Adventures of a legal tech intrapreneur, with Owen Oliver of StructureFlow

In this episode, I talk to Owen Oliver, Head of Product at StructureFlow and former co-founder of Workshare Transact. We discuss the challenges of building new tech products, how the legal tech landscape has changed in the last few years, why it made sense to take the Transact platform in-house at Workshare, his experiences as a legal tech intrapreneur and why he's excited to now be tackling visual modelling of corporate structures and transactions at StructureFlow.

Topics of discussion

• The origins of Workshare Transact
• Finding a co-founder
• Why is made sense to take the product to Workshare
• Pros and cons of building a new product in an established vendor
• The key factors for the success of Workshare Transact
• Adoption challenges for new technology
• The impact of the sale of Workshare to Litera
• The future of Transaction Management
• Background to his recent move to StructureFlow
• Visual modelling or corporate structures and transactions
• Why 'going visual' is the future of legal tech