Sentences with phrase «commit meaningful time»

We only invest in a very small number of seed stage opportunities and we commit meaningful time and attention to those businesses, often going on the board (for example, I was the earliest investor in the likes of WePay and Splunk).

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But in the process, what we've committed to is that we will not do a deal where there's less than a two and a half times multiple of impact,» suggesting a meaningful social impact that can be measured.

But when it came time to commit meaningful dollars to improve Yahoo's security infrastructure, Ms. Mayer repeatedly clashed with Mr. Stamos, according to the current and former employees.

EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on the Alberta government to commit to funding the Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Court, a unique program in the city that provides a path to meaningful rehabilitation while at the same time improving community safety and saving money.

It is an outgrowth of the continuing philosophy that church work is done not just by the minister and the official board, but by a committed congregation following a plan of «tithing of time» which can be as meaningful and productive as the tithing of money..

A Milwaukee teacher very committed to social justice teaching recently told me that even she is having a hard time finding the time and space to incorporate meaningful and critical lessons into her teaching because so much of the time is spent on test prep.

At the same time, in order to ensure an effective and ambitious global post-2012 climate regime, all major economies will need to commit to meaningful mitigation actions to be bound in the international agreement to be negotiated by the end of 2009.

The only way to identify those who are serious and willing to commit the time and effort to justify meaningful investment is to make inexpensive starter tools available to everyone, and measure who does what — or doesn't.

Transforming flying cars from curiosity to something that has a meaningful impact on urban mobility will be incredibly difficult, and some experts wonder if it's even worth the time, effort, and resources that companies like Airbus, Uber, and now Geely are committing to it.