Sentences with phrase «by such a venture»

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The bill codifies the ownership of stuff gathered by U.S. companies in space in part to allow for stable investment in such ventures — and to encourage more players to get into the field.

By the 1970s, the state got involved, doling out loans to would - be business owners, and socially oriented private venture groups, such as Northern Vermont Lending Partners and the Vermont Food Venture Center, soon followeventure groups, such as Northern Vermont Lending Partners and the Vermont Food Venture Center, soon followeVenture Center, soon followed suit.

Amazon has similarly ventured into more high - end fashion, selling products by designers such as Zac Posen and Stuart Weitzman.

Start by raising money for a less risky venture, such as real estate.

Global investor confidence grew in the U.S. in the past year but cooled in some previously hot emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India, according to a report released today by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Deloitte's Emerging Growth Company Practice.

He added that ICOs backed by real assets would allow companies to circumvent much of the Wall Street middleman apparatuses, such as the army of investment bankers and venture capitalists, and sell directly to would - be stakeholders.

Led by pioneers such as Birchbox, the cosmetics service that claims some 400,000 subscribers, the model is being embraced at a rapid pace by consumers and the venture capital community.

Cathay reported a HK$ 792 million profit in the second half of 2017, but that was driven by earnings from «associates» such as its stake in Air China Ltd and a cargo joint venture rather than the airline's performance.

It also offers specific policy recommendations including providing tax credits to promote venture capital investments in minority businesses, as well as tax credits for new low - income entrepreneurs, and encouraging the use by credit rating agencies of alternative data such as rent and utility payments in establishing credit histories.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Sharef notes HireArt couldn't afford such an up - front marketing expense if it weren't backed by $ 2.4 million in venture funding.

For now, technology companies like ours — who lack the crucial support of venture capitalists — are forced to rely on angel investors and the generosity of companies like Google, which just partnered with Beit Issie Shapiro to grant $ 1 million in order to donate the Sesame Enable technology to every individual in Israel whose life could be improved by such a phone.

There are venture capital efforts that are trying, such as Matter.vc and the Knight Foundation's Enterprise Fund, run by Benoit Wirz.

Before Walmart's recent acquisitions of trendy e-commerce brands, Amazon had similarly ventured into more high - end fashion, selling products by designers such as Zac Posen and Stuart Weitzman.

Federal government could stimulate venture markets by introducing a capital - raising incentive such as a deferred capital gains tax for reinvestment of proceeds into small - business shares, effectively channeling locked - up capital earning uncompetitive returns into the shares of small enterprise.

This follows an internal study by the company that showed just how much users hate such ads — 69 % of people who encounter them abandoned the entire page completely, versus the 9 % who actually ventured to press the «get app» button.

New Form Incubator, the studio's name for the creative venture, will develop and fund 14 short films, three to 10 minutes in length, produced by YouTube stars such as Joey Graceffa, Joe Penna of MysteryGuitarMan and Sawyer Hartman, who have 3.6 million, 2.8 million and 1.7 million subscribers, respectively.

Portfolio Holdings for Non-US Funds / Non-US Advisers - From time to time Franklin Templeton Resources Inc (FRI) and its subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures and related and affiliated business entities («FTI») may provide you with a partial listing of portfolio securities including but not limited to top contributors and detractors to portfolio performance owned by one or more non-US domiciled funds that are registered or passported with local regulatory authorities and are sponsored by FTI (each a «Fund» and together «Funds») and any such additional information relating to the Fund (s) that may not otherwise be publicly disseminated.

S.Advisers - From time to time Franklin Templeton Resources Inc. («FRI») and its subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures and related and affiliated business entities («FTI») may provide you with a partial listing of portfolio securities including but not limited to top contributors and detractors to portfolio performance owned by one or more non-US domiciled funds that are registered or passported with local regulatory authorities and are sponsored by FTI (each a «Fund» and together the «Funds») and any such additional information relating to the Fund (s) that may not otherwise be publicly disseminated.

In December, Uber raised another $ 1.2 billion in a round of funding participated in by venture firms such as Benchmark, First Round Capital, and Google Ventures as well as mutual funds BlackRock and Fidelity Investments.

By following this simple guide, you can see whether venture capital is right for you and get yourself on the road toward making such investments to supplement your other investing activities.

Venture - backed robo - advisors, such as Betterment, Personal Capital and Wealthfront, are competing with new automated investment advice services launched earlier this year by Charles Schwab and Vanguard.

Venture capitalists» are influenced by product characteristics such as proprietary features and competitive advantage.

Over his venture career, he has worked with such companies as GrubHub (IPO: GRUB), Nextdoor, OpenTable (IPO: OPEN, Acquired by Priceline), Stitch Fix (IPO: SFIX), Uber, and Zillow.com (IPO: Z).

Venture capitalists have deep pockets and as such they can provide more money to grow a business, even more than can be provided by other lending companies.

Most recently, Cuende co-founded Stampery, a blockchain data certification start - up backed by venture capital firm Draper Associates, investors in companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Skype and Baidu.

