The Virtual Handshake

About The Authors: David Teten

David Teten is a Partner with ff Venture Capital, Founder and Chairman of Harvard Business School Angels New York, and co-founder and Chairman of Navon Partners, a data mining and research analytics company. He was previously a Managing Director with Evalueserve, a 2,500-person global research and analytics company. David was previously Founder and CEO of Circle of Experts, an investment research firm acquired by Evalueserve.

David was formerly Founder and CEO of GoldNames, an Israel-based investment bank focusing on the internet domain name asset class. He worked with Bear Stearns' Investment Banking division in their technology/defense mergers and acquisitions team, and was a strategy consultant with Mars & Co. David holds a Harvard MBA and a Yale BA, both with honors.

David is the lead author of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online, with Scott Allen. He led the first-ever study of best practices of venture capital and private equity funds in originating new deals. Harvard Business Review, Institutional Investor, the Journal of Private Equity, Worth, and FastCompany.com have all published his work.

David is a frequent keynote speaker to audiences such as Franklin Templeton; Association for Corporate Growth; the Vistage CEO Community; Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors; World Hedge Funds Summit; Kauffman Fellows program; CFA Institute; and IRC Alternative Investment Summit. He has received the highest ratings of any speaker at three different conferences. David lives in New York with his family, two laptops, and various other consumer electronics.

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