Introduction TiEcon is the largest global conference for entrepreneurs It is organized by TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley chapter each year in Santa Clara, CA. This author has covered the conference for the past five years. This year’s conference convener was Ravinder Paul Singh, who is very highly regarded as a professional who always follows up on his commitments and is a role model for the entire TiE organization. In this 2013 TiEcon summary article, we cover the opening keynotes on Friday, May 17, 2013. Part II. will examine the keynotes and panels for the Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) track. There were also parallel tracks on Mobile and Big Data on Friday as well as, on Saturday May 18, 2013, sessions on entrepreneurship, which were not attended by this author. Venk Shukla, President of TiE-Silicon Valley TiE Angels have been very successful in funding entrepreneurs. TiE-SV will be launching a B2B incubator/accelerator in 2 or 3 months. 2013 TiEcon has been organized for Friday’s sessions to be about professional growth and innovation trends, while Saturday is all about person growth, entrepreneurship and mentoring. Over 3,500 attended this year’s TiEcon, from over 30 countries. Satya Nadella, President, Server and Tools Business – Microsoft Server, tools and [...]
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