Sentences with phrase «days at startup»

However, even with their regarded case study construct, it lacked the real exposure to what early days at startup are like.

The moderator asked me: «What is the most important thing you do on any given day at your startup?»

Not exact matches

Plus, Target adds same - day delivery option at checkout and there is a new startup making high - end cookware more affordable.

Why you should care: Lynxsy, which presented at TechStars Demo Day NYC, allows startups to recruit junior talent on demand.

Once years ago while attending a conference in Las Vegas put on by a startup I was working with at the time, I ran into one of the speakers for the day, long - time Vegas resident and Zappos founder Tony Hsieh.

The Kitchener, Ont. - based company, which makes furnace and water meter monitors, beat out five other startups at Communitech's Rev Demo Day to take the top prize.

Plus, every VC is working with more than a handful of startups at any given time, so we simply don't have the bandwidth to hold a founder's hand on a day - to - day basis.

Beshara, now the co-founder and CEO of group payments startup Tilt, was six days post-graduation and newly arrived at his not - for - profit microfinance job in Capetown, South Africa, when his boss gave him a new assignment in the surrounding slums.

To do that, fellow panelist Edith Yeung, a partner at Mountain View, Calif. - based early - stage venture fund and seed accelerator 500 Startups, advised venture - seekers to attend so - called «demo days» to watch fellow entrepreneurs pitch, because «it's a good way to get a sense of the language.»

Harris has also used traditional methods, of course: saving money at his old job while cutting rent and living costs to prepare for the unstable early - startup days.

Fancy tried to repurpose as many of those people into other roles as possible but at the end of the day, it's a startup and when it pivots it pivots... [Layoffs are] always unfortunate but at the end of the day, Fancy is a startup that is still young and agile.»

For example, Google announced that it will hold its own Women's Demo Day, which will feature women - led startups from around the country pitching to a group of judges at the Googleplex, with the goal of driving investment and providing Google mentorship and introductions to each entrepreneur.

We know video has to be part of startup's marketing strategies these days with tons of research supporting the medium's effectiveness at increasing conversion rates and likelihood of making a purchase.

It may take a while to reach that milestone, as most venture - backed startups fail (of the 33 startups that presented at the 2016 Xoogler demo day, fewer than two - thirds still have an active web presence).

Evening work: If you're already working a day job (or your days are dedicated to your startup), you can take a higher - paying job in the evenings, such as bartending or serving at a high - end restaurant.

With a modern - day innovation rush enveloping the globe, startup ecosystems» stakeholders mainly search for it in a neighboring garage or at a never - ending tech hackathon.

He was addressing an intimate crowd at the StartUp Health Café in San Francisco about the White House Cancer Moonshot — the widely praised initiative he had begun leading just a year ago and that, only days from now, was slated to lose its potent «White House» prefix — when he began talking about his eldest son.

At TechCrunch Disrupt in Beijing, Systrom says the startup's most difficult day was its first, when the site crashed multiple times.

The innovative, patent - pending technology won the Toronto - based startup a best of show award at FinovateFall 2015, a two - day showcase of new innovations in financial and banking technology.

We actually see startups in China grow at a faster pace the first three to five years than they do in the U.S.. It's not uncommon to see Chinese teams working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, six days a week.

At the end, rather than pitching their business plans to venture capitalists in a «demo day» — the standard model of startup incubators — the teams made «lessons learned» presentations, during which they explain how the customer feedback helped them shape their plans.

The startup allows customers to rent articles of clothing from more than 450 designers, with tiered monthly subscription services and items that start at $ 30 for a four - day rental.

At his startup Sage (sage), Jonas says, his team decided in a day to launch a postpartum depression trial for one of its drugs.

The startup's shares opened at 60 percent above IPO price on the company's first day of trading.

At the end of the day, no business can sustain itself without cash — this is especially true for a bootstrapped startup.

That was the scenario a few days ago at Hero City in San Mateo, where Adam Draper, founder of the Bitcoin - focused startup accelerator Boost, interviewed four members of his family before an audience of Boost participants and Draper University students.

