Sentences with phrase «businesses in programs like»

Through her work Sarah provides support for our region's 40 + local energy committees, engaging with dozens of volunteers and clean energy businesses in programs like Solarize Upper Valley, Weatherize Upper Valley, and the Upper Valley Green Real Estate Network.

Not exact matches

In the U.S., the company prides itself on its development programs for even junior positions like business analysts, who help co-ordinate the flow of product, and merchandising assistants, who work with buyers to choose which products to stock and negotiate costs with vendors.

And most of business men use many technologies to manage their business like some use paper management, some use time tracking or workforce management software, and some use computer programs to develop and manage their business when they are out of area or out in field.

Y Combinator itself has put out a list of types of startups it would like to see apply to the program (many of them stunningly ambitious), my Inc.com colleague Bill Murphy, Jr. has even uncovered a truly monster list of 1,001 business ideas (though many of them, such as a toothbrush holder with actually big enough holes, are probably not going to make you billions), and I've personally rounded up even smaller business ideas that you can start without so much as a spare $ 100 in the bank.

Everyone in the program completes afour - month internship with an area business — important local experience for thethree - quarters of the student body thatcome from abroad — and most complete anapplied business project, a group businessanalysis assignment based on the real - worldexperience gleaned through the internship.Those with an interest in finance can forgothe independent project and instead bolton an optional fifth semester that givesadditional weight to securities, derivativesand investing, covering topics like the mutualfund industry and real estate investing.

With an early success on its hands, Econet is staking much of its future growth in Zimbabwe — and other African countries in which it does business including Nigeria, South Africa, and Botswana — on non-voice revenues that come from programs like EcoCash.

In addition to the $ 10,000, Cowden will receive a suite of Mentor software products, which teach business owners to use popular programs like Microsoft Office, and a one - year subscription to Entrepreneur.

They can seek guidance from programs like Better Work, a partnership between the International Labour Organization and International Finance Corp. that helps manufacturers in places like Haiti, Cambodia and Vietnam build competitive businesses and apply ethical labour practices.

But last year's increase in campaign donations and lobbying seem like more than business as usual for Novo Nordisk, said Billet, a former AT&T lobbyist who directs GWU's Legislative Affairs program.

The firm has sponsored 23 programs in seven countries worldwide, where founders come together for three months to develop their business ideas, much like a traditional incubator.

The Darden School of Business offers one of the top MBA entrepreneurship programs among b - schools, awarding over $ 1 million in scholarships annually and offering highly specialized training like Venture Capital Bootcamp, a three - day workshop focused on early - stage investing.

I don't feel comfortable making the leap into the business world and feel like I could learn more in a formal program.

The program works like this: for the first year, seven Ontario scientists have been given $ 50,000 each in one - time funding, plus dedicated business and management training in areas like patent registration, marketing and investment.

One study determined that a single campaign — a malevolent program called CryptoWall 3.0 — may have earned its developers more than $ 325 million in payments such as the one solicited from individuals and businesses like Schneider's.

Like several of the cities in the top 10, Nashville has its work cut out for it building a strong networking and training program for small businesses, but the home of country music has seen a boost in job growth and business regulations since 2014.

In the wake of last year's results, the Liberals moved up the opening of the application period, then extended it by two weeks in January when it looked like there would be a shortfall in businesses applying for the prograIn the wake of last year's results, the Liberals moved up the opening of the application period, then extended it by two weeks in January when it looked like there would be a shortfall in businesses applying for the prograin January when it looked like there would be a shortfall in businesses applying for the prograin businesses applying for the program.

What has proved to be more sustainable is an «exercise program,» like a 10 - 20 percent discount offer that does not drive in as many consumers but does ensure that the business has a sustainable marketing source

Like many in the industry, Russell doesn't know when the program will get regulatory approval, but in the meantime he'd like the government to give business owners a tax deduction on EI and CPP for contributions they make to a group Like many in the industry, Russell doesn't know when the program will get regulatory approval, but in the meantime he'd like the government to give business owners a tax deduction on EI and CPP for contributions they make to a group like the government to give business owners a tax deduction on EI and CPP for contributions they make to a group RSP.

To be eligible to participate in the Gateway Accelerate program, entrepreneurs must have an existing business or sufficiently funded startup operating abroad that they would like to relocate or expand to St. Louis and must be able to qualify for a standard H - 1B visa.

