Audiences

David has presented to over 3,000 investors and executives to strong reviews. Among his past audiences:

Corporations

• CEO Trust (sponsored by Castle Harlan), New York, NY.
• Family Office Association Greenwich, CT.
• Franklin Templeton, San Mateo, CA.
• Founder Institute, New York, NY (three times); Singapore (twice). Rated #4 Mentor out of 39 total.
• Golden Seeds, New York, NY.
• Keiretsu Forum: Beverly Hills, CA.
• Vistage, world’s largest CEO membership organization (twice). New York, NY / Chicago, IL.
• Numerous private equity funds, investment banks, and hedge funds.

Conferences

• AQ Research: “Navigating the Research Marketplace”, New York, NY.
• AQ Research: “The Future of Research”, New York, NY.
• Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors: Winter Conference, Orlando, FL (twice)
• Association for Corporate Growth: Due Diligence Symposium, Jersey City, NJ.
• Association for Corporate Growth Chicago: Capital Connection, Chicago, IL.
• Association for Corporate Growth: InterGrowth national conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Business Development Institute: “Building New Business With Breakthrough Relationships: Relationship Marketing and Business Development in the Professional Services Sector”, New York, NY.
• Canadian Hedge Watch: “World Hedge Funds Summit”, Toronto, Canada.
• Capital Roundtable: “Adding Value to P.E. Portfolio Companies–Strategies for Improving Their Operations & Returns”, New York, NY.
• Capital Roundtable: “Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business”, New York, NY.
• Euromoney Hedge Fund Start-Up & Business Development Forum: New York, NY (twice).
• Financial Markets World: “Research Management: Untangling the Confusion of Sell-side and Buy-side Research in an Era of Regulatory and Operational Change”, New York, NY.
• Financial Markets World: “Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 in the Capital Markets Industry”, New York, NY.
• iBreakfast: “Media Disrupted: MySpace & Profiting from User Generated Media”, New York, NY.
• iBreakfast: “The Business of Blogging – Companies Talk About the Profits in the Blogging Boom”, New York, NY.
• iBreakfast: “The Business of Social Networking”, New York, NY.
• iBreakfast: “Web 2.0 NY: Best Practices Conference”, New York, NY.
• InfoWorld: “Social Media: Overhyped or Under-executed? Strategies for Success”, New York, NY.
• Institute for International Research: “Private Equity Operations Summit”, New York, NY.
• International Radio & Television Society: “Marketing and Media Opportunities in Social Networking and Online Communities”, New York, NY.
• International Radio & Television Society: Seminar for visiting faculty, New York, NY.
• IRC Alternative Investment Summit: London, UK.
• Kirkland & Ellis: Private Equity Summit, New York, NY.
• MediaBistro (Jupitermedia Corporation), New York, NY
• MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel: “Social Software and Online Social Networks”, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City: New York, NY (twice).
• MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Keynote Panel: “Social Networks and Productivity”, Cambridge, MA.
• National Council of Young Israel, New York, NY (three times).
• New York Society of Security Analysts: “Practical Guide to Starting a Firm”, New York, NY.
• New York Society of Security Analysts: “The State of Independent Research”, New York, NY.
• New York Software Industry Association: “The Great Sales & Marketing Debate: The Cagy Sales Veterans Debate the Young Up-and-Comers”, New York, NY.
• Oxford & York: “Media, Communications & Technology In The Age Of The Blogger”, New York, NY.
• Software Information Industry Association: “Content is Dead, Community is King? The Promises and Risks of Social Networking in the Information Industry”, New York, NY.
• Strategic Research Institute: Chairman and Keynote Speaker, “Beyond Blogs and Social Networks: How Consumer Generated Media and the Virtual Handshake will Transform Business”, New York, NY. This was a $1,495, two-day conference.
• Thomson Reuters/Buyouts Magazine/VCJ, “Boosting Returns with Web 2.0 Technologies” Webinar.
• The Deal/Corporate Dealmaker, “Due Diligence Best Practices” Webinar.
• TiECON East: Boston, MA (twice).

Nonprofits

• CFA Institute, New York, NY.
• CFA Singapore, Singapore.
• CFA Society of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
• Participants in the Kauffman Fellows program (Center for Venture Education), Menlo Park, CA.
• GeekDinner UK, London, UK.
• Israeli Business Forum, New York, NY (twice).
• Jewish International Connection, New York, NY.
• Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association , Singapore.
• The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce, New York, NY.
• TIE-The Indus Entrepreneurst, New York, NY / Boston, MA (three times).

Universities

• Columbia Business School, MBA and Executive MBA programs, New York, NY.
• University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business, (jointly with Columbia), New York, NY.
• Levin Institute (SUNY), New York, NY (Faculty Fellow).
• National University of Singapore Techno Venture Forum, New York, NY.
• New York University, Stern Scholars, New York, NY.
• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
• Technion Israel Institute of Technology MBA Program, Haifa, Israel.
• The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA.
• Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT.

University Alumni Associations

• Columbia Alumni Club of Northern California, Palo Alto, CA.
• Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York, New York, NY.
• Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut (twice), Greenwich, CT.
• Harvard Business School Club of London, London, UK (twice).
• Harvard Business School Association of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
• Harvard Club Private Equity Roundtable, New York, NY.
• Harvard Club Investment Management Roundtable, New York, NY.
• Penn Club Hedge Fund Intra Club, New York, NY.
• Princeton Alumni Committee, New York, NY.
• Tel Aviv University/Leon Recanati Business School, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Club of New York, New York, NY (twice).
• Wharton Club of Northern California, Menlo Park, CA.
• Yale Club of Singapore, Singapore.
• Yale SOM Alumni Association, New Haven, CT.
• Columbia University’s Center for Career Education, New York, NY.