TiE Silicon Valley announced today that it is taking applications for its new accelerator program TiE LaunchPad: a "mentor-funded" seed fund and accelerator for enterprise startups. TiE, a global network of entrepreneurs and business professionals, which has been mentoring entrepreneurs for over 20 years, will provide startups with a unique combination of mind, money and market access through its unique accelerator program. TiE LaunchPad is for entrepreneurs with strong technology backgrounds who are solving critical enterprise problems in cloud, infrastructure, mobility and other enterprise technology spaces. The goal of the program is to help startups validate their markets and begin early customer development using a multi-pronged approach:
