Making ClaimKit More Transparent
One of ClaimKit’s key values is transparency. This is not always an easy thing for a company with employees all over the country. As a result, we have gotten very good at using project management...
View ArticleWhy ClaimKit Will Focus on Things That Don’t Scale
It’s been a wild year for ClaimKit and me personally. The first nine months of this year were dominated by one of the hardest business projects I have ever worked on: fundraising. The last three months...
View ArticleLine in the Sand
Lots of people hate us because our products do less than the competition’s. They’re insulted when we refuse to include their pet feature. But we’re just as proud of what our products don’t do as we...
View ArticleWhat a New Website Means
There’s something about a new website that makes people feel good. ClaimKit launched it’s new website, and I want to take a moment to reflect on what a new website means. First, the new ClaimKit...
View ArticleWhy Lawyers Hate Selling
Why do lawyers hate selling? Since we launched ClaimKit, I have had to purposefully get over my fear of “selling.” In doing so, I have had to totally reinterpret my idea of selling. I believe my new...
View ArticleDo Lawyers Have Truth and Guts?
Casey Coffman over at the Coffman Group introduced me to a concept that I believe is so essential to every profession, including the practice of law. Truth and Guts. What is truth and guts? And how...
View ArticleCan Legal Work Be Crowdsourced?
I came across an interesting new legal product today: Casetext. Casetext is crowdsourced case law research. From a brief review, it appears to work like this: Lawyers post case law analysis. Others...
View ArticleWhat are Legal Sunk Costs?
Leave to Seth Godin to help me understand something I have been thinking about (but couldn’t put a name to). Ignore sunk costs. Money and effort you spent yesterday should have nothing to do with...
View ArticleWhy Attorneys Hate eDiscovery
The word “ediscovery” is ruined. I remember my first encounter with an attorney that detested “ediscovery.” She is a whip smart attorney. When I asked her about ediscovery, she bristled; “I don’t...
View ArticleThe Construction Lawyer Gentlemen’s Agreement
Hey, construction lawyers, we need to have a talk. I’m on to your little secret: The Construction Lawyer Gentlemen’s (and Women’s) Agreement. What is this Agreement exactly? It is the mutual...
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