Sentences with phrase «act as an entrepreneur»

Michael acted as Entrepreneur In Residence for a $ 5B fund where he grew one portfolio company from a valuation of $ 50M to $ 300M in five months.

Playing with different degrees of dissociation from the creative process, Grilo has at times, for instance, acted as an entrepreneur — notably during the launch of his paint series.

1997 - 2000: Acted as an entrepreneur and sales representative for the same company named Judas Priests International Resumes, New Heaven with the following responsibilities

Not exact matches

Entrepreneur spoke with Akana, who shared that starting out on YouTube as a «one - woman crew» gave her valuable technical experience acting, directing and filmmaking.

While issues such as «Red Cup Gate» burn their wick of relevance rather quickly, entrepreneurs with the creativity and willingness to act fast can take advantage of these situations.

Facebook is financing hotspots in villages in countries like South Africa, which requires agreement from entrepreneurs who are willing to act as evangelists, writes Wired's Jessi Hempel: These business owners need to let people know that the hotspots are there and make them feel comfortable sticking around to use them.

Speaking at Saturday's OZY Fest, an annual festival coordinated by OZY Media featuring entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and politicians, Gladwell pushed reframing the problem as the first thing politicians — and businesses — must do before acting.

«Successful entrepreneurs need to continue to help and support budding startups as they develop, by acting as mentors, partners, advisers and investors.

He continued working on Minuum through the University of Toronto Early Stage Technology (UTEST) program, which acts as a pre-incubator research space for budding entrepreneurs to develop their products.

As we wait for the JOBS Act to clear the way for anyone to invest in businesses via SEC - approved crowdfunding platforms, entrepreneurs can post on some websites that are open only to accredited investors, which under SEC rules includes individuals earning at least $ 200,000 a year or those with a net worth of $ 1 million or more.

Indeed, as author Bruce McDaniel explained in Entrepreneurship and Innovation: An Economic Approach, «entrepreneur» was used in France in the 18th century to describe the very act of risk taking.

Equity crowdfunding under the JOBS Act has been seen as a democratization of the startup and small - business investment process, and one which will put the ability of entrepreneurs to raise capital into the hands of «the crowd» and not just wealthy investors, banks and Wall Street brokers.

«While some have criticized the proposed rules as being unworkable, we have found ways with our portal to make the JOBS Act work for investors and entrepreneurs.

Bough hopes to see the show act as a catalyst for other cities and celebrities, but for now he's concentrating on getting his entrepreneurs to think bigger and more globally while keeping their small business local.

For the hard - pressed entrepreneur, trying to absorb and act on this constant stream of new data can result in «burnout» — what the internationally recognized Mayo Clinic describes as «a state of emotional or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about your competence and the value of your work.»

That's why McWhirter believes even the savviest entrepreneur can benefit from an advisor who acts as a coach to make sure that his investment strategy stays on track.

Most recently, Netmaker founded Netmaker Academy, an online program for which he acts as a mentor to young entrepreneurs without formal business training.

Dharmesh Shah, a serial entrepreneur and founder of OnStartups.com, says an ideal board member posesses two main qualities: Advisory Value («The person you are inviting has experience and knowledge and can act as an advisor to your start - up») and Brand Value («The person you are inviting has «brand» and credibility.

Over the next 15 months, these 44 managers and entrepreneurs will keep his thoughts in mind as the EMBA program helps them develop their «courage to act.»

In the article Joey offers a simple advice to people interested in entrepreneurship: «As an entrepreneur, you must have drive, but it is important to analyze your decisions before acting.»

The Vancouver Board of Trade is strongly supportive of the announced Action Plan for Women Entrepreneurs, as well as its promise to modernize Canada's corporate governance framework through amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act to promote gender diversity among public companies, using the widely recognized «comply or explain» model.

We will also continue to serve as thought leaders in the space in order to ensure, to the best of our ability, that the JOBS Act is implemented in the best matter for both entrepreneurs and investors.

Investors include the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Credit Suisse, which also acted as the round's placement agent.

Located in the heart of the MaRS Centre, the suite acts as a bridge between corporate leaders and entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists stay awake nights trying to figure out how to get into the act as quickly as possible.

While Microsoft Ventures is committed to act as a strategic partner for budding startups around the world, his role to garner startups in a country like India, where Entrepreneurs are yet to gauge the value - worth of market intelligence and market insights, is a hard - hitting task with a single focused objective — build locally, scale globally.

