There's nothing at all wrong with the newly minted MBA straight out of business school.

In about thirty years - after he's run a division, started his own company, penetrated a new market, re-engineered a fossilized strategy or completely overhauled a failing product line - he might actually know something that could be useful to you.

But if you're an investor and need to know whether you should fund a new technology company, ask someone who's already bought, sold or started a few.

If you're an executive who wants to know how to go about restructuring your IT operations to take advantage of new developments in secure access management or software as a service, ask someone who's already succeeded at all of these things.

If you're an IT vendor and want to know how to position your technology offerings to maximize competitive differentiation, ask someone who's bought tons of software and services.

Where do you find people with that kind of experience?

Read on and review the roster of TechPar Partners, Principals and Associates.