Charter Members

TiE Charter Members (CMs) are successful, high-profile entrepreneurs, corporate intrapreneurs, and thought leaders, who have reached a stage in their professional life when they are ready, willing, and able to contribute to fellow members.

TiE New York Charter Members are dedicated to the mission of TiE and the virtuous cycle of wealth creation, engaging and giving back to the community.  They believe in the merits of capitalism and have a strong desire to help other entrepreneurs while keeping in mind compassion and ethical business practices.

Charter Membership is by invitation only and subject to a due process (nomination by an active Charter Member, application, and interviews) as prescribed in the TiE bylaws and our Chapter’s Code of Ethics.

Don’t know a TiE member to get invited?  Come to our monthly events regularly and join as an Entrepreneur Member, get involved and get to know us.

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Charter Member Benefits

Charter Members benefit from networking with each other and derive satisfaction through mentoring and investing in up-and-coming founders and entrepreneurs. CMs are also invited as speakers for TiE New York monthly events, exclusive events, and global events such as TiE Charter Member Retreats, and more!   

 

  • Serve as a mentor and build community recognition.
  • Grow your network with other successful entrepreneurs in the New York Metro Area.
  • Connect with TiE Charter Members in the TiE Global Network
  • Meet new founders and get exclusive access to new innovative investment opportunities.
  • Attend the exclusive annual TiE CM Retreat, an exclusive event in a destination location tailored to create closer bonds within the global charter member community.
  • Invitations to exclusive events, dinner meetings, speakers, and intimate parties and networking events.
  • Recruit thoughtful team members.
  • Opportunity to be a role model and chapter leader.

Testimonials

Seth R, Charter Member

I was somewhat skeptical at first when I was approached to join TIE New York. However, it has exceeded my expectations. Congratulations. I think the Pitch Competition will be a GO TO event in NY as time goes by.

Sam Bhattacharyya, Co-Founder & CEO Vectorly

“I’m glad for the support of TiE New York.  Becoming a member has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my startup career.”

Tariq K

TiE New York is where I got my entry into the world of entrepreneurship and start-ups. I was speaking at a TiE conference in June 2005 and was approached by two PhD students from NYU who wanted help in launching an on-line games business in India. Help specifically meaning getting a business plan done and raising funds. I mentored them for six months and there was no money coming.  By then I got very close to them, believed in the business model and co-founded Games 24×7 Inc in Feb 2006. I agreed to put in $50k seed capital which was tranched out over phases and was the initial CEO. The money lasted a year, and by then there was enough meat to the idea that angel money started coming in. After multiple rounds, a total of more than a $1m was raised by the time the fully in-house developed game (www.rummycircle.com) was ready at which point we raised institutional funds. By this time the two PhD students had moved to India and had fully taken over the running of the company, the fund-raising and to be honest, have done a far superior job than I could ever have done myself. The company has now been running profitably for many years. The learnings as an entrepreneur and as an investor have been greater in some ways to what 30 years of corporate life taught me. Had it not been for the Tie NY conference in 2005 this might not have happened.

Since then, the returns from that business have allowed me to invest in five other start-up ventures, all having a TiE New York connection.  Two of these came up via our TiE NY Angels group (www.fitbark.com . https://vectorly.io/ ) and we have a number TiE NY Charter Members taking part in these investments. Three others came from personal connections arising out of the prior start-up investments (http://buddihealth.ai/, https://www.babydestination.com/home , https://resoluteinnovation.com/ ) . You may notice that the six investments are all in disparate sectors and I sometimes get asked what am I doing?  The connecting theme for me has been people ie the founders. If the connect with them is super strong, and business model is something I believe in, then it is a go. New York with its eight million people brings about the serendipity for these kinds of connections to be made, and for me TiE New York has been the place for that.