Matt Shampine

WilmerHale Legal Issues for Startups: Unpaid Internships (Webconference)

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:09:59 -0400

When - Friday, May 18 at 3 p.m.

What - Unpaid interns are common within the startup community and can be a valuable resource for bootstrapped entrepreneurs, but is hiring an unpaid intern legal? Join WilmerHale Labor and Employment partner Laura Schneider for this live web-based conference call to find out what the federal and state guidelines are surrounding unpaid internships.

Where - We’re going to try something new and do this via web conference so that anyone who is interested can easily join. Please just let me or Jesse know if you’re interested in joining, and we’ll give you the dial-in number.

Cost - Free.

WilmerHale is proud to be the official law firm sponsor of WeWork Labs.

WeWork Labs - SF Bound, Growing in NYC, and Now Offering Health Insurance

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:07:12 -0400

Lots of exciting announcements regarding WeWork Labs.

WeWork Labs SF

WWL SF is officially opening May 14th. The current space is two floors and will hold approximately 100 entrepreneurs. We’re extremely lucky to have 3 amazing partners - Kaitlin Pike, Seth Blank, and Dave Nugent - who will be the Directors of WWL SF. The space is located at 156 2nd Street and if you’re in SF you can apply now to join at weworklabs.com. Below are a couple photos of the new WWL SF space.

WeWork Labs NYC is doubling in size to 34,000 square feet

Back in March we moved WWL NYC to a new 17,000 square foot space that holds 200+ entrepreneurs working on over 100 companies. We’re excited to announce that we’re going to be doubling our size here in New York at 175 Varick by July. Looking for space in June / July? Apply at weworklabs.com. We’ll be occupying the 3rd & 4th floors.

If you’re curious, here is a list of some of your would-be neighbors:

Kit Check, RentHackr, Fleamarket.com, StyleMusee, Material Wrld, Read Social, Angelwish, Ubertags, Major Songs, Brunch Critic, Startup Giraffe, the Birdy, Gift Side Story, Waggit, Molotov, Omegapoint, Beer2Buds, Fitocracy, Superpowered, Spindows, Munchly, HomeHop, LetsGiftIt, Data Realization, Cambridge Semantics, Beta Ltd., CozyOwl, Wakefield, Crowdscanner, The Corporate Goddess, Four Tonight, MyCriqle, Keywordsmart, OpenInvo, Agency Protocol, Retargeter, Rentenna, Canvita, Spinlister, Signus Labs, Mobile Global, Cookbook Create, GoChime, Wiseling, Red Light Blinking, Thumb Labs, YazMitt, Electronic Express, Tripl, Two Toasters, Storyful, Coffee Meets Bagel, Tournament Trading Technologies, Urban Cargo, Lost Radio, Creative Brand Consultant, Amelion Corp, One Fine Stay, Scrollkit, RouteHappy, Zemanta, Pricing Engine, Spling, Backstory, Sumo Heavy, Consmr, Indie Walls, NYTM, NoiseTrade, smokeclouds, Turf Geography Club, Gift Finder, LegaLaunch, ParkItLabs, Race and Vine, Barrk, Third Wave Fashion, Sweatdrops, Paradux, Lingerie Edition, UPlanMe, Longreads, and many more.

Health insurance now available for WeWork Labs members

We started WeWork Labs in hopes of helping early stage tech startups, and we’re happy to announce that health insurance is now available to all WeWork Labs members. Prices are as low as $360/month and the coverage is good. Just let Jesse, Trista, or I know if you’re interested in learning more.

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WeWork Labs SF - Opening May 14th

WeWork Labs Expands; Moves to New Digs

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:04:10 -0400

WeWork Labs Expands; Moves to New Digs:

Nice post from our friends at Bing.

Next Steps - I'm Joining Hometalk!

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:28:46 -0400

I’m excited to announce that I am joining the Hometalk team!

What’s Hometalk?
Hometalk’s goal is to make the home improvement process more accessible, transparent, and ultimately easier for everyone to get the job done right the first time. Right now we’ve got a community of over 100,000 real homeowners and home improvement professionals contributing content and answering each others questions every day.

Why Hometalk?
I’ve gotten to know the Hometalk team well over the past six months, as Hometalk and Onepager share the same lead investor / partner. Growing up the son of a carpenter, Hometalk and its community seemed to be a natural fit for myself. I’m hoping to bring a unique perspective to the product and contribute to the company’s success.

What’s next?
I’m going to be joining Hometalk as Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, and I’d love to tell you more if you’re up for it. Email me any time at matt@hometalk.com. Oh yeah, and we’re hiring! Let me know if you’d to learn more.

The New WeWork Labs

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:23:37 -0400

Just wanted to post up some photos of the new space. Thanks, James for taking them! More photos can be found here.

