Sentences with phrase «as most founders»

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She said «most of the founders we work with look at YC as the gold standard,» and that distancing the fund from YC could «hinder our chances of raising successor funds.»

«I have learned, as an entrepreneur, the most important skill you have to have is you have to be an optimist and pessimist at the same time,» said Stephanie Tilenius, former Google VP and founder of Vida, an app that pairs you with 24/7 access to a health coach.

As part of the CEO Project, a boot camp for entrepreneurs, Schleckser advises CEOs and company founders on the most important areas of their business to focus on.

As the founder, you're most likely to have connections with people who've developed deep and robust professional networks.

Out of all of the aforementioned brands, Huda Beauty is the most interesting to me as its founders (who are globally recognized influencers) did not come from a celebrity or cosmetics background - they started in finance.

Most founders use their time in Santiago as a sabbatical, during which they learn the startup ropes from previous participants who have stayed put in Chile — 132 graduates so far, according to Start - Up Chile's executive director, Sebastian Vidal.

A smaller VC versus a larger VC is one of the most important decisions you'll make as a founder.

That's also true for SpaceX founder Elon Musk as he prepares to launch what is currently the world's most powerful rocket.

And, as she connected founders and investors, she saw that more often than not, it was the white male founders she helped that received the most opportunities: «It became clear really fast that there were certain people who were not getting meetings, even if they had a really great company.»

One of the things I've probably been most inconsistent with in my journey as a startup founder is whether to raise funding or to bootstrap.

Shortly after setting up the company, the founders moved SoundCloud to Berlin, which was developing a reputation as one of the most startup - friendly cities in Europe at the time, partly due to its cheap accommodation and its abundance of talented programmers.

There are a lot of ways that one can describe Martha Stewart — cook, television personality, editor - in - chief and more — but most of us probably don't think of her as the founder of a massively successful company.

As CD Baby founder Derek Sivers once said, «The single most important thing is to make people happy.

As Harry Campbell, founder of the Rideshare Guy website, told the Guardian, «The most common feedback we hear from drivers is they end up earning a lot less than they expected.»

As president of Y Combinator, of which he was part of the first class, Altman has gained popularity through a nuanced, founder - focused personality, less brash than many founders and venture capitalists, and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham famously said that «Sam is, along with Steve Jobs, the founder [he] refer [s] to most when... advising startups.»

Founders named Bitcoin as the most overhyped technology, with bots and conversational user interfaces coming next.

«Argentina has been all over the place,» says Marcos Galperin, the founder of the auction website Mercado Libre, which, with a $ 4 billion market capitalization on the Nasdaq, is widely regarded as the country's most successful entrepreneurial company.

With 400 employees arranged in six offices around the globe, Lightspeed founder and CEO Dax Dasilva travels as light as possible, holding most of his international meetings by video conference from the company's brand new headquarters in Montreal's historic Gare Viger.

As a founder of several start - ups, my responsibilities have ranged from CEO to marketing, finance, project management, grant writing, social media, videography, design and, most recently, technology so I could customize our websites.

And indeed, in my experience as a two - time successful founder / CEO, the No. 1 most important thing you can do is put together a great team.

According to Sam Waltz, founder and president of Sam Waltz & Associates Business and Communications Counsel of Wilmington, Delaware, most audiences are way too sophisticated to get distracted by flashy drawings that designers tend to hold in front of executives as being what branding is all about.

The Huffington Post founder had collapsed of exhaustion and broken her cheekbone as a result of the fall — a collapse that resulted from working regular 18 - hour days for the preceding two years while she was building the site, now one of the most widely - read in the U.S.

My first and most important task was to correctly define what my responsibilities were as founder and chief executive.

Perhaps most noteworthy for the industry as a whole, however, was the non-finding that the demographics of the campaign founder had no bearing on the relative success of the campaign to deliver rewards.

If the Alibaba founder does acquire the Morning Post — which at one time was the most profitable newspaper in the world — he would be following in the footsteps of other billionaire tech moguls such as Jeff Bezos, the Amazon (AMZN) founder and CEO who acquired The Washington Post for $ 250 million in 2013.

