‘TiE Silicon Valley embarks on new path of diversity with youth, women’
SANTA CLARA: Indian American-dominated non-profit organisation of entrepreneur has embarked on a new path of diversifying and inclusiveness by focusing on other communities and having women and youths’ greater involvement in its activities.
Founded in 1992 by eminent Indian Americans, TiE Silicon Valley has created and enabled entrepreneurs who have generated over USD 1T in wealth and built successful businesses in technology.
Over the past three decades, it has emerged as the pioneering and most influential tech group not only in the US but also across the world. Anita Manwani, who is the first woman president of TiE Silicon Valley in its more than 32 years of history, believes that the time has come to give it a new direction.
“This is no longer just an Indus conference. It is an international conference with lots of women who are representing VCs, women speakers, CEOs and founders of AI companies, and many, many different folks...this year actually 39 per cent of our speakers are non-Indus,” Manwani told on the sidelines of the just concluded TiECon, its annual conference, in Santa Clara, California.
Considered to be the flagship annual conference of TiE Silicon Valley, TiECon since 2008 is widely considered the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs.
A seasoned corporate executive and entrepreneur, Manwani is one of 80 women recognised in the United States for their leadership in technology, and top 100 Women of influence in Silicon Valley.
Ahead of the annual gathering of entrepreneurs and VCs, TiE Silicon Valley partnered and collaborated with other organisations, so that “we could bring their startups and we could engage their members to come and attend TiECon,” she said.