In economist - speak, an entrepreneur acts as a coordinating agent in a capitalist economy.

Other prominent Australian's, such as entrepreneur and aviator Dick Smith, have called the imminent sale of S.Kidman & Co, Australia's largest landholder, to a Chinese company an act of madness.

So while we will never hesitate to act where businesses aren't operating as they should, let this party celebrate the wealth creators, the risk takers, the innovators and entrepreneurs - the businesses large and small - who generate jobs and prosperity for our country, and make British business the envy of the world.

Peter Gloor, Pierre Dorsaz, Hauke Fuehres and Manfred Vogel of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, in Cambridge, Massachusetts have compared the success of startup entrepreneurs and innovators with their activity on the social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook as well as email networks including swissnex Boston, which acts as a US - based science and technology outpost to connect Swiss and US entrepreneurs and academics.

MUSC Foundation for Research Development (FRD) is a 501 (c) 3 not - for - profit technology transfer office that acts as the point of contact for industry and entrepreneurs wishing to commercialize intellectual property from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs... «Our first goal is to make PHEVs a contender in the national policy debate arena,» says Kramer.

Kapoor currently acts as an active member of several trade bodies including the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE).

And so Rappaport, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Dailymotion, decided to create his happening app dating site app to act as a sort of hybrid between a travel log and Tinder.

Answering our call was Annette Bening, who plays former Hollywood leading lady Gloria Grahame romantically linked to a much younger man in her final years in «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool»; Jessica Chastain, who plays real - life poker entrepreneur Molly Bloom targeted by the FBI in «Molly's Game»; Diane Kruger, who won the Cannes film festival's top acting prize for her portrayal of a woman whose husband and child have been killed by terrorists in «In the Fade»; Margot Robbie, who stars as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the quirky «I, Tonya»; Saoirse Ronan, as a Sacramento teen looking for her place in the world in «Lady Bird»; and Kate Winslet, who stars in Woody Allen's 1950s Coney Island drama «Wonder Wheel.»

As an entrepreneur looking to affect this complex system, wouldn't you want partners within the system you plan to target who are able to act as strategic institutional minerAs an entrepreneur looking to affect this complex system, wouldn't you want partners within the system you plan to target who are able to act as strategic institutional mineras strategic institutional miners?

When entrepreneurs or coaches write a book, many of them are surprised to find that it quickly acts as a business card on steroids and shoots their sales through the roof.

Business plans made practical The reason authors, and would - be authors, should attend my interview next week with Tim Berry is that Tim's Plan - As - You - Go Business Plan makes business planning practical for impatient authors and entrepreneurs who — in general — are more comfortable writing and acting rather than planning.

Nearly 7 years later, blogging acts as the core of my platform and has largely made it possible for me to be a full - time entrepreneur.

Guarantee — Investors select the entrepreneur to support and each $ 1 contributed acts as collateral or a loan guarantee to a bank.

Business Investing: Home equity loans often act as a source of capital for new businesses and some entrepreneurs also use it o expand their premises.

Mr. Adeyinka is a seasoned cultural entrepreneur and has acted as consultant for key contemporary arts projects.

And only if we rally together and act as one nation — workers and entrepreneurs; scientists and citizens; the public and private sectors.

CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs... «Our first goal is to make PHEVs a contender in the national policy debate arena,» says Kramer.

Based in Palo Alto, CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs.

Because slowly increasing temperatures don't seem alarming, the «availability entrepreneurs» push extreme weather events and public health impacts as being caused by human - caused climate change, more of which is in store if we don't quickly act to cool the planet by reducing fossil fuel emissions.

As a UCLA undergraduate alumnus, I was thrilled to be invited to act as a judge for the final round of the Lowell Milken Institute - Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs at UCLA Law this WednesdaAs a UCLA undergraduate alumnus, I was thrilled to be invited to act as a judge for the final round of the Lowell Milken Institute - Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs at UCLA Law this Wednesdaas a judge for the final round of the Lowell Milken Institute - Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs at UCLA Law this Wednesday.

In his closing remarks, Representative Issa — who owns 37 patents from his days as an entrepreneur — discussed the Innovation Act, a bill intended to cut down on lawsuits brought by patent trolls.

Significant matters / transactions include: Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion Advised FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion Advised Absa Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include: Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government

It acts as legal home base for businesses and allows entrepreneurs to focus on growing their business.