Sentences with phrase «backed company boards»

The result was term sheets that were so complex even good lawyers couldn't fully understand what they really meant unless they had been practicing in the specific area, and sitting on venture backed company boards, for many years.

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But based on that brief 20 - minute focus group, it became clear to all that this company would not be able to prompt customers to buy its product and needed to go back to the drawing board.

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

So in 1999, again on the advice of the board and with the help of wealthy New York friends, Hollender bought back his struggling company for $ 1.30 a share.

When connected by Bluetooth to the company's iOS or Android app, the bindings report back in real - time details like where you're distributing your weight on the board, your acceleration and center of gravity.

Dorsey may have stepped back to start payments company Square, but he was also chairman of Twitter's board during his period «away» from the company.

By investing in Hyperloop One and joining the company's board, Branson will turn his attention back to the ground.

Struggling iron ore miner Pluton Resources has fallen back into the hands of receivers and managers, less than six months after the board regained control of the company, as part of a new structuring proposal.

Equifax said in a regulatory filing that it might claw back some of Smith's compensation for this year, depending on results of the board's investigation into the breach, which the company has said occurred between mid-May and July.

In what was possibly a preemptive move by the company, the Wells board of directors decided to take back $ 41 million in stock - based compensation from Stumpf along with just over $ 16 million in stock options from former community - banking head Carrie Tolstedt.

That investment decision, importantly, also seems to get the backing of Unilever's board of directors: «At the board level, at the senior management level, they are apparently 100 % behind this,» Polman tells me — a proposition tested as recently as February, when Kraft Heinz made an unsolicited offer for the company.

It also stressed that Elliott was backing the 2018 - 2020 strategic plan laid out by Genish for TIM and that it did not see the how a divided board could help run the company.

If a certain social media handle isn't available, would you go back to the drawing board for the company name?

• Neiman Marcus, a Dallas, Texas - based department store operator backed by Ares Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, ended talks regarding a partial or full sale of the company, according to Reuters.

Last month, the company announced that Pearson would be stepping down and that Ackman would be joining its board, after a board committee probe into the company's dealings with specialty pharmacy Philidor RX Services uncovered accounting problems dating back to December 2014.

In addition, US Attorney General Eric Holder is leading a separate investigation specifically focusing on investigating sexual harassment, reporting back to the company's board.

It's just «back to the drawing board,» he said recently at the company's developer conference.

The company's board also approved buying back up to $ 100 million in stock.

Back in February, she protested a move by the Viacom board to name Dauman as chairman of the media company to succeed her father.

Mentors hammered home the idea to create bits of your company at a time, testing those and then coming back to the drawing board to analyze your results before building more features.

The Dallas - based company said it was using back - up systems around the country to check - in travelers lacking printed or mobile boarding passes but technology problems that began Sunday morning were continuing.

The government - backed report from Lord Mervyn Davies, who has been championing gender equality in the boardroom, shows that FTSE 100 companies have exceeded the target of having 25 % women on their boards — more than doubling the number in 2011 when the target was set.

Meanwhile, the company said that a meeting of the board of directors will be held on June 4, to consider the proposal to buy - back the fully paid - up equity shares of the firm.

Back in February, when Facebook board member Marc Andreessen made an offensive tweet toward Indians in the aftermath of Facebook's Free Basics mess, Mark Zuckerberg quickly distanced the company from Andreessen's remarks.

Green Dot's board authorized the firm to buy back as much as $ 150 million of common stock, the company said in a statement.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The problems at Wells Fargo and its overly aggressive sales culture date back at least 15 years, and management had little interest in dealing with the issue until it spiraled out of control resulting in millions of accounts being opened fraudulently, according to an investigation by the company's board of directors.

«When the board of directors of a company decides to buy - back its stock in the open market, it may well be a sign that they believe the shares are undervalued and do not adequately reflect the prospect for growth.

Dietary supplements company Herbalife will add two new members to its board of directors at the request of billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has backed the company in a public spat with hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.

At first glance, observers could be forgiven for assuming the current contest at Cypress follows something of an established path: Dissatisfied with the company's cultural shift in his absence, a spurned founder / CEO attempts to wrest control back from the board responsible for his ouster, presumably in service of reinstating the tone and tenor of the prior regime.

