Are you ready to be inspired, informed and motivated? Are you ready to shmooze with industry leaders, venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs, senior corporate executives? Are you ready to gain unique insights into all stages of corporate evolution? If you answered a resounding yes to some or all the above you are urged to participate in TiECON 2003 and get abreast of the latest trends and opportunities in the marketplace today.

TiECON 2003 happens at the Sheraton Colonial Center in Wakefield, MA from May 29th to May 31st. TiECON's agenda and conference environment promises to provide quality networking opportunities. Entrepreneurs may expect to receive ideas and guidance whatever the stage of their corporate evolution.

Calling it the largest conference on Entrepreneurship in the Northeast, Ravi Agarwal, Co-Chair, TiE Boston, said "TiE has been doing this for the past five years. This is, by far, the best one we have initiated. Company founders and executives, venture capitalists, capital investors and investment bankers can meet to share knowledge and also to network. Success in today's business environment requires constant response to the changing currents of a demanding marketplace.”

Said Geetha Ramamurthy, Executive Director, TiE, "This year's conference is built around the theme 'Spring to Innovation'. To not only survive, but to also emerge with strength from the current economic downturn, businesses need to find new and creative ways to effectively seize the opportunities that lie ahead."

"Times have changed and one has to learn to adapt to new, "real world" approaches to starting, funding and building one's company. At this conference you can share the perspectives of entrepreneurs and investors, and gain insights from them. You can dialogue with guest speakers, investors and business owners who will share their experience and expertise. Explore questions that challenge all entrepreneurs and owners of growing companies. Accelerate the growth of your company with advice from investors, successful entrepreneurs, and industry experts at the TiE con 2003,” remarked Sameer Desai, Chair, TiE Boston.

The agenda for day one, May 29, is Registration and a networking social evening. Days two and three will set the framework of today's business environment and establish the success criteria for entrepreneurs at all stages of their corporate evolution. The objective is to help entrepreneurs gain a deeper understanding of the realities of today's global economic environment, and to learn what some of the most savvy industry veterans are doing to succeed.

The sessions will provide a forum for intense sessions focused on Entrepreneurial ecosystems in bioinformatics, biotech, life sciences, networking, storage, wireless/broadband communications, and telecom. Plenary sessions on both days will address overarching themes of value to all attendees. More so in today's market than ever before, networking is the key to Entrepreneurial success.

Some of the highlights of participating in this event are: The largest conference in the Northeast focusing on professionals with an interest in entrepreneurship, either in a start-up context or within a larger company.
Panel discussions and keynote speakers covering the Life Science, Financial, IT Software Services and Wireless Industries.
With over 800 attendees this venue offers career fair exhibitors an excellent opportunity to recruit quality, experienced employees.
Excellent opportunity to do Diversity Recruitment.
Listing on TiE-Boston website and program book.
Only $400 to participate in this 3 day event with a huge cost savings of recruitment $$$.

TiECON Venture Forum:
The TiECON Venture Forum will provide entrepreneurs seeking venture funding the opportunity to present business plans to top notch venture capitalists by invitation only. This will be followed by one-on-one meetings with interested VCs.

About TiE
TiE's primary goal is to build eco-systems where entrepreneurship thrives. In the terms of it's origin, TiE stands for "The Indus Entrepreneurs", reflecting the ethnic background of the individuals who chartered the organization in 1992. But over time, TiE has come to stand for "Talent, ideas, and Enterprise". Its principle objective is to provide a platform on which people with entrepreneurial spirit and all others interested in economic value creation can come together to share their ideas. TiE welcomes everyone who shares its objectives and philosophies to join its membership. TiE has now grown to become a global not-for-profit organization.

More information on TiECON 2003 can be found at http://www.tie-boston.org/spring/springinnovation.html

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