That's a bold statement made by Jason Mark Anderman, President of WhichDraft.com, regarding his company's services.  I've been in the business for over 15-years and plenty of my time has been devoted to making contracts more effective and efficient—so I'm pretty skeptical when I hear a statement like that, especially coming from one of two young guys with a start-up company.

WhichDraft.com offers a contract assembly tool, and I've tried many such tools in the past.  Unfortunately, these tools usually miss the mark in some major respect and you usually have to fit yourself into the tool and not the other way around.  So, when Jason asked me to take a look at his company's tool, I was ready for another exercise in futility.  Really, how much could two young guys really know about the "world of contracts?"

Well, I guess it helps being geniuses...  WhichDraft.com co-founders Jason Mark Anderman and Geoff Anderman have some pretty impressive credentials and they've clearly used their smarts in developing their tool.  I personally evaluated the tool, and, for the most part, it's pretty slick.  There are some things I'd like to see done differently, such as being able to specify the nomenclature for the parties (such as vendor, supplier, lessor, etc.) and being able to save answer files to regenerate contracts.  Or it could be that I just couldn't figure out how to do those things when evaluating the tool.  In any case, I'm sure that improvements will be made over time.

While the tool is slick, "slick" doesn't get you far unless there's a good variety of substantive content.  Fortunately, WhichDraft.com already has a good array of contract types and WhichDraft.com even offers to take a look at adding user contracts to its contract library.  The best news of all is that it's free—for now.

My staff's contracting needs are pretty sophisticated and the tools not quite a fit just yet for us, but the tool has tremendous value for lawyers, small businesses, and mid-tier procurement organizations.  If WhichDraft.com adds more capabilities to their tool and keeps adding more content, I could easily see myself switching all of my staff over to their tool—provided that their future fees (if any) are reasonable.

Next time you're scavenging the Internet for a contract template, I suggest you save yourself some time by first checking out WhichDraft.com.  My prediction is that WhichDraft.com will meet their mission of simplifying the world of contracts—and I'm all for that!