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Andy Wilson

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Logikcull, the company that CEO Andy Wilson and CTO Sheng Yang founded with the goal of automating and democratizing e-discovery. But the company actually evolved out of an earlier company the pair founded in 2004, Logik Systems, to digitize archaic paper-based discovery workflows where lawyers would print emails to paper to review them. While that first company saw rapid growth and even made the Inc 500 in 2009 at number 181, the Great Recession took the wind out of its sails and caused the two founders to reassess their business model.  Aiming to automate what they had previously done manually, they eventually launched Logikcull as one of the earliest cloud-based e-discovery platforms. Not only did they aim to automate the process, but also to democratize it by making that automation affordable and accessible for anyone. Ten years after launching Logikcull, Wilson joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss the growth of the company and the evolution of its platform, which Wilson says is seeing record usage. Among other things, Wilson discusses the challenges the company faced in getting lawyers to trust their documents to a cloud-based platform, how lawyers’ perspective on the cloud has changed in recent years, and how a new generation of AI could impact e-discovery in the future.  This is Wilson’s  second time on LawNext. In April 2019, Ambrogi interviewed him in-person at Logikcull’s headquarters in San Francisco. Among the many changes for the company since then is that it has shut down those offices and one 100 percent virtual.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.    Lawmatics, providing legal client intake, law practice CRM, marketing automation, legal billing, document management, and much more, all in one easy-to-use law practice software.   Nota, the online business banking platform designed specifically for solo and small law firms.    Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks.   Sage Timeslips, trusted by solo and small firms for nearly four decades, offers robust functionality, customizable reports, and the ability to capture time and expenses on the go.     If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of <a href="https://www.logikcull.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logikcull</a>, the company that CEO <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andylogik/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Wilson</a> and CTO <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shenglogik/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheng Yang</a> founded with the goal of automating and democratizing e-discovery. But the company actually evolved out of an earlier company the pair founded in 2004, Logik Systems, to digitize archaic paper-based discovery workflows where lawyers would print emails to paper to review them. While that first company saw rapid growth and even made the Inc 500 in 2009 at number 181, the Great Recession took the wind out of its sails and caused the two founders to reassess their business model.  Aiming to automate what they had previously done manually, they eventually launched Logikcull as one of the earliest cloud-based e-discovery platforms. Not only did they aim to automate the process, but also to democratize it by making that automation affordable and accessible for anyone. Ten years after launching Logikcull, Wilson joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss the growth of the company and the evolution of its platform, which Wilson says is seeing record usage. Among other things, Wilson discusses the challenges the company faced in getting lawyers to trust their documents to a cloud-based platform, how lawyers’ perspective on the cloud has changed in recent years, and how a new generation of AI could impact e-discovery in the future.  This is Wilson’s <a href="https://www.lawnext.com/2019/04/lawnext-episode-37-logikcull-cofounder-andy-wilson-on-his-mission-to-democratize-e-discovery.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> second time on LawNext</a>. In April 2019, Ambrogi interviewed him in-person at Logikcull’s headquarters in San Francisco. Among the many changes for the company since then is that it has shut down those offices and one 100 percent virtual.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.lawmatics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lawmatics</a>, providing legal client intake, law practice CRM, marketing automation, legal billing, document management, and much more, all in one easy-to-use law practice software. </li> <li> <a href="https://www.trustnota.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nota</a>, the online business banking platform designed specifically for solo and small law firms.  </li> <li> <a href="https://joinparadigm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paradigm</a>, home to the practice management platforms <a href="https://www.practicepanther.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PracticePanther</a>, <a href="https://www.bill4time.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill4Time</a>, <a href="https://meruscase.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MerusCase</a> and <a href="https://www.lollylaw.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LollyLaw</a>; the e-payments platform <a href="https://headnote.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Headnote</a>; and the legal accounting software <a href="https://trustbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TrustBooks</a>. </li> <li> <a href="https://www.sage.com/en-us/products/sage-timeslips/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sage Timeslips</a>, trusted by solo and small firms for nearly four decades, offers robust functionality, customizable reports, and the ability to capture time and expenses on the go. </li> </ul> If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

Ep 204: Logikcull Cofounder Andy Wilson on 10 Years of Disrupting and Democratizing E-Discovery

“Our mission is to make discovery instant and accessible for everyone,” says Andy Wilson, cofounder and CEO of the e-discovery technology company Logikcull. “We believe that quick and affordable access to discovery ‒ the search for truth ‒ is a fundamental right to every citizen of Earth.” Wilson and CTO Sheng Yang launched their cloud-based e-discovery software in 2013 as an adjunct to a data-processing company they had run since 2004. As the software took off, they gave up data processing to devote themselves full time to building and expanding Logikcull. In 2016, they brought in $10 million in a Series A financing, and then in 2018 they raised another $25 million.    Today, coming off what Wilson says was the company’s biggest growth year ever, Logikcull has customers all over the world, ranging in size from solo practitioners to major law firms, from Fortune 500 corporations  such as Walmart to city and state governments, and it is even used by  some journalists. On this episode of LawNext, recorded live in Logikcull’s San Francisco office, Wilson sits down with host Bob Ambrogi to discuss the company’s founding, growth and future direction, including some of the obstacles he faced and how he overcame them. He also talks more generally about the state of the e-discovery industry. NEW: We are now Patreon! Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com.

“Our mission is to make discovery instant and accessible for everyone,” says <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andylogik/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Wilson</a>, cofounder and CEO of the e-discovery technology company <a href="https://www.logikcull.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logikcull</a>. “We believe that quick and affordable access to discovery ‒ the search for truth ‒ is a fundamental right to every citizen of Earth.” Wilson and CTO <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shenglogik/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheng Yang</a> launched their cloud-based e-discovery software in 2013 as an adjunct to a data-processing company they had run since 2004. As the software took off, they gave up data processing to devote themselves full time to building and expanding Logikcull. In 2016, they brought in $10 million in a Series A financing, and then in 2018 they raised another $25 million.    Today, coming off what Wilson says was the company’s biggest growth year ever, Logikcull has customers all over the world, ranging in size from solo practitioners to major law firms, from Fortune 500 corporations <a href="https://blog.logikcull.com/case-study-how-walmart-is-pioneering-a-fundamentally-new-approach-to-discovery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> such as Walmart</a> to city and state governments, and it is even used by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/technology/personaltech/investigative-reporter-tech-arsenal-power-chargers-document-analysis-tools-and-more.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> some journalists.</a> On this episode of LawNext, recorded live in Logikcull’s San Francisco office, Wilson sits down with host Bob Ambrogi to discuss the company’s founding, growth and future direction, including some of the obstacles he faced and how he overcame them. He also talks more generally about the state of the e-discovery industry. NEW: We are now Patreon! Subscribe to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/LawNext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our page</a> to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to <a href="mailto:info@lawnext.com">info@lawnext.com</a>.