Sentences with phrase «built by entrepreneurs»

Startups and SMBs may look similar in that they are both built by entrepreneurs and are small in revenue and staffing; however, startups are looking into a large scalable model and SMB's are more locally oriented.

If you choose to provide coverage for your employees, here are some options built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs.

Not exact matches

The Borrowell team got to sit down with Strange, who happens to be both an entrepreneur and a Valley VC — she was part of the executive team that built Ruba, a startup acquired by Google in 2010, and in November last year she became a partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

A life - saving app, indie art and music gets crowdfunded, a step - by - step guide to building a better brain, FedEx preps for the holidays, connecting moguls with eager interns, how to manage your managers, why the emerging - markets craze may be over... This week's notable news and tantalizing tidbits for entrepreneurs:

Theresia Gouw, once a partner with Accel Partners, and Fonstad, formerly managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, founded Aspect Ventures; Aileen Lee left Kleiner Perkins to launch seed fund Cowboy Ventures; Gilt Groupe's former CEO Susan Lyne hatched AOL's BBG (Built by Girls) Ventures; serial entrepreneur Anu Duggal launched the Female Founders Fund with the express purpose of investing in women.

Having helped build more than a hundred apps from categories ranging from social networking, utility, entertainment and lifestyle, I get asked a lot of questions by entrepreneurs and businesses on the entire process of building and marketing apps.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

Entrepreneurs don't have to stand idly by while these threats build up steam, though.

By gathering intel and piloting potential talk triggers, entrepreneurs can build awareness and encourage the masses to do the marketing themselves.

Entrepreneurs Andy Medley and Scott Hill built their Indianapolis marketing and promotions firm PERQ by nurturing office culture, sometimes to a fault.

There is actually a name for this kind of company - building approach, Minimum Viable Product or MVP, which was coined by entrepreneur and influential blogger Eric Ries.

Being an entrepreneur in America — to create something from nothing, to build a business, hire people, solve customer problems and create wealth — is considered an honorable profession (by most folks).

Despite a busy schedule, Earl pursues his passion for writing by penning content that will help other young entrepreneurs build a name in the industry.

The mistake that entrepreneurs often make is to focus on building profits by boosting sales.

Toms Shoes, the business founded by legendary entrepreneur, Blake Mycoskie, was built and gained notoriety for its business model of donating one pair of shoes for every pair sold.

Like most new entrepreneurs you might have been doing the ground work of your business by building business relationships first before actually deciding to become a fully registered company.

The next thing I remind first - time entrepreneurs is that by starting a business, you have made a decision that does not allow you any time, in your first year, to do anything but build your business.

Even if you're a serial entrepreneur looking for an exit, a smart way to maximize your return is by building a sustainable business.

I built a career around the marketing of good deeds, working with a lot of great organizations, from Points of Light to Share our Strength, led by Billy Shore, who I think is probably one of the originally nonprofit entrepreneurs.

McKelvey contends that the hands - on experience of working for a startup, and facing those infrastructural challenges head on, actually led him to building WeWork: A space made by and for entrepreneurs.

The entrepreneurs who started Room - mate hotels following this strategy by building hotels that exceed expectations and making them affordable.

Although it's easy to become overwhelmed by the countless entrepreneur - friendly options being offered for download, such as the database management tool FileMaker Go and customized brand - building solutions like Mobile Roadie, upsides are plentiful.

In addition to SpaceX, the entrepreneur serves as chief executive of Tesla Motor Co., an electric car company, is chairman and co-founder of SolarCity and is working to build a high - speed «Hyperloop» transportation system, which — in theory — could revolutionize travel by cutting commute time from Los Angeles to San Francisco to 30 minutes.

By taking advantage of all the world has to offer — inconvenient or not, perfect or not — entrepreneurs can build businesses that provide their communities with products and services they needed and wanted.

