About Us

Overview

Why did we start ProofHQ?

The simple reason that we started ProofHQ was because of the countless times that we needed a simple proofing tool ourselves.

I had previously founded a software company helping companies streamline their marketing processes and Colin had founded a software company specializing in pre-press and PDF workflow.

For about 15 years I have managed marketing and PR and Colin had created dozens of websites for clients. We both suffered the frustration of getting work reviewed and approved by colleagues and clients and thought we could build a solution to make that process easier.

We believed that the proofing and approval process was one of the most common activities in business, yet one of the most un-automated. Lots of tools existed to mark-up documents, including native mark-up tools in Word and PDF, but there was very little to streamline the workflow around the proofing process. Enterprise applications did exist, but these were all very expensive and required systems integration and custom development. We thought that there was a great opportunity for a simple, but powerful web-based proofing application.

Our objective

Our objective is to create a proofing and approval tool that is as easy to use as email, but provides much better tracking and workflow. We have started by providing basic commenting tools and will add further features based on your feedback and use of ProofHQ.