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Prepared by a coalition of the National Venture Capital Association, Dow Jones VentureSource Database, Rooney & Associates (a New York public relations firm), and DeSantis Breindel (a New York marketing agency), the report seeks to answer a number of questions about the role of «branding» when it comes to the venture capital business.

Opinion: The departure of career public servant Stephen Wood has raised questions about the role of the bureaucracy in providing frank and fearless advice.

As the parents of three young children, Paul and Milena Berry spend a lot of time thinking about the role of social media in their lives.

Doyle has never been shy about the role of what he calls «market discipline» in his company's success.

The author does a great job of educating readers about the role of unconscious bias in a page - turning, interesting way.»

The civil engineers and project managers who do the infrastructure building are less skeptical about the role of the public sector than privatization advocates.

In his usual forthright manner, state Treasurer and Transport Minister Troy Buswell made some pointed comments earlier this year about the role of the state's port authority boards.

Lawmakers are questioning representatives from the tech companies about the role of Russian - backed social media propaganda in the outcome of the 2016 election.

At a town - hall - style even in London on Saturday, President Obama talked about the role of activism in the political process.

Not to mention ditching myths about the role of customers and employees — and even your own exalted status as idea czar.

While this may be true in some cases, I've found that it's usually some combination of a misperception among CEOs about the role of the VC, the CEO's own level of self - confidence and the desire of the CEO to elevate his importance in the system by being a single point of contact.

My journey politically has always been about the role of government.

Speaking about the role of gender equity specifically, Coles said, «Men should want this as much as women.

Most importantly, this book is about the role of a brand champion in building a brand.

If the trend in female breadwinner families reflects changes in attitudes about the roles of men and women, we might expect a strong regional pattern, as some areas of Canada might embrace attitude changes more quickly than others.

A big difference is that we're local, and I think we're coming to a point where a conversation is starting — and it's going to be a long conversation — about the role of companies in the communities where they work and their responsibilities to those communities.

Among residents of the 27 countries of the European Union, women were less likely than men to agree with the four statements about the role of education in the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and skills, with the gap being largest for the skills to run a company.

What he's learned about the role of research in business decisions may surprise you.

But the revelation this week that Mr. Thiel was covertly backing Mr. Bollea's case as well as others has raised a series of new questions about the First Amendment as well as about the role of big money in the court system — specifically the emerging field of litigation finance, in which third parties like hedge funds and investment firms pay for other people's lawsuits.

Learn more about the role of this powerful reusable rocket technology in the planned Mars mission of the spaceflight firm.

I was reminded about the role of a VC last week when my partner Kara Nortman (← — yes, of course you should follower her!

Buffett wrote an editorial for Fortune magazine about the role of women that appeared online on Thursday:

The research raises broader ethical questions about the role of computers in health care and how truly personal information could be used.

«In addition to the misconception that this rally has been driven by easy money, irrational exuberance or the impact of Trump administration politics, we believe that there is a significant misconception about the role of FAANGs in boosting returns,» Goldman's Sharmin Mossavar - Rahmani and Brett Nelson wrote in their 2018 annual outlook that's sent to the firm's multimillioniare clients.

Last month, it gave Listed an update, noting, «The CSA has heard concerns about the role of proxy advisers in influencing shareholder voting and has solicited formal feedback on this issue.

April 2018 — Zuckerberg agrees to give testimony in front of US politicians — but continues to ignore calls to appear before UK politicians to answer questions about the role of fake news on its platform and the potential use of Facebook data in the UK's Brexit referendum

What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented disaster that is unfolding in Houston with...

I'm very much looking forward to participating in this forum at the Urban Institute on Monday, where I'll be on a panel talking about the role of higher education in both the economy and the lives of the people in the economy.

So what does this teach us about the role of data in society?

The latest allegations — that a Trump campaign consulting firm with Russian connections used improperly obtained Facebook data on tens of millions of Americans to target voters — raise disturbing questions about the roles of both Facebook and Russia.

Conflicting news reports about the role of CNN in the talks prompted AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson to release a statement Wednesday afternoon, saying he has «never offered to sell CNN and have no intention of doing so.»»

Just to be sure we are talking about the same team, I want to talk a little bit more about the role of the sales development team.

And we appreciate the feedback about last week's comment about the role of Equifax and the other consumer credit agencies in the mortgage market.

The special counsel has asked about the role of the adviser, George Nader, in White House policymaking, indicating that he is examining Emirati influence on the Trump administration.

The special counsel has asked about the role of the adviser, George Nader, in a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles involving a Russian investor and a Trump transition adviser.

There were no test tubes or Bunsen burners, but a courtroom turned into a science classroom Wednesday for a U.S. judge considering lawsuits that accuse big oil companies of lying about the role of fossil fuels in the Earth's warming environment.

«The Juno Beach Centre Association supports the education of adults and children of today and future generations about the role of Canada and Canadians during the Second World War,» said Don Cooper, Director and Acting President for the Juno Beach Centre Association.

Carlos I have a feeling we'll be talking about the role of oil in our economy until the oil companies finally decide it's no longer profitable to do business in Alberta.

I often get asked about the role of a board of directors by both entrepreneurs and angels.

It is actually a little funny that Musk thinks this way about the role of autonomous vehicles in worsening traffic conditions since Tesla has been focused on improving its own autopilot software.

Bill White, whom I have great respect for, as I call him Mr. Lean or Clean because in 2006, he wrote that wonderful paper for BIS talking about the role of central banks and should they be in the business of leaning into spectated bubbles or should they just wait and just clean.

Progress, however, was hampered by ideological debates about the role of private banking, and by concern that a central bank would out - compete private banks.

While the role of content designer has been around for a short while specifically for web development, I would advocate that organizations think about the role of content experience designer that is a member of an experience design group in the consumer world or a member of a buyer experience design group in the B2B world.

Sinek's engagements as a motivational speaker include TED Talks about the role of leaders in inspiring «cooperation, trust, and change» in organizations of all sizes.

In a recent post my colleague Russ Koesterich talked about the role of fixed income in a portfolio.

Ongoing debates about the role of women in society and the Church show that Christianity and feminism have always been uneasy bedfellows.

Fishon, I'm not sure what to say... except if you were raised a girl the first five years of your life yet you're * not * gay... that says a lot about the role of genetics and development in this whole thing.

We're covering a rich foundation from which people could think about the role of music in America's political life.

To say that 40 percent of births in America are to unmarried persons masks important differences between ethnic groups and explains little about the roles of education, economics, delayed marriage, and poverty.

Politics are polarizing because the different opinions about the role of government and application of laws run such a wide — and impassioned — spectrum of beliefs and philosophy.