Joey Mucha used to seal a business deal with a handshake or an email. Now he whips out his smartphone.
The San Francisco entrepreneur runs a side business renting out skee ball machines. With the company growing steadily, Mucha decided last year he needed to use contracts to protect his clients and the business.
But he didn’t go to a pricey lawyer. Instead, the 27-year-old downloaded a smartphone application called Shake. It guided him through the process of creating easy-to-read contracts, which customers can then sign with a swipe of their fingers on the screen.
“I don’t make enough money to pay $250 an hour for a lawyer to draft a contract,” Mucha said. “But I needed something to use as a defense in a scenario where I wasn’t paid, without hiring a lawyer or trying to write my own contract.”
