Docusign

Article summary

Docusign, Inc. is an American software company headquartered in San Francisco, California that provides products for organizations to manage electronic agreements and contract lifecycle processes with electronic signatures and AI supported data extraction on different devices. In April 2018, Docusign filed for an initial public offering. At the time of the IPO, the largest shareholders were venture investment firms Sigma Partners, Ignition Partners, Frazier Technology Ventures, and former CEO Keith Krach was the largest individual shareholder. None of the original founders are major shareholders. The company went public on the Nasdaq on April 27, 2018.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1998 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2003". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1998". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377282720