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W I L L C O N S U M E R S L E A D T H E N E X T W AV E O F L E G A L I N N O VAT I O N ?
Abe GeigerCEO Shake
@AGEIGERSHAKELAW.COM
# B I G L A W # T I N Y L A W
$270 bnIn Legal Services
$97 bnConsumer & SMB Legal Services
HIGH MARGINS
INEFFICIENT
NO TRANSPARENCY
Agreements Per Year
32MM P2P COMMERCE
468MM5MM SMBS
587MM43MM FREELANCERS
2.6B3.6B
AGREEMENTS/YEAR * SMB - excludes non-employer firms
* P2P Commerce - Craigslist ‘For Sale’ posts
L E G A L I N N O VAT I O N : H I S T O R I C A L
Top Down:Follow the money
W H AT W I L L L A W Y E R S / F I R M S PAY F O R ?
E-discovery, document management, knowledge management, data rooms, etc.
B A R R I E R S T O C H A N G E
Inertia, switching costs, process, risk aversion,
incentive structure
T H E I N N O V A T O R S D I L E M M A
Why change something that’s working so well?
I N N O V A T I N G F R O M T H E B O T T O M U P
People first, Organization second
Faster, Cheaper, Easier, Better
W H Y T H I S I S P O S S I B L E T O D AY
Lower costs to build and provide solutions to the average consumer
• Proliferation of connected devices• Increased access to high speed internet
W I D E S P R E A D A D O P T I O N O F T E C H N O L O G Y
M O B I L E U N I C O R N S( $ 1 B + C O M PA N I E S )
TWITTERWHATSAPPUBERSNAPCHATSPOTIFYDROPBOX
PANDORAINSTAGRAMEVERNOTESQUARESLACK
L E A P F R O G P O T E N T I A L
Leapfrog old infrastructure where old infrastructure never existed.
M A T T E R N E T
No roads necessary. Massive infrastructure leapfrog opportunity.
Cheaper. Faster. Safer
M P E S A
No cash necessary. Massive financial
leapfrog opportunity.
Safer. More Accessible
25%
of GDP
M P E S A
92%
Adoption
M P E S A
Aren’t we here totalk about thelegal industry?
S P E E D , S E C U R I T Y
I N T E L L I G E N T , A C T I O N A B L E
PAYMENT TERMS
DUE DATES
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
STRUCTURED DATA
ACTIONABLE TRIGGERS
• Invoices • Payments• Reminders• Renewals• Taxes• Market data
A C C E S S I B L E , E F F I C I E N T
1. Start creating a document yourself
2. Confused? Call or message your attorney!
3. Automatically share in-process document with the attorney
Your law firm is ready and waiting to answer any questions you may have about the agreement you’re drafting. The information you’ve input already will be passed along to our attorneys so you can get fast answers to your questions without having to start from scratch.
Need some legal advice?
T H E T R A D I T I O N A L S U P P LY & D E M A N D Dollarper matter 1. Unmet Demand & 2. Over Supply
Number of matters addressed
SUPPLY
DEMAND
T H E S O L U T I O N T O T H E M O D E L Dollar
per matter 1. Lower Cost & 2. Increase Accessibility
Number of matters addressed
ARCHAIC SUPPLY
DEMANDTHE TRADITIONAL MODEL• $300/hr for 1 client for 1 hour
THE NEW SUPPLY
THE EFFICIENT MODEL• $100/hr for 3 clients for 20min each
How to get to $300
“Necessity is the mother of invention”
O T H E R O P P O R T U N I T I E S I N L E G A L
• Easier and cheaper access to lawyers (virtual): online marketplaces, video conferencing
• Better options for DIY solutions: templates, e-signatures
• Better analytics: billing predictability and fixed rate services
• Smarter integration of legal and business practices: contracts to invoice to payment processing to taxes
• Better access to data: market rates and terms
Innovation will help lawyers scale to serve #TinyLaw in a way that makes sense