Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, investor, and a strategic advisor/mentor to numerous startups. After practicing corporate and telecommunications law for 15+ years in both large and small firms, as well as serving in a VP General Counsel role for a satellite telecom company, she co-founded Activity Rocket in 2013. Activity Rocket was an aggregated marketplace for kids’ activities and summer camps. Lisa led the company as CEO. Activity Rocket was acquired in 2017 by Thrively, a west coast education technology company. Lisa then joined Shulman Rogers to launch and grow the NEXT law platform for startups and emerging growth companies. She is currently the Chief Revenue Officer for NEXT and has spearheaded numerous initiatives to support clients and the DMV tech ecosystem. Recently, Lisa co-founded another company called My NEXT Raise, an investor readiness platform for early stage companies seeking to raise capital, which will launch in Fall 2024. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups.
Lisa is a founding member and on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels, a women investing in women angel group that provides capital to female founders across the country and helps to cultivate and educate more women to participate in this asset class. Lisa is also on the Board of 2gether International, an organization focused on supporting entrepreneurs with disabilities, and Main Street, a movement of inclusion where people of all abilities live and thrive together in Rockville, MD. Lisa also founded 2 organizations that raise money for Children’s National Medical Center – The Heartsongs Luncheon Fund (2001) and Teens with Heartsongs (2020) – together these organizations have raised well over $2 million for Children’s Hospital and provided leadership opportunities for over 500 local area high school students.
Lisa lives in Bethesda, MD with her husband Scott and 3 kids Jaclyn, Cole, and Camryn.
