Sentences with phrase «after learning the company»

A listing brokerage that received commissions for the sale of two apartment buildings in 2007, after learning the company buying the properties was being operated as a Ponzi scheme, was entitled to keep its commissions, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central District, ruled.

Not exact matches

After co-founding a skateboard company in 1991, Hawk learned that distractions in the business world can be equally dangerous.

After the Super Bowl and the end of the season, some football stars learn business skills and start their own companies.

And after working at Facebook, Intel and Microsoft and starting my own company, I've learned two major lessons: All great things take time, and you must persist no matter what.

Yahoo's information security team learned just days after the December 2014 breach that Russian hackers had stolen the company's «crown jewels,» including email addresses, encrypted passwords and security questions, the SEC said in a statement.

After creating hundreds of online forms and helping other companies with thousands more, I have learned this — the structure of an online form directly impacts how people will view your brand.

It's not clear, however, that the company learned its lesson: After eliminating the Extra Value Menu last year, it launched the Dollar Menu & More, which is another hodgepodge of offerings McDonald's (at least) considers good deals.

After more than a decade of research on the use of machine learning to detect disease - causing mutations in DNA, Brendan Frey, biomedical engineering professor at the University of Toronto, this week launched his company, Deep Genomics, to bring the technology his team developed to the public at large.

The company only properly reorganized its various offerings, which include mapping, document collaboration, machine learning and artificial intelligence, into a proper cloud business last year after hiring VMWare co-founder Diane Greene in 2015.

M&A will never be 100 % successful and we learn from every deal we do, and so not to pick on any specific deal, but I've learned, based on relative success of deals we've done in the past, is making sure the key leaders at the company share a vision with the founder, making sure the strategy drives the M&A, as opposed to the M&A driving the strategy, and making sure we have good support mechanisms for these companies after they come in.

After spending a dozen years building an export - minded pharmaceutical company that makes products geared at the booming cosmetic surgery industry, Ario Khoshbin has learned that the quintessentially human desire to look a bit better, and a bit younger, knows no geographical boundaries.

After quite a bit of this, I couldn't take it anymore and introduced myself, told them I was working with Peter and we were here in this meeting to learn more about their views and opinions about how things were going in the company.

After a successful three years learning how business was conducted in China, I was ready to go home and start my own company.

Three senior executives including the company's chief financial officer sold $ 1.8 million in shares three days after the company learned on July 29 hackers had breached personal data for up to 143 million Americans.

After garnering feedback from more than 80 Kaplan executives and technology experts, and tinkering with their revenue models, design plans and presentation speeches for three months at Kaplan's New York City offices, the teams behind these disruptive education technology companies have learned their fair share of business lessons.

There was no rationalization or «we'll get»em next time» after - the - fact justification made by the company after learning of this slip.

After all, Musk explained, he spends at least 90 % of his time on either the electric car company or SpaceX; 3 % to 5 % on Neuralink, a venture aiming to create interfaces between the human brain and machine - learning technology; 2 % on his new tunneling project called the Boring Company; and the remainder on OpenAI, a non-profit dedicated to artificial intelligence recompany or SpaceX; 3 % to 5 % on Neuralink, a venture aiming to create interfaces between the human brain and machine - learning technology; 2 % on his new tunneling project called the Boring Company; and the remainder on OpenAI, a non-profit dedicated to artificial intelligence reCompany; and the remainder on OpenAI, a non-profit dedicated to artificial intelligence research.

On Tuesday, following Fortune's article, Tesla disclosed that it learned about the accident «shortly» after it occurred, and told authorities at The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about it nine days after it happened, which was two days before the company's $ 2 billion stock offering.

After rebranding several billion - dollar companies, here are some lessons I have learned along the way.

After learning about it from employee surveys, Storn became convinced that it was the right thing for the growing company to do.

After working in a fast - paced company, following college, Steffen Maier soon learned this lesson firsthand.

The three senior executives dumped almost $ 2 million worth of stock days after the company learned of the breach, Securities and Exchange Commission filings show.

After 13 years of running my own company and being active on several boards, as both an advisor and board member, I have learned a lot about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right set of advisors.

After six years of developing software solutions for telecommunication companies and learning institutions, Nima Tayefeh wanted to try something different.

