Leadership Network! Considerations for Early Stage Startups

About the Event

Help us launch the new TiE Leadership Network! Join us for an evening of dinner, wine, and compelling discussion. The Leadership Network’s mission is to foster a vibrant, diverse community of mentors and budding entrepreneurs. We provide exciting programming including networking mixers, mentoring events, and informative workshops focused on personal and professional development and entrepreneurial skills. Event Focus: Got an Idea? Considerations for Early Stage Startups So you’ve come up with the next million-dollar idea, now what? Join the TiE Leadership Network and NBC Bay Area Reporter Stephanie Chuang for an in-depth, honest discussion about the nuts and bolts of startup development. Our panel of experts will explore topics including how to manage financial risk when starting a company, when to give up your salary and when to take a salary, and how to determine if your idea makes business sense. Speak directly with entrepreneurs who’ve been in your shoes during structured networking following the panel discussion. Meet our mentors and ask all your questions in an informal, roundtable format! And don’t forget to enter our raffle at the event. Get the chance to participate in a personal mentoring session with one of our panelists! TiE HOST Monica Hein, VP of Engineering, Technology, Architecture & Infrastructure at IBM, TiE SV Charter Member MODERATOR Stephanie Chuang, Reporter, NBC Bay Area PANELISTS Garima Thockchom, CEO and Founder, Akasia Sash Sunkara, Co-founder and CEO, RackWare Gaurav Banga, Co-founder and CEO, Bromium Sana Choudary, Founder and CEO, YetiZen MENTORS Garima Thockchom, CEO and Founder, Akasia Sash Sunkara, Co-founder and CEO, RackWare Gaurav Banga, Co-founder and CEO, Bromium Sana Choudary, Founder and CEO, YetiZen Ronjon Nag, Co-founder, Payplant Vish Mishra, Venture Director, Clearstone Venture Partners, TiE CM Prashant Shah, Managing Director, TiE LaunchPad Kailash Joshi, TiE Co-founder and Past President Puneet Gupta, Founder, Oceanleap, Inc Ramani Narayan, CTO, Swipp AGENDA 6PM – Registration, Open Networking, and Dinner 7PM – Panel Discussion 8PM – Raffle Drawing and Structured Networking 8:45PM– Open Networking 9:00PM - Adjourn