TiEcon 2009: The BOLD Entrepreneur May 15, 2009

ABOUT TiEcon 2009:
TiEcon is TiE's premier annual event and is the largest convention in the world dedicated to entrepreneurs. On May 15th and 16th, TiE Silicon Valley presents the world's largest conference on entrepreneurship: TiEcon 2009 for the BOLD Entrepreneur. Over 4,000 participants will engage in a rich dialog with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry executives, and thought leaders in two action-packed days at TiEcon 2009.

HIGHLIGHTS:
TiE50
This year's TiEcon will host the first annual showcase of 50 of the most promising startup companies across five focus segments. This year's focus segments are: Consumer Web, Internet Infrastructure, Cleantech, Wireless, and Software.

PowerConnect
PowerConnect participants will spend almost 3 hours over lunch with 100 other relevant entrepreneurs, industry leaders and VCs with similar background and interest in their segment area. The sessions will include intense interaction at a small group level, as well as interactive panels with leading industry experts in that segment.

Business Bootcamp
Even the boldest entrepreneur needs to consider the practical aspects of managing a company such as funding, legal issues, building teams, scaling sales and creating hype through PR campaigns. This year's TiEcon will offer four bootcamps focused in each of these areas.

CONFIRMED KEYNOTES:
* Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn
* Paul Maritz, VMWare
* Hans Morris, Visa
* Brad Smith, Intuit

TiEcon is ideal for:
* ENTREPRENEURS who just had a flash of a billion dollar idea
* MULTINATIONALS who are developing new corporate initiatives
* STARTUPS & EARLY STAGE COMPANIES developing a viable business model
* PROFESSIONALS offering legal, financial, marketing, engineering services
* SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS looking to make a world of difference

To register visit www.tiecon.org

Non Members: $320 Early Bird/$420 Regular/$570 Onsite; Members: $195 Early Bird/$295 Regular/$445 Onsite.

Official Website: http://www.tiecon.org