“Where are the Deals? Venture Capitalists, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity Firms' Best Practices in Deal Creation and Deal Sourcing”
Pagemill Partners LLC in Palo Alto
Thursday, May 8
Networking, wine and appetizers 6pm
Presentation will start at 7pm
The quality of the deals you source is one of the greatest drivers of your success as an investor. What are doing to improve your deal flow?
David Teten will discuss:
* How are you positioning yourself to become your target's preferred investor?
* What does research on deal-sourcing indicate are the primary sources of deal flow for institutional investors?
* What are you doing to identify companies that might be interested in being approached? What are the earmarks of a potential investment opportunity?
* How are you systematically identifying industries/situations in which you may be able to create new companies, rather than find existing companies?
* How can you use Web 2.0 tools to identify appropriate investments?
* How do you increase your inflow of useful referrals?
* What is the best way to make warm cold calls?
About David Teten
David Teten is Founder and Co-Managing Director of Evalueserve Circle of Experts (http://www.CircleofExperts.com), which provides venture capitalists, hedge funds, private equity funds, and other professional investors with direct access to insights from thousands of senior, frontline industry executives worldwide. Evalueserve (http://www.Evalueserve.com) is the world's largest knowledge process offshoring company, with over 1,100 clients and 2,100 employees in India , China , Chile , New York , and Romania . Seven of the top 12 investment banks and 10 of the top 15 strategy consulting firms are clients.
David is the lead author of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online (http://www.TheVirtualHandshake.com), the first business book about how to source deals, raise capital, and accelerate your sales with online networks. David is a frequent keynote speaker at finance and technology industry conferences and at such universities as Wharton, Columbia Business School , Yale, and Princeton . He previously ran a recruiting firm (sold to Accolo) and an investment bank. He holds a Harvard MBA and a Yale BA.
If you have questions in advance of the event, please feel free to call Norman Cutler of the CBS Alumni Club of the Bay Area at the info to the right.
