The TiE University Business Plan Competition and TiECON were fun and inspiring for so many reasons!  The competition provided an opportunity to meet with and learn from the experiences of dozens of successful entrepreneurs and to receive valuable feedback from them.  Their advice and perspectives helped our team recognize the key targets we needed to hit and the hidden pitfalls we needed to avoid.  The conference was filled with excellent panel discussions and presentations — stories of entrepreneurs making creative pivots, persevering through hard times, and learning from failures.  TiE has cultivated a community and a mentorship network that are great assets to entrepreneurs, and I am grateful to be a part of it!