Sponsorships and Partners
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest and most effective chambers in the Greater Washington region, with 1000 business members who employ more than 49,000 people. Governed by a 33-member Board of Directors, the Alexandria Chamber is one of the oldest chambers in the country, having been founded in 1906, before the United States Chamber of Commerce.
The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce serves as the voice of business in the City of Alexandria through its aggressive lobbying efforts at the local, state and federal levels. In addition, the Chamber offers a variety of programs and services to assist member firms in promoting and expanding their business base. The Alexandria Chamber is also proud to host the Leadership Alexandria program and the Alexandria Small Business Development Center.
Washington Executives Association
Founded in 2007, the Washington Executives Association (WEA) was established to facilitate business growth among metropolitan executives through networking, cross marketing, and ongoing professional development. The organization is comprised of top level executives and owners of small to medium-sized businesses, representative of a wide cross section of industries.
IMAGINE
iMAGINE Alexandria is the movement to build a 50,000 square foot creative hub that will brand the City of Alexandria as an anchor to organizations specializing in the field of creativity. The center will encompass and promote the entire life-cycle of the creative process: education, idea generation, collaboration, implementation, and appreciation. Our vision is to organize a community and create a cooperative space for commercial creative professionals to get inspired, grow their businesses, share resources, and highlight their work to partners, customers, and the general public.
The Business Alliance of George Mason University
The Business Alliance of George Mason University, formerly the "Century Club of George Mason University, Inc.®" was founded in 1988 to enhance the educational experience within George Mason University's School of Management by integrating business experience in the classroom, and to support the development of the University's Entrepreneurship Center [now known as the Mason Enterprise Center]. During the next decade, Business Alliance activities expanded to the School of Law, the School of Information Technology and Engineering and New Century College. In the spring of 1997, the Business Alliance's Board of Directors revised the mission statement to emphasize the organization's expanded role facilitating partnerships throughout the university.
Vistage
With more than 14,500 members, Vistage International is the world’s foremost chief executive leadership organization. Vistage’s Executive Leadership Program provides unparalleled access to new ideas and fresh thinking through monthly peer workshops, one-on-one business coaching, speaker presentations from hundreds of top industry experts, social networking and an extensive online content library of articles, best practices, podcasts and webinars.
TiE - DC
What is TiE?
TiE is a global, not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. TiE provides a platform for mentoring, networking & education, to entrepreneurs & professionals. TiE is an open and inclusive organization that has rapidly grown to more than forty chapters in nine countries, with over 10,000 members.
What does TiE stand for?
TiE stands for "The Innovative Ecosystem". TiE endeavors to cultivate and nurture the ecosystems of entrepreneurship and free-market economies everywhere, as it sees this as the single most powerful instrument of prosperity.
What is TiE-DC?
TiE-DC is the Washington DC Chapter of TiE. The Washington DC Chapter of TiE is one of Washington's largest business networking organizations, dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.
TiE-DC engages entrepreneurs and senior executives throughout the Mid-Atlantic region primarily through focused networking events and business conferences. We regularly host events that are open to entrepreneurs across the region, as well as exclusive events that are by invitation only.
How and when was TiE-DC started?
TiE-DC was founded by Reggie Aggarwal (CEO of Cvent) and Sanju Bansal (COO of Microstrategy) in 1997. In 2000, it agreed to merge with TiE because of their common foundation of entrepreneurship.
What is the mission and objective of TiE?
TiE's mission is to foster and advance entrepreneurship across the globe. Its principle objective is to provide a platform on which people with entrepreneurial spirit and those interested in economic value creation can come together to share ideas. TiE endeavors to cultivate and nurture the ecosystems of entrepreneurship and free-market economics everywhere, as it sees this to be the single most powerful instrument of prosperity.
TiE's Philosophical Framework is to:
-Create an open, inclusive, and transparent organization
-Provide positive leadership role models
-Emphasize value-creation through informed entrepreneurship
-Maintain high ethical standards
-Display rigorous, intellectually honest behavior
-Pursue a modern, scientific and forward looking approach
-Remain socially responsible
-Do not tolerate pettiness, divisiveness and corruption
-Strive to remain an idea and value-driven organization
Savar & Associates
'What's your differentiator?'
Most often the proud reply is 'our superior product/service!' That's not a sufficient differentiator for two good reasons. First, regardless of how good your product/service is, its unrealistic to image that no one else can provide similar quality. Even if you're providing a new technology, sooner or later, others will be on board with it and it will no longer be your differentiator. Second, great products and services have become an expectation of today's sophisticated buyers.
So, what's the answer? The answer lies with a combination of quality product, competitive price and the customer experience! That's your differentiator! And that's what earns or costs you client loyalty. Remember, your employees are always either contributing to or contaminating the customer experience!
Savar & Associates teaches multicultural companies how to provide exceptional customer experiences that earn client loyalty.
Intelligent Office - Reston is proud to partner with Savar & Associates. We are dedicated to providing an enjoyable and stimulating workplace for our employees and to providing exceptional customer service experiences for our clientele. Through regular monthly trainings with Savar & Associates our entire staff benefits from open-forum discussions, unbiased feedback, and from valuable information and enthusiasm from a well-respected authority in the field of customer service.