When a board of directors authorizes a share repurchase program, it typically states either the number of shares the company is interested in buying back or a dollar amount it will spend on its stock buyback.

From public pot shots by then chief executive and co-founder Rahul Yadav, directed at the company's investors and board members, which led to his ouster later, to high cash burn, the once revered startup has been struggling to get back on its feet.

Conservative Governments privatize companies by spending all their money on needless things that do not show a profit (think here of our CPP and Harper in control of the board) then come back to the population telling them the company is broke and the only way to save it is to go private.

He wrote and excellent article on director compensation in angle backed companies titled: Building a better board starts with better compensation.

The electricity distribution company goes back to the drawing board after PC Leader Doug Ford vows to fire $ 6.2 million - a-year CEO Mayo Schmidt.

«Back in 2010, while I was VP of Sales at uberVu (acquired by HootSuite in 2011), Mike joined our Advisory Board and within a month he had a full grasp of our business and had opened no less than 50 doors for potential clients directly with the CEO of each company.

So the company went back to the drawing board and came up with the fully self - driving models it currently has driving through the streets of Mountain View, Calif., and Austin, Texas.

Here's a news item that has interesting theological implications: Medical review boards in both the U.S. and India have granted permission to two biotech companies to experiment with new technology that they hope could bring back patients who are brain dead — something currently considered impossible.

Northern Star is still managed by a locally elected board of directors and any profits the company earns are distributed back to its 15,000 members through a year - end dividend.

Mitzi has served as a nutrition spokesperson for numerous companies including: Fiji Water, The National Honey Board, Sambazon, Horizon Organic, Reynold's Wrap, USA Pears, Olive Oil Association, The Hass Avocado Board, Almond Board of California, Wild Blueberries, The Cherry Marketing Institute, Cranberry Marketing Committee, Back to Nature, Bayer Aspirin, Bausch and Lomb, Purdue Pharma, and Green Giant.

The Peepul Capital - backed company aims to double its revenues to Rs 100 crore this fiscal as against around Rs 50 crore last year by entering newer geographies like tier - II cities and bringing on board new partners for their business to business (B2B) segment.

Hewitt Cattle Australia, backed by one of Canada's biggest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has snapped up a 15 per cent stake in Australia's leading organic beef company Arcadian Organic & Natural Meat.

All labels and logos must be mounted on white art board, with company name and entry category clearly printed on the back.

Unfortunately the only people that can remove him is the ones that put him in charge of arsenal and the only way the board will move against wenger is when he does not meet their expectations, have you heard any one of the board members come out and say fourth is not acceptable, for several years he has guarantee the board money from the champions league, they also have several agreements or contract signed with major companies, all that points to money coming back to the board.

Falling to # 1 Team DKE SR 56 - 39, Captain Jason and company will need to get back to the drawing board and fix the little things that can mean the difference between winning and losing.

During a June 4 Town Board meeting, company representative Michael Tsandilas told officials that several interested parties had lined up to purchase the once - popular inn, which dates back to the late 1700s and has fallen into extreme disrepair following years of neglect.

Paladino said his development company is planning an addition to the Fairmont and will be back before the board with details soon.

The race has become something of a proxy war for the fight over the online rental site Airbnb, with the company funding advertising against Serino and an independent expenditure campaign backed by the Hotel Trades Council and the Real Estate Board of New York running commercials critical of Gipson.

When one adds the fact that these crew members are flown from their homes to the place where they join the ship and back home afterwards at the expense of the company — and are provided free accommodation and food whilst on board — the basic wage of $ 250 per month ends up as a very small proportion of the overall reward package.

«That this House notes that the Government regulation implementing Section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act contradicts previous Ministerial assurances that NHS commissioners should decide when and how competition should be used to serve patient interests; acknowledges that, although the last Labour Government rolled out the red carpet to private companies to make profits from NHS services, believes that patients come before profits in our NHS; and therefore calls on HM Government to withdraw SI 257, go back to the drawing board and draw up a policy which supports an integrated NHS which encourages collaboration in the interest of patient care rather than a fragmented service driven by profit.»

ROSENDALE >> The Town Board has adopted a resolution formally opposing the proposed 178 - mile Pilgrim Pipeline after company representatives backed out of a promise to answer questions from town residents.