5 ms·

Thanks for the comment Larry! Many founders feel comfortable doing things themselves on Clerky, but many also loop in their lawyers (for the reasons you descri

Thanks for the comment Larry! Many founders feel comfortable doing things themselves on Clerky, but many also loop in their lawyers (for the reasons you describe). It just makes for efficient use of legal fees, since you are paying your attorney for what they do best (advice and review) instead of rote tasks like word processing, printing, scanning, faxing, etc. I look at Clerky as kind of a stim pack for lawyers (except it doesn't reduce the health of the attorney).

larrys 14y ago
"I look at Clerky as kind of a stim pack for the company-lawyer relationship" If clerky is good and allows lawyers to focus on charging for the things they are good at while avoiding things that they make little money at then you should attempt to market the service to lawyers so they can refer that business to you that you are good at. Similar to what the "Company Corporation" and others do. Generally when I quote prices to someone I am eager to offload anything that I can't make money on and have someone pay directly so it reduces the total amount of my bill and my pricing looks more reasonable.
- swampthing 14y ago
  Definitely - we're headed in that direction. It just turns out that attorneys need more features, since they manage a whole bunch of different clients. So we launched with just support for company-side accounts for now :)
Nimi 14y ago
I don't mean to be overly critical, but the obvious question seems to be: Do most YC startups use Clerky? If they do, it seems like a huge endorsement, maybe the only one you'll ever need. If they don't, that sounds problematic... Anyway, best of luck in your endeavors.
- swampthing 14y ago
  Yup, most do! Check out the customers section on our homepage :) For incorporations, we work together with YC to get everyone set up, so pretty much everyone uses us unless they're already incorporated (then Kirsty and YC's lawyers do whatever cleanup they have to). Most companies end up choosing to use us for their seed round documents too (currently in private beta) - we are by far the most popular option for that. Perfectly reasonable question - that's what I'd ask myself!
  - Nimi 14y ago
    Oh, sounds great! In that case, maybe you should consider saying so explicitly in your homepage. I read about YC so recognized some names, but my takeaway conclusion wasn't as strong as "most YC companies use this, good enough".
    - swampthing 14y ago
      Thanks for the feedback - that's definitely good to know! I'll see if we can throw something up there...

larrys 14y ago

"I look at Clerky as kind of a stim pack for the company-lawyer relationship" If clerky is good and allows lawyers to focus on charging for the things they are good at while avoiding things that they make little money at then you should attempt to market the service to lawyers so they can refer that business to you that you are good at. Similar to what the "Company Corporation" and others do. Generally when I quote prices to someone I am eager to offload anything that I can't make money on and have someone pay directly so it reduces the total amount of my bill and my pricing looks more reasonable.

swampthing 14y ago
Definitely - we're headed in that direction. It just turns out that attorneys need more features, since they manage a whole bunch of different clients. So we launched with just support for company-side accounts for now :)

Nimi 14y ago

I don't mean to be overly critical, but the obvious question seems to be: Do most YC startups use Clerky? If they do, it seems like a huge endorsement, maybe the only one you'll ever need. If they don't, that sounds problematic... Anyway, best of luck in your endeavors.

swampthing 14y ago
Yup, most do! Check out the customers section on our homepage :) For incorporations, we work together with YC to get everyone set up, so pretty much everyone uses us unless they're already incorporated (then Kirsty and YC's lawyers do whatever cleanup they have to). Most companies end up choosing to use us for their seed round documents too (currently in private beta) - we are by far the most popular option for that. Perfectly reasonable question - that's what I'd ask myself!
- Nimi 14y ago
  Oh, sounds great! In that case, maybe you should consider saying so explicitly in your homepage. I read about YC so recognized some names, but my takeaway conclusion wasn't as strong as "most YC companies use this, good enough".
  - swampthing 14y ago
    Thanks for the feedback - that's definitely good to know! I'll see if we can throw something up there...