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  The Indus Entrepreneurs - Talent - Ideas — Enterprise
The concept of TiE was born at the end of 1992 at a lunch meeting of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and professionals.
TiE endeavors to cultivate and nurture the ecosystems of entrepreneurship and free-market economics everywhere, as it sees this to be the single most powerful instrument of prosperity.
TiE Institute’s vision is to be ‘the entrepreneur university’ and is committed to developing more holistic, value-centered business leaders through concrete and interactive education which is entrepreneurial in spirit, ethical in focus, and global in orientation.
www.tienewdelhi.org /faqs.htm   (3360 words)

  
 TiE - The Indus Enterpreneurs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The TiE philosophy is a convincing effort of alloying Silicon Valley culture of entrepreneurship and the Vedic culture of Guru-Shiswa or Teacher-Disciple association.
Entrepreneurs from Indian Companies, Indian Government officials and representatives from US companies with operations in India are regularly featured as speakers.
TiE representatives elaborated their action plans for next few months in India to the audience.
www.netguruindia.com /features/articles/tiecoverage.html   (353 words)

  
 TiE Semi SIG launch activities in H'bad : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is the premier Silicon Valley organisation and a global non-profit organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through mentoring networking and education TiE help for budding entrepreneurs through advice guidance and assistance from successful and experienced entrepreneurs and professionals.
The objective of TiE SIG is to make it into a pan-India SIG to deliver greater value to all participants through participation by members from the semi-conductor industry across the country.
Initially, TiE Semi SIG will be headquartered in Hyderabad with the core group and the executive committee comprising senior members of the semi-conductor industry across different chapters in India.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1675746,00020020.htm   (430 words)

  
 Indo-Asian News Service -> Biz Releases -> Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Another such initiative, taken up by The Indus Entrepreneurs (Delhi) is the Creative Futures Programme, a first-of-its kind programme from the British Council that intends to identify and nurture a new generation of Indian creative entrepreneurs with business ideas.
Rod Pryde said, “The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is focused on promoting entrepreneurship and has helped us help budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance from successful and experienced entrepreneurs and professionals.” He added.
The ETT was supported in India by TiE who used their network reach to harness the most promising, emerging Indian technology companies, in order to facilitate business opportunities with the European investors and technology partners that visited Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai.
www.businesswireindia.com /Feeds/IANS/bwirelease11083.asp   (545 words)

  
 TiE - The Indus Entrepreneurs - FAQ
TiE Stands for "The Indus Entrepreneurs"; the name reflects the Indus or South Asian origin of the individuals who chartered the organization.
TiE is able to maintain excellence in its programs with the support of the sponsors.
TiE also leverages its national presence by inviting best-of-breed speakers to its meetings, which serve as excellent discussion forums for various stages of entrepreneurship and the business building process.
www.tie-detroit.org /html/faq.html   (224 words)

  
 Entrepreneurs help forge U.S. and India links - Business - International Herald Tribune
That organization, Indus Entrepreneurs, was started as a mutual-aid network for Indian and Pakistani immigrants by people like Suhas Patil, founder of Cirrus Logic in Austin, Texas, a chip maker, and Safi Qureshey, a founder of AST Research in Irvine, California, a computer parts maker.
Shivbir Grewal, a lawyer and the Indus Entrepreneurs trustee for Southern California, for example, is an adviser to Chisk, which is exploring ways to outsource routine legal-discovery work to India.
Qureshey, a founder of Indus Entrepreneurs, is backing Quartics, a company of young entrepreneurs based in Taiwan and Irvine, that is developing microprocessors for wireless streaming video.
www.iht.com /articles/2005/12/15/business/indus.php   (1114 words)

  
 rediff.com: The Indus Entrepreneurs to set up UK chapter
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the powerful organisation of South Asian entrepreneurs and software professionals, is spreading its wings and opening a new chapter in Britain.
TiE UK's other founder members include leading British Asian businessmen like Shami Ahmed, who founded Legacy, the venture capital fund, and the Joe Bloggs garments label.
It is reckoned that entrepreneurs involved with TiE have created over $75 billion in new market capitalisation since 1992 when the organisation was founded.
www.rediff.com /money/2000/sep/18tie.htm   (396 words)

