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June 26, 2001
Boldly Rekindling The IT Gold Rush
The ninth conference of The Indus Entrepreneurs punched the pause button on the hi-tech recession as 2,569 people poured into the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, California.

'Reinventing businesses is the need of the hour'
Adjusting to market changes and providing improved services to consumers will dictate firms' futures, say experts.

Cellphone buzz mars TiEcon sessions
Constantly ringing cell phones, despite requests to turn them off, made it difficult to follow the goings-on at the meet.

'This is a great time to start a business'
Venture capitalist Kanwal Rekhi feels it is back to the good old days when all one needed was a business plan and a good product.

June 25, 2001
'US slowdown may benefit India'
With the economic slowdown and the dot-com meltdown, US firms will need India now more than ever, predict experts at TiEcon.

'Why hire people who agree with you?'
There are a lot of people who want to buy what Vivek Ranadive is selling. What he sold to a riveted TiEcon audience is the experience of a fabulously successful entrepreneur.

June 24, 2001
Cisco, HP chiefs stress need to stay ahead of change
'Transitions are where you gain market share,' John Chambers told TiEcon 2001. 'The company that thinks it's done [changing] is done,' quipped Carly Fiorna.

June 23, 2001
TiEcon 2001 gets off to bright start
As entrepreneurs mingled with venture capitalists and other professionals at the Westin Santa Clara Hotel and Convention Centre, doing the ritualistic business card exchange, the dotcom downturn seemed almost forgotten

June 2, 2001
TiE to discuss survival in trying times
'In the slow economy, we want to turn this negative, where people are rethinking their businesses into a positive, by showing value,' says Jnan Dash, content chair for TiEcon 2001.

May 15, 2001
An MBA over the Weekend: TiEcon
Since a full-fledged MBA at a top-notch institution may cost a small fortune, the TiEcon organizers feel their upcoming convention is the best way to meet businesspeople and learn the ins and outs of management and finance -- at a small price.

April 5, 2001
TiEcon plans to go 'back to basics'
Entrepreneurship: Back to Basics will be the theme of TiEcon 2001, the flagship event of The IndUS Entrepreneurs, on June 23-24 in Santa Clara, California.

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