- jwb119 11y ago
  Thanks!
sandworm101 11y ago
One easy question: Where does Ironclad go for its legal advice? I mean to say does Ironclad rely wholly on its own services?
- jwb119 11y ago
  Hi sandworm, nice to speak with a fellow lawyer. We're not providing legal advice with Ironclad, on the site and in the article I think it's pretty clear that we're not trying to replace lawyers. What we are trying to do is give companies tools to keep better legal records, which is currently the domain of a bunch of fragmented software systems. Our goal is to tie those together. So to answer your question, we use Ironclad to keep our legal records in order, and we use a lawyer for legal advice.

by jwb119 11y ago

biot 11y ago

Minor point: the screenshot shows "Wiley E. Coyote" but it's actually "Wile E. Coyote". Otherwise, seems like a much-needed service. A lot of what lawyers are used for is little more than mail merge, so I'm happy to see this aspect of their work being commoditized.

jwb119 11y ago
This is an excellent bug report. Filed!

melvinmt 11y ago

Any plans on supporting Google Drive? I think it's more common for companies to keep documents there nowadays than in Dropbox, at least in the companies I'm working with.

jwb119 11y ago
Yep, that's our next integration. I didn't realize how popular it was until I started talking to companies either, so we're seeing the same thing.

zeeshanm 11y ago

I am curious to understand how you guys decided on the pricing model? If I am basically using a template for Contractor Agreements, Sales Contracts, etc. what is keeping me from using the same template again. Unless I am missing something here. I see there are integrations with HelloSign to make the process automated.

jwb119 11y ago
We want you to use the same template again and again! What we are really trying to provide is the administrative support layer that doesn't currently exist, or is being done by a human. So we help you fill in that template faster, we integrate with HelloSign so that it's sent out for signature automatically when you've approved it, and we create folders and store the final docs there for you when you're done. It's more of an end-to-end approach than just dealing with templates. The idea is you'd pay Ironclad $49/month rather than pay an assistant way more than that to keep you organized. Does that make sense? Would love any feedback if you think of this differently.
- zeeshanm 11y ago
  Got it. I actually signed up already to use the NDA. I can see it definitely saves time and keeps things organized. Instead of going through HelloSign and Dropbox/GDrive each time I can just go to IrconClad. :)
  - jwb119 11y ago
    That's what I like to hear! Excited to have you as a user. Let us know what else you want too. founders@ironcladapp.com

tradd 11y ago

I think you've got a good idea here that could really help the administrative side of contract management. But I have a few questions: How does Ironclad ensure that you'll "never lose a contract again"? Can you dictate what the folder structure will be and have Ironclad follow that automatically? Can you have it follow agreement naming conventions? How does it handle successive iterations of a contract that is being negotiated? Can you also store a record of emails/discussions regarding those negotiations with the contracts?

jwb119 11y ago
Awesome questions, will try to answer here: >How does Ironclad ensure that you'll "never lose a contract again"? Can you dictate what the folder structure will be and have Ironclad follow that automatically? -Yes, you can! >Can you have it follow agreement naming conventions? -Yes! >How does it handle successive iterations of a contract that is being negotiated? -We are working on this, but there's some cool functionality built in to Dropbox already for collaboration. I'd suggest sharing the Dropbox folder that contains the doc and using those for now, they are pretty good. >Can you also store a record of emails/discussions regarding those negotiations with the contracts? -We're working on this, but for now you still can use Dropbox comments, etc.

alijafri80 11y ago

Hi there. Good product, clearly addresses a market-need gap. Q1 how is different from sites like rocketlawyer.com? Q2. What about potential liabilities? Do you get involved ? Thoughts: you might have this already, but have you thought about offering discounted time with a lawyer or perhaps even group legal packages?

msencenb 11y ago

Do you guys have templates for privacy policies and terms of service? I'm launching a small saas app soon and have been looking for a decent starting point.

jwb119 11y ago
Not yet, but always good to get the request for more features.

nkw 11y ago

Congrats! I think there is some awesome opportunity in this space. Best of luck!

jwb119 11y ago
Thanks!

sandworm101 11y ago

One easy question: Where does Ironclad go for its legal advice? I mean to say does Ironclad rely wholly on its own services?

jwb119 11y ago
Hi sandworm, nice to speak with a fellow lawyer. We're not providing legal advice with Ironclad, on the site and in the article I think it's pretty clear that we're not trying to replace lawyers. What we are trying to do is give companies tools to keep better legal records, which is currently the domain of a bunch of fragmented software systems. Our goal is to tie those together. So to answer your question, we use Ironclad to keep our legal records in order, and we use a lawyer for legal advice.