  
 The Indus Entrepreneurs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Indus Entrepreneurs or TiE is a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, California, USA by a group of businessmen and entrepreneurs of Indian Origin led by Dr.
TiE endeavours to cultivate and nurture the ecosystems of entrepreneurship and free-market economies everywhere, as it sees this to be the single most powerful instrument of prosperity.
TiE Silicon Valley is the flagship chapter for TiE.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Indus_Entrepreneurs   (360 words)

  
 Conference on US-India Business Relationships Draws Crowds - Press Releases - McCombs School of Business - The ...
The conference was jointly sponsored by TiE and three entities at The University of Texas at Austin: the McCombs School of Business, South Asia Institute, and Center for International Business Education and Research.
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a not-for-profit, volunteer professional organization that promotes entrepreneurship and innovation.
TiE Texas consists of chapters in Austin, Dallas and Houston and promotes entrepreneurship and networking through seminars, mentoring, workshops and the annual TiECon conference.
www.mccombs.utexas.edu /news/pressreleases/tiecon_wrapup.asp   (934 words)

  
 The secrets of success: Indian entrepreneurs rely on the IndUS network for inspiration, advice and money Chief ...
When Indu Navar, chief executive of Serus, needed an angel investor for her software startup in 2001, she turned to the most obvious place to find it: her own community.
All are involved with the The IndUS Entrepreneurs, or TiE.
Today, TiE events are a parade of the Who's Who among CEOs and VCs of Silicon Valley, from founding Sun Microsystems CEO and Kleiner Perkins venture partner Vinod Khosla to former McKinsey CEO Rajat Gupta to former Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia, who sold his company to Microsoft in 1998 for $400 million.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m4070/is_212/ai_n15863351   (862 words)

  
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After only seven years since its formation in Silicon Valley, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) has become one of the most highly effective global non-profit organizations, having helped entrepreneurs generate an estimated $75 billion of new market capitalization*.
This is probably why TiE has been commonly mistaken as a venture capital firm, and sometimes referred to as the "Indian Mafia" of the technology world.
"TiE is beginning to influence [India's economic policies] in a welcome manner, and to an extent beyond the imagination of its founders," Rekhi said in his last presidential statement.
www.larta.org /LAVox/2001/6-14_TIE.asp   (685 words)

  
 Indus Entrepreneurs plans to set up three regional chapters
MUMBAI, January 13: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a US-based non-profit association of entrepreneurs with interest in the Indus (Indian sub-continent) region, is setting up three regional chapters in the country.
According to TiE president Kanwal S Rekhi the organisation is at present in the process of finding and convincing successful domestic entrepreneurs to start the proposed regional chapters.
TiE, which was formed by a group of US-based entrepreneurs with interest in the sub-continent five years ago, has been responsible for producing 50 successful start-up companies in the US.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19980114/01455794.html   (432 words)

  
 Indian executives trying to establish local chapter of support group
It's an association that allows entrepreneurs with roots or interests in India and surrounding countries to share their ideas.
Internationally, TiE has 25 chapters in five countries, while new chapters are being launched in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, said Raj Desai, executive director at the original chapter in Silicon Valley, founded in 1992.
TiE Pittsburgh's Web site is still in the works, but those interested can e-mail tiepgh-owner@egroups.com.
www.post-gazette.com /businessnews/20010313tie2.asp   (782 words)

  
 Essentials of Entrepreneurship: What It Takes to Create Successful Enterprises - Wal-Mart
From TiE, the world's largest not-for-profit entrepreneurial organization, this valuable handbook features chapters written by acknowledged experts in their respective fields.
It covers all areas of vital concern to entrepreneurs-as well as the accountants, venture capitalists, and attorneys who work with them-including legal issues, venture funding, management teams, stock options, business planning, and much more.
TiE is a worldwide organization founded in Silicon Valley over a decade ago and dedicated to promoting entrepreneurial ventures.
www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2062655   (548 words)