After six months of learning everything I could about the government marketplace, I told the CEO that I didn't see it happening for his company.

In 2016, isurance company QBE estimated that hackers had stolen # 85 million from British law firms over 18 months, after learning they tend to make bank transfers on Fridays and posing as lawyers or clients.

He added that «we'll be consistent in the grandfathering concept,» saying the company learned from the customer backlash it endured in 2011 after splitting apart monthly DVD and streaming plans in what was effectively a price hike.

Labatt Breweries quickly learned a brutal lesson in social media marketing and PR after a legal threat against the Montreal Gazette, over the paper's use of a photo depicting accused killer Luka Magnotta holding a bottle of Blue, transformed into a Twitter backlash mocking the beer company.

TechCrunch understands the NDA relates to standard confidentiality provisions regarding deletion certifications and other commitments made by Kogan to Facebook not to misuse user data — after the company learned he had user passed data to SCL in contravention of its developer terms.

There has been uproar from unions this week after it was learned more than 2,000 Chinese miners would be on their way to British Columbia to work in mines run by Canadian Dehua International, a Vancouver - based company founded and run by a former Chinese government official, to name one company involved.

One lawsuit filed yesterday in Northern California on behalf of a Facebook shareholder, Jeremiah Hallisey, alleges the company's senior management «breached their fiduciary duties by failing to prevent the initial misappropriation [of user data by CA] and, after learning of it in 2015, failing to inform affected Facebook users or the public markets».

And in some cases, Chinese companies have shown they still have much to learn, even after cozying up to American partners.

What bankrupted him was $ 35,000 that he owed to 400 - plus people, and I learned through the bankruptcy papers that we all got after he declared that he was also being sued by at least one of his other credit card companies.

Vice President of Engineering Amit Singhal was pushed out last month after the company learned he was accused of sexual harassment while previously working at Google.

After learning of it, respondents with an unfavorable view of the company increased to 25 percent, while its favorability rating rose 1 percentage point.

Jones spent much of the beginning of his tenure as the president of ride - sharing driving for Uber and meeting with drivers, after which he sent drivers an email about what he learned and what the company intends to do.

Dundee - based learning and development company Insights is celebrating after its Chief Executive Andy Lothian was recognised as the overall winner in the Scottish leg of the 2016 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year UK awards.

At the Milwaukee - based insurance giant Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, for instance, employees still learn about a train accident that occurred near Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, in 1859, shortly after the company was founded.

Unfavorability ratings for the three major rental car brands associated with Enterprise Holdings Inc. — Enterprise Rent - A-Car, Alamo and National Car Rental — all more than doubled among surveyed adults after they learned about the companies ending discounts for NRA members.

The company's shares plummeted more than 10 percent today after investors learned that How To Train Your Dragon 2 failed to secure the number - one spot at the box office.

High - level Equifax executives sold nearly $ 2 million in corporate stock shortly after the company learned of a major data breach.

The sale of nearly $ 2 million in corporate stock by high - level Equifax executives shortly after the company learned of a major data breach has sparked public outrage that could turn into another hurdle for the credit rating agency.

Now, just a few days after Verizon learned of the breach, it is contending with the ramifications of what is believed to be the largest hack of a single company.

Coderre questions the impartiality of the current process after learning ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest met the chairman and two commissioners of the NEB while working for TransCanada, the company heading the project.

She decided to invest in December 2016 after learning from Brand the landscape regarding women - led companies and VC funding.

And, after factoring in everything I have learned from the analysis, I determine the maximum price I will pay for a share of the company's stock.

I started this fund after (knowing I wanted to be in VC in Austin) learning that women - led companies perform significantly better financially, yet are an untapped market since only 2 % of venture dollars are going to female founded start - ups.

Mr. Agrawal is particularly proud of Rotman MBA student Alyssa Randall, who «went rogue» after a machine learning company she favoured was cut early from CDL.

For anyone interested in learning more about Judaism (after all Jesus WAS Jewish) I am the 4th generation owner of the world's oldest Judaica company - J Levine Judaica, now celebrating 120 years and, thank G - d, 5 generations!

Ripple Foods» vendors have contributed to its success, including Roquette America Inc. «We have a really great relationship with Roquette,» Hudon says, noting that the company had faith in Ripple Foods after learning its strategy early on.