Revolution Law Sponsors Coastal Connect Keynote Panel “Starting With the End in Mind”

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK & WILMINGTON, N.C. – Revolution Law (www.revolutionlaw.net), a boutique firm providing collaborative legal services and advice to help move businesses forward, recently sponsored the keynote panel “Starting With the End in Mind” at the highly praised Coastal Connect Entrepreneur and Capital Conference in Wilmington. The firm’s founder, Henry Kopf, introduced the group of knowledgeable speakers including Doug Ellis, DecisionPoint International; David Jones, Bull City Venture Partners; Tom Lotrecchiano, EntreManureShip; Adam Burke, Active Investor from Charlottesville, VA; George Taylor, NextGlass; and Scott Moody, K4 Connect and AuthenTec.

“Coastal Connect was a vibrant gathering of innovators sharing best practices and helping to connect one another with resources they need to take their startups to the next level,” Kopf said, adding, “It was the perfect event for Revolution Law to support, since our services revolve around helping clients understand how legal and business issues interact with each other so that each client getsthe professional help they truly need.”

Hundreds of technologists, service providers, academics, government officials, and business professionals from around North Carolina flocked to the Port City for the event which featured a chat with Hugh Forrest of SXSW Interactive, a pitch session featuring four companies (Face My Age, Easy Vote, MimiJumi, and Next Glass), six breakout sessions, three featured panel discussions, and multiple networking opportunities during and after the conference.

The event was hosted by UNC-Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Kopf’s participation in Coastal Connect follows his involvement with the five-week Start Up and Early Stage Legal Series of informative, hands-on classes designed for professionals involved in startups as well as established businesses and nonprofit organizations. Kopf led the sessions, held at the NC Biotechnology Center, this past summer.

Events like the Legal Series and Coastal Connect allow Kopf to share his unique combination of real world business experience and working legal knowledge with North Carolina’s entrepreneurial community. The inventor on four U.S. patents and corresponding international patents Kopf co-founded businesses focused on development and commercialization of technology used for the filtration, purification and separations of liquids for biotechnology and pharmaceutical applications before embarking on his legal career.

Attorney Henry Kopf III Concludes Second Round of Early Stage Legal Series

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Collaborative business attorney Henry Kopf III has successfully led the second round of the informative five-week Start Up and Early Stage Legal Series hosted by NC COIN (North Carolina Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology), Shanahan Law Group, and the NC Biotechnology Center. Running from June through the end of July, the Start Up and Early Stage Legal Series consisted of informative, hands-on sessions designed for professionals involved in startups as well as established businesses and nonprofit organizations. Topics included Pre-Formation and Formation Issues, Hiring and Doing Business, Protecting Intellectual Property, Fundraising and Exits, and International Business Transactions.

“The fact that my background includes experience as an entrepreneur, and all the hits and misses that come with it, in addition to my law degree has helped me navigate clients through the treacherous waters of starting and building businesses the right way to avoid problems later on,” Kopf explained.

For example, he pointed to the simple yet often overlooked task of ensuring contracts and agreements are drawn-up correctly in order to avoid litigation down the line and minimize business disruptions when disputes due occur.

In addition to gaining insights from Kopf -- the holder of four U.S. patents who concentrates his practice in the areas of business litigation, business advisement, constitutional takings, administrative law, and technology law -- attendees learned from guest speakers such as David Swintosky of Dunning Capital, an investment banking and financial consulting services group; John Hollenbach, Managing Partner of Blue Diamond Capital and former CEO & President of Doe & Ingalls Management; John Branch and Judge William Webb of Shanahan Law Group; and General David L. Grange, a 30-year U.S. Army veteran, former CEO of PPD, and current president of Osprey Global Solutions.

This is the second time Kopf has led the Start Up and Early Stage Legal Series to provide attendees with a solid baseline of knowledge to enhance and improve their business ventures. Attendees were presented with the tools needed to build a proper foundation for their business to prevent future business problems and minimize damage and distractions such problems can cause in addition to learning how to better prepare to discuss issues with their legal team when required.