We have a few exciting announcements coming over the next week. And stop by if you’re ever in the area! Beer and pinball await. - 175 Varick Street, 4th Floor.

Best Budget Marketing Tool ... Is You

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:35:25 -0500

Best Budget Marketing Tool ... Is You:

My first post as a columnists on Inc. is up. Let me know what you think. Suggestions for topics for future posts are also appreciated :)

WilmerHale IP Presentation - What Every Start-up Should Know

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:46:12 -0500

Are you thinking of launching a social app? Does your startup have the right to sell its software? How do the new patent laws affect your business?

Attorneys from WilmerHale’s Intellectual Property Department will answer these and other questions that every start-up should consider about the latest developments in patent law and privacy issues.

Presenters include:

Jane M. Love, Ph.D., Partner
Dr. Love is vice chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and advises her clients on how to create and shape an intellectual property portfolio to protect valuable ideas and discoveries. Among her many areas of expertise, she provides advice to large and small companies, as well as to potential investors, with regard to intellectual property that may form the basis of value in technology-related transactions.

Victor Souto, Special Counsel
Victor (Vic) Souto is a special counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Department, and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group.

Mr. Souto’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling a diverse range of clients from start-ups to large Fortune 500 companies in the procurement, enforcement and defense of intellectual property.

WilmerHale is proud to be the law firm sponsor of WeWork Labs and is dedicated to fostering collaboration among intelligent, creative and driven individuals.

WHEN
Monday, December 19, 2011
5-7 p.m.

Where
WeWork Labs
154 Grand Street
New York, NY

This event is open to the public, however, we have limited seating. If you’re interested in attending, please let me know as soon as possible. @mjshampine or m [at] onepagerapp.com

Accounting and Finance for Startups by KPMG at WeWork Labs

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:33:00 -0400

I hope that you can join us for a free session by KPMG and Marks Paneth & Shron LLP regarding accounting and finance for startups.

The Details: October 13, 2011 from 5PM - 6PM at WeWork Labs in SoHo

The talk will discuss the basic fundamentals important to running a business successfully. This includes:

Corporate Structure and why it matters
Filing tax returns, even if you are not generating money
How to use development costs to offset future earnings
Various stages of a company and what is appropriate (bookkeeper / outsourced CFO / bringing accounting internal / using regional or big 4 firm)
Preparing to raise capital.

This event is free and open to the public, however, we have limited seating. If you’re interested in attending, please let me know as soon as possible. @mjshampine or m [at] onepagerapp.com

Onepager: Why I Care About Small Businesses (Matt S)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:45:22 -0400

Onepager: Why I Care About Small Businesses (Matt S):

Post I wrote for the Onepager blog.

onepagerapp:

I’ve spent the better part of the last two weeks trying to write this post explaining why I care about small businesses. In the end, I realized that it’s not so much that I care about small businesses, but rather that I care about helping out the small business owners.

When I was growing up, my…

thenextweb: (via Onepager: The world’s easiest way to create a...

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:44:12 -0400

thenextweb:

(via Onepager: The world’s easiest way to create a beautiful website - TNW Apps)

Onepager: Why I Care About Small Businesses (Matt M)

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:42:24 -0400

Onepager: Why I Care About Small Businesses (Matt M):

Great post by my Onepager co-founder Matt Moore.

onepagerapp:

All of us at Onepager come from families that have run small businesses. We wanted to talk about those experiences and why are building a product to help small businesses.

My parents have run Moore’s Engine Supply, an automotive machine shop in Northern California, since 1977. My father trained…

Onepager: Showcasing Great Small Business Websites

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:43:46 -0400

Onepager: Showcasing Great Small Business Websites:

Looking forward to seeing this list grow!

onepagerapp:

We’re now showing off some of the best Onepagers that have been made for small businesses. All of the ones currently shown either replace an outdated previous site or are the first websites for their businesses. It brings us a lot of pride to see these small companies finally on the…

The Exit: IPO, Sale or Secondary Market?

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:05:23 -0400

WilmerHale and WeWork Labs are pleased to present the 2011 Summer Legal Series. Attorneys from WilmerHale’s Corporate Practice present and answer questions on various topics of interest to emerging companies and entrepreneurs.

Please join us for the final presentation in the series:

The Exit: IPO, Sale or Secondary Market?

Presented by Bob Schwed

With more than 35 years of experience in private equity, Bob Schwed has represented venture capital and buyout firms as well as companies in various investment activities, including early-stage investing, initial public offerings and leveraged buyouts. He is an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, where he teaches a course in venture capital law.

WilmerHale is proud to be the law firm sponsor of WeWork Labs  and is dedicated to fostering collaboration among intelligent, creative and driven individuals.

