About
TiE is a non-profit, global community welcoming entrepreneurs from all over the world. We believe in the power of ideas to change the face of entrepreneurship and growing business through our five pillars; mentoring, networking, education, incubating, and funding. TiE was founded in 1992 by a group of successful entrepreneurs and is currently the world’s largest entrepreneurial organization out there. The values and beliefs of TiE reflect the culture and value system of Silicon Valley: entrepreneurship and wealth creation are invaluable human endeavors, and successful entrepreneurs find fulfillment in helping budding entrepreneurs.


GOALS & OBJECTIVES
WHAT WE DO
HISTORY
MISSION AND VISION

PILLARS OF TIE

Since 1992. TiE has been supporting entrepreneurs by offering education, mentorship, networking, and funding opportunities. The mission of TiE remains to foster entrepreneurship globally through funding, mentoring, networking, and education.

MENTORING
TiE is known for mentoring education and networking to help entrepreneurs and those starting new businesses. Every day, someone is mentored with the TiE ecosystem and guided towards the right path to achieve great heights. Besides creating wealth the organization also works to alleviate poverty and unemployment by fostering entrepreneurship worldwide.

EDUCATION
TiE signature programs include the TiE Young Entrepreneurship (TYE), which fosters entrepreneurship and education in high school level students, the TiE International Start-up Competition (TISC) which aims to nurture college level students and young start-ups TiE Women’s Forum which empowers women entrepreneurs throughout our network and numerous large scale conferences such as TiECon and TiE Global Summit.

NETWORKING
TiE conference attendees span the spectrum from successful founders of mature companies, entrepreneurs creating new companies, professional from top corporations leading venture capital firms to thought leaders to senior executives and technology professionals

INCUBATION
TiE Chapters often assist start-ups by offering those incubators space or subsidized services by Sponsors and partners.

INVESTING
Several start-ups have received funding and investment from TiE Angel groups in the Network or from Angel Investors. TiE’s success stems from the cycle where chapter members assist younger entrepreneurs with mentoring Investments, networking, etc, and foster the success of younger start-ups in the community.