Scott Friedman

Scott Friedman is a partner at Lippes Mathias LLP, where he served for thirty years as managing partner and later as chairman, and now advises start-ups, venture capital firms, and family businesses in the US and internationally. He is also the co-founder and managing director of Varia Ventures and a co-founder and general partner of Impact Capital of New York, supporting innovative and early-stage companies. The author of seven books and more than one hundred articles, he is a frequent national speaker on entrepreneurship, innovation, and family enterprise.