This past weekend more than 3,500 attendees flocked Silicon Valley’s Santa Clara convention center to attend the 16th edition of Tiecon, billed as the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs.And unlike its peers, Tiecon – which theme focused on the “The Bold Entrepreneur” – has done better this year than last, attracting about 20 percent more people according to the organizers.The energy at the conference was high and networking opportunities abundant, with more than 150 speakers attending (from entrepreneurs to VCs) in more than 50 sessions.“This is the year to innovate and start a company. The current macro-economic environment is a unique opportunity for the bold entrepreneur,” said the conference c0-chairs, Shaukat Shamim and Gara Gauba.For the first time this year, Tiecon organisers honored their top 50 “hottest” emerging startups in 5 segments (Tie50), out of 1,200 nominated and after 50,000 votes!Posted in news, startups Tagged: AltaRock Energy, Amobee, Arista Networks, Aster Data Systems, Buzzintown, Carrier IQ, Deeya Energy, Enphase Energy, eye-fi, gara, gauba, GetJar, Imperva, Intent, Jajah, Jobvite, Kazeon, Kiva, Kosmix, Like.com, Mariah Power, Mashery, Matisse Networks, Melodis Corporation, Mimosa Systems, Mint, Mochimedia, Mozes, mPortal Inc., Nanosolar, Nominum, Offerpal Media, Palo Alto Networks, PlaySpan, Pronto Networks, reQall, Rubicon Project, seriousmaterials, Serus, sezmi, Shamim, Shaukat, SolarReserve, Solazyme, Solyndra, Splunk, Stion Corporation, tiecon, Tonchidot, upek, Vanu, Verismo Networks, Xobni, Xprotean, zoho