Sentences with phrase «early stage because»

Games often break up at this early stage because someone wants different rules and children don't yet have the skill to negotiate their differences.

It was in the early stage because she was still being herself and she wasn't bleeding.

Cosmetic breast implants have become increasingly popular, but some studies have suggested that implants can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer at an early stage because they create shadows on mammograms that can obscure some breast tissue.

Development on the 8 GB Nook Tablet is still in its early stages because not many people have them yet.

Many authors come in the early stages because they want to make sure the book is marketable to publishers, and for help getting a great agent.

A debtor that chooses to quit a debt settlement program in the early stages because it's not what they expected - «the balances are HIGHER» — probably take a cake out of the oven after 4 minutes and express disappointment that it's no good!

Distemper may be misdiagnosed in its early stages because it begins as an upper respiratory infection resembling a cold., including fever of 103 - 105 degrees (normal for a dog is 100 - 102.5), loss of appetite, listlessness, and a watery discharge from eyes and nose.

Mesothelioma patients and their doctors often overlook the cancer in the earliest stage because the early symptoms can be mistaken for the symptoms of other illnesses.

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TUSK: One of the reasons I enjoy working with startups so much is because it's a lot like a political campaign — especially early - stage.

Investors are far more willing to back early - stage companies because the amounts of cash required are relatively small, and the potential payoff is huge.

«I don't want to say this is a great day — because it will have a negative impact on human beings, and I want to be compassionate,» says Linkner, the founder of Detroit Venture Partners, a $ 50 million venture capital firm that invests in early - stage start - ups in the city.

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.»

If you are an early - stage venture fund, you have to be thinking pretty hard about, «I hope I'm backing the company that ultimately becomes a «super-have» because they seem to have an unfair advantage.»

I'm amazed actually, because when I was going through the early stages of parenting there was not much out there at all.

«There is right now no private companies doing any restorations, if you will, because we're still at the early stages of re-entry.

VentureBeat, for instance, surmised that Graham had ulterior motives when he made the statement because Y Combinator competes with Google Ventures to invest in similar early - stage start - ups.

Pre-money valuation is the «magic» number that everyone hypes because we're led to believe that it validates the existence of early stage ventures.

Getting funding during the early stages of a startup is critical, but also tough because it's one of the riskiest times to invest in a business.

Gramegna continued: «We are still at early stages here, because this is a new element compared to what we had with other bailout programs.»

Many workers who opt to join a startup in the early stages do so because they're fed up with the overly bureaucratic, stagnant world of traditional corporations.

Because the two exchanges accommodate companies from their early stages to their maturity, astute investors in Canada and elsewhere can identify promising young firms and then participate in their subsequent growth.

Phase III funding, the round where ideas are validated with up to $ 10 million in funding, is the very center of the valley of death, because it's the biggest test for early - stage companies.

That's a big deal because Alnylam's drug is based on an extremely early - stage kind of medical technology called RNAi, or RNA interference, which uses basic biological building blocks to tackle problematic genetic discrepancies.

Finally, as in most recessions, entrepreneurs have less leverage because there are more early stage startups than in previous years.

For Verizon (vz), which zero rated its short video service Go90, the move also appeared to hamper competition, but was less serious because the market for short, mobile videos is still at an early stage, the FCC said.

And, he says, because funding is more readily available at the early stage, founders have access to capital — and that capital has fewer strings attached.

The Flipboard co-founder said he had been talking with McCue for some time about moving on, primarily because he was looking for a way to recapture the excitement of an early - stage startup.

I wrote the book because I believe that the best way to generate outsized results is to own stock in high - growth, private, early - stage technology companies.

For instance, equity crowdfunding is not a great solution at an early, early stage, because it can be really expensive in the long term, when you have a low valuation... So we would help an entrepreneur understand, well, let's look at debt - based crowdfunding,» he says.

Because angel investors assume a great deal of risk by investing in early stage companies, applicants should be able to make a compelling case for a 10x or better return on investment within 5 years.

People are the most important thing in a startup so people and talent always comes first when deciding - especially for early - stage investments, which is what I do - because the team is typically very small.

This was why financial repression, although useful in the early stages of China's growth period because it turbocharged investment, ultimately became one of the county's biggest problems once investment no longer needed turbocharging.

«Detailed questions regarding foreclosure procedures should be avoided, especially in the early stages of the mortgage application process,» says Rhett Struve, realtor for Keller Williams Premier Realty in Lake Minnetonka, Minn. «Lenders will view this negatively because it displays a potential inability to make the necessary monthly payments.»

It is hard to «mathematically» value early - stage businesses because of a lack of clarity on future possible cash flows.

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

Some early - stage companies might have a high valuation when you look at their relatively small asset and revenue base because they have the potential to grow very quickly or there are high margins in their business.

Because approval is often largely based upon the business owner's personal credit history, a business credit card may be a good option for startup and early - stage businesses that haven't been in business long enough to establish a strong business credit profile, yet occasionally need credit to pay for business expenses.

They are often one of the best sources of early - stage deal flow for VCs because one of the first companies most entrepreneurs do business with is their lawyers who incorporate their companies.

An early - stage company typically sells its shares (or grants options over its shares) to its founders and early employees at a very low cash cost, because they are, in effect, putting their «sweat equity» into the Company.

Early - stage, unfunded tech startups can sometimes struggle to attract candidates because of the perceived risk.

Consequently, a person coming into the program at a later stage will be unable, in a substantial number of instances, to find additional investors because the recruiting of participants into the program at an earlier stage by others has exhausted the number of prospective participants.

An early - stage company typically sells its units (or grants options over its units) to its founders and early employees at a very low cash cost, because they are, in effect, putting their «sweat equity» into the Company.

ICO investing is so profitable because projects are in their earliest stage and haven't proven themselves yet.

While a smaller issue in comparison, largely because it doesn't impact the live ethereum network, the problems facing the Casper test network also provide evidence of the early - stage nature of ethereum as a technology.

It's because angel investors provide this critical early stage capital, and are involved in so many more young companies, that I believe they are more important to entrepreneurs, and the economy, than traditional VC funds.

Because Deming has always had an intriguing relationship with time, we weren't all that surprised when she reached out to us late last week to let us know her San Francisco - based venture firm, The Longevity Fund, has now established a new accelerator program — one with backing from famed investor Marc Andreessen, the early - stage venture firm Felicis Ventures and other, unnamed investors.

Getting more women involved in early - stage investing is imperative to our innovation economy because women will control the majority of U.S. investable assets by 2030.

That's because alternative lenders are providing capital for a much shorter time period (months) rather than your local bank (years), and are likely to work with businesses in earlier stages of development (1 year + vs. 5 years +).

This type of presentation can be helpful to both startup and early - stage entrepreneurs because it provides a clear picture of management's spending priorities before reading other sections of a business plan.

Because many traditional venture funds have ballooned and expanded to late - stage and international companies, there was a need for new, smaller investors who were focused on financing early - stage companies.