Favordrop is a marketing platform that drives traffic to restaurants, boosts brand recognition and revenue through time-bound pre-paid gifts. Gifts that are paid for by outside sponsors that use them to drive traffic, like an auto dealer, and are redeemed through a QR code at the restaurant.I will be presenting this program to restaurants in select markets and creating a model to scale across the country.

We exist to help creative and technical entrepreneurs achieve success on their own terms. We offer expert strategic advice, create action items to achieve growth, and help close each action item out.

Kitch is the leading marketplace connecting food operators with underutilized commercial kitchens. With over 2200 kitchens in the US, food operators can find many options to choose from - check it out at usekitch.com

Kitch is a venture-backed online marketplace connecting commercial kitchens with food businesses. Our concept allows our customers to expand to desirable markets at an exceptionally low price, without buildout costs and long-term leases. Kitchen owners generate revenue during operational downtimes.

RLC is a nonprofit food rescue organization whose mission is to redistribute excess food to people experiencing food insecurity.

Developing franchise opportunities (locations, permits, contracting, and construction) for a healthy and exciting restaurant group.

Antler is an early-stage VC that selects promising founders, helps them find cofounders, and provides them the capital and resources to build a scalable startup.

Owner and operator of highly successful restaurant with 15 employees and $1.5m in gross sales. Bought as a small operation in 2012, the business saw 100% growth (400% growth in corporate sales). Redwood was sold in May, 2019.

Attorney for boutique law firm catering to renewable energy and clean tech companies. Leader of the firm’s corporate and green building practices. De facto general counsel for the firm’s top clients, focusing on domestic and international corporate transactions including negotiation and drafting of sales, licensing, partner, distribution and manufacturing agreements with a concentration on complex licensing and technology transfers.

Provided general counsel work for an investor-focused project and lead aggregator. In charge of all legal aspects of the company including negotiation and drafting of customer, partner and vendor agreements, intellectual property creation, protection and licensing terms. Responsible for legal compliance including: SEC broker-dealer regulations, accredited investor terms and other domestic investment regulations. Supervised successful initial investment including sale of shares and investment terms.

Provided general counsel and all transactional work for the leading provider of data-driven decision-making solutions for K12 school districts. SchoolNet solutions are used successfully by some of the nation’s largest school districts including Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Duties included all contract negotiation, drafting and administration for the company (including RFP responses, client and supplier agreements, software license agreements, outsourcing agreements and advising business teams on all legal issues), intellectual property protection, supplier and channel relationships and reviewing marketing and new product copy. Liaised with outside counsel on a number of issues including patents, stock plans, employment law and competition strategy. Directed M&A due diligence activities, new financing and stock repurchases, advising on stockholder/board member rights and was the company secretary.

Provided general counsel and all transactional work for $750 million dollar electronic messaging security company employing over 700 people worldwide. In charge of the U.S. and Asia-PAC divisions. MessageLabs is the market leader in managed Email security, with a large customer / reseller base including Citigroup, MCI, IBM, HP, CSC, Federal Reserve, British Parliament and Motorola. Duties included all contract negotiation, drafting and administration for the Americas (including complex client and supplier agreements, software license agreements, web hosting agreements, outsourcing agreements and advising business teams on all legal issues), intellectual property protection, real estate and employment transactions, supplier relationships and reviewing marketing and new product copy. In charge of all US intellectual property.

Provided wide range of services, such as: business affairs for independent record label and distributors of film, Internet and music; draft and negotiate licensing (multimedia, Internet, television, film, home video, soundtracks and compilations), partnership, recording, publishing, songwriter; composer, producer, management, employment, domestic and foreign record distribution and LLC operating and investment agreements; new media business management and consultation; litigation (contract disputes, partnership and leaving member issues, trademark and copyright infringement, plaintiff and defense work); business/corporate set-up; and copyright administration and trademark registration.

Provided general counsel work for multi-million dollar new media company. Duties included software and content licensing, music law, publishing, business-to-business relationships, and intellectual property research and registration. Drafted Provisional Patent Application for the Convergence Services business model. Managed business affairs, chief contract negotiator and general counsel for Spruce Convergence Services (“SCS”), a production division of Spruce. Assisted in building and manufacturing DVD authoring system which provided new media components to record labels and artists interested in music titles that converge audio, video, Web, and gaming mechanisms into one title.