Payd was founded by Jonathan Hillis, an entrepreneur with over 10 years of post-secondary industry experience. Over his career, Jonathan realized the immense financial stress students were bearing to pay for their education tuition and cost of living. The average student takes out $30,000 in student loans which takes most grads up to 15 years to pay off.

To help alleviate these stressors, Jonathan created Payd, Canada’s first financial app developed to help students save and pay for their education without changing their spending habits. The platform utilizes 4 innovative approaches to help students save money: round-up savings, cash-back rewards, crowdsourcing program, and investment tools.

As with any starting entrepreneur, Jonathan needed legal expertise in many areas and relevant legal documents to ensure his company was set up for success in the future. Jonathan and his team explored many options to find the legal assistance they needed but none met their requirements as a new venture business. 

“The templates were pretty cheap but didn’t fit what we needed, other platforms similar to Goodlawyer were more expensive and the specialized law firms were way out of budget.” 

Not being able to find transparent and affordable legal assistance started to take a toll on Jonathan’s business development and mental health. “It was keeping me up at night and causing me a ton of stress.”  

Eager to find a solution that would meet his company’s specific needs, Jonathan reached out to his friends at Goodlawyer. He easily connected with one of our Legal Concierge™ and soon after he received a discount code to book a legal advice session with one of our highly experienced lawyers. 

“I had my first consultation with a Goodlawyer lawyer regarding some Letter of Intent and Service Agreement documents. I have now worked with multiple lawyers on the platform and it's been an incredible experience. Goodlawyer has helped set up my start-up for success ensuring there is a forward-thinking approach to all our required legal documents.”

Jonathan was greatly appreciative of Goodlawyer’s transparent pricing as well. At Goodlawyer, you’ll always know what you are paying before you proceed, with fixed rates on legal services as low as half the national average.