Sentences with phrase «as startups look»

There has also been a fair amount of consolidation within the industry as startups look to grow through acquisition.

As startups look for strategies to grow their business quickly, college students are often an ideal target.

Slack, a chat and collaboration app that archives conversations — and has been described as the startup looking to kill email — has raised $ 160 million and is valued at $ 2.8 billion.

Not exact matches

While these giant firms look at startups as takeover targets — to keep their innovation engines humming.

By invitation - only, startup The League positions itself as a dating network for «high quality» professionals looking for ambitious partners.

As San Francisco's startups and civic leaders clash, Vancouver's tech companies are looking for a different relationship to the city

Yet, as I look at so many of our startups, they're not even making a reasonable effort to address some very critical concerns that are fundamental to the foundation and future of their companies.

For a startup trying to get off the ground (or a business looking to grow), customer relationships are crucial as these people fuel the business.

The report from Nested, a UK startup that helps people sell their house, looks at the cost of renting — per square foot — in 72 cities worldwide, as well as what salary is required to foot the rental bill.

With a theme focusing on tackling how entrepreneurs can be supported by the ecosystem, the event aimed to celebrate and leverage Bahrain's strategic role for startups in the GCC region and around the world as an ideal startup hub for entrepreneurs and investors looking to expand their impact.

This in turn has led power companies, as well as tech startups, to look at how this new low cost energy storage source could be used in new ways.

He works with international tech companies looking to expand into the country, as well as with indigenous startups.

In the coming years, look for the role to grow exponentially as more established corporations take notes from the scrappier, more flexible startup companies.

For smaller companies, she'd look to simplify filing requirements, as well as create a new standard deduction and expand the startup tax deduction to reduce the cost of starting a business.

Looking back to the early days of my first startup attempt, I think something that kept me going was that I continually read books about startups and entrepreneurs and watched as many interviews of founders as I could find.

Startups looking to boost their online presence need to step away from trying to get as much material out as possible.

As a non-profit social enterprise, we were looking for a business opportunity with minimal startup costs and up - front investment.

While major production companies and distributors, à la Disney, typically get most of the credit for the success of Hollywood films, there are dozens of independently run startups like Rodeo that contribute in no small part to the success of projects, and without which these films would not look as glossy as they do.

As the co-founder and CEO of SOLS, a startup that manufactures custom 3 - D printed insoles using scans of customers» feet, Schouwenburg is more than a little personally invested in redefining 3 - D printing as an affordable way to create products that don't just look cool, but actually improve the way we livAs the co-founder and CEO of SOLS, a startup that manufactures custom 3 - D printed insoles using scans of customers» feet, Schouwenburg is more than a little personally invested in redefining 3 - D printing as an affordable way to create products that don't just look cool, but actually improve the way we livas an affordable way to create products that don't just look cool, but actually improve the way we live.

Instead of outsourcing core functions (for cost reasons), startups hoping to grow quickly should look to develop airtight processes and technology to streamline in - house functions such as marketing, lead generation and customer - relationship management.

Do you have an eCommerce web store and are looking to build an associated app or are you planning to launch your eCommerce storefront as a mobile - first startup?

Soon after Crowdtilt's launch as a way to fund charitable causes, it caught the attention of startups looking for a cheaper alternative to the more popular — and expensive — Kickstarter and Indiegogo options.

«It's not that startup thinking is the best thing ever, but it forces you to look at the world as a changing place.»

As IPO - phobic as many startups may be, once a company gets to be the size of Uber or Airbnb, going public starts to look like the only viable exit strategy, according to the reporAs IPO - phobic as many startups may be, once a company gets to be the size of Uber or Airbnb, going public starts to look like the only viable exit strategy, according to the reporas many startups may be, once a company gets to be the size of Uber or Airbnb, going public starts to look like the only viable exit strategy, according to the report.

As a startup leader you're typically telling others what to do, not in a dictatorial - rule sort of way but because you have a clear vision of what success looks like in your head.

Also, the agreement was a smart bargain, as one only has to look down the list of the dozens and dozens of «unicorn» startups that have not gone public (I see you hiding there at # 8, WeWork).

Time Inc. has been looking for ways to better compete with digital startups, such as BuzzFeed, that have emerged in the past few years and are grabbing a larger portion of online ad dollars.