  
 The Indus Entrepreneurs - Talent - Ideas — Enterprise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TiE helps budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance from successful and experienced entrepreneurs and professionals.
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) annual conference or TiEcon 2005 this year, once again demonstrated to over 2000 attendees...
TiE president Sridar Iyengar discusses the organization and tackles the complex issue of offshore outsourcing...
www.tieindia.org   (344 words)

  
 The Indus Entrepreneurs - Talent - Ideas - Enterprise
TiE Mumbai is part of a global network of entrepreneurs which mentors, supports and facilitates the growth of new enterprises.
TiE Mumbai was seeded in October 1999, and formally launched on December 7th, 1999.
Today, TiE Mumbai is a multi-faceted organization and is an active TiE chapter dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship leading to wealth and job creation.
www.tiemumbai.org /tie_mumbai.htm   (98 words)

  
 Infosys IT icon joins the board of TiE, a global organization with offices in Dubai | The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)
TiE, one of the largest groups of its kind in the world, has 44 chapters in nine countries, including the UAE, and a membership base of over 12,000.
We at TiE are honored to have his guidance as we build to the next level and beyond,' said Sridar Iyengar, President of TiE Global.
TiE Charter Membership consists of successful individuals from the Indus region, those interested in the Indus region and those who have achieved success in their professions and are now ready to engage in helping others as mentors and advisors.
www.ameinfo.com /94633.html   (1049 words)

  
 TiEcon India 2005
Titled ‘Entrepreneurship Unleashed’, TiEcon India 2005, the flagship event of The Indus Entrepreneurs, will focus on inspiring and educating entrepreneurs as well as debating aspects that impact the entrepreneurial environment and the opportunities in the Indian market.
Over 1000 delegates comprising of successful and budding entrepreneurs, VC firms, law firms, financial services companies, BPO companies, and other participants in the entrepreneurial eco-system are expected to attend.
TiE helps budding entrepreneurs through mentoring, education and networking participants in the global entrepreneurial eco-system through 42 chapters in 9 countries.
www.tieconindia.org   (269 words)

  
 The Indus Entrepreneurs
The first TiE conference was held that same year in Silicon Valley to discuss issues that were of concern to South Asian entrepreneurs: how to find funding, write a business plan or market a company.
In addition to promoting TiE further in the Indus region (the organization still does not have chapters in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka), he feels there is a need for a stronger institutional structure.
One of the issues of TiE was that we created all the chapters and the chapter network grew before the central organization was ever in place," he adds.
usembassy.state.gov /posts/in1/wwwhspjulaug059.html   (1811 words)

  
 TiE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A global not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship.
It has kept the vision and decisions of TiE's leadership true to its basic beliefs that wealth creation and giving back to society are invaluable human endeavors, and that an open, inclusive and forward-looking organization is the right vehicle in which to reach their objectives.
TiE Silicon Valley's annual conference (TiEcon), is considered to be the largest entrepreneurial forum anywhere in the world
www.tie.org /Home/AboutTie/index_html/view_document   (306 words)

  
 ConnecTerra Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) members are entrepreneurs and professionals with an interest in entrepreneurship, either in a start-up context or within a larger company.
MIT Enterprise Forum was formed in 1978 to support the missions of the MIT Alumni Association and of MIT itself by building connections to technology entrepreneurs and to the communities in which they reside.
MIT Alumni, students, parents and non-alumni technology entrepreneurs are invited to participate in Forum activities.
www.connecterra.com /partners/industry.php   (264 words)

