Sentences with phrase «building part in»

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The Borrowell team got to sit down with Strange, who happens to be both an entrepreneur and a Valley VC — she was part of the executive team that built Ruba, a startup acquired by Google in 2010, and in November last year she became a partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

They found those traits in an unlikely man — a cypherpunk, part - coder, part - activist, who boasts of holding a world record for the most failed attempts at building a business around peer - to - peer, decentralized file sharing.

«We are committed to building a team and company culture that everyone at Ripcord feels proud to be a part of,» a Ripcord representative said in a statement.

Narcotics are carried by a variety of ships, from normal commercial or fishing vessels to rudimentary submarines, or narco subs, built by traffickers in isolated parts of Colombia.

«It's going to happen pretty fast,» predicts Greg Williams, manager of the B.C. Marijuana Party and Marc Emery's Cannabis Culture, both of which occupy a heritage building in a gentrification - resistant part of Vancouver popularly known as the Vansterdam block.

If you want to build a community, if you want to build a tribe, if you want to create hyper - engaged users that define themselves at least in part by your brand, you have to stand for something.

In Iraq, part of Petraeus's success was built on helping to engineer a shift in loyalties among Sunni Muslim militias that, in many cases, had been fighting against the U.S. and Iraqi governmenIn Iraq, part of Petraeus's success was built on helping to engineer a shift in loyalties among Sunni Muslim militias that, in many cases, had been fighting against the U.S. and Iraqi governmenin loyalties among Sunni Muslim militias that, in many cases, had been fighting against the U.S. and Iraqi governmenin many cases, had been fighting against the U.S. and Iraqi government.

Shell is building an offshore wind farm in the North Sea; it's part of consortia installing solar farms in Oman and California; and it has bought one of Europe's biggest electric - car - charging firms and a major British electricity provider.

The popular plastic building toys are now a part of many childhoods the across the world, but the company had a humble start in the 1930s.

Political advocacy is a critical part in building a social movement around change, Zuckerberg said in the statement about Plouffe's new role.

Google has really built itself on the cloud and was really a pioneer in a lot of the technologies and capabilities that are now thought of as being part of the cloud.

If it all sounds a touch pedantic for a company that builds smartphones, recall that Jobs credited part of the original Mac's success on his decision to study calligraphy at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

As I've said, there have been a number of research papers of late, led in large part by the work of French scientist Laurence Zitvogel, that are building a strong case for a central role for the microbiome in cancer treatment response.

The company chose its current location in part because it's built on solid bedrock at the foot of Burnaby Mountain, capable of withstanding the pulses from the pistons.

Not far from the new bakery in Hamilton is the site of the soon - to - be built meat - processing plant, which is the nucleus of the restructuring plan and, at $ 395 million, easily the costliest part.

Built in 1928, the oldest hotel in Hong Kong remains one of the city's most luxurious — thanks in no small part to some seriously fabulous bathrooms.

Three years earlier, Cramton quit his job as a furniture salesman to focus on building the company, which he had been running part time out of his basement in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

«Part of the reason to focus on brands and content platforms first is because there is a built - in audience that they are trying to deepen their relationship with,» says Patterson.

Gerdes's success in building such sought - after services in just three years is a sure sign that in today's breakneck economy, strategic partnerships are becoming an increasingly critical part of growing a company.

For its part, Fulcrum BioEnergy had to build a demonstration facility in North Carolina that is a smaller version of what it hopes to do at its Nevada facility.

Funded in part by Dan's savings, credit card debt, and student loans (diverted to fund his venture), the company grew rapidly as Gravity built its own technology and brought the card - processing systems in - house.

Arrington says he chose to denominate the fund in XRP, which is the third or fourth most valuable crypto - currency, in part because he likes the financial infrastructure that Ripple has build up around it (you can read all about Ripple and XRP here).

«Several [advertising] industry veterans,» who spoke to Adweek earlier this month speculated that 84 Lumber and Brunner deliberately submitted an ad that would be rejected to build up the PR momentum before game day — not least because the ad is being delivered in two parts, meaning production would have needed to begin long before Fox rejected the spot.

When Cirque was rapidly building its brand in the early»90s, there was a sense that new ideas and departures were a part of Cirque forging its path, but the reluctance of audiences to warm to Shpeel shows they've developed higher expectations.