Listing concerns such as regulation, volatility, disclosures, and risk appetite, the agency warned that «new ventures are highly - speculative and risky, and early - stage financing is often best undertaken by experienced investors.»

Mumbai - based daily consumables startup Supr Daily has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by angel investors from Venture Catalysts such as Dr Apoorv Ranjan Sharma and Anil Jain.

If a user has no desire to travel outside of the destinations offered by AeroMexico while spending predominantly on categories such as gas and groceries, then the value of the AeroMexico Visa Card can exceed that of even the Venture Card.

If you're a startup venture in Ontario or another Canadian province, you can use industry databases such as those offered by Statistics Canada, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis or Hoovers to help you quantify your market.

These are deals by which prosecutors can obtain multimillion - dollar fines from companies facing bribery allegations while sparing them a criminal conviction that would trigger other consequences such as violating covenants signed with lenders or joint - venture partners.

Reading is a skill or at least an activity, and few ventures are as disheartening as trying to get through books on the Bible by Southern Baptist Fundamentalists, such as Harold Lindsell's The Battle for the Bible (I 976).

For such a consciousness the word «God» has not yet become its destiny, and he will not easily venture to say what such a biological «intelligence» can achieve without being involved in the destiny signified by the word «God».

They indeed do have a metaphysic, in my second sense; but, if I may venture to say so, it is a very bad metaphysic since it is not recognized as such and hence has not been exposed by these thinkers to severe and searching criticism.

The participants in this poll were those who chose to take part over a span of eight years in a seminar sponsored, not by one of the major scholarly societies such as the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas or the Society of Biblical Literature, but by Funk's maverick entrepreneurial venture, the Westar Institute, located in Sonoma, California.

Marriage used to be considered the common, and yet individual, worthwhile adventure to which each one is called; and a large part of one's adolescent life was guided by the call to prepare for such a sacred venture.

The Series A round was led by venture capital company DFJ, which previously supported companies such as Tesla, SpaceX and Skype.

For us at the Royal Opera House, every pound invested by the public through the Arts Council is matched by over # 2 from ticket sales, commercial ventures (such as our DVD company, a wholly commercial subsidiary) or fundraising.

Being able to acquire new technologies, as well as becoming more innovative internally by venturing into new research areas, such as stem cell and gene therapy research, have allowed Genzyme to maintain its edge.

Smaller areas like Madison, Wisconsin, are showing some life as well, anchored in this case by supplier firms such as Promega Corp. and a host of other small ventures.

The first group to explore producing jet biofuel from such a facility was also announced by KLM after the flight last week — SkyEnergy will be a joint venture for the Dutch airline with North Sea Petroleum and Spring Associates.

The practice of science, which includes the packaging of findings from science for use in the public - policy arena, is governed by an unwritten code of conduct that includes such elements as mastering the relevant fundamental concepts before venturing into print in the professional or public arena, learning and observing proper practices for presenting ranges of respectable opinion and uncertainty, avoiding the selection of data to fit pre-conceived conclusions, reading the references one cites and representing their content accurately and fairly, and acknowledging and correcting the errors that have crept into ones work (some of which are, of course, inevitable) after they are discovered by oneself or by others.

Cortisol helps you respond to the scary effects of your everyday ad - ventures by regulating the levels of other hormones, such as thyroid and estrogen.

I spent the next several years with NOW, growing and expanding it and launching other alternative news weeklies and ventures such as the North by Northeast (NXNE) music festival and conference.

You expect any attempt by cinema to venture into the pomp and luxuriance of Louis XIV and the Palace of Versailles to be rife with excess and frilly posturing, but A Little Chaos dispels such fears.

As with such high - profile ventures, the cast is rounded out by an assortment of heavy - hitters, all of who attempt — with mixed results — to enliven their one - dimensional roles through sheer force of personality.

Some genre purists would certainly take issue with such an obvious effort to create new material by fusing the icons of literary classics, but Sommers» adrenalized upgrading for modern audiences isn't that different from Siodmak's first venture; the former's just over-cranked and way louder (aided by Alan Silvestri's outrageously bombastic score) in a 5.1 mix guaranteed to work out your home's subwoofer.

The refugees suffer from a host of issues associated with long - term encampment, such as overcrowding, delinquency, physical abuse, alcoholism and depression as well as the threat of harassment and deportation by Thai authorities should refugees venture outside the camps seeking employment.

Founders of a public academy will tread the same terrain — without an existing network of support such as that provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Charter Schools Program, the NewSchools Venture Fund, or the Charter School Growth Fund.

And we're going through another round today, with initiatives such as «Reimagining Learning,» led by Stacey Childress and her team at the NewSchools Venture Fund; the Emerson Collective's XQ SuperSchool project; Marc Zuckerberg's efforts to «personalize learning»; and any number of technology - centric undertakings like Summit Public Schools, Carpe Diem charter schools, and K12 - operated virtual schools.