Sentences with phrase «as a startup at»

Seeing that the idea could benefit others and turn a profit as a startup at the same time makes it all the better.

Not exact matches

While these giant firms look at startups as takeover targets — to keep their innovation engines humming.

At issue for the startup was the fact that it allows unaccredited investors to lend money, which could have qualified the company as a securities dealer.

Startup founders aren't especially worried, though, because they see the law as a nod to change rather than a realistic attempt at reform.

As she worked at a startup in 2015, she raised more than $ 9,000 through Indiegogo for an avocado - and - oil deep conditioner for black women with frizzy or unruly curls.

As an ex-CISO, what advice do you have for the many startups at RSA Conference who are hoping to get attention and close deals?

Equity crowd funding is worth trying as just one tool to help foster startups, at the very least to keep pace with the U.S. and give Canadian entrepreneurs more reason to stay here.

An angel investor in roughly 75 startups, including Square and Pinterest, Lanman previously founded recommendation app Livestar and spent nine years as a corporate strategy executive at Microsoft.

In theory, it's possible for a startup to capitalize on an innovation at any point along this arc, so long as you know what you're gunning for.

Today, each of the startup's farms features vertically stacked trays where the company grows carrots, cucumbers, potatoes, and, its main product high - end baby greens, which it sells to grocers on the East Coast including Whole Foods, ShopRite, and Fresh Direct, as well as to dining halls at businesses like Goldman Sachs and The New York Times.

«If your approach is to just buy a bunch of reports to see what's going on in the marketplace, that's not as likely to get you a return on your market research dollars as a specific need,» says Robert Rubenstein, who spent three decades in the market research business at Canadian corporate heavyweights Molson Breweries and TD Canada Trust before recently founding his own startup, Horizn.

Snapchat's lofty valuation is all the more eye - popping given that the startup has no established revenue stream (at least as of press time).

We spoke with Naeem Zafar, who teaches entrepreneurship at the University of California, Berkeley, and serves as CEO of startup Bitzer Mobile, to walk us through the steps you should take to assemble a group that will start you on the road to profitability.

Wheeler holds forth at length about his change in direction in an op - ed piece for Wired on Wednesday, describing his experience as the head of a tech startup called NABU in the 1980s as one reason for his change of heart.

By late last year, people — investors, angels, venture capital firms — were all overpaying for growth in technology startups and stocks, just as they had been 14 years earlier at the height of the last bubble.

Football fever is just as high at Denver startups — even if some try to be classy about their fandom.

Today, as even super-hot startups forgo IPOs (at least for now), and some public behemoths turn private, the time has come to recognize the hugely significant contributions of those corporations that choose not to sell their stock to the public.

As President Trump speaks at Davos about America being the best place to do business, Revolution LLC CEO Steve Case discusses the «Rise of the Rest» effort to encourage investment in startups and small businesses in the U.S.

Sexual harassment is at least as rampant in the tech and startup community as all the headlines suggest, according to a new survey.

Yet, as I look at so many of our startups, they're not even making a reasonable effort to address some very critical concerns that are fundamental to the foundation and future of their companies.

There are some 6,000 well - established, state - chartered credit unions throughout the United States and Canada that accept startup businesses as members — at no charge.

After dropping out of high school to pursue his passion for technology, he gained real - world experience as a lead engineer at photo - sharing startup Fotolog, which ad network Hi - Media purchased in 2007 for $ 100 million.

In addition to being the CEO of Rebelmouse and a partner at Lerer Ventures, Berry also is officially serving as the CEO of Soho Tech Labs — yet another social startup incubator.

Fancy tried to repurpose as many of those people into other roles as possible but at the end of the day, it's a startup and when it pivots it pivots... [Layoffs are] always unfortunate but at the end of the day, Fancy is a startup that is still young and agile.»

It raised $ 4.4 billion in funding from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund over the course of several months; bought the Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building for $ 850 million to serve as its new headquarters; is adding a second headquarters at the new Salesforce Tower in San Francisco; led a $ 32 million funding round in New York startup The Wing; and has bought several other startups, most recently spending $ 200 million on Meetup.

