Sentences with phrase «company founders in»

UPDATE: This post was updated on 25 August to reflect latest number of signatories to the open letter, which was originally 116 company founders in 26 countries.

«Some of the best company founders in the world are probably boss haters,» she says, adding that Steve Jobs may have been one himself.

Not exact matches

«What this has done is really allowed for more pools of money to be available to entrepreneurs, so that's the really big news about all of this,» says Geri Stengel, founder and president of Ventureneer, a digital media and market research company that, among other issues, specializes in crowdfunding.

«In order to meet the growing challenge of a tough market last year, I was forced to consider alternative options to keep my business viable,» said Dr. Alan Glazier, the company's founder and CEO.

Alex Fielding, the founder of the $ 250 million robotics company Ripcord, is stepping aside as CEO in the wake of an investigation into a 19 - year - old former employee's allegations that she was fired after complaining of a toxic work environment.

Among technology - focused investors, Glen Kacher, founder and chief investment officer at Light Street Capital, announced a long position in online security company Palo Alto Networks Inc, which he said has a 164 percent upside through 2020.

After Hogan launched his lawsuit against the company, it was revealed that PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel had been bankrolling the former wrestler and others who were suing Gawker, in the hope of driving the company out of business.

The companies with the most reach and the founders with the deepest connection to the consumer are able to show up in all of those different places in unique ways and tie it all back to the brand's central mission.

«In fact, founders like Michael probably have spent more time with their company than their kids.

Separately, Zuckerberg admitted his own obsession with his iPhone: He wrote his Founder's Letter in the company's S - 1 using his mobile.

According to its founder, who periodically makes announcements about his company's financial health even though he isn't required to do so, the company has been profitable in some quarters but prefers to reinvest in growth.

As angel investor and tech - company founder Tim Berry wrote on Entrepreneur, «You can probably cover everything you need to convey in 20 to 30 pages of text plus another 10 pages of appendices for monthly projections, management resumes and other details.

But listening isn't just about asking questions, it's also about careful attention, claims founder and creative leadership expert Chris Barz - Brown in Fast Company.

Indeed, it's «a constant game of risk management,» says founder Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, who also worked at Google but left in 2010 to launch Drawbridge, a company that builds technology to connect users» screens and devices without relying on their personal security information.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Friday requested public testimony from Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder and CEO, adding to the list of congressional panels looking to haul in the company's top executives.

«You have got this 10 - year vision and you know where you want to go... that's why you started a company,» said Tilenius, speaking at the Vanity Fair Founders Fair in New York City recently.

-- Elliot Tomaeno, founder and CEO of Astrsk PR, an award - winning PR agency that has launched more than 300 companies and products since being founded in 2012

«I've had several inquiries from Chinese interested in purchasing properties in Pyongyang, Wonsan and Sinuiju,» said the founder of INDPRK, a travel company in Dandong that runs tours to North Korea, who goes by the name Griffin Che.

Investors who spoke to CNBC all described a common experience with the ICO in question: They thought the project was legitimate until warning signs began to appear, including a falling out with the company's sole supplier, a lack of correspondence from its supposed founders, and failed attempts to recoup the lost funds.

Because founders have the upper hand, they'll retain an increasingly large share of the stock in, and control of, their companies.

Of course I fund people outside of that age range but statistically startup founders of VC - backed tech companies are more likely in that range.

Venture capitalists invested $ 58.2 billion in companies with all - male founders in 2016.

The Nanaimo, B.C., digital marketing company that landed the richest deal ever on Dragons» Den — then rejected it in favour of a better offer — has made an acquisition that its founder says gives it «the complete package» to take on its super-sized American rival.

Among the companies whose share price has fallen below an opening day price, are Inc. 5000 company Coupons.com, the online discounter, whose stock price has fallen 41 percent in the last year to $ 7.97; Founders 40 online babysitting and senior assistance company Care.com, whose stock is down 54 percent to $ 5.92.

But when that retailer stop expanding in the years that followed, Vision Quest Lighting's finances started shrinking to the point company founder Larry Lieberman was considering bankruptcy.

Rob Ferguson has resigned as chairman of litigation funder IMF Bentham after failing in a push for the company's three executive directors, including founder Hugh McLernon, to retire from the board.

Chris Brogan, founder and chief executive of Human Business Works, a business - training company in Portland, Maine, is one example, says Smith.

In speaking with analysts who have covered Michael Dell and his company for several decades, what emerges is a portrait of a founder so completely enmeshed with his business that many liken Dell (the company) to his fifth child.

Bravo's «Real Housewives of New York City» star, author, and the multi-millionaire founder and CEO of liquor and food company SkinnyGirl arrived Monday in Puerto Rico.

Christelle Macri is the founder of Ebizpromotion, a leading SEO company in Berkshire, with a no - nonsense and ethical approach to digital marketing.

Between being a minority at pretty every much industry event, having to convince (mostly male) venture capitalists to invest in your company, and having those investors constantly question your judgment, being a female founder can be an isolating experience.

For those not familiar with the show, it's important to know in the beginning of season 3, the awkward yet assertive founder, Richard Hendrix, is replaced as CEO of his own company by Jack Barker.

The filing comes almost two years after the company ousted founder Dov Charney, who is locked in a legal fight and sued American Apparel for defamation.

The second - richest person in China, Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma reportedly started China's first internet company in 1988: China Yellowpages.

I spoke with Tom Popomaronis, CEO and Founder of OpiaTalk, a company that specializes in hyper - conversion by means of their flagship widget.

«Gawker Media Group has agreed this evening to sell our business and popular brands to Univision, one of America's largest media companies,» Gawker founder Nick Denton said in an emailed statement.

Tom Gimbel is a founder and CEO whose LaSalle Network ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest - growing private companies in the U.S. 10 years in a row.

«We invested in a couple of fertility companies... We are broad, we are looking for great teams and founders and we try to fuel them.»

Tencent is also known in the U.S. for having taken a 5 % stake in Tesla Motors, making it the largest shareholder in the company behind founder Elon Musk.

TMI founder and managing director Mervyn Dobbins said the company was also in the advanced stages of completing joint venture arrangements with governments in China and the Middle East to implement the system.

Notably, it's only Sequoia's second investment in a blockchain - related company in that venture capital firm's 45 - year history; the first was earlier this year, in Polychain Capital, in a $ 200 million round in which Andreessen, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners also participated.

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In a conversation with Term Sheet, Barna talks about her transition from operator to investor, her biggest mistakes as a founder, and whether she plans to start another company.

-- Jonathan Cogley, CEO and founder of IT security company Thycotic, which ranks 2,671 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in 2014, up 760 spots from 2013.

When Serge Longin, founder of RevenueWell, moved the Bannockburn, Ill. - based marketing services company to a new office in 2012, he was eager to transform the bland, all - white office environment.

And yet, just eight years later, it seems Facebook may be turning into the very thing its founder once rejected: a still important technology company that's growing a bit long in the tooth and fighting to stay relevant by throwing stacks of money at whatever just might be the next big thing.

«I believe the CEO of a small - to - medium business has three major duties: to make sure there is money in the bank; to get the right people in the right roles; and to guide the long - term vision for the company,» said Nick Gray, the founder and CEO of Museum Hack, a team - building company in New York City that counts major brands, including Facebook, among its customers.

He was the founder, in 1884, of the National Cash Register company.

The Morgan Stanley presentation was requested by Founders and Board to have options for review and informed the decision - making process for all — and everyone agreed with the decision that the company would not go public in 2018.»

The billionaire co-founded PayPal in 1998, and through Founders, he's taken stakes in prominent companies like SpaceX and crypto - focused hedge funds.