As my company's founder, I was essentially its first sales rep.. But as we've grown, I've needed to scale sales and hire new reps.. One of the most important lessons I've learned from growing a sales team is that spending time with newly hired sales reps early on can yield exponential jumps in productivity and revenuAs my company's founder, I was essentially its first sales rep.. But as we've grown, I've needed to scale sales and hire new reps.. One of the most important lessons I've learned from growing a sales team is that spending time with newly hired sales reps early on can yield exponential jumps in productivity and revenuas we've grown, I've needed to scale sales and hire new reps.. One of the most important lessons I've learned from growing a sales team is that spending time with newly hired sales reps early on can yield exponential jumps in productivity and revenue.

«Don't quit your day job,» Daymond John, founder of FUBU and one of the most iconic Sharks on Shark Tank, told Inc.com recently, recounting that for the first five years he ran his company, he was supporting himself by working full - time as a waiter at Red Lobster.

While she's most widely known for her four - year stint as the administrator of the SBA under President Obama, she also served as executive chairwoman and founder of ProAmérica Bank, which services businesses within the Latino community.

It's very well known in the startup community as a kind of Reddit for new products, featuring Q&A's with founders, videos and a front page where people can upvote products they like the most.

«As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories — about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email and the feud between the founders of Tinder — are being removed from the web.»

As a leader or a founder, you're probably most concerned with what opportunities these demographic shifts reveal.

The Research In Motion founder has emerged as one of quantum's most enthusiastic evangelists, and he's wagered a considerable chunk of his personal fortune on its future.

Allbirds» debut sneaker, the $ 95 «Wool Runner,» has been called the world's most comfortable shoe by venture capitalists and startup founders — as well as the company itself.

Third, and most importantly, taking on that much VC severely limits your options as a founder when it comes to an exit.

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Meanwhile, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund, Ray Dalio, has been investing in AI technology related to trading, as well as trying to automate most of his processes for managing his firm Bridgewater.

Most of the founders are women from science and engineering backgrounds who can relate to Whitehead as a «geek,» she says.

For the most part, early investors in Unicorns are in the same position as founders and employees.

For the most part, employees are in the exact same position as founders (above), with the exception that they don't participate in the decision tree outlined above in 1 - 4.

As a result, most of their interests are aligned with the common, and key decisions about return and liquidity are the same as for the foundeAs a result, most of their interests are aligned with the common, and key decisions about return and liquidity are the same as for the foundeas for the founder.

Most notably, Pam has taken the lead on humanitarian issues as the founder and «guiding visionary» of Humanity United, which fights conflict and injustice in some of the most troubled places in the world — South Sudan, for examMost notably, Pam has taken the lead on humanitarian issues as the founder and «guiding visionary» of Humanity United, which fights conflict and injustice in some of the most troubled places in the world — South Sudan, for exammost troubled places in the world — South Sudan, for example.

There are many other reasons startups fail, but these seven came up as most common when questioning the founders and team members involved with the startup ecosystem.

News of his support came during a time when very few figures in Silicon Valley were publicly showing support for candidate Trump, the most notable being Peter Thiel, an early investor in Facebook who started the VC firm Founders Fund, which backed Oculus, as well.

«Twitter is one of the most widely used social media networks worldwide and despite the speed of technological innovation in the 21st Century, no other full - service bitcoin wallet offered this feature until now,» said Gene Kavner, founder and CEO of iPayYou as well as a former Amazon executive, as quoted by Pymnts.com.

Many of the most successful ecommerce brands have come about in this way; Warby Parker, Harry's, The Honest Company and Glossier are all the brainchildren of visionary founders who, as industry outsiders, brought a fresh perspective and a new approach to markets starved for innovation.

That transition is also one of the most likely times for a founder to be replaced as CEO.

As the founder of high - profile companies like Blogger, Twitter and Medium, you'd probably expect Evan Williams to be at work more than most of us.

Benchmark is known as one of Silicon Valley's most founder - friendly venture capital firms, meaning that it doesn't carve out special deals for itself at the expense of entrepreneurs and employees.

The publication lists the Anthemis Founder as one of «the most influential people in the...

Others fear the privacy, security and safety implications as more tasks, from managing the country's roads to reading patients» X-ray results, are automated — and the most dire warnings, from the likes of SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, include the potential arrival of «robots capable of destroying mankind.»