We have spoken before entrepreneurs, investors, and executives to rave reviews. Following are videos and slides from some recent keynotes.

Presentations to Entrepreneurs and Executives

We've presented to some of the leading accelerators (Founder Institute, ER Accelerator); entrepreneur TV series (This Week in Venture Capital); corporations (Franklin Templeton, major investment banks); and senior executive resource groups (CEO Trust, Vistage). 

• The Current Super Cycle (Video)

  The opportunities for entrepreneurs are both more exciting and more accessible than ever before.

• Current Trends in Venture Capital (Video)

  The state of the venture capital world and tech industry ... and their futures.

• Online Dating is the Future of Business (Video)

  Online dating is a mainstream way in which people meet one another. Salespeople, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who needs to meet people can learn from the much more diverse and well-developed models in the online dating sector.

• Shaking the Money Tree: Social Media and Other Innovative Tools for Raising Capital (Video)

  How to target potential investors in online networks. Institutional investor bloggers. Internet due diligence. Create stealth buzz online: Market without marketing. 

• Free Market Research for Entrepreneurs and Other Cheapskates 

  How to research your market while spending as little money as humanly possible.

• How Entrepreneurs and Executives in Transition Can Work with Venture Capital Portfolio Companies

  Focus on how you can win board memberships or full-time roles with the portfolio companies of venture capital firms. Learn how to earn significant extra income as a member of an expert network, without distracting from your current job. Discusses how executives typically engage with institutional investors: through executive recruiters, expert networks, senior advisor networks, research firms, etc.

• Financial Modeling for Entrepreneurs 

  We discuss such issues as our preferred template financial model, building financial models, and valuing startup employee options.

• Hiring and Firing for Entrepreneurs

  Recruiting great people. Hire the best, pay the best.

• Earning Revenue: Internet Business Models

  Discusses business models for technology startups.

Presentations to MBAs and Undergraduates

We've presented to most of the Ivy League and other leading schools, including Columbia Business School, Georgetown, UCB Haas, National University of Singapore, New York University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology MBA Program, Wharton School, and Yale School of Management.

• How to Squeeze Maximum Value from Your Time in Business School

  Covers career planning, time optimization, and selective short-term learning programs and scholarships. Based on interviews with over 50 Harvard MBAs. Available as a white paper on request.

• How to Write a Business School Application (or Resume)

  Based on experience with dozens of applicants (including many past interns) to the top business schools.

Presentations to Venture Capital Funds

We've presented privately to numerous leading private equity funds, as well as participants in the Kauffman Fellows program, and to such conferences as the Association for Corporate Growth Intergrowth, Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, and Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.

• Where Are the Deals?!: Best Practices of Venture Capital Funds in Originating Investment Opportunities

  How to become a magnet for potential investments; use social media technologies; and search for companies with motivated sellers. Based on the first-ever research study on deal origination best practices, published in Harvard Business Review, the Journal of Private Equity, and Institutional Investor.

• Beyond the Money: Best Practices of Venture Capitalists in Helping Early-Stage Companies Create Value

  Discusses use of mentor networks, preferred provider resources, shared services, and other tools VCs use to aid portfolio companies. Based on the first-ever research study on this topic, soon to be published in leading investment journals.

• Straight from the Horse's Mouth: How to Elicit Maximum Information in Minimum Time from Management and Industry Sources for Due Diligence

  What questions should you ask? What are the killer phrases NOT to say? Based on the best practices of intelligence professionals, psychologists, and journalists in gathering information.

• It's the People: Improving Venture Capital Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives

  How to build a pool of senior executive talent around your investment fund, whom you can tap as board members, interim executives, full-time executives, and deal sources. 

• Shaking the Money Tree: How to Raise Money for your Fund with Social Media

  How to target potential investors in online networks. Prepare for Internet due diligence. Create stealth buzz online: Market without marketing.

Presentations on Social Media

We've presented to many conferences for the information technology industry, including New York Software Industry Association, Software Information Industry Association, and the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

• The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Winning New Clients Online

  Social media is not just a tool for socializing; it is an exceptionally powerful set of tools for growing your sales.

• Web 3.0: What's Next Online?

  Discusses the semantic web, 3-D Web, web-enabled space, and other trends coming faster than most people realize.