Organizing the World's largest entrepreneurship conference

Attended the TiEcon 2009 Volunteer's Kickoff Meet at the TiE Santa Clara Office. I had no clue that TiEcon is the largest entrepreneurship conference in the world. To pull-off something this big entirely with a team of volunteers is doubly impressive. The agenda for tonight's meet was simple - to get the crowd of young and old upto speed on what lies ahead.

The TiEcon organizing committee consists of Volunteer Chairs & Co-chairs who manage a team of enthusiastic volunteers. There were interesting pitches from each of the Marketing, Operations, Sales, et.c Chairs as they vied for us Volunteers' attention. The targets too were pretty lofty. They plan on having 4000 attendees at the 2-day event, and expect to collect $1 million in revenue. I have not participated in an event this big, and was happy to be present.

And oh the food, I loooved the gulab jamuns.