Hyderabad, Oct 9 (IANS): The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) has announced that TES 2013 (TiE Entrepreneurial Summit), Asia's largest and premier annual conference of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, would be held here Dec 18-20.

TES is a platform that brings together the entire ecosystem of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, policy makers, thought leaders and other stake holders and acts as a catalyst to fast track ideas into action.

The theme for TES 2013, 'Yes, You Can! Dream-Think-Achieve', was launched by Srini Raju, Chair of the conference and Managing Director of investment firm Peepul Capital.

"This year's theme is symbolic of what every enterprise is all about - never give up and pursue the dream. We are excited to bring TES for the first time to Hyderabad," said Murali Bukkapatnam, president TiE Hyderabad.

Bukkapatnam is also the managing director and CEO of getdomestichelp.com.

"Such global event will provide an opportunity to entrepreneurs to explore more growth possibilities for their business through networking.

"It will also help budding entrepreneurs to overcome the challenges in funding and incubation," said Ananth Rao, convener TES and managing director- Focus Ventures.

This summit might lead to attracting investors to consider Andhra Pradesh and India as the prime geographies for their business expansion plan, he added

TiE was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals, with an aim to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking and education.