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Thursday, September 23, 2004

Posted 7:26 AM by Anurag

Mentoring Clinic at TiECon Bangalore 2004

November is round the corner, and for Bangalore, November means Bangalore IT.com! In keeping with the tradition of the past many years, TiE Bangalore will host its Annual TiECon event along with Bangalore IT.com on 4th November, 2004.

Last year's TiECon saw the roll-out of TiE Bangalore's Mentoring Initiative, and over the past year, many entrepreneurs have taken advantage of being Mentored by seasoned Charter Members of TiE Bangalore and Silicon Valley Chapter. Very recently, we've expanded our Mentoring effort, and launched PAF (Potential Angel Forum). This is an initiative to link selected entrepreneurs (we have started with two such entrepreneurs) to potential angel investors in Silicon Valley, with a view to help them raise angel capital. Based on the feedback we gather, we intend to include more entrepreneurs in PAF over time.

The Mentoring Clinic at TiECon 2004 will build on the learning's of the past one year. The format this year is as follows:
# All interested entrepreneurs (existing and potential) will send in a 2-page (max!) exec summary of their business idea / plan by Friday, 15th October.
# An initial session (~15 minutes per entrepreneur) will be held thereafter (we will notify interested entrepreneurs of the date for this session) wherein Charter Members will guide entrepreneurs on the points they must come prepared for during the mentoring session. Some screening may also be done during this session.
# The 1-1 Mentoring Session will be held in the afternoon of 4th November at the West End Hotel. This will be conducted by Charter Members of TiE (Bangalore, Silicon Valley, and other chapters), as well as some invited professionals / entrepreneurs. This Mentoring session is FREE. However, it is open only to members of TiE Bangalore, or those delegates who have registered for the TiECon conference. Priority in selection will be given to TiE members who have registered for the conference. Given the huge demand, and limited capacity, interested entrepreneurs may find it useful to register for the TiECon.
The registration fee for TiECon (for different categories) is as below:
Individual - 2500/-TiE Members - 2000/-Students - 750/-There could be exciting prizes (including enrolment in PAF) for the best plans.

So, if you are interested in seeing your business benefit through seasoned advice; are interested in building valuable relationships; and are interested in building the next success story out of India, we invite you to participate in the Mentoring Clinic by sending a 2-page executive summary of your business plan / idea to alfio AT tiebangalore.org (by Friday, 15th October, 2004).

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