Sentences with phrase «as your firm focuses»

As firms focus less on making short - term profits, 2017 could be the year that we see significant reinvestment in the sector.

Today, this is evident in a boom in demand for managers, marketing professionals and HR leaders as firms focus on expansion through smart business structuring and astute business development strategies.»

«We anticipate that sharing this information will increase in coming years as firms focus more on overall business - driven decision making and less on individual attorneys — a shift from the «me» approach to the «we» approach.»

Not exact matches

James Thomson, CEO of Buy Box Experts, an Amazon consultantancy firm, sees Amazon as focusing on lower - quality dropshippers.

It's all in service of building Gillam's reputation as a focused and efficient general contractor that can manage tough jobs that typically go to much larger firms.

It's within this context that I present today's newsletter: a Q&A with Myrna Soto, who has just been hired as the first female partner at Trident Capital Cybersecurity, a San Mateo, Calif. - based venture capital firm focused exclusively on digital security.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

While the ranking is focused on traditional VC firms, it also includes corporate VCs, mutual funds and other entities, as new players increasingly enter the VC game.

• Morgan Creek Capital Management, a Raleigh, N.C. - based investment firm, along with newly acquired Full Tilt plans to raise as much as $ 500 million in a new blockchain - focused fund.

«Investors are squarely focused on the health of the iPhone business, as supply chain data increasingly points to weakness,» the firm's analyst writes.

Brent Taylor, Beyond Meat's VP of Corporate Development believes the firm's ability to focus on its core competencies has enabled it to grow rapidly without getting bogged down in such necessary time sucks as payroll, benefits and vacation time.

And while there is scant evidence to suggest the Waterloo, Ont., firm is set to revisit its glory days (its valuation was $ 83.4 billion in 2008; it's $ 4.3 billion now), in 2016 it took the bold step of redefining its identity as a smaller, more focused and, arguably, more sustainable business.

The former White House senior policy adviser for infrastructure has joined real estate - focused venture capital firm Camber Creek as a partner.

COPENHAGEN, Feb 9 (Reuters)- A.P. Moller - Maersk's move to focus on transport and jettison oil was tested on Friday as the world's largest container shipping firm missed profit forecasts and gave what analysts saw as a conservative outlook.

After dusting off the fallout from that fiasco, which reportedly cost his former employer about US$ 100 million, Fink founded BlackRock's predecessor firm as a money manager focused on risk management.

«It's baked into their DNA to be focused on the long term, as their focus is to maintain the family business and wealth,» says Matt Fullbrook, manager of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness (CCBE) at the University of Toronto, which has been studying the underlying reasons for the curious strength of family firms.

It leads to high turnover, decreased innovation — with the bully focused on bullying and the one being bullied afraid to be vocal in the organization — and a harder time hiring highly - qualified professionals, as word gets out about your firm's toxic culture.

Since he took over as worldwide managing director in July, he's launched a dozen internal initiatives, ranging from cost - cutting measures (at a firm notorious for not taking its own efficiency medicine) to a new focus on marketing (a word that, by Barton's own account, draws gasps of horror at McKinsey).

Understandably, in the wake of revelations that a shady firm working for Donald Trump's presidential campaign got backdoor access to as many as 87 million Facebook profiles, much of the questioning focused on Facebook's privacy policies.

This map, created by labor and employment - focused law firm Fisher Phillips, highlights legislative differences between states by showing which ones have gender - specific pay protections, gender - specific protections as well as protections for other categories (such as race, religion or national origin), or no state - specific pay equity laws at all.

The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday that Hunt Valley, Maryland - based telecom Sinclair Broadcast Group has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniversal.

This is not as easy as it sounds, because many big - name investment firms have shifted their focus to wealth management, so unless you have $ 100,000 or more ready to invest, you might be too small a fish for them to care about it.

April 2 - General Electric Co's healthcare unit said on Monday it would sell its information technology business to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $ 1.05 billion in cash as it sharpens its focus on smart diagnostics and connected devices.

At first glance, they might appear as focused on the short term as venture capital firms, but in practice, their motivations for investing are complex and go beyond financial returns.

Gene Munster, a longtime Apple analyst who now serves as managing partner at venture capital firm Loup Ventures, believes Apple could acquire augmented reality startup Magic Leap and fitness - focused company Peloton with its newfound cash windfall.

Ohanian admits that returning full - time at his venture capital firm Initialized Capital was a challenge because of the extra planning and focus that goes into balancing career ambitions with his duties as a parent.

In fact, Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal, an outsourcing firm that focuses on the world's most elite technology talent told me that when his company evaluates programmers, they not only look at technical skills, but put just as much emphasis on communication skills, initiative and teamwork.

