One of the reasons I enjoy my role as an Electronic Signature and Electronic Contract Execution evangelist is DocuSign’s users come up with some interesting questions! I’ve included some recent questions about DocuSign’s signing process, document retrieval after completion of the electronic contract execution process, and “problems with one or more signatures.”
Enjoy the questions and [...]

An Bui, who evangelizes electronic signature and electronic contract execution for DocuSign, has observed Fall Pre-Leasing in her neighborhood.
What is Fall Pre-Leasing?
Fall Pre-Leasing is the process by which students heading to school in the fall determine their fall semester housing. The typical steps of a pre-lease include:

Contact and develop a relationship with your leasing agent
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Are college-bound and grad school-bound students thinking about using an electronic signature and online contract execution service? Maybe they should be.
According to American Student Assistance, The College Board, and National Center for Education Statistics:

In each year between 2000 – 01 and 2006 – 07, an estimated 60% of bachelor’s degree recipients borrowed to fund their education.
Average [...]

We live very challenging times. CRM magazine recently published an interesting article by Lauren McKay called ‘Spend your way out!’ with a very interesting chart, reproduced below:
Source: CRM magazine
This visualization describes the level of risk associated with various types of projects, depending on the state of the economy. Essentially it defines what is important to [...]

Analyst firms such as IDC are now talking about what we’ve been seeing for a while – the economy is terrible, but for SaaS companies in dominant positions in their markets, things are actually REALLY GOOD.
A recent IDC report revised its market size projections, as stated in ZDNet’s Phil Wainwright’s January 30th, 2009 blog post: [...]

Signature Etymology:
Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin signatura, from Latin signatus, past participle of signare to sign, seal – from Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary defines signature as: (1) a: the act of signing one’s name to something b: the name of a person written with his [...]

I spend a great deal of time thinking about electronic signature and online contract execution. The DocuSign process is a green process for contract execution, when compared to a purple (fax) process. How do the two compare regarding security?
I was just reading Schneier on Security, a blog on security and security technology. According to Schneier, [...]

I was a little intrigued by a post news blogger Alan Gray published recently citing the insight of Gerald Celente – the World’s Leading Trend Forecaster. In November 2007, Celente predicted “The Panic of ‘08″ as a Top Trend for 2008 and last month he issued his prediction for the Top Trend of 2009… “The [...]

Account openings, loan applications, mortgage processes…the financial industry is one of the most ‘contract and paper-laden’ sectors in business today. DocuSign recently received an email from PA-based Utilities Employees Credit Union – a DocuSign customer who credits DocuSign’s electronic signature and on-demand contract execution services for some pretty dramatic improvements in their banking operations.
UECU is [...]

CNN Money Staff Reporter David Goldman wrote an eye-opening report last Friday about the on-going economic crisis and widespread announcements of corporate job cuts, suggesting we will all see a worsening economy before we see a recovering one. What does this say to those of us still employed? One thing that comes across loud and [...]