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Posted at 13:39h in Articles of Interest, Technology News by supasiri.s

Technology disrupted our everyday lives making things quicker and easier, everything from buying a book to paying a bill has become as simple as a few clicks of a button. So of all the things that can be disrupted, the good ol’ sign-in book – for events and offices – is the something that doesn’t seem all that exciting.

Envoy is a startup based in San Francisco. The start up with 5 team members recently secured funding from an all-star team of angel investors, including Reddit CEO Yishan Wong and Yelp co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman to name a few.

Envoy lets users pre-register guests – useful especially for events. The iPad app, where users key in their details upon entering the office, hooks up with a printer to create visitor badges. It allows visitors to sign NDAs by swiping their fingers on a tablet, and also notifies hosts via email, SMS, Slack, or HipChat when a guest arrives https://signwithenvoy.com/features

Envoy’s founder and CEO Larry Gadea saw a need to update this. After looking around, he realized there wasn’t a ready-made software-as-a-service for companies that want a similar system. So he started working on the idea to onboard visitors in a more slick and efficient manner. http://tnw.co/1uFL5dV

Now the question is whether modernizing the sign in process is a disruption worth caring about? Having an automated sign in process may not be necessary but it could certainly make a difference to a customer’s first experience with your organisation and provide you and your admin staff with a convenient way of welcoming guests.

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