Sentences with phrase «before selling the company»

Luckey invented the Oculus Rift before selling his company to Facebook for $ 2 billion.

All in, investors seem to prefer to sell zero - yielding companies before they sell the companies willing to «pay them to wait» for appreciation.

All in, investors seem to prefer to sell zero - yielding companies before they sell the companies willing to «pay them to wait» for appreciation.

Not exact matches

Holding a Ph.D. in information systems, Smith's mother worked in academia before starting a paper - craft company, which she later sold to a private equity firm.

Before becoming CEO of data management company DataGravity, she sold her last company, EqualLogic, to Dell for $ 1.4 billion.

It could be months before Twitter decides to sell — Dorsey still hopes to carry out a vision of tapping into live broadcasts events as a way to reignite user growth — but the question remains: How much would an outside company be willing to pay for Twitter?

The company went on to sell over 2,000 sweaters in 2017, before it completely sold out about two weeks before Christmas.

Content That Converts by Laura Hanley is a great book for B2B companies looking to get out of direct selling or warming up the leads before calling.

Had it been passed, it would have required service providers — which include telecom companies such as Verizon and AT&T — to obtain a customer's permission before that data was used, shared or sold.

In California, tough legislation has been introduced that would require any company selling an Internet - connected device to equip it with features that protect it from unauthorized access and to obtain consumer consent before it collects or transmits information.

Mindee is the co-inventor of Boogie Wipes, a company she grew to $ 15 million company with distribution in Walmart, Target and Costco before it sold to Nehemia Manufacturing.

The Dell role lasted a couple of years before Legere joined telecoms company Global Crossing in 2001 as CEO, taking it through a «really tough» restructuring and eventually selling it to CenturyLink (then Level 3) in 2011.

Other companies, like Michigan - based Green Spirit Farms and California - based Urban Produce, also sell to consumers using vertical farming methods, though The New Yorker reported in January that AeroFarms had twice the funding of any other indoor farming company — even before its recent $ 34 million round.

Some highly successful software - as - a-service companies have sold their product before they even developed it, to be completely certain there was a market for it.

As a result, he says, many are being sold to large companies «early in their life cycle, long before they reach industry leadership» — which, he says, is «the real hollowing out of Canada.»

It made billionaires of its cofounders, who sold the company just before the dot - com era bubble burst.

Even after Thursday's rally, Norwegian's founder and top owner, CEO Kjos who controls a quarter of the company's shares, is expected to demand a significantly higher price before selling, said Korsvold.

Again, Facebook makes the majority of its revenue from collecting user data to sell targeted ads, a nugget that may give companies pause before deciding to share sensitive documents on the platform.

Before the tutorials, the pitches made no mention of the GeoPalz founders» previous company, Jibbitz, which made charms for Crocs shoes and eventually sold to Crocs for $ 20 million.

That figure removes the impact of international accounting rules for the agricultural industry that requires cannabis companies to record the value of their plants as income as they grow, before the product is sold, lifting the bottom line.

The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday it will not require preliminary review before companies can sell so - called carrier screening tests to the public.

Whether selling online or in a store, they can aim to operate as one company before the customer's eyes.

CEO of Zillow Group, Spencer Rascoff, shares the most important detail to know before making a move to sell or partner with another company.

The company reiterated it would not share directly identifiable info with advertisers, but it would still collect personal data then de-identify or aggregate it before selling it for targeted - ad purposes.

You have to build a great product and company before you can sell it.

Facebook is mulling a plan to sell its upcoming smart speakers internationally before launching them in the U.S., as American users and politicians have increased their focus on Facebook and user privacy, according to two people who have had discussions with the company about the devices.

That surge has been the result of moves such as buying Jet.com (which Lore sold to the company in 2016 before becoming Walmart.com CEO), expanding its marketplaces, further integrating stores and e-commerce, improving its mobile shopping app, and equipping more stores as pick - up points for online grocery orders.

And because private equity isn't easily sold off once purchased, investors could be stuck with company shares for years before seeing a payout.

New owners Greggor and Foglio are alcohol - industry figures who grew Skyy Vodka before selling their portion of the Skyy Spirits company to Campari in 2007.

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.

The company bought Motorola to push smartphones out the door — before selling the division to Lenovo.

Before BDT, Trott (at Goldman) and BDT co-founder William Bush (as Pulitzer's outside legal counsel) sold the St. Louis newspaper company.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in 2014 that the company would have to sell 50 million to 100 million VR headsets before he considers the tech to have a meaningful impact as a new way of computing.

LVMH CEO tells CNBC that he regrets selling Apple shares before the company rocketed to its current day valuation

The TV network's owners bought The Weather Company from Landmark Communications in 2008 for around $ 3.5 billion before selling off the company's digital assets for more than $ 2 billion to IBM lasCompany from Landmark Communications in 2008 for around $ 3.5 billion before selling off the company's digital assets for more than $ 2 billion to IBM lascompany's digital assets for more than $ 2 billion to IBM last year.

If you do, an employee might have grounds for a lawsuit if, say, the company goes out of business before that employee exercises those options or sells the shares.

Pao had worked at a number of companies before joining Kleiner, including BEA Systems, a company that sold software to other businesses.

Before finalizing a restaurant location, the company's supply - chain team is on the ground vetting farms and pitching distributors to come on board — a tough sell when there is only one location to service in the beginning.

Equifax officials are also reportedly being investigated by the US Justice Department after selling stock before the company revealed a data breach that exposed the personal information of millions of Americans.

Claure, a successful entrepreneur who sold his phone trading company Brightstar to SoftBank for $ 1.3 billion before taking the top job at Sprint, adds his considerable business acumen to Tidal's strong artistic lineup.

Young told Inc. earlier this year that he and his cofounder were accustomed to buying and selling things on eBay before founding their company.

The family sold most of its interest in the company to the Carlyle Group before reacquiring a majority of JMC last year.

Way before, we said that if someone offered us a billion, we will sell the company.

Companies are usually valued at and sold at an amount equal to, or a multiple of, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Before Strauss had sold a single daisy, he scrutinized the workings of the company's customer service.

This heightened access that brands have to their customers (and vice versa) would make you think that companies are selling more than ever before.

If they're not, owners would be wise to take steps to make their companies more marketable before going ahead with a plan to sell.

New legislation legalizing equity - based crowdfunding, where entrepreneurs are able to raise capital by selling a piece of their company online in exchange for cash, has passed Congress and is currently awaiting final rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission before it can be implemented.

Critically, you need to evaluate the prospects of these companies before selling.

The company is aiming to sell 300 aircraft before entry - into - service, though only 243 sales have been finalized.