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«Dealing with the increasing damage from climate extremes and, just as important, the growing economic potential in activities to overcome it will increasingly dominate entrepreneurial efforts in future decades.

CEO Fergal Roche went on to say that «while the school funding system should not rely on entrepreneurial efforts in schools to make ends meet» there has been «more and more school leaders looking for ways to generate extra income and make better use of their funding».

The Spring 2018 Illinois Innovation Index, recently published by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC) and titled: «University Entrepreneurship Index: Startup Activity Reaches New Heights,» highlights a variety of university - driven entrepreneurial efforts in Illinois.

«Running for Governor was great fun and very educational but I decided to pursue advocacy activity and some entrepreneurial efforts in legal industries.»

Not exact matches

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

What's more, the ubiquity of tech startups — and the decreased financial barrier to entry — has prompted Philadelphia and Detroit, among other cities, to begin offering venture capital in an effort to boost economic development, create jobs and attract young people, says Archna Sahay, Philadelphia's manager of entrepreneurial investment.

In the entrepreneurial world of the»80s, people got rich through logical means: starting companies, working hard, and hoping their efforts would build value.

Invest a little money, time and effort in having members of your staff take a business - oriented personality assessment to help you figure out which ones are entrepreneurial and those who will perform better in other roles.

From the moment the entrepreneurial spirit kicks in and you say «I'm going to start a business» to the day you wrap up your «exit strategy», and you either kick off a new business or retire to a vacation paradise, you need a professional law partner to guide your legal, tax, and business planning efforts.

But in the document, Hsieh said a lot more about a lot of things, and even quotes Apple's Steve Jobs about taking the long view of such an entrepreneurial effort.

Julian has an entrepreneurial background in investing, having founded and led the merchant banking effort at Atlas Advisors prior to co-founding Alliance Consumer Growth in 2011.

With a personal desire and eye for design and innovation, Shaul has focused his entrepreneurial energy into the emerging technology industry by founding various innovative startups and startup incubators around the U.S. Initiating efforts include being co-founder of OfficePort, a co-working business center with two locations in Kansas City and one in Chicago.

Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user - generated content.

In addition to leading fundraising efforts and portfolio management, Rob brings a network of relationships and business partnerships, while providing our companies with entrepreneurial and strategic advisement.

The Startup Visa program was launched by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in April 2013, with the participation of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) in order to support the efforts of Angel investor groups in bringing innovative young companies and their entrepreneurs to Canada, furthering our innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

-- Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y. hope that the region's efforts reinvent itself in the post-industrial age appeals to Amazon's entrepreneurial grit.

PULLMAN, Wash. — The first graduate of Washington State University's online professional master's degree program in electric power engineering is launching an effort to bring light, power and entrepreneurial opportunities to residents of Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea.

Bowes supported BioFulcrum's entrepreneurial approach and focus on accelerating the discovery of cures through a team - science model, an effort that launched in 2015.

Opening May 16th, Disney's «Million Dollar Arm» is based on the inspiring true story of entrepreneurial sports agent J.B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) who comes up with a bold plan in a last ditch effort to save his livelihood.

Still, the volume does an admirable job depicting some of the more entrepreneurial people in education today and imparting enough information to suggest which of these efforts will pay off — and which will disappear.

The goal, Gray explains, is to reach out to the organizations in other cities with underutilized resources in the entrepreneurial sector, share best practices, and ultimately support cities in their efforts to become «vibrant hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship.»

Our guests will discuss the tangible skills educators can develop to become more entrepreneurial and effective in their efforts to improve education from the bottom up.

Today, an unprecedented (if still small) number of entrepreneurial efforts are taking root in the rocky soil of elementary and secondary education.

The Colorado Education Initiative and its coalition partners imagine a future where education is designed to: help students develop the academic, professional, entrepreneurial, personal, and civic competencies that a modern society and economy demand; support educators in creating learning environments designed to maximize these outcomes for students; and promote systems that support and incentivize educators in this effort.

At last week's presentation, «Launching an Entrepreneurial Venture: From Cambridge to Tajikistan Using Raspberry Pis and the Sneakernet,» Beary shared her experiences with Entrepreneurial Lab (eLab)-- an entrepreneurship education program for high - potential, disadvantaged young women between the ages of 12 and 15 around the world — both in an effort to capture the early stages of a startup and to share how the organization has used low - cost technology to reach young women living in remote parts of low - income countries.

The Kauffman Foundation, which studies and promotes entrepreneurship, sees dramatic upticks on several indicators of entrepreneurial effort and small - business activity in 2013 — 14.

It will take a collection of men and women with entrepreneurial drive, operational savvy and passion for overhauling education so that all children can succeed in order to take on the challenges of transforming a system that has poorly served so many kids for far too long.After all, reform efforts are wasted if they fail because of bad strategic, tactical and operational decisions.

But rather than holding Perry accountable for his failings, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, has supported his taxpayer - supported entrepreneurial efforts by pushing through approval of a plan that would allow Perry to use his private company to a charter school in New Haven.

And though kind of understandable, these are, after all, new entrepreneurial efforts, with tons of development in front of them, these plans are available now, growing, and present some attractive alternatives.

My favorite presenter at the recent Inc. 500/5000 conference was Guy Kawasaki, who offered an informative session about cultivating and maintaining «enchantment» in your customers or clients, so perhaps this series of posts in which I summarize those points and discuss how they are applicable for us at Outskirts Press will also help you apply the information to your own entrepreneurial efforts (starting a business, running a company or yes, even marketing a published book).

Is an effective effort in advocacy for entrepreneurial authors possible with the numbers