Sentences with phrase «city base this year»

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Within a few years, Torreón, the city of 1 million where AI is based, was producing 5 million pairs of pants per week.

Andrew Yang is the founder and CEO of Venture for America, a New York City - based nonprofit organization focused on placing top - college graduates in startups for two years in emerging U.S. cities to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Based in Culver City, California, the business raked in $ 32.6 million last year, landing on the Inc. 5000at No. 276.

Last year, Rome - based MonkeyParking voluntarily shut down operations in San Francisco — a city that couldn't be friendlier to technology startups — after officials threatened to sue the company.

The investors at New York City - based venture capital firm FirstMark Capital, for example, receive more than 1,000 inquiries from entrepreneurs each year.

The app launched in six new markets on Tuesday which means it's now available in 28 cities across the U.S., and its user base has increased five-fold since the beginning of this year.

In Germany, prices in major cities have increased more than 30 percent over the past five years, according to Berlin - based research firm Bulwiengesa.

That same year, the New York City - based fashion brand Rachel Roy was born.

Last year New York City - based Adafruit did a booming $ 10 million trade in sales of DIY open - source electronic hardware kits, so - called because project designs are free and publicly accessible, and customers are encouraged to modify or «hack» the final product.

Since that time, the Washington, D.C. - based company has opened five new stores in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, with plans to open two more New York stores before the end of the year.

Los Angeles - based City National, acquired by RBC in 2015, contributed US$ 114 million in net income in the latest quarter, more than double compared to a year ago.

The two - year - old New York City - based mattress maker gained notoriety after videos of customers «unboxing» their mattresses began proliferating online.

«I think the fact that we made it through those years is unbelievable,» says Clark, 43, who still runs the Park City, Utah - based company Kodiak Cakes.

SmartAsset created an affordability index that ranks cities on a scale of 1 - 100 based on total cost of owning a house over 5 years as a proportion of median incomes.

But in the last year, the New York City - based artist has taken her work to another dimension — literally.

Based in the northern port city of Hamburg, the company has shipped its product around the world in five short years, operating in six countries.

Maven is really three car - sharing services in one: a city - based service that rents GM vehicles by the hour through an app, another for urban apartment dwellers in Chicago and New York, and a peer - to - peer sharing service that started in Germany last year.

The 29 - year - old founder of Hater, a dating app that connects people based on mutual dislikes, recently took something of a risk: His company created an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin caressing a pregnant Donald Trump and projected it on buildings throughout New York City.

Steve Ward, who spent seven years as an officer with the Seattle Police Department and six with the city's SWAT team, says he founded Seattle - based VieVu in 2007 to protect officers against unfounded civilian complaints.

That quest has landed Beim and Celmatix, the New York City - based company she founded in 2009, in an exploding field that seemed sleepy just a few years ago.

Based on the last five years, New York is clearly the U.S.'s No. 2 city for tech, after San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

The Brooklyn - based attorney was in the news two years ago for filing complaints against New York City schools for actions taken against female students who'd alleged sexual attacks by male students.

It's got all this stuff in the news, with ghost cities and real estate markets crashing, but when we think about it, if the U.S. economy is forecast to grow somewhere between 2.75 % and 3 % for 2015, and China is growing at 6.5 % or 7 %, we're still looking at essentially twice the U.S. [growth rate] on a much bigger base than 10 years ago,» she says.

After seven years of working in the corporate world, one New York City - based twenty - something had a nest egg big enough to retire early.

A report from the Kansas City, Mo. - based entrepreneurship organization The Kauffman Foundation released two years ago called «We Have Met The Enemy... And He Is Us,» slammed the VC market for being dysfunctional and suggested that Kauffman would itself invest in smaller VC funds going forward.

The New York City - based translation company has grown to more than 80 offices on six continents and had $ 341 million in revenue last year.

The five - year old New York City - based incubator specializes in supporting sustainability and environmentally - focused startups.

But the top food trends coming out of this year's Fancy Food Show, a New York City - based trade show featuring 180,000 specialty food products, aren't just tasty — they're more healthful.

Heraman, the chief executive of StockObjects, a New York City - based new - media stock library, and his partner managed to raise $ 700,000 from private - equity investors within a year of their company's launch, all the while managing to retain close to 90 % of its stock.

Iconology (Comixology) By 2014, Amazon's one - year - old digital arm, Jet City Comics (part of its Amazon Publishing imprint), was reportedly floundering, so the company purchased the New York City - based e-publisher that had exclusive rights to titles including the Walking Dead series, which already had more than 200 million downloads, and a technology that could boost the Kindle by letting users merge their Amazon and ComiXology accounts.

That invention was the genesis of New York City - based BrandYourself, which Ambron predicts will have revenue north of $ 4 million in 2014 — a 400 percent increase over 2013, its first full year in operation.

What's more, the New York City - based journalist had never made more than $ 20,000 a year freelancing, and he had zero savings.

You stated your interest in a city where you can grow your company to 50,000 employees over the next 20 years, a home base that can hold your interest... a strong sense of place, a rich cultural life, great transit systems, smart young people and plenty of infrastructure - ready land that is close to both the business center and top universities... density, walkability, and diversity... some of the nation's finest universities... tech - savvy millennials... Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, offers all of these desirable attributes at a more affordable cost.

This summer, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill requiring for - hire vehicle companies that have bases with 500 cars or more — which includes Uber — to increase their number of vehicles by only 1 % every year.

ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Bay Watch, the conservation group based in Tierra Verde, will operate an outpost at the new Pier.In a unanimous vote, City Council members voted Thursday to give the nonprofit organization a five - year lease to offer marine edu...

The company, formed by Google two years ago, has pointedly been based in New York City and not Silicon Valley.

Years ago, the city's economy was mainly agriculturally based but it has since diversified.

But for the past 18 months, the city has leased about 68 of those acres for $ 1 per year based on a promise by a San...

Prior to launching his investment career in 1999, Mr. Tilson spent five years working with Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter studying the competitiveness of inner cities and inner - city - based companies nationwide.

A regional business alliance for the defense industry, the Defense Alliance has steadily built a national presence and influence over the past twelve years from its base in the Twin Cities, and now has Membership in 34 states.

Primary is an early - stage venture capital firm based in New York City, run by Ben Sun and Brad Svrluga, who combined have a 30 - year track record as investors and operators in the NYC Tech scene.

(July 16, 2015 — New York City) Just two years after launching the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) commitment to advancing women - owned business in new markets, WEConnect International and Vital Voices have helped to facilitate and track more than US$ 3 Billion in new spend with women - owned businesses and the training of more than 40,000 women business owners based outside the U.S.

Pickingo Logixpress Pvt Ltd, the Gurgaon - based company behind Pickingo, will use the money to expand operations in over 20 cities by the year end, as per a press statement.

The city said offering mobile options might help cut down on the fines it racks up each year from base fines and penalties on unpaid violations — late fees start 30 days after the ticket is issued.

Based in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, BYD Co. (1211) has risen from obscurity in a few short years to become the world's biggest producer of rechargeable batteries for cellular handsets.

«This entire year has just been an awakening,» said female founder Shruti Merchant, who runs Redwood City - based housing startup HubHaus.

More first - time customers tried ordering food through Grubhub in the first quarter of this year than ever before as the Chicago - based company continues its expansion to new cities.

Six of the deals completed in the last two full months of the year involved companies based there, compared to three deals for firms located in other US cities.

Macy's is spicing up its 160 - year - old brand with the acquisition of Story, a New York City - based concept shop that features a rotating cast of brands.

Kansas City - based tech firm Stackify is posting a solid year of growth that's leading it to hop the state line for more office space.