TiEcon is where the world’s wealth connects with technology stealth to create an enervating environment for start-ups to take off. The largest global gathering of entrepreneurship, it brings together Silicon Valley’s diverse, dynamic, and expert ecosystem to ignite and display disruptive technology innovation. Powered by TiE’s unique model that multiplies new venture value and wealth creation, it has become an inspiring venue for inventive thinking, networking, knowledge transfer, talent sourcing, funding, partnering and profound thought leadership.

1. Disruptive Entrepreneurship
Break-In. Break-Out. Break Away.

2. TiEcon
The largest global gathering of entrepreneurship, TiEcon brings
together Silicon Valley’s diverse, dynamic, and expert ecosystem to
ignite and display disruptive technology innovation. Powered by TiE’s
unique model that multiplies new venture value and wealth creation, it
has become an inspiring venue for inventive thinking, networking,
knowledge transfer, talent sourcing, funding, partnering and profound
thought leadership.
4,000+ senior tech professionals
22+ countries represented
unlimited opportunities to make an impact

3. Why TiEcon
The Entrepreneur’s “Burning Man”
One Massive Meet-Up, Match-Up and Mash-Up of Ideas
Discovering “Gold Fusion” in Silicon Valley
Where Stealth Meets Wealth in the World’s Tech Hub
Connecting Enterprises with Enterprising Innovators
Where Big Corporates Find Inspiration, Talent & Technology
Turning Big Ideas into Big Bucks
Giving Start-Ups a Global Stage at a Critical Phase
Multiplying Entrepreneurial Success
Serial Innovators Impact the Upstart’s Lifecycle from Entry to Exit
Diversifying the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
No Limitation to Innovation Across Gender, Race and Origin

4. Connecting Enterprises with
Enterprising Innovators
Where Big Corporates Find Inspiration, Talent & Technology
Vivek Ranadivé
Founder & CEO
TIBCO
Steve Blank
Creator
Lean Startup Movement
Blanca Treviño
Founder & CEO
Softtek
Sanjay Mehrotra
Founder & CEO
Sandisk
Phil Libin
Founder & CEO
Evernote
Suja Chandrasekharan
Global CTO
Walmart
KeyNoteSpeakers

5. Connecting Enterprises with
Enterprising Innovators
Where Big Corporates Find Inspiration, Talent & Technology
Johan Lodenius
Corporate VP & CMO
MediaTek
Jay Vijayan
CIO
Tesla Motors
Sanjay Poonen
EVP
VMWare
Ashar Aziz
Founder & CSO
FireEye
Anand Oswal
VP, Engineering
Cisco Systems
KeyNoteSpeakers
Parag Marathe
President
San Francisco 49ers

6. Discovering “Gold Fusion”
in Silicon Valley
Where Stealth Meets Wealth in the World’s Tech Hub
Connecting Enterprises with Enterprising Inn
Grand Opening Keynote I
Grand Opening Keynote II
Tracks:
Internet of Things
Data Economy
Cloud Infrastructure & Security
Grand Closing Keynote I
Grand Closing Keynote II
Agenda:FridayMay15th

7. The Entrepreneur’s
“Burning Man”
One Massive Meet-Up, Match-Up and Mash-Up of Ideas
Grand Opening Keynote I
Grand Opening Keynote II
Tracks:
Entrepreneurship
Online Education
Youth
Healthcare
Oil and Gas
Grand Closing Keynote I
Grand Closing Keynote II
Agenda:SaturdayMay16th

8. Diversifying the
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
No Limitation to Innovation Across Gender, Race and Origin
2014–AttendeeProfile
Academia
Vice Presidents
Directors
17%
6%
7%
8% 9%
11%
15%
27%Investors
Engineers
Managers Founders / Co-Founders
General
C-Level Executives

9. The Entrepreneur’s
“Burning Man”
One Massive Meet-Up, Match-Up and Mash-Up of Ideas
TiEConnect
MentorConnect, FounderConnect,
MobileConnect
TiE50 Awards Programs
500-plus start-ups, 1,000 engineers
TiEcon Expo
Startups, research labs, universities,
and technology corporations
TiEcon Media Center
Attracts global media attention and
interest
SpecialConferenceEvents

10. Turning Big Ideas
into Big Bucks
Giving Start-Ups a Global Stage at a Critical Phase
TiE is a non-profit global organization dedicated to fostering
entrepreneurship globally through funding, mentoring,
networking, and education. TiE has hosted TiEcon for 22 years
now, making it one of the longest ongoing tech conferences, as
well as the largest entrepreneurship conference in the world.
14,000
Members
2,500
Charter
Members
61
Chapters
18
Countries
AboutTiEGlobal

11. Disruptive Entrepreneurship
Break-In. Break-Out. Break Away.
TiEconLeadership
Manish Gupta
TiE SV Board Member
AGK Karunakaran
Convener
B.J. Arun
Convener
Raj Desai
TiEcon Leadership
Venk Shukla
TiEcon Leadership
Rajiv Patel
TiE SV Board Member

12. Bharat Kamdar
Chair, Systems & Operations
Disruptive Entrepreneurship
Break-In. Break-Out. Break Away.
TiEconLeadershipChairs
Dennis Payton
Co-Chair, Marketing
Anand Akela
Co-Chair, Marketing
Mateen Syed
Co-Chair, Operations
Saurabh Tandon
Chair, Sponsorship
Ram K. Reddy
Chair, TiE50

13. 2014 Grand & Platinum Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Grand Sponsors

14. 2014 Gold & Silver Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Gold Sponsors

15. Shaping your depth of perception now for the future… TiEcon.org
TiEcon 2015
Disruptive Entrepreneurship
Break-In. Break-Out. Break Away.