Sentences with phrase «companies than those led»

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Thanks to Microsoft and a few other companies that are following the software giant's lead, the spotlight on accurate worker classification is more intense than ever.

When they get venture money, these women - led companies generate revenues that are 12 percent higher than those of comparable male - run tech companies.

The strategy illustrates how companies are coping with Western Canadian Select bitumen blend oil prices that have largely failed to keep up with higher prices for New York - traded West Texas Intermediate, leading to wider - than - usual differences between the two.

According to HubSpot, companies that blog get 70 % more leads than those that don't blog.

Again, by rearranging the store, companies force customers to wander through the store longer to find what they need, leading to customers buying more than they needed.

In a similar vein, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation showed that women - led private technology companies have a 35 percent higher return on investment than male - led ones.

The Silverman brothers already have numerous connections to college officials through friends, alumni groups and former and current classmates, meaning the company can use warm leads rather than having to rely on cold - calling in new markets.

By the time the dust settles, the model and the companies that lead that industry will likely be radically different than what we see today.

Twitter has often boasted about its commitment to the principles of free speech, sometimes leading to criticism from those who felt the company was more interested in tolerating all forms of speech than in trying to ensure a harassment - free experience for its users.

«Now more than ever, we are excited to lead our company's global effort toward a renewable future and, partnering with Enel, set an industry example of how major companies can help to make a difference in climate change,» he added.

Here's why: Forrester Research states that less than 1 % of leads ever generate revenue for B2B companies, which means B2B marketers doing traditional lead gen waste 99 % of their time, energy, and money marketing to people who will never become customers.

• Grab, a ride - sharing company serving Southeast Asian markets, plans to raise more than $ 1.5 billion in a funding round led by SoftBank, according to Bloomberg.

These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

And since he did a good job leading the company through the recent downturn, analysts say there was no reason to suspect he had anything other than a good and loyal relationship with other company directors.

The point is I would have never been given the opportunity to save the company if I had anything other than a narrow say - do gap in the two years leading up to that event.

After the 2008 financial crisis when Goldman became a bank holding company, it could take in more customer deposits, which led to an increase in its holdings of more than $ 40 billion over the past six years.

Chief Executive Bob Dudley is in line for a $ 19.6 million compensation package for 2015, a year in which shrinking profit margins triggered by sharp falls in the price of oil led to more than 5,000 job losses at the oil and gas company.

Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award - winning co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and the cofounder of TalentSmart, the world's leading provider of emotional intelligence tests, emotional intelligence training, and emotional intelligence certification, serving more than 75 % of Fortune 500 companies.

In August 2014 Google Capital led a $ 100 million investment round in home services start - up Thumbtack and in September made a follow - on investment in the company, now valued at more than $ 1.3 billion.

The company has raised more than $ 20 million in venture capital, led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from NEA and Khosla Ventures.

Research has shown that women - led companies perform better than companies with no women in leadership positions.

The report indicated that while more than 78 percent of organizations have engaged in lead generation programs throughout last year, only about 17 percent of these companies are actually meeting their lead generation goals.

Today, DivaCup leads the category, having grown revenues more than 700 % in the last five years and landing at No. 103 on the PROFIT 500, our ranking of Canada's Fastest - Growing Companies.

Through its more than 9,800 retail locations, more than 1,100 walk - in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with more than 94 million plan members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services, and a leading stand - alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage health in more affordable and effective ways.

It's also forced me to totally change everything about how I lead and how I manage and what my calendar looks like and what my day - to - day is because the company is just a totally different animal today than it was six years ago.

Companies led by a family member were particularly good bets, producing better returns than both widely held firms and those that were family controlled but managed by someone outside the clan.

Of course, I was also hoping they might bring some customers and leads with them, allowing my company to grow faster than it would if I hired salespeople with no experience in the industry.

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So it's no surprise that Uber's Khosrowshahi told reporters this week that his company wanted to partner with other players than Toyota, as it tries to «make sure we have access to leading autonomous technology.»

Today, as the nation's leading private coaching company, CoachUp has more than 14,000 coaches and 200,000 athletes across 25 sports.

Led by the likes of Procter & Gamble, parent companies are discovering the value of promoting the corporate brands rather than just the product brands.

The Hoosier State is home to three of this year's fastest - growing African American - led companies, which had combined revenue of more than $ 49 million in 2014 alone.

Membership is up to 10 million, and though the company won't talk about revenue, a recent round of funding ($ 85 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz) valued it at more than $ 1 billion.

Porat led Google's reorganization under the holding company Alphabet last year; since she joined the company in May 2015, its stock price has risen more than 40 %.

Factors Chain International A global network of more than 250 leading factoring companies in 66 countries that seeks to facilitate trade through factoring and other financial services.

I know no better individual to lead this company forward than Tim Sloan.»

Gloria Santona recently retired from McDonald's Corporation, the world's leading global food service retailer with more than 36,000 restaurants in 120 companies.

In June, Uber closed more than $ 1 billion from a number of venture capital companies, led by Fidelity Investments, making it the priciest startup ever with a value or more than $ 18 billion.

Proving that California has more to offer than great weather, the city boasts 14 fast - growing, women - led companies.

The list, compiled by ALPFA, prioritizes women leading large public companies with significant operating roles, rather than C - level staff roles.

This year's list of powerful Latina women prioritizes women leading large public companies with significant global operating roles, rather than c - level staff roles.

Plank likes his chances, in part because the wide appeal of Under Armour's locker - room aesthetic and barking brand voice could transfer to any number of connected products (think: Future Girl), but also because he now has more fitness data about users than even the leading tech companies.

Sorrell led the British - based company for more than 30 years.

Like the great generals of World War II (Patton, MacArthur, Montgomery, De Gaulle), these CEOs return to office at a time of crisis to revive their enterprise and lead their companies to greater glory than they did during their first tour of duty.

«The idea of «rejecting» capitalism could lead some first - time entrepreneurs to found focus - first companies, where they're more concerned about helping people than making a profit.

In fact, marketers who blog are 13 times more likely to experience positive return on investment, and companies that blog generate 67 percent more leads than those who don't.

The new company will be led by the president of EQT's midstream business, Jerry Ashcroft, who has more than 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, according to EQT.

Argue what the company's sustainable «unfair advantages» are — the reasons that would lead to success more than someone else trying to do the same thing (for example, unique talent, strategic connections, key intellectual property).

The lenders want the stake to be sold for top dollar but fear it will be sold for less than that to McClendon's wife, Kathleen, because she is family, said a lawyer representing a syndicate of banks led by Wilmington Trust that loaned $ 465 million to a company McClendon founded in 2013, American Energy Partners LP (AEP).

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.