Bas, to get straight to the point: what is the core business of HalloLex?
Making smaller entrepreneurs legally healthy. We do this by offering personalized contracts and other documentation at affordable prices. In addition, we also provide advice when necessary. And we recently launched a tool with which you, as an entrepreneur, can check where you stand legally with your company and where any risks lie; the 'legal blueprint-tool'. What is still missing? And what can be improved? In terms of privacy statements, the AVG and general conditions for example. It is mainly the ease of arranging a lot online that distinguishes us from other parties. And you can always call us. With the simplest questions. Without the counter immediately starting to run mercilessly.
What is your dot on the horizon?
Looking inside the national borders, I would eventually like to have an even broader national presence with our services. We currently have clients throughout the Netherlands, so we are already operating at full capacity here. But thanks to the new legal blueprint tool, for example, we can now serve all our clients in other ways as well.
And the ultimate ambition? That is to take Lex around the world, and to support all the start-ups and start-ups with the legal hassle that comes with running a business.
Out of ambition? Idealism? Or passion?
I started Lex based on a problem I encountered myself. Because I - like a regular entrepreneur - am not a lawyer, and ran into ambiguities and expensive consultations when setting up previous companies. It was very unclear which documents you need when starting a business. And for young entrepreneurs, getting help with this quickly became very expensive. In that sense, I am actually my own customer. I now try to help others with the same problem. It's a market that didn't have a proper solution yet. There was no right party to turn to for affordable help or advice. In addition, I really enjoy working with my current target group; many start-ups.
In what way are you connected to MindLabs?
All projects that run at MindLabs have legal implications. We help out in the area of contracts and advice. After all, how can you best handle such matters? And are there any issues missing? We do this for the projects and the partners, but also for the start-ups that are connected to MindLabs.
We are an innovative and young company, and therefore grow along with society and our clients. Everything goes digital and online with us. And we continue to develop ourselves technically to make things easier for clients. This also means that our services are in line with the MindLabs philosophy. For example, you no longer have to send us your privacy statement or processing agreement to be checked; with our digital law check you can check yourself whether your document is complete. You answer a number of questions that appear on the screen, thereby saving yourself the necessary costs. We are going to extend the check to other documents, because it works very well.
And how long have you been in the family?
Since two weeks the partnership is official!
What do you consider to be the holy grail in working with MindLabs?
Cooperation, togetherness and strengthening each other. Transparency is also very important. And for the rest, we're just going to offer full support in all legal matters that are still to come.
And what will it bring you in the meantime?
Contacts. And a piece of development. For example, we are very much looking at possibilities to 'forecast' the legal health of companies. Through MindLabs we hope to come into contact with interesting parties to collaborate with in that area. We hope to let beautiful new things emerge that way.
Want to know more about HalloLex? Then check out www.hallolex.com.