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I'm actually close to launching this kind of product. A bit more complex than Word + Git, but I hope it will be worth it. One question: is there a use case for

I'm actually close to launching this kind of product. A bit more complex than Word + Git, but I hope it will be worth it. One question: is there a use case for live group-editing? Same way live code editors work. I have to admit that I'm not super familiar of the workflows in that industry, so I am mostly just designing features the way I would like them to work.

trevmckendrick 10y ago
I ran into this exact problem when selling my company. It's horrible. How far along is the product? Have you talked to any lawyers about it?
- emerongi 10y ago
  I'm expecting to get the MVP done before the end of this year. The MVP is mostly targeted at businesses who have to sign/generate contracts at scale. There's a lot of features for those use cases, and then there's features for users that the parent is talking about (pure contract-drafting). I have not talked to any lawyers yet. I think the worst part is that I don't even know how good the computer-skills of lawyers are, so... designing features by my competence feels wrong. Since I can design the UI to match the general structure of a contract, there's a lot that I can add to make the user's life easier, but it also adds more for the user to learn.
  - jv22222 10y ago
    I think it is awesome that you are working on a project. Most folks don't get started, so congrats on that, but can I say please do talk to some lawyers asap. I know it is super painful but, believe me, it can save you months if not years of going down the wrong direction. Here is a blog post we put together to show how to get in touch with people to interview: https://blog.nugget.one/2016/09/21/case-study-how-i-got-25-customer-development-interviews-in-2-weeks/ https://blog.nugget.one/2016/09/21/case-study-how-i-got-25-c... Apologies for the unsolicited advice :)
    - sah2ed 10y ago
      Enjoyed reading your article. Thanks for sharing.
snomad 10y ago
Do you mind sending me a message when you launch? Currently work with a bunch of engineers and technical editors and this is something we are looking to address.

trevmckendrick 10y ago

I ran into this exact problem when selling my company. It's horrible. How far along is the product? Have you talked to any lawyers about it?

emerongi 10y ago
I'm expecting to get the MVP done before the end of this year. The MVP is mostly targeted at businesses who have to sign/generate contracts at scale. There's a lot of features for those use cases, and then there's features for users that the parent is talking about (pure contract-drafting). I have not talked to any lawyers yet. I think the worst part is that I don't even know how good the computer-skills of lawyers are, so... designing features by my competence feels wrong. Since I can design the UI to match the general structure of a contract, there's a lot that I can add to make the user's life easier, but it also adds more for the user to learn.
- jv22222 10y ago
  I think it is awesome that you are working on a project. Most folks don't get started, so congrats on that, but can I say please do talk to some lawyers asap. I know it is super painful but, believe me, it can save you months if not years of going down the wrong direction. Here is a blog post we put together to show how to get in touch with people to interview: https://blog.nugget.one/2016/09/21/case-study-how-i-got-25-customer-development-interviews-in-2-weeks/ https://blog.nugget.one/2016/09/21/case-study-how-i-got-25-c... Apologies for the unsolicited advice :)
  - sah2ed 10y ago
    Enjoyed reading your article. Thanks for sharing.

snomad 10y ago

Do you mind sending me a message when you launch? Currently work with a bunch of engineers and technical editors and this is something we are looking to address.