Sentences with phrase «at any startup which»

This deferment could also apply to the first employees at any startup which would help ensure that startups can hire employees and grow.

We also look at a startup which sells ad space on a pixel tapestry for cryptocurrency.

Not exact matches

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.

For example, Uber sold new shares to SoftBank Group in January in a deal that valued the ride hailing startup at $ 48 billion, significantly higher than the nearly $ 4 billion valuation at which Google had bought its stake in the company five years ago.

(Scotiabank did, however, start a «digital factory» in 2015, which professed to partner with fintech startups to develop new technologies, and gifted the University of Toronto with $ 1.75 million to study «disruptive technologies,» while several big - bank CEOs acknowledged that AI needed to be harnessed within the industry at a recent conference.)

Why you should care: Lynxsy, which presented at TechStars Demo Day NYC, allows startups to recruit junior talent on demand.

German media giant Axel Springer is acquiring a controlling stake in media startup Business Insider for $ 343 million, which values the New York - based company at about $ 450 million.

Executives from all three companies agreed that innovative Canadian startups can still find money, but unlike their American cousins — which often have such funds thrown at them — they have to work at building a proper business first.

Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

The Kitchener, Ont. - based company, which makes furnace and water meter monitors, beat out five other startups at Communitech's Rev Demo Day to take the top prize.

At Egon Zehnder, we have learned in much of our work with many of the leading Chinese tech giants and startup unicorns what type of talent is likely to thrive in China, which prioritizes the more nuanced «soft» skills of adaptability, flexibility, and potential rather than simply the «hard» skills of language fluency and past work experiences.

Momo Vuyisich, the company's chief scientist, led the team that developed the technology at Los Alamos Lab, which co-owns the technology along with the startup.

A pair of mentors recommended they apply to startup accelerator Y Combinator, which they did — past deadline, but a mentor was able to convince YC cofounder Paul Graham to take a look at their application, said Gebbia.

Xuhao is the CEO of Ele.me, China's leading food delivery startup, which is valued at approximately $ 6 billion and counts Alibaba and Tencent among its investors.

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.

Many startups and early - stage companies arrive at a point when they need to pivot your product strategy and figure out which way to go.

-- Neha Sampat, CEO of digital tech solutions provider Built.io, which powers innovation at the intersection of enterprise mobility and the internet of things (IoT) for startups and industry - leading companies.

Co-working real estate startup WeWork is readying a new startup incubator, called Area 51 Paradise Ranch, which will be trialed at the company's Tribeca office space, Wired reported on Monday.

Lawyers at Montreal firm Campbell Cohen, which is partnering with the startup, conducted the product's quality assurance testing.

Startups have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to take a bite out of the alternative - protein market, which was valued at $ 4.2 billion in 2016 and is expected to grow 6.8 percent between 2017 and 2022, according to Research and Markets.

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.

«Brexit seems like a step in the wrong direction in terms of integration,» noted Mehdi Jaffer, head of marketing at the London - based IT services startup AlphaSights, which employs around 300 workers — a large share of whom are immigrants.

Dubai Startup Hub hosted a majlis session in February at the headquarters of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which saw six UAE - based startups present their enterprises to H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zey...

Of course, I said that we had a startup at 1871 (mRelief.com) that was already working with the city of Chicago and state of Illinois on «an app for that,» one that allows just about anyone to quickly and easily figure out exactly which government and / or community - based programs exist that might have benefits immediately available to them - especially in the current environment.

It is the second most valuable startup after ride - sharing app Uber, which is valued at $ 69 billion.

For example, Google announced that it will hold its own Women's Demo Day, which will feature women - led startups from around the country pitching to a group of judges at the Googleplex, with the goal of driving investment and providing Google mentorship and introductions to each entrepreneur.

The best comprehensive research that helped to answer the «reasons for success» question that I could find was from The Ecommerce Genome by Compass in their Startup Genome report, which looked at 650 internet startups.

Startup spaces have begun popping up around Yulin, which several government officials said was aimed at encouraging the creation of new businesses to counter the slowdown in economic growth.

It is the second most valuable startup after Uber, which is valued at $ 69 billion.

The startup, which raised $ 6 million at a $ 25 million valuation this summer, will fly users between Salt Lake City's airports and Park City from this Thursday, January 21, through Monday, January 25 during Sundance.

Startups with no revenue typically can't afford to pay those wages, which means they're forced to shell out big dollars to hire foreign talent or to not bother at all.

Whitman is still most celebrated for her decade at eBay, which she grew from oddball dotcom startup to e-commerce powerhouse.

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.

Fail to fix the system, and Canadian startups will be at a significant disadvantage to their competition abroad — particularly those in Silicon Valley, which have a nasty habit of poaching top Canadian talent.

If your startup is looking to bag some market share here, then you probably can't even keep up with the number of competitors given the phenomenal pace at which landscape is growing.

Shanel Lindsay, the founder of Boston - based startup named Ardent, which makes a decarboxylator, a device that lightly cooks cannabis flowers to be used in edibles, says she has been bounced from PayPal, Square, Stripe, and at least four other payment processors.

Maha Ibrahim, general partner at global VC firm Canaan Partners, which focuses on technology and healthcare, expects on - demand startups to add more premium, white - glove services in the coming months.

That means they'll get liquid, which is particularly meaningful for early - stage employees who take the risk of working for a startup and receive stock options in lieu of the higher pay and greater security available at more mature companies.

At tech startup GitHub, a former employee complained publicly about being harassed on the job, the subtext being that such behaviour thrived because there were no formal mechanisms through which to report it.

They went to companies like AltaVista and Excite and Yahoo and eBay, which were tiny little startups at the time.

There's also a Startup Village showcasing the various startups at SXSWi, the SXSW Interactive Accelerator during which some 50 startups will be competing for prizes, and the Gaming Expo for video game startups.

WeWork, which has already raised $ 969 million in funding at a $ 10 billion valuation, was already the 11th most valuable startup in the world without accounting for this round.

Still, Carbon3D is showing a lot of promise for Ford, and Lee said the auto giant is looking at the startup's technology to help create 3D printed durable molds, which they could then use for injection molding manufacturing of car parts.

Koch advises readers that for every startup there is one thing at which it must be brilliant.

In the talk, which lasts a little over an hour, Jobs shares a number of stories from his time at Apple and NeXT (the startup he founded after leaving Apple), along with the lessons learned through both good times and bad.

Last summer, 47 full - time MBAs participated in the Entrepreneurial Summer Internship Program, which only provides a living stipend for some students working at early - stage startups, compared to 40 students in the summer of 2011.

I heard a startup founder once say «sell before you build» which really resonated with me at the time, as my company had very recently done the exact opposite.

You can venerate the startup cultures in which employees live at their jobs.

At the end, rather than pitching their business plans to venture capitalists in a «demo day» — the standard model of startup incubators — the teams made «lessons learned» presentations, during which they explain how the customer feedback helped them shape their plans.

Last year, a team of four students from New York University's Abu Dhabi campus and I presented in front of a panel of judges at the Hult Prize, which awards $ 1 million in seed funding to innovative startup ideas that address a global social challenge.