«Don't just look at the first three pages; look at the first 25, so you're not missing anything,» says Shah, who discovered after five days of Googling, that the initial name for her clothing startup Vicaire was taken by an existing small business that hadn't bothered with trademarks — but could later on.

At a startup — especially in the early days — you'll likely be working with a small team.

To put that into perspective, Zipcar, the hot sharing - economy startup of its day, commanded around a 6x multiple at its peak.

These days, this is a ubiquitous question being asked by hiring managers at startups and Fortune 500 companies alike.

As the CEO of a startup, I've learned that it's inevitable that you'll experience anxiety at least once every day.

TV dinners or no, Day just might have chosen the perfect Canadian startup, at the perfect moment, to launch her next act.

«I know a Stanford grad who sat in the parking lot the day before his interview at a Seattle startup to check out what the employees were wearing,» she says.

Working for a startup is like jumping into a new family: One day you're strangers, the next you're sharing a house at a trade show across the country.

TORONTO, September 14, 2015 — North meets south at the two - day Venture North conference, kicking off tomorrow with the first - ever C100 Startup Competition emceed by Amber Mac and Bruce Croxon.

Nahid built and sold a mobile messaging startup during her college days at Bangladesh.

Numerous factors can work against a startup in its early days, but a strong core team will see it through thick and thin, thus setting a strong foundation, said panellists at the TechCircle Summit.

If there are certain days or times during the year when your startup truly needs everyone at work, make those dates clear in your vacation policy and communications with staff.

Austin, Texas May 5, 2016 «Longhorn Startup at the University of Texas at Austin invites you to Demo Day where we will -LSB-...]

«I can not overemphasize the important role startup companies — and the investors who drive them toward success — have in building the economy,» said David Day, Director of the Office of Technology Licensing and Vice President of Technology Transfer at the University of Florida.

She built and sold a mobile messaging startup during her college days at Bangladesh.

«I'm kind of a turd in that I worked like six - hour days because I'd just be Adderall - ed up and work for six hours like a monster and then peace out,» said one programmer at an advertising startup.

-LSB-...] met Keith Nowak at the recent VC Demo Day event and he was kind enough to share the story and lessons of how his startup, imercive, ran out -LSB-...]

Seven of Toronto - Waterloo's most promising startups kicked off the two - day Venture North conference today at MaRS, facing off in front of industry VIP judges during the first - ever C100 Startup Competition.

North meets south at the two - day Venture North conference, kicking off tomorrow with the first - ever C100 Startup Competition emceed by Amber Mac and Bruce Croxon.

From the 13 shortlisted startups at 1st batch of the early stage tech Startup Accelerator program, about three or four selected startups would get acceleration fund from Z Nation Lab, while venture capital firms such as Matrix Partners, Accel India, Mumbai Angels will be part of the investor panel on the demo day and may invest in promising startups.

When you're in the startup phase of business, try to devote at least 80 percent of your day to sales - related tasks.

TORONTO, September 15, 2015 — Seven of Toronto - Waterloo's most promising startups kicked off the two - day Venture North conference today at MaRS, facing off in front of industry VIP judges during the first - ever C100 Startup Competition.

There will be an Asia startup conference at COEX, Seoul, South Korea for 3 days from Nov. 30 — Dec. 2, 2017, hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and organized by 500VOLT TWO Inc, Brandcook, Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity, Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Korea Foundation for Cooperation of Large & Small Business, Rural Affairs, Korea Business Incubation Association, Korean Venture Capital startup conference at COEX, Seoul, South Korea for 3 days from Nov. 30 — Dec. 2, 2017, hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and organized by 500VOLT TWO Inc, Brandcook, Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity, Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Korea Foundation for Cooperation of Large & Small Business, Rural Affairs, Korea Business Incubation Association, Korean Venture Capital Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Korea Foundation for Cooperation of Large & Small Business, Rural Affairs, Korea Business Incubation Association, Korean Venture Capital Market.

My team at Davis Wright Tremaine and I are excited and honored to be able to help kick off the first day of Seattle Startup Week 2014 with an intensive meetup about the legal ins - and - outs surrounding Washington State Equity Crowdfunding.