While over 140 startup assistance organizations (such as business incubators, accelerators, and hubs) operate in the country, high - growth companies like Shopify and Hootsuite did not participate in Canadian programs.

In order to pick out the contacts you'd like to hang with, you've got to be a detective, says Shances - Frances Moore, founder of the etiquette training programs at Shances Business Etiquette Co..

The newly launched Haskayne Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program is one of only two English programs like it in Canada.

If you have a business idea and would like to take the next step in commercialization, the Evolution program is your best option.

Like fellow Bay area start - up Geltor, Perfect Day is one of a new breed of companies in the «cellular agriculture» business — using genetically engineered yeasts that have been «programmed» to produce proteins or other ingredients found in plants or animals - on an industrial scale, without raising animals, and with less impact on the environment.

Peter Laufer: Yes, except in the environment that we have and the type capitalism we practice the regulatory agency in question which is the USDA, the United States Department of Agriculture; the National Organic Program, the NOP, is serving business at least as much as it's servicing the rest of us and maybe more and it's the position of the USDA that if companies like Trader Joe's or others decide that the origin of their products is a proprietary business tool, then they are successfully able to hide behind that claim and not tell you where something you're going to buy and eat came from.

Like Shock, Defy's program, teaching the ins and outs of legal business, lasted six months.

In the Total Transformation Program, James Lehman says you have to run your family like a business.

All of this reflects the fact that school food programs in this country are expected to operate like independent businesses, facing the same high food costs and overhead as any restaurant, but further hindered by inadequate funding, reams of regulations (no food operation is more heavily regulated), often grossly inadequate infrastructure and a notoriously fickle clientele.

I don't endorse discriminatory programs like the one in New Zealand, but it's naive to assume that the real - world costs associated with obesity are going to be blithely overlooked by businesses (or nations) out to protect their bottom line.

Along with the fascinating sessions that tackled topics like hurdling adversity, adding variety to youth sports programming and exploring generational issues in youth sports, delegates also took advantage of the opportunity to network with other attendees and share valuable information and insight, as well as visit the always impressive Athletic Business Exhibit Hall featuring the industry's most comprehensive trade show.

Meanwhile, Houston ISD does a brisk business in items like pizza and corn dogs, «carnival» foods the district is terrified to discontinue lest student participation drop and the entire school lunch program sink into the red.

In a system in which a la carte foods like pizza, slushies and chips may be sold in competition with the lunch program, and in which children may also opt out the program by bringing lunch from home, or (in upper grade levels) going off campus, offering brown rice, tofu and broccoli is not a sound business choicIn a system in which a la carte foods like pizza, slushies and chips may be sold in competition with the lunch program, and in which children may also opt out the program by bringing lunch from home, or (in upper grade levels) going off campus, offering brown rice, tofu and broccoli is not a sound business choicin which a la carte foods like pizza, slushies and chips may be sold in competition with the lunch program, and in which children may also opt out the program by bringing lunch from home, or (in upper grade levels) going off campus, offering brown rice, tofu and broccoli is not a sound business choicin competition with the lunch program, and in which children may also opt out the program by bringing lunch from home, or (in upper grade levels) going off campus, offering brown rice, tofu and broccoli is not a sound business choicin which children may also opt out the program by bringing lunch from home, or (in upper grade levels) going off campus, offering brown rice, tofu and broccoli is not a sound business choicin upper grade levels) going off campus, offering brown rice, tofu and broccoli is not a sound business choice.

He wants to reduce the use of residential streets and business corridors as highway shortcuts, and expand successful programs like the Third Avenue Summer Stroll in frequency and scope.

«Universal pre-K is such an important program, this council would like to follow its expenses, its details, its overruns and just be able to follow it in some transparent way,» Ms. Ferreras said — before adding the council we be asking for even more units of appropriation on top of the unfinished business from last year.

Unfortunately freedom of speech is contingent to how much money you have given that the media is itself a business that has to make profits as well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issue.

CSEA also pointed out the Empire Center's hypocrisy in challenging public employee health care coverage at a time when many irresponsible businesses benefit at taxpayer expense under programs like Family Health Plus and Child Health Plus.