Ever since Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that the company is working on «autonomous systems» for cars, details have trickled out as well as a few public sightings of the technology Now, thanks to the co-founder of self - driving car startup Voyage, we're getting an up close look at — and some expert insight on — Apple's Project Titan.

The program looks to be mutually beneficial, as it will encourage promising startups to use PayPal, the world's largest online payment processor, for their transactions.

As you can see from the list, there are many different ways to look at growth as a discipline within your startuAs you can see from the list, there are many different ways to look at growth as a discipline within your startuas a discipline within your startup.

«After going against stiff competition throughout the Challenge Cup, Twiga Fruits emerged tonight as this year's most promising, problem - solving startup, and we look forward to helping them innovate and improve the Transportation & Cities industry for years to come.»

For her part, Munn says her approach as an investor is to keep an eye out for products she would use herself and also look to partner with a strong team that can ensure the startup's success.

While he loved the culture at Zappos.com, the online shoe store where he'd spent more than three years as senior director of brand marketing, he wanted to look for new opportunities at a large company in New York or a startup in San Francisco.

The investment is Google's second - ever in a Chinese startup, as the search engine giant looks for new avenues into the Chinese market where its flagship search engine has been blocked by censorship authorities since 2012.

As Kopelman points out, «It's almost impossible for a startup to get a second fresh look.»

Want a quick glimpse of what A Startup Store looks like in practice, as well as an introduction to the companies that participated in the first exhibition?

Just when it looked like Dara Khosrowshahi's tenure as CEO of Uber was coming into focus, the genial executive has muddied the water by buying, of all things, a bike - sharing startup called Jump.

It usually starts like this (at least this is how it started for me when I earned my scar tissue): you own or work for a startup that sells a product or service and are looking to contract out some work instead of hiring inside staff because, well, you're strapped for cash — things such as fulfillment, public relations and web design are all common applicants.

As more established tech hubs become saturated, making it harder to find talent and raise funding, and protectionist governments continue to build walls, sign Brexits, and reduce startup VISAs, startups are inevitably going to start looking further afield in search of their potential launch pads.

Over the last five years, Latin America — home to massive markets such as Brazil and Mexico — has produced a number of homegrown unicorns, and started to grab the attention of foreign investors, and startup organizations looking to get their piece of the pie.

He actively invests in technology startups across the world as an angel investor, is a member of Galata Business Angels and shares his entrepreneurial experiences and forward - looking views on technology in organizations such as MIT Sloan School, Stanford GSB and TEDx.

Go - Jek is already looking to step into the void by expanding its Indonesia - based service into Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, but now a source tells TechCrunch that the ambitious startup has held early - stage talks with Comfort that could see it enter Singapore as ride - hailing partner for its 15,000 drivers.

An example of a program carrying out this work is Ryerson Futures — an accelerator program that works with startups based out of Toronto that moves past the idea of looking to Asia as only a source for investment, but rather for spaces of collaboration and growth in new markets.

As a growing startup, you'll want to look for flexible people who are comfortable with change, are willing to adjust their workload and habits, can focus on implementing new processes without getting distracted, and are ready to learn from their failures.

It's often the case that blockchain startups raise their first outside rounds as ICOs, but size-wise these funding events look less like seed rounds and more like super late - stage technology growth rounds.

March 7 Kraft Heinz Co has launched an incubator program for food and beverage startups, joining a growing list of U.S. food companies looking at new ways to spur growth as consumers shun processed packaged food in favor of healthier offerings.

Sources said that while Wag had originally looked for $ 100 million from venture capitals, SoftBank's fund convinced the startup to accept $ 300 million and use the funds to expand globally and compete against rivals, such as Rover.

Aspect will look to build on investments such as ForeScout, a security company that went public in October, as well as early bets on companies such as networking startup Cato Networks, design marketplace Crew, security intelligence shop Exabeam and careers site The Muse.

(Reuters)- Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) has launched an incubator program for food and beverage startups, joining a growing list of U.S. food companies looking at new ways to spur growth as consumers shun processed packaged food in favor of healthier offerings.

Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, told the World Economic Forum in Davos last week that Silicon Valley looks to the University of Waterloo «as a great source of brilliant minds and brilliant ideas» in large part due to its focus on entrepreneurship and the work of Velocity, North America's largest free startup incubator.