Sentences with phrase «among venture capitalists»

There were some spectacular failures among early solar - energy companies, he says, creating an undertone of hostility among venture capitalists.

I am led to a booth where I find him drinking a glass of wine, wearing the blazer - and - T - shirt uniform common among venture capitalists.

It's when those billion - dollar unicorns, as they're known among venture capitalists, begin to insist that their ultrahigh growth rates should not be subjected to conventional P / E-based valuation analysis.

As with the rest of the tech industry, diversity among venture capitalists is scarce.

Not exact matches

A panel of New York City venture capitalists say advertising technology, financial technology and nanotechnology will be among 2013's most buzzworthy sectors.

The study was conducted among 90 female venture capitalists and founders who've raised funding for their startups.

That list is then honed, eliminating long - shot candidates, and goes through a double - elimination vote among physicians and venture capitalists.

THE HIGH ROAD: A truism these days among Internet angels and venture capitalists holds that a stellar management team is worth more than a supercool business plan.

Not so long ago, that was a question for Wall Street analysts and venture capitalists to debate among themselves, being of little interest to anyone else.

President and chief operating officer Oliver Westmacott is among the few lacking a military background: previously a venture capitalist, he supervised Garda's operations in Kurdistan before assuming the top job.

Among those listed on its board includes Esther Dyson, the NewSpace investor and venture capitalist, Jeff Ashby, a former NASA space Shuttle commander, and Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Speaker of the House.

A rule of thumb among biotechnology venture - capitalists is that half of published research can not be replicated.

Jeffery Immelt, the CEO of GE, was a Phi Delt, as were a number of other prominent trustees, among them Morgan Stanley senior adviser R. Bradford Evans, billionaire oilman Trevor Rees - Jones and venture capitalist William W. Helman IV.

A lamentably small percentage of venture capitalists are women — just 4.2 percent among the largest firms, according to one recent report.

Queen City Fintech is a 12 - week accelerator program designed to mature financial technology startups through intense mentorship from leading banking executives, business development professionals, and venture capitalists and attorneys, among others in Charlotte's robust business community.

As corporate Japan has started to take advantage of recovering risk appetite, low yields and yen strength to invest abroad, opinions on valuation of Japanese overseas acquisitions among listed firms have now begun to diverge substantially between foreign investors in listed Japanese stock and private equity / venture capitalists.

The signatories include hedge fund manager S. Donald Sussman, venture capitalist Alan Patricof, movie director Rob Reiner and Espirit clothing company founder Susie Buell, among others.

Among the candidates listed are venture capitalist Sean Eldridge in New York's 19th District, and attorney Bill Hughes Jr., running in New Jersey's 2nd District.

Schreibman counts several leading Democratic donors among his contributors, including Scott Murphy, a venture capitalist who lost the seat to Gibson in 2010, and Sean Coffey, an unsuccessful candidate for attorney general who now works in private equity.

The failure to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technical Transfer (STTR) programs leaves in limbo the fate of the programs, which expire on 31 January 2011, and ensures that a debate among legislators, biomedical researchers, and venture capitalists over the size and scope of the programs will continue into the new Congress.

You'd come across doctors, businesspersons, entrepreneurs, lawyers, executives of leading firms, venture capitalists and athletes, among others.

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Tim Draper (world - famous venture capitalist, founder of Draper Associates), Michael Arrington (founder of TechCrunch and XRP Capital) are among the speakers.