BUFFALO, NY – Scott E. Friedman, chairman of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, is participating in CNY Biotech Accelerator’s Third Annual Concept to Commercialization Boot Camp on October 4 in Syracuse. He will participate in a panel discussion providing insight on the funding lifecycle for startup companies.

Hosted by the Innovation Resource Center, Empire State Development and CNY Biotech Accelerator, and Upstate Medical University, the Annual Concept to Commercialization Bootcamp includes two days of discussions surrounding university models of successful commercialization, manufacturing, startup company product development and more.

At Lippes Mathias, Mr. Friedman serves as the firm’s Family Business Practice Team leader. In addition, he is a general partner in Impact Capital of New York, LLC, a venture capital fund, and a principal and senior advisor in D21 Advisors, LLC, a business advisory firm.

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