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== Overview ==
[http://www.foundersworkbench.com/ Founders Workbench] is a collection of forms, memoranda, tools, and advice provided by [http://goodwinprocter.com/ Goodwin Procter] to aid entrepreneurs in overcoming the legal and organizational barriers to starting a company. Originally created in 2010 to provide free legal documents for C-Corporation formation, the site was expanded in April 2013 to include a full suite of advice for forming, financing, operating, staffing, growing, and legally protecting a company<ref>http://www.goodwinprocter.com/News/Press-Releases/2013/3_6_13_Goodwin-Procter-Launches-New-Founders-Workbench.aspx</ref>.
== Purpose ==
Founders Workbench exists primarily to relay the legal expertise of Goodwin Procter toward early-stage entrepreneurs by giving them free, easy access to the organizational and legal documents necessary for starting a company. Within the context of Goodwin Procter, the site was also designed to communicate that Goodwin Procter understands the hurdles to entrepreneurship and the resources needed to overcome them. This plan was successful: since the site's release, both it and Goodwin Procter have gained a loyal following within the entrepreneurial community<ref>http://blog.onenorth.com/2013/04/25/new-founders-workbench-helps-entrepreneurs-kick-start-their-business-ventures/#.UkxSO99hI54</ref>.
== Distinct Differences From Other Offerings ==
Founders Workbench is similar to other entrepreneurship resources in that it provides expert advice and analysis from Goodwin Procter employees on every stage of starting a company; it also curates stories and advice from elsewhere on the web.
These tools can be used online or downloaded to mobile devices.
== Impact Achieved For Students and Campus ==
[[File:FWBSuccessS Songza.jpg|thumb|left|FWBSuccessS Songza.jpg]] Founders Workbench boasts a diverse range of startups aided by the tools available at the site. These include Fashion Project, a company that resells donated high-end clothing and donates the resale profits to charity, and Songza, a mood-based music customization service<ref>http://www.foundersworkbench.com/successes-landing/</ref>. As a useful but relatively silent resource, Founders Workbench has not had visible impact on campuses the way more all-encompassing and higher-profile entrepreneurship groups have, but its resources have been instrumental to the entrepreneurship community as a whole.
== Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus ==
Because Founders Workbench is a centralized online resource, it can already be readily accessed by anyone or any organization--including university students. Founders Workbench would not need a physical or specific presence on a campus to be useful to its students; instead, existing groups could refer their members to it as a key resource.
These groups may also benefit from providing state-specific forms and resources as a local supplement to the national-scale forms that Doc Driver already provides.
== Contact Information ==
Founders Workbench can be contacted at [http://www.foundersworkbench.com/contact-us/ http://www.foundersworkbench.com/contact-us/] for questions or suggestions; Goodwin Procter recommends against using this feature for confidential questions or legal advice. Founders Workbench's parent company, Goodwin Procter LLP, can be contacted at [http://www.goodwinprocter.com/Contact-Us.aspx http://www.goodwinprocter.com/Contact-Us.aspx].
Kerry B. Hall Goodwin Procter's Lead of Social Media; her contact information is available to the University Innovation Fellows.
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