Will Norton

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[Will Norton @nortonwill]

Totally agree. This is the name of the game in legal tech. The really successful startups have be to be cockroaches. Focus in the early days has to be on survival to take advantage of the biggest opportunities.

[Zach Abramowitz @ZachAbramowitz]

@atlblog @tweetatpablo But like the PG cockroaches, they just didn’t die. Not only that they never lost their enthusiasm or their passion. 10 long years — trust me, that is not easy, especially when you have to fake it.

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@paulg No one should be surprised, but I do wonder if that's a measure of startups or investors. If a SF Bay Area VC invests in a company based in Nashville, how would that be treated in this graph?

[SimplyAgree @SimplyAgree]

Another great day in the exhibit hall at #ITLACON22! @ILTANet #ILTACON

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@seldo @jmdiegog Seems like you're taking a pretty narrow view of money (and intrinsic value). Trains and jackets only have intrinsic value inside specific contexts. Same with money. To say that money as a technology has no intrinsic value belies a lot of history. https://t.co/0SaIn9HlU3

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@HuskGuys "nameless, faceless opponent," but not in a good way

[Paul Graham @paulg]

How did life work at all before electronic signatures?

[Drew Morris | First Circle Law @Drew_Morris]

Signature page footers are where I like to express my individuality

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@GregPappasJr @cutocu3 @frankthetank111 Notre Dame is independent for football. They entered into a one-year contract for 2020, but it did not extend beyond that year. They are not a part of the ACC grant of rights.

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@jtashea @JeffreyButts Shouldn't we seek justice? If you remove that from the name, are you accepting defeat in any attempt to reform the system to be more just? Isn't that the standard we want to aim for?

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@nickholmes @kristinhodgins https://t.co/PIxMPJkLzt

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@kristinhodgins I think there's something to this. Americans are insanely, stupidly optimistic. Taking on debt for college is at least somewhat rational. Starting a startup is closer to insane on balance. But I think having some of that disposition is important to be successful in a startup.

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@davidmichaels @marcelmongeon A core framework of what exactly? This is the problem with talking about open source for legaltech generally; technology for law is very unspecific. How about open source for contracts or open source for court rulings or open source for statutes and regulations? Pick only one.

[Zach Abramowitz @ZachAbramowitz]

More lawyers are concerned with realization rates and whether or not the tech will improve realization and ability to win business. All too often #legaltech does neither so law firms stick with Microsoft or other generic less bespoke tools.

[Beau Mersereau @beaum]

@ZachAbramowitz If you adapt the technology to the way the lawyers practice, they'll adopt it and use it. If you tell them they need to change because of the shiny tech, they'll ignore it. After early adopters give feedback, you need to listen and make changes. Listening and comprehending=hard.

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@jackwshepherd This is a challenge that vendors should embrace, but it's also an incentive question for law firms. Asking attorneys to do work to improve a process is like asking them to eat their vegetables. There has to be some internal motivation.

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@MarkJKings Impracticable

[Carta @cartainc]

Liquidity is here. https://t.co/LawVPHWUEk

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@KirschTravis @swmckewonOWH Can you find any article where McKewon said the Frost era is a success or better than Pelini? I haven't seen anything like that. No one thinks we're in a great place. Doesn't make media morons for being critical of Pelini. Program was rotting from the inside during his tenure.

[Will Norton @nortonwill]

@KirschTravis @swmckewonOWH Things that needed to happen for Pelini to keep his steak alive: Jerry Sandusky, Northwestern Hail Mary, and a progressively easier schedule as our talent level dropped off. We only played two ranked teams in each of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 regular seasons.