The Virtual Handshake

About The Authors: David Teten

David Teten is CEO of Teten Advisors, which specializes in advising private equity and venture capital funds on accelerating deal flow, portfolio company executive optimization and recruiting, and due diligence. He was most recently a Managing Director with Evalueserve, a 2,500-person global research and analytics company. Among Evalueserve's 1,100 clients are 6 of the top 10 investment banking entities and 10 of the top 15 strategy consulting firms. David was previously Founder and CEO of Circle of Experts, an investment research firm acquired by Evalueserve. He was also formerly Founder and CEO of Teten Recruiting, an executive recruiting firm acquired by Accolo, #42 on the 2007 Inc. 500 list.

David was also formerly Founder and CEO of an investment bank focusing on serving the internet domain name asset class, which he built to 450 customers. He worked with Bear Stearns' Investment Banking division as a member of their technology/defense mergers and acquisitions team, and was a strategy consultant with Mars & Co. He sits on the Advisory Boards of Accolo, Grouply, Dancetime Publications, and the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. 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. The Virtual Handshake is the first business book about how you can originate investment opportunities, raise capital, and win new clients with online networks, blogs, and other Web 2.0 technologies.

David is a frequent keynote speaker to audiences such as Franklin Templeton; CEO Trust; Association for Corporate Growth; the Vistage CEO Community; Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors; Kauffman Fellows program; CFA Institute; and IRC Alternative Investment Summit. He has served as faculty with the Levin Institute (Project JumpStart), Founder Institute, and other similar educational programs for entrepreneurs. He has received the highest ratings of any speaker at three different conferences. He lives in New York with his family and two notebooks.

Disclosures

In 2003-4, Spoke Software was a corporate sponsor for nine of David Teten''s speeches. Other than the ties disclosed on this page, David has no other financial relationships with companies that have or may be discussed on this website or in The Virtual Handshake book.

You can contact David Teten at the email address: handshake(@)teten.com.