📅 Wednesday, May 1, 2024

🕑 08:30 AM – 05:30 PM

📌 Room 209 – 210

 

TiEcon Startup Bootcamp

TiEcon, the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs, is back with Startup Bootcamp 2024. TiEcon Startup Bootcamp is an intensive full day program designed to provide early-stage entrepreneurs with the necessary tools, resources, and network to take their startup to the next level.

This year’s TiEcon Startup Bootcamp will be held on May 1, 2024, in person at Santa Clara Convention Center. It will feature renowned entrepreneurs, educators, investors, and mentors who will share their insights and expertise with the participants.

The bootcamp is designed to be an immersive experience for the participants to become investor ready.

  • Learn what resonates with investors through an intensive, interactive workshop from our main instructor who has raised $100M plus from investors and has had several exits.

  • Work with Silicon Valley mentors in small groups to refine your investor pitch and receive feedback.

  • Pitch to VCs and angel investors. Get valuable feedback on your business idea from experienced investors and receive guidance on how to secure funding.

  • Network with peers. The workshop will teach you how to get the most out of TiEcon. You will learn valuable tips on networking with other successful technology professionals and entrepreneurs from diverse industries and backgrounds, building meaningful relationships, and exploring potential partnerships.

  • All attendees will get a set of books on entrepreneurship (Getting Funding, Market Research, Financial Modeling, and Legal aspects)

Experience an intensive full-day program designed to provide early-stage entrepreneurs with the necessary tools, resources, and network to take their startup to the next level.

What to Expect at TiEcon Startup Bootcamp 2024?

  • Immersive experience for your startup to become investor ready.
  • Learn what resonates with investors through an intensive, interactive workshop from our main instructor who has raised $100M plus from investors and has had several exits. 
  • Work with Silicon Valley mentors in small groups to refine your investor pitch and receive feedback.
  • Pitch to VCs and angel investors. Get valuable feedback on your business idea from experienced investors and receive guidance on how to secure funding.
  • Network with peers. The workshop will teach you valuable tips on networking with successful technology professionals and entrepreneurs from diverse industries and backgrounds, building meaningful relationships, and exploring potential partnerships.

Naeem Zafar

Naeem Zafar is a tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley who has led five companies as the CEO, has raised over $100M in venture capital and has been involved with dozens of startups as an investor, board member or advisor. He has been teaching entrepreneurship and innovation for over 18 years.

Naeem has taught entrepreneurship at the University of California Berkeley since 2007 (first at Berkeley-Haas and now at the College of Engineering and Department of Sociology). He is also a Professor of Practice at Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim School of Business) in its San Francisco campus. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and advises entrepreneurs all over the world.

Naeem founded and led TeleSense, an IoT company creating real-time wireless sensing and predictive analytics solutions for the stored grain industry. TeleSense was acquired by UPL (a food sustainability company with revenue exceeding $6b) in 2022.

Naeem has been an advisor to and invested in over 20 companies (recent exits include Luminar (IPO in 2020) and Electriphi acquired by Ford in 2021)

After graduating from Brown University with a degree in electrical engineering, Naeem designed chips and electronic systems at Honeywell before starting XCAT, a hardware accelerator company in 1985. Naeem moved to Silicon Valley in 1988 to join Quickturn Design Systems and designed the world’s first emulation system for chip design verification, which had an IPO in 1994 and was acquired by Cadence in 1999. Naeem spent 10 years in various marketing roles before becoming CEO at Veridicom, a pioneer in silicon fingerprint sensors (eventually acquired by Apple). After two more CEO roles at EDA companies, Naeem co-founded Bitzer Mobile and served as the CEO of this enterprise security company that was acquired by Oracle.

Naeem has authored five books on entrepreneurship. He has a graduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota after receiving his Sc.B. degree in EE from Brown University. More about him at www.NaeemZafar.com.