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Instead of haphazardly throwing money at a mutual fund or stock — a choice you may regret later — consider keeping your money in cash while you figure out where it's best invested.

The only good news about the big guys is that there is another group of them (think AOL and Yahoo for starters) who are so lost, so behind the curve, and so desperate to deliver something for their shareholders that they are constantly running around and throwing money at the shiniest new things in a panic.

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.

Companies with traction or ones that are started by a previously successful entrepreneur often get money thrown at them.

It will require throwing some money at the problem - at least to get the ball rolling.

It's powerful enough to handle anything you throw at it — the more money you spend, the more power you'll get — including some lighter gaming.

And yet, just eight years later, it seems Facebook may be turning into the very thing its founder once rejected: a still important technology company that's growing a bit long in the tooth and fighting to stay relevant by throwing stacks of money at whatever just might be the next big thing.

They threw money at me,» she says.

If working 10:30 - 6:30 will make your star designer or best analyst markedly better at his or her job, forcing him or her show up at nine is essentially throwing productivity (and therefore money) out the window.

Bill, he told me repeatedly, knew no other solution than throwing money and people at a problem, which was why Microsoft's software was so convoluted and mediocre.

Although it might appear that SoftBank is just throwing money around at this point, a senior SoftBank executive told Recode that's not a fair assessment.

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While the BCG report has the rosy title of Capitalizing on the New Golden Age in Private Equity, it says the industry faces some serious growing pains as more and more investors keep throwing money at the industry as alternatives (such as hedge funds) have sucked wind.

I, therefore, doubt the effectiveness of Tokyo's latest effort to revive its stagnant economy by throwing at it a new wall of money.

So, if you're just throwing money at the wall and hoping something sticks, you're following the wrong approach.

Only when you've done enough testing to figure out how to create a positive arbitrage between how much you pay to acquire the customer and how much revenue the customer is likely to generate should you throw big money at a roll - out.

If you find yourself throwing money at every promotional opportunity, take a step back and realize the benefits of planning.

It all left fans ready to throw their money at the star — the album Lemonade went platinum in two months, and the tour sold out — and proved no one uses suspense to sell as well as Beyoncé.

Throwing money at banks hasn't done anything but reward financial Power Elites via privatizing their gains and transferring their losses to the taxpayers.

Unprepared for the onslaught of high - profile breaches, many companies are throwing money at problems as they arise.

Money follows money, so when hundreds of millions of dollars find their way into Snapchat's coffers, other venture firms take note and decide they want to throw millions of dollars at things,Money follows money, so when hundreds of millions of dollars find their way into Snapchat's coffers, other venture firms take note and decide they want to throw millions of dollars at things,money, so when hundreds of millions of dollars find their way into Snapchat's coffers, other venture firms take note and decide they want to throw millions of dollars at things, too.

Anonymously throwing money at a cause isn't enough.

While the SBA's pilot program turned promising results, taxpayer money should not be indiscriminately thrown at business groups, says Muro.

Many start - up companies don't have the resources to throw at security nor the many decades of history in trying to keep client money safe, said Westby.

We're all familiar with the cliche that money can not buy happiness, but I'm convinced that almost everybody has to learn that lesson the hard way because let's face it; the idea of having enough money to throw at your problems until they're solved is a seductive impulse.

But I didn't want just to throw money at social and environmental problems; I wanted to offer targeted help and entrepreneurial thinking where it would be most effective.

While larger sums of money are thrown around in San Francisco, New York, Boston and a handful of other major U.S. cities, Bott and Tammy Riddle, director of the IT cluster at the Cincinnati USA Partnership for Economic Development, say that what sets Cincinnati apart is its unusually supportive ecosystem for new companies.

In fact, it's to your benefit to throw any money you can at your student loans before your official repayment period begins.

«If the banks need a particular type of skill, they have lots of money to throw at it,» Kholodenko says.

That's powerful — and a long ways from throwing money at a print ad or plunking down thousands of dollars for a trade show booth and hoping that you get some new business out of it without ever really knowing if you did or didn't.

It's easy to throw money at people to motivate them, but your leader knows what make you tick beyond the almighty dollar.

The Montney represents somewhat of a modern day gold rush with the major players lining up to throw money at their projects in the region.

Currently, there are over 17,000 Silicon Valley startups registered at Angel.co, with 24,470 investors lined up to invest in them (or according to Cuban, throw money at them).

The main complaint thrown at courses like these is that they're frivolous and a waste of money.

Sure, PR tactics can be costly if you pay an agency, outsource writing needs to freelancers or throw money at newswire services.

In a piece titled: «Dumb Money: Exposing Silicon Valley's Stupidest Investments,» a writer for New York magazine snarked»... what kind of genius decided to throw $ 1.2 million at NaturallyCurly, the «leading social network and community for people with wavy, curly and kinky hair?»»

There are numerous firms that will consult with entrepreneurs to help them find IP at leading universities, but not all are created equal and not everyone is ready to throw down money for that service.

Instead of band - aiding the problem by throwing money at it, you might consider scrapping the whole thing altogether and starting from scratch.

It used to be that getting customers online meant throwing money at SEO and search advertising in hopes of attracting a few people that would buy.

Clearly, brands are running out of reasons to throw money at a mobile web strategy.

You can throw money at certain problems.

The converse is also true: you can't just throw money at the problem.

«Often when you just throw money at a project, you're not focused,» said General Electric (GE) vice chair Beth Comstock.

«Throw that kind of money at anybody, and their ideals will probably change too.»

And no matter how hard the company spent, there was always someone willing to throw more money at it.

When you don't have money to throw at problems, there will be challenges that you need to overcome through creativity, effort, and persistence.

Sphero There are a lot of ways to know your company is doing something right — investors throw money at you; talent clambers to work for you.

Disruptive tech startups are being acquired at incredible rates — companies want to own a piece of the «next big thing» and they are throwing a lot of money around hoping to be part of the next big tech play.

There are lots of dumb things you could do as a startup entrepreneur — like base your company out of Bakersfield, allow yourself to be acquired by Groupon in an all - stock transition, or pitch your growing U.S. - based startup to the Samwer brothers — but nothing could be more dumb than throwing your hard - earned venture capital money at a public relations firm.

Chrysler has thrown more money at the brand in the last year on its media spending — $ 265.3 million in 2010, up 71 % from 2009 according to Ad Age Data Center research — and it's paid off.