Hi. I'm David Smith, an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, California. I am a regular speaker at seminars and conferences on entrepreneurship, intellectual property and business transactions.

  • Cambridge Manhattan Group, is a startup incubation company I formed in 2002.  The portfolio of businesses held by Cambridge Manhattan are all profitable with positive cash flow.
  • Tynax Inc. is global patent & technology exchange I founded Tynax in 2003. Tynax has grown into a very successful patent and technology transaction brokerage with operations all over the world.
  • Silicon Valley Business School develops, delivers and licenses-out specialist educational programs and materials focused on topics synonymous with Silicon Valley—entrepreneurship, technology commercialization and high-tech law.
  • Silicon Valley Business Advisors provides coaching and mentoring to entrepreneurs based on the Silicon Valley Business School milestone-driven methodology.
  • ValueMyPatent.com profides a rapid, accurate and realistic patent valuation service.

  • SurfMonkey is a company I founded in the 1990's and produced a leading web-browser and safety service for kids. SurfMonkey's U.S. operations were acquired by Earthlink and the Japanese operations were acquired by Yahoo Japan.

  • J.D. (Juris Doctor), Santa Clara University School of Law. U.S. Recipient of CALI award.
  • P.G.D.M. (Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing), University of Westminster, U.K.
  • B.S. (Honors) Computer Science & Economics, University of Leeds, U.K.

  • Details of my biography and work history are available here.