  
 The Indus Entrepreneurs - Talent - Ideas — Enterprise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A serial entrepreneur, Pradeep founded Planetasia, India's first Internet Professional Services Company, which was acquired by a US Software Services company.
A member of the Technology Advisory Panel to the Government of Karnataka, Pradeep is the President of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE), Bangalore Chapter and is the Founding Member of the Bangalore Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.
He is a Non-Executive Director of United Business Media plc (one of the world's leading global business information companies headquartered in London) and on the Advisory Board of Leaders Quest (an international social enterprise based in London) and on the Advisory Board of the Bangalore Chapter of AIESEC (the world's largest student organization).
www.tiebangalore.org /pradeep_kar.htm   (438 words)

  
 TIME Europe | Business: The TiE That Binds | 10/30/2000
TiE differs from the usual canapés-and-Chardonnay-fueled high-tech networking groups in that it emphasizes mentoring as much as — perhaps more than — mingling.
Worldwide, around 600 entrepreneurs, corporate executives and senior professionals are TiE charter members, or mentors, available to share their success stories, offer support and advice and help arrange funding.
Bagri says that, "TiE seeks to foster entrepreneurship as a worthy human endeavor in itself." But that doesn't mean taking a vow of poverty.
www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/1030/indus.html   (716 words)

  
 The Hindu : IndUS Entrepreneurs' Chennai chapter launched
The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE), an organisation founded in the Silicon Valley by entrepreneurs from South Asia and engaged in information technology and other high-tech industries like biomedical service and consultancy, launched its Chennai chapter today (www.tie.org).
Leaders of the TiE who have come to the city from the U.S. on the occasion explained that the organisation had two types of members - ``mentor'' members who would act as guides to identified entrepreneurs and devote time in nurturing them, with advise and investment support, and ordinary members.
The TiE, which organises annual conferences in the Silicon Valley, besides monthly meetings and interactive sessions by its various chapters, has sponsorship support of venture capital companies, investment banks, law firms and accounting firms.TiE members from the U.S., including Mr.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/01/15/stories/06150004.htm   (553 words)

  
 Mutual-Aid Network Links South Asia and the U.S. - New York Times
That organization, Indus Entrepreneurs, was started by people like Suhas S. Patil, founder of Cirrus Logic in Austin, Tex., a chip maker, and Safi Qureshey, co-founder of AST Research, which made computer parts, as a mutual-aid network for Indian and Pakistani immigrants.
Shivbir Grewal, a lawyer and the Indus Entrepreneurs trustee for Southern California, for example, is an adviser to Chisk Inc., which is exploring ways to outsource routine legal-discovery work to India.
Qureshey, a founder of Indus Entrepreneurs, is backing Quartics Inc., a company of young entrepreneurs based in Taiwan and Irvine, Calif., that is developing microprocessors for wireless streaming video.
www.nytimes.com /2005/12/15/business/15sbiz.html?ex=1292302800&en=ff8118acfaae01cd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (1252 words)

  
 Distinguished Scholars in Attendance
His computer-aided study, The Indus Valley Script: Texts, Concordances and Tables (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, 1977), is recognized internationally as a major source-book for research in the Indus script.
Current work on the Indus symbols is being conducted in collaboration with the Indologist Michael Witzel (Harvard University) and the computational linguist Richard Sproat (AT&T Shannon Labs and the University of Illinois).
She is also beginning a project with the University of Peshawar and others to investigate the historic period caravanserai (rest stations) dotting the trade and pilgrimage routes between South and Central Asia.
www.csulb.edu /depts/as/indus/speakers.html   (1688 words)

  
 Useful Resources & Links - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
Ashoka identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs - extraordinary individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities - supporting them, their ideas and institutions through all phases of their careers.
A non-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, The IndUS Entrepreneurs was established to foster entrepreneurship and nurture entrepreneurs.
As a global, non-profit educational organization for young entrepreneurs, the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) strives to help its members build upon their successes through an array of educational and networking opportunities.
gsb.uchicago.edu /entrepreneurship/program/resources/organizations.aspx   (495 words)

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