TiE Boston plays a significant role in supporting and promoting entrepreneurship in the east coast region, contributing to the growth and success of startups and innovation-driven ventures. TiE Boston presents the annual TiECON East 2024, at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston on Friday, September 13, 2024. As New England’s largest entrepreneurs conference, TiECON East serves as a platform for East Coast entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders, and professionals to come together, share insights, network, and explore opportunities in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

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This year, TiECON East event features a diverse range of keynote speeches, startup pitches, networking sessions, and TEDx-style programs relevant to entrepreneurship, innovation, technology trends, funding strategies, and business growth. 

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We are excited to celebrate and promote the theme: “The Connected Entrepreneur”. This theme resonates deeply with the challenges and opportunities facing today's business landscape, emphasizing the importance of forging meaningful connections, leveraging technology, and embracing innovation.

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We are expecting 500+ attendees from across the United States, Canada, India, and beyond, including founders of startups, executives from established companies, venture capitalists, angel investors, academic researchers, and professionals from diverse industries.  This year, TiECON East is expanding to include TiE New York and potentially other regional chapters. This expansion offers numerous benefits to entrepreneurs by bringing together a larger geographic region under one roof, fostering more diverse connections, and opening up greater opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and growth across borders.

This conference will be a one-day learning experience showcasing our inspiring and iconic speakers in a TEDx-style format covering the following six topics:

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1. Emerging Tech: Reshaping Entrepreneurship

2. Fostering Growth: Crossing the Chasm

3. ⁠Introduction to Select Entrepreneurial Journeys

4. Showcase of Select Startups

5. Navigating the Funding Landscape: Strategies for Startups

6. Business Exits: Lessons from the Trenches

Join us in making this event successful, with the intent to provide an ecosystem for entrepreneurs that fosters, encourages, and supports entrepreneurship. Together we can make a difference.

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*The Connected Entrepreneur: A "Connected Entrepreneur" generally refers to a business leader who effectively uses their network to foster professional relationships, access valuable resources, and leverage opportunities. This type of entrepreneur is highly skilled in networking and maintains a wide and diverse contact base across various industries and disciplines. They are adept at connecting with others on both professional and personal levels, which can be instrumental in facilitating partnerships, securing funding, and gaining insights that help in navigating their business landscape. Being connected also implies an ability to stay in touch with market trends, innovations, and the latest business practices, making these entrepreneurs particularly adaptable and often ahead in competitive environments.