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.

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Scott Lichtman is a product marketing and operations executive who has led the growth of ‘new economy’ technologies and services for over 20 years. Most recently, Scott has served as a Managing Director at Evalueserve, a global research and analytics company. He joined Evalueserve after serving as COO of Circle of Experts, a network of tens of thousands of industry executives that advise investment firms and corporations,which Evalueserve acquired in 2007.

Earlier, Scott led Messaging Products and Marketing at Communicator Inc., supporting real-time interactions among thousands of institutional investors; served as Senior Director of Marketing at InterWorld, e-commerce engine for Nike, Disney, GTE and others; co-founded Economic Oxygen, a provider of banking services to low-income households; was Senior Director of Strategic Marketing at Oracle Corporation, and Advanced IT Strategy Consultant at Deloitte Consulting.

Scott speaks regularly on topics including the use of Web 2.0 technologies and has written analyst reports on topics ranging from developing online communities to pricing strategies in the technology industry. As a member of Harvard Business School’’s Community Partners non-profit consulting initiative, he is currently advising a climate control advocacy group on creating a parallel, for-profit service model.

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics (U.S. Marshall Scholar), and a B.Sc. from MIT in Computer Science.

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