WHEN
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
5 -7 p.m.

WHERE
WeWork Labs
154 Grand Street
New York, NY

This event is open to the public, however, we have limited seating. If you’re interested in attending, please let me know as soon as possible. @mjshampine or m [at] onepagerapp.com

Onepager: New Features on Tap for Small Business Websites Running on Onepager

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:03:32 -0400

Onepager: New Features on Tap for Small Business Websites Running on Onepager:

Three very exciting features coming out this week!

onepagerapp:

We’re doing a big push for a large release in the coming weeks, but we have a few new features we’re going to get your way before that happens.

Two Column Layout
This has been a popular request and we’re happy to release a layout type with a sidebar. Right now, certain content types…

Five months at WeWork Labs

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:53:00 -0400

WeWork Labs is approaching its five month anniversary, so I thought it’d be fun to take a moment and look back.

For those who don’t know about WeWork Labs, it is an incubator/accelerator/co-working hybrid that Adam, Jesse, and I co-founded in April because of a need that we saw for early stage tech startups here in New York. The space is a bit different than others in the City, as our main goal is to help the startups outgrow our space as quickly as possible.

Since April:

58 entrepreneurs that comprise over 30 companies have called or currently call WeWork Labs home
We’ve amassed a growing membership wait list that is approaching 200
Over $1.5 million dollars has been raised by WeWork Lab startups and with more to be announced in the near future
Startups in WeWork Labs have made their way to great accelerator programs such as AngelPad, 500 Startups, and TechStars
We’ve had angel investors and VCs host office hours with members in the space from companies such as High Peaks Venture Partners, Softbank, Hearst, Centurion Venture Partners, and many more
We’ve held numerous events in the space including demo days, happy hours, WilmerHales’ summer legal series, member run lunch-and-learns, and lunch with JWT’s Chief Creative Digital Officer and Director of Trendspotting

It goes without saying, if it were not for our terrific sponsors - WilmerHale, JWT, Boxee, PepsiCo, and Spencer Adler - none of this would be possible. All of us in the WeWork Labs family truly appreciate everything that you do.

Lastly, I don’t think Jesse and I say it enough, but we really do feel lucky to have so many wonderful people that have helped us with WeWork Labs. This is especially true for those in our own startups, who have thankfully not gotten too mad at us for taking on this additional task. Thank you so much Mike, Andrew, Eric, Yin, Matt, Lisa, and Orlando for all of your help and support.

Sneak Peak of the new WeWork Labs Website Redesign

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:24:19 -0400

Onepager designers Matthew Moore and Lisa Ito have been hard at work on the new WeWork Labs website design. Here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come:

Now You Can Add Photos to Your Small Business Website

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:39:49 -0400

Setting a personal goal to convert 10 ugly restaurant websites built in Flash to Onepager by the end of October now that we have a photo gallery.

onepagerapp:

We are excited to announce that you can now create a photo gallery on Onepager. Here are some examples of sites using the new photo gallery on Onepager:

Honolulu Chinatown Café (Restaurant)

Beekman Lane (Interior Decoration Studio and Antique & Home Goods Shop)

BabyVogue (Designer Clothing Store for Babies)

Onepager - Trial Accounts

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:57:35 -0400

You can now set up a 14 day free trial account. This means that you can design your Onepager, save it, edit the page as much as you need, and share your design with a temporary link. Give it a try and please let us know what you think!

Raising Money: From Family and Friends, to Angels to VC's (Part 2)

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:22:00 -0400

WilmerHale and WeWork Labs are pleased to present the 2011 Summer Legal Series. Attorneys from WilmerHale’s Corporate Practice will present and answer questions on various topics of interest to emerging companies and entrepreneurs.

Please join us for the third presentation in the series:

Raising Money: From Family and Friends, to Angels to VC’s (Part 2)

Presented by Bob Schwed

With more than 35 years of experience in private equity, Bob Schwed has represented venture capital and buyout firms as well as companies in various investment activities, including early-stage investing, initial public offerings and leveraged buyouts. He is an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, where he teaches a course in venture capital law.

WilmerHale is proud to be the law firm sponsor of WeWork Labs  and is dedicated to fostering collaboration among intelligent, creative and driven individuals.

WHEN
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
5 -7 p.m.

WHERE
WeWork Labs
154 Grand Street
New York, NY

This event is open to the public, however, we have limited seating. If you’re interested in attending, please let me know as soon as possible. @mjshampine or m [at] onepagerapp.com

Onepager is now live!

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:17:03 -0400

We’re very excited to announce that Onepager is now live and open to anyone in need of a simple, great looking website. We have a lot of new features and enhancements planned for Onepager, so be sure to follow us on Twitter and Tumblr.