One day last August, lender relations specialist Ford Scott and business development specialist Bob McLoone signed out an agency car and made the long drive toward the Tennessee border and Abingdon, an old mercantile town in the far southwest part of the state with red - brick buildings and red - brick sidewalks.

Tumblr took a step in this direction in February when it hired its own editors, while LinkedIn (LNKD) continued to aggregate and build out original content as part of an effort it launched in 2011.

It has four truck dealerships in Alberta and B.C. under the First Truck Centre banner, offering equipment sales, parts, technical repairs and body shop services for the Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses and Autocar brands.

«My profound attachment to Canada stems from the great liberty and freedom that my ancestors were able to enjoy in building their lives in a new country, the same liberty and freedom which allowed me as a young French Canadian from Northern Ontario to realize his dream in building a business in all parts of Canada and abroad.»

Clark told an elite trade delegation Monday that the province is ramping up efforts to make trade deals with Asian nations, in part by charting a route to build the first international trading centre for the Chinese currency.

Like them, Charney has built a powerful brand known in many parts of the world, which is why American Apparel is an attractive acquisition target in its weakened state.

De Baene decided to expand into products in part to protect the company culture he was trying to build.

In the course of the fascinating discussion, which ranges from Houston's early computer obsession to his ideas about building a successful startup culture, Houston boils down his advice for ambitious young people into an incredibly simple if slightly quirky three - part formula: a tennis ball, a circle, and the number 30,000.

In many cases, efforts to become part of a community and build relationships will be necessary and this is not a bad idea for your business anyway.

This, of course, is all part of the power and value of building an industry - wide platform, which I've written about in the past.

For starters, building any business has to start with four key parts - the Dream, Vision, Purpose, and Mission and within those lie every goal your company will ever need to meet - the big ones, the small ones, and every one in between.

Heineken CEO Jean - François van Boxmeer and Lagunitas founder Tony Magee said in prepared statements that the deal would help Lagunitas build its brand globally, reaching parts of the world that other U.S. craft brands haven't yet tapped.

You may not build a business, in whole or in part, resell, redistribute or recirculate or make any other commercial use of, or create derivative works or materials utilizing any portion of the online services or Content, whether or not for profit.

Part of that investment is spent, as always, in the form of a broker commission, but the rest goes to the lessee as free rent and tenant - improvement, or build - out, allowance.

With retailers jostling to locate as close to the World Trade Center site as possible, Brookfield Office Properties announced plans in June to improve and expand retail offerings in about 180,000 square feet of retail space at the World Financial Center, just west of the World Trade Center site, as part of a $ 250 million upgrade of the four - building complex.

«In many cases we've actually helped people that have decided to leave the business get other jobs and dedicated part of our HR function to going out and building relationships and giving referrals.»

The company built its Aurora manufacturing facility specifically with the U.S. regulatory approval process in mind; the FDA, as part of its sign - off, insists on a detailed facility audit.

AT&T and Verizon are committing billions to a last - mile fiber - optic build - out - in part to defend their best markets against cable phone offerings.

Arriving at the Peace House, a conference building in South Korea's part of the border village of Panmunjom that will host the talks, Kim signed a guest book, writing: «A new history starts now, an age of peace, from the starting point of history.»

Focusing on building and responding to your community in an honest and organic way is a really important part of building on Instagram.

It's the part where you can build up a business and start promoting a product in a way that gets attention.

Pacheco says a critical part of leading your startup to success in an environment with a dominant player is to focus on your key strengths and build your company around them.

Bolstering her point: Lamborghini, Porsche, and Bentley's SUVs will be built at home in European factories — which, for Chinese consumers, is a big part of the prestige of buying one.

The planemaker has previously said it needs to decide whether to spend more on parts in order to build up an extra buffer of stock to cope with potential disruption when Britain leaves the European Union on March 29, 2019.

High - grade military explosives used to build the bomb were sent by air cargo from Turkey as part of a plot inspired and directed by the militant Islamic State group, police Deputy Commissioner National Security Michael Phelan said in August.

The video focuses in part on the company's main, ring - shaped building, where most of the 12,000 Apple (AAPL) employees slated to work there will find their offices.