Contracts are necessary for every aspect of modern business, from hiring to M&A to partnerships.
Every single business decision begins with a contract. While not necessarily glamorous, contracts are extremely relevant to modern life. They define how we hire, promote, buy, sell, merge, and innovate. The problem is that too often, these critical business tools are siloed, disconnected from the actual work teams are doing.
Today, Ironclad, a $3.2 billion Sequoia / Accel backed company, announces the launch of a new solution to this problem. By bringing contracts to the center of business through the Ironclad Ecosystem, the company aims to deliver insights across teams, plug contracts into existing operations, and enable cross-functional collaboration. There are 25 partners to start, including Salesforce (sales), OneTrust (risk management), Zip (procurement), Zapier (connecting contracts), and more.
Ironclad Ecosystem builds contract creation directly into existing popular business tools.
“It’s easy to forget that contracts exist to speed business along and not grind it to a halt,” says Jason Boehmig, CEO and cofounder of Ironclad. “With Ironclad Ecosystem, your contracting tools sit alongside your tech stack. This means creating contracts is as easy as clicking on a button, which appears whenever and wherever you need it. Connecting disparate systems doesn’t just help your teams work faster, smarter, and more collaboratively; it saves you time and money, and lets you do more with the tools you already have.”
In addition, on December 6, Ironclad was named to Inc's Best in Business list for its pro-bono work. Over the years, the company, which employees many attorneys, has worked directly with leading legal organizations such as the ACLU Justice Lab and the LSPC (Legal Services for Prisoners with Children), and has partnered with local organizations that serve the community like Juma, YearUp, and The Knowledge House.
Amy Guarino serves as VP of ecosystems at Ironcald.
Amy Guarino serves as VP of ecosystems at Ironclad. A former COO of Kyndi, Inc – an AI software startup serving government agencies, large financial services and healthcare organizations – and advisor to many other startups, she has appeared on the Forbes 40 Women to Watch Over 40 list.
Early in her career in sales at IBM, Guarino recognized that she could have the most impact by helping people understand their own strengths and achieve more success within their organizations. “I especially enjoy helping people figure out how to do something that they didn’t think was possible – whether that’s structuring a dream job, improving a business function, or doing something in a completely different market,” she says.
One of the greatest career challenges Guarino has faced was moving to Tokyo to help Marketo build business there. “It was scary. I didn’t speak the language, and I knew it was going to be a challenging market for an American company to succeed in. But that challenge ultimately led to some of the most rewarding years I’ve spent in business. We successfully made an impact in helping women to identify more career opportunities, for example,” she says.
Guarino enjoys helping people achieve their dreams.
“Work is work, but we all strive for something greater,” Guarino says. “I’m a big fan of creating space for people to openly talk about their dreams and goals. My favorite phone calls to receive are ones from my former teammates sharing that they just got that promotion or raised a fund or started a new company. Things that we discussed as a dream or goal and now they’ve achieved it. That makes it all worthwhile.”