The report from Nested, a UK startup that helps people sell their house, looks at the cost of renting — per square foot — in 72 cities worldwide, as well as what salary is required to foot the rental bill.

Thanks to Barcelona's many attractions as a place to live, including its healthy economy, cosmopolitan vibe, and rich cultural life, the city's startup scene has been impressively successful at attracting and retaining talent.

Since leaving Burberry, she has become a serial entrepreneur who most recently held the CMO job at Hone, a social intelligence and curation startup for marketing and communications groups, and the music discovery app Stagedom (as well as approximately 20 other entrepreneurial ventures).

Always the riskiest level on the funding food chain, venture capital experienced its own mini-boom, as fund - raising became easier and more ideas and innovation could be supported at startups.

This in turn has led power companies, as well as tech startups, to look at how this new low cost energy storage source could be used in new ways.

Faraday Future, the ambitious California automotive startup that has positioned itself as a Tesla killer, finally unveiled its first production car Tuesday night in Las Vegas at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

At least one portfolio company has reacted: Havenly, a startup backed by Binary, reportedly asked Caldbeck to step down as a board observer.

In the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, I've seen founders and their board members forget this at times, as they seek to install someone with the right pedigree but perhaps the wrong cultural fit.

Unfortunately for serial entrepreneurs, each startup is just as much of a grind as the first and it doesn't get any easier at home.

At a startup, or in any entrepreneurial endeavor, it's important to stay lean and be able to quickly adjust as the situation develops.

As far as wooing venture capitalists is concerned, More informs that Finzy's investors were following developments at the startup ever since the time of inceptioAs far as wooing venture capitalists is concerned, More informs that Finzy's investors were following developments at the startup ever since the time of inceptioas wooing venture capitalists is concerned, More informs that Finzy's investors were following developments at the startup ever since the time of inception.

Some might see 4iii's single - purpose products as having a disadvantage to other broad - based devices that cover all the bases — such as the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch, also announced at MWC — but the startup doesn't think so.

It may take a while to reach that milestone, as most venture - backed startups fail (of the 33 startups that presented at the 2016 Xoogler demo day, fewer than two - thirds still have an active web presence).

At the same time, a recent reform to Canada's Income Income Tax Act has made it as easier for U.S. venture capital firms to invest in Canadian startups.

Awards such as Best Startup of the Year at this year's TechCrunch «Crunchies» Awards go some way to backing up such claims.

I have been lucky enough to teach this curriculum in both a General Assembly class and as a mentor at the Kaplan / TechStars EdTech Accelerator, and now I am happy to share my startup metrics philosophy with the interwebs.

Startups to watch: Anchored by internet 1.0 titans like image - sharing service Photobucket, the scene got its start with a high concentration of work / play - oriented software developers working at facilities such as the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Shortly after setting up the company, the founders moved SoundCloud to Berlin, which was developing a reputation as one of the most startup - friendly cities in Europe at the time, partly due to its cheap accommodation and its abundance of talented programmers.

Evening work: If you're already working a day job (or your days are dedicated to your startup), you can take a higher - paying job in the evenings, such as bartending or serving at a high - end restaurant.

He credits his former boss at Mozilla for developing him as an executive and his old startup buddies for bringing him there.

One sector that lagged behind was startups, as people become increasingly worried about valuations and stability at a number of firms as they either delay going public or struggle in the public market, such as Snap Inc. and Blue Apron Holdings Inc..

The layoffs amount to 6.7 percent of total staff and affect the startup's New York City headquarters as well as staff at the startup's 15 campuses located in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

headquarters as well as staff at the startup's 15 campuses located in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

The fact that it's cutting back is seen as a reflection of a changing mentality among Silicon Valley startups that largely enjoyed an easy funding environment that allowed them to grow at all costs — without generating much profit or cash.

Tesla filed a lawsuit in January against Sterling Anderson, its former director of Autopilot, as well as Chris Urmson, the previous director of the Google self - driving project, and their startup Aurora Innovation — a new venture the men launched with Drew Bagnell, the former head of the autonomy and perception team at Uber's Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh.