TiEcon Preparation in full swing!

Did you know that TiEcon, the 2-day conference, is totally organized by volunteers? Its an amazing concept to see in action. People giving their time and energy to organize a conference to foster entrepreneurship! With less than a week to go, working side by side with TiE Silicon Valley officials, 300 plus volunteers are working in full gear, getting ready to host TiEcon 2008, the world's largest conference for entreprenuers. Over the 2 day period, the volunteers and TiE will host over 4000 attendees, 200 industry leading speakers, 100 VCs and manage over 50 separate events, including E-Bazaar and Entertain banquet! See you at the Santa Clara Convention Center next week on May 16-17th. Its going to a fabulous conference!

Success was in the cards for teen entrepreneur

Check out Elementeo and TiEcon story by Mercury News Columnist, Mike Cassidy, "YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR'S GAME EMPLOYS CHEMISTRY PRINCIPLES".

Rooly Eliezerov of Gigya speaking at TiEcon panel "Scaling: Monetization"

Gigya President, Rooly Eliezerov, to speak at TiEcon 2008 panel on, "Scaling: Monetization". Gigya delivers innovative discovery and monetization solutions to the social media ecosystem, connecting brand advertisers, content publishers and an enormous audience of active social media users. Read more here.

Chamath Palihapitiya, the Facebook star, speaking at Tiecon

Graduating from the University of Waterloo with a degree in electrical engineering, Chamath Palihapitiya started his career as a derivatives trader. Through his professional growth, he worked at Spinner.com and Winamp, and then moved to AOL where he was the Vice President and General Manager of AIM and ICQ, completely responsible for overlooking both brands. After working with AOL for five years, Chamath focused on the consumer-based internet market as a part of Mayfield, a VC firm. This diverse experience in the consumer internet market brought Chamath to the now popular Facebook as a VP of Product Marketing. Attend Tiecon 2008 to find out more about Chamath's inspirational career journey and his contribution to Facebook!

Nicholas Negroponte to speak at TiEcon 2008!

Nicholas Negroponte is an architect and computer scientist, founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Media Lab, and founder of The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC). He is also author of the 1995 best seller, Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. In the private sector, Nicholas serves on the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. and as general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment. He has provided start-up funds for more than 40 companies, including Wired magazine.

TiEcon 2008 Entrepreneur Awards announced!

TiEcon invites you to nominate yourself or someone you know and respect for the prestigious TiEcon Entrepreneurial Awards. The outstanding entrepreneur awards are in five categories: Gen Y, Female, Socially Conscious / Eco Friendly, Renegade, and Most Inspiring leaders.
Read more here.

14-Year-Old Creates Chemistry Trading Card Game

With $500 in seed money from the California Association of the Gifted, 13-year old Anshul Samar crafted a prototype of the two-player CCG. His company Elementeo, wowed them at entrepreneur conference TiECON 2007. Read more about this remarkable TiEcon success story at Wired.com.

Uncle Ramesh in action!

Get Inspired by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk & John Wood at TiEcon 2008

Check out who's speaking at TiEcon 2008!

Peter Thiel, Managing Partner, The Founders Fund
Co-founder of PayPal
Early investor and board member of Facebook
Invested in LinkedIn, Slide, Friendster




Elon Musk, Chairman, Telsa Motors
Co-founder of X.com, renamed to PayPal
Chairman of Tesla Motors, first electric car
Chairman of SolarCity, low-priced solar energy



John Wood, Founder & CEO, Room to Read
Left exec track at Microsoft to form Room to Read
Sponsored over 280 schools, 3800 libraries
Distributed over 3 million children's books

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Are you looking for some quick money to fuel your dream/idea? WIN $1000 by simply posting a video to YouTube telling us your story or adventure to becoming an entrepreneur--we are looking for serious, funny or anything in between. Check out details at www.tiecon.org/contest.

TiEcon 2008 Conference: Entrepreneurship Unbounded. www.tiecon.org

TiEcon 2008, the world's largest entrepreneurs conference is being held on May 16-17, 2008, at Santa Clara Convention Center. This year's conference theme is, "Entrepreneurship Unbounded: Inspiration from the Frontlines". For more details, check out www.tiecon.org.