Billion - dollar fortunes are typically built by launching hugely successful companies (think Google, Facebook, and Amazon), and women entrepreneurs have had a harder time finding similar success as men in this arena.

«Lebron reached out to me, and the whole idea was, «How do we build a model that can revitalize neighborhoods across America by investing in entrepreneurs?

This Halloween, you can come «face - to - face» with the digital ghost of Roman Mazurenko, thanks to an artificial intelligence chatbot built by his close friend, entrepreneur Eugenia Kuyda.

Unlike large companies with many stakeholders, a focused entrepreneur in a niche market has a leg up in building community by virtue of their common bond around a narrow topic.

For example, one entrepreneur I know uses FIFO (first in, first out) to cost his current inventory, but builds in a little cushion for his margins by using a Peachtree LIFO (last in, first out) report to tell him how much to pay for new, price - sensitive commodities.

A veteran manager will understand how to control the relationship between the client by building trust, she says, while an inexperienced entrepreneur may jeopardize the relationship by demanding new contracts.

That's why business schools build their curricula around case studies and entrepreneurs gobble up books written by famous business founders.

Sponsored by Entrepreneur Media, the festivities kick off Saturday with the City Summit, a business conference and networking event at the USC Building — South Park Center.

Consumers can fuel transformative leadership experiences for girls and help build the next generation of female entrepreneurs by purchasing Girl Scout S'mores as well as classic favorites like Thin Mints ® and Caramel deLites ® / Samoas ®.

The Founder Institute was started by serial entrepreneur Adeo Ressi, who wanted to improve the rate of start - up success by providing high - potential entrepreneurs with «expert training, critical objective feedback, and peer support in the early stages of building a company.»

ICC ® Property Management Ltd. is also featured in the book by Michael Caldwell: «The Corporate Wizards» An Inspiring stories of Canadian entrepreneurs who take company building to a high art form.

Led by entrepreneurs, backed by successful investors, and built on the foundations of Extreme Startups and GrowLab, HIGHLINE.vc was formed to attract the best founders.

We will continue to strive to be worthy partners by connecting promising entrepreneurs to our network of other successful entrepreneurs and partners to help them build innovative companies of purpose, value, and integrity.

By building a community of amazing entrepreneurs and investors, we hope to help more amazing companies succeed and see them shape, transform, and impact the world around us.

By supporting entrepreneurs that put their people, and the planet first, we're going to help build successful companies.

Specific to market intelligence, she has built a unique service offering for Ontario entrepreneurs by engaging 22 business database vendors and a wide range of staff (from Information specialists to MBAs).

SPENDING POWER Hosted by NYSE A group of entrepreneurs on building a new fashion brand from scratch, merging it with technology, and bucking the trends in retail.

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There's a panel with local entrepreneurs who are actively building startups, and there's also a virtual reality experience hosted by VRKADE.

We partner with mission - driven entrepreneurs who understand and believe that by building great businesses, they can truly impact individual lives.

Of course, first and foremost, we help entrepreneurs by giving them the capital they need to build big businesses.

In an Entrepreneur article written by FlexJobs» Founder and CEO Sara Sutton Fell, «How a Business With No Office Has One of the Best Company Cultures in America,» find out how remote employers can build a great culture, regardless of where your workers live — or even if you've never met them face - to - face!

The space — which will be licensed to companies by U of T — will also feature JLABS» inaugural device and digital prototype lab that will provide entrepreneurs with access to highly specialized tools as well as skills building programs to design and develop smart health technologies.

I've amassed a great following of loyal subscribers and customers, I've built a speaking career, landed a book deal, grew two additional businesses, and have been able to help more entrepreneur through blogging than I ever would have by just «providing services».

By building trust and working closely with entrepreneurs, we strive to ensure greater impact and long - term sustainability for the companies we serve.

«Our interests include assisting entrepreneurs in building technology and life science companies here in Florida, economic development by creating jobs, and building a place for our children and grandchildren to stay and take leadership roles».