As the only legislative leader who has owned and run a successful business, I will continue to promote measures like the «Small Business Full Employment Act» (A.5898 - A), which would create an environment for small businesses to grow by eliminating unnecessary taxes, and «Grow NY» (A. 6105, Kolb), which is an economic pilot program that would stimulate growth in the state economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses, and by eliminating certain taxes on manufacturers (A. 6758business, I will continue to promote measures like the «Small Business Full Employment Act» (A.5898 - A), which would create an environment for small businesses to grow by eliminating unnecessary taxes, and «Grow NY» (A. 6105, Kolb), which is an economic pilot program that would stimulate growth in the state economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses, and by eliminating certain taxes on manufacturers (A. 6758Business Full Employment Act» (A.5898 - A), which would create an environment for small businesses to grow by eliminating unnecessary taxes, and «Grow NY» (A. 6105, Kolb), which is an economic pilot program that would stimulate growth in the state economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses, and by eliminating certain taxes on manufacturers (A. 6758, Kolb).

Rob Simpson, president of CenterState CEO, finds much to like in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new business development program.

The state senator, whose turf covers not Maspeth but neighborhoods like Bayside and Whitestone, read a scripted speech that sounded like a laundry list of middle - class outer borough complaints against the present administration: from de Blasio's «narrow - minded anti-motorist» Vision Zero program, to his opposition to bringing the city into line with the rest of the state's two percent property tax cap, to his allegedly insufficient support for co-ops and small senior centers, to the influence of high - power political consultants at City Hall, to the lack of public transit options in the deepest reaches of the city (which the state controls), to his purported failure to shield small businesses from rent hikes, to — yes — his scrapped plans to convert the Holiday Inn into a homeless shelter.

In addition to conducting and funding research to develop more effective and safer therapies, NCI has thriving research programs in critically important areas like survivorship, delivery of care, primary prevention, screening, and quality of life — areas that are not traditionally supported by the private sector because they have limited commercial value or are not a good fit with traditional pharmaceutical and biotech business modelIn addition to conducting and funding research to develop more effective and safer therapies, NCI has thriving research programs in critically important areas like survivorship, delivery of care, primary prevention, screening, and quality of life — areas that are not traditionally supported by the private sector because they have limited commercial value or are not a good fit with traditional pharmaceutical and biotech business modelin critically important areas like survivorship, delivery of care, primary prevention, screening, and quality of life — areas that are not traditionally supported by the private sector because they have limited commercial value or are not a good fit with traditional pharmaceutical and biotech business models.

Then in the advertising business I worked on a program with IBM, which was a resume job matching service like Monster.com.

HERALD TRIBUNE — Dec 17 — A handful of giant media companies, like NBC Universal, News Corp., Viacom and possibly CBS, are close to announcing a new Web site that will feature some of their best - known television programming and other clips in an attempt to build a business for distributing video on the Internet to rival YouTube.

Christy Moustris, who oversees the two dozen academies and pathway programs in Elk Grove Unified School District, says those focused on themes like health sciences require more expensive equipment than, say, a business academy, but, on average, Moustris estimates the need as follows:

If this approach sounds like a daunting challenge for already overworked teachers whose first order of business, after all, is teaching academics, Ungar says he's encouraged by some of the inventive programs he's encountered in U.S. and Canadian schools.

Instead of simply asking parents to sit on a panel for a few hours to discuss their jobs, established programs like those in Elk Grove always reach out to parents to be mentors and to offer internships and suggestions for local business partnerships.

But regulations like the one that was proposed in Georgia would alienate all mission - driven SGOs like these from tax - credit scholarship programs and ultimately force them out of business.

Some Democrats like Elizabeth Warren will probably grill her on the failed education experiment she has wrought in Michigan and on the overall corruption of her way of doing business — and hopefully extended questioning on whether or not she agrees with some Republicans who are already talking about turning the $ 15 billion Title I budget into a voucher program.

«In addition to giving grants to right - leaning think tanks like the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, the Walton foundation hired an education program officer who had worked at the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative business - backed group.»

If you opt for the Ford Work Solutions version of navigation / audio systems it's not user - friendly and you'll be wondering how Ford can offer a consumer solution that's among the best in the business with Sync and a commercial solution that looks like it was programmed with a Commodore 64.

Been in the car business for a while and like taking the time to find the right fit & programs that help my customers.