Enderle couldn't, off the top of his head, think of a company that focuses exclusively on conversion as Bounce Exchange does, though he did suggest that larger analytics firms such as SalesForce offer the service.

But M&A activity is expected to pick up in coming months as China's political situation firms up, although the focus could fall outside of the US.

Designing these applications to be attractive to women is also just good business, says Meltem Demirors, who recently left her post as a vice president at Digital Currency Group, a cryptocurrency - and blockchain - focused investment firm that she helped launch in 2015.

Previously, Mr. Barrett was a Managing Director of Gemini Investors, a private equity firm focused on growth capital investments, served as an equity analyst for Fidelity Management and Research and held various positions with Keefe, Bruyette and Woods, Inc., an investment banking firm.

From 2004 — 2009, Mr. Kogler worked as a multi-strategy analyst focused on public securities at EnTrust Capital Partners, an investment management firm with over $ 6 billion in assets under management.

Ron Rawald joined Cerberus in 2006, first working in the firm's Frankfurt and then London offices as the Head of European Real Estate focusing on property related assets and non-performing loans.

Almost everyone I've seen as an in house labor and employment attorney has done similar work for a law firm but most have not focused on this aspect of law in school or have a theoretical grounding in labor and employment issues.

With assets under administration of $ 5.2 trillion, including managed assets of $ 2.1 trillion as of April 30, 2015, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping more than 24 million people invest their own life savings, nearly 20,000 businesses manage employee benefit programs, as well as providing nearly 10,000 advisory firms with technology solutions to invest their own clients» money.

Other questions have focused on firms» «training programs» as well as the best interest contract exemption, he added.

New Energy Capital Partners, LLC («NEC»), a leading alternative asset management firm focused on debt and equity investments in small - and mid-sized clean energy infrastructure projects and companies, today announced its appointment as sub-advisor to North Sky Capital's Alliance Fund... Continue reading →

Mr. Frederick D. Anderson, Jr. serves as an Independent Director of the Company., Mr. Anderson serves as a Managing Director of NextEquity Partners, a firm he co-founded in July 2015, and Elevation Partners, a firm he co-founded in July 2004, focusing on venture and private equity investments in technology and digital media companies.

The Report on Startup Firms focuses on startups with employees — which we define as small businesses that were five - years - old or younger in 2016 and had full - or part - time employees.

We started as AG Salesworks, an outsourced lead generation firm focused on quality of lead and quality of client relationships.

The London - headquartered buyout firm is following in the footsteps of peers such as CVC, KKR and Carlyle Group in establishing a technology - focused fund.

With assets under administration of $ 6.2 trillion, including managed assets of $ 2.3 trillion as of June 30, 2017, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping more than 24 million people invest their own life savings, nearly 20,000 businesses manage employee benefit programs, as well as providing nearly 10,000 advisory firms with technology solutions to invest their own clients» money.

«I have long admired Leith Wheeler as a firm that focuses on what matters,» said Ms. Jones.

Inesa Dayan knows her diamonds and as Director of Diamond Industry, her focus is crystal clear: Create shining and brilliant marketing strategies with clients and firms that will put them and their vision in a clear light.

With assets under administration of $ 6.9 trillion, including managed assets of $ 2.5 trillion as of March 31, 2018, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping more than 27 million people invest their own life savings, 23,000 businesses manage employee benefit programs, as well as providing more than 12,500 financial advisory firms with investment and technology solutions to invest their own clients» money.

Since joining the firm in 1998, Adel has also worked as a Portfolio Manager in the Global Structured Products Group focusing on a broad range of international and domestic strategies.

«From our optics, if you define cyber as data collection, storage, security, analysis, threat intelligence, operations and dissemination, then the $ 1 trillion market forecast from Cybersecurity Ventures barely scratches the surface» says Jeremy King, President at Benchmark Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm focused on cyber, national, and corporate security.

He spent five years as a Principal with Columbia Capital, a leading communications and information technology focused venture capital firm with $ 2.0 billion under management.

With assets under administration of $ 6.9 trillion, including managed assets of $ 2.5 trillion as of February 28, 2018, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers: helping more than 27 million people invest their own life savings, 23,000 businesses manage employee benefit programs, as well as providing more than 12,500 financial advisory firms with investment and technology solutions to invest their own clients» money.

Economists have analyzed extensively how platform markets may pose unique challenges for antitrust analysis.377 Specifically, they stress that analysis applicable to firms in single - sided markets may break down when applied to two - sided markets, given the distinct pricing structures and network externalities.378 These studies often focus on the challenge that two - sided platforms face in attracting both sides — the classic coordination problem of having to attract buyers without an established line of sellers, and vice versa.379 Economists tend to conclude that — given the particular challenges of two - sided markets380 — antitrust should be forgiving of conduct that might otherwise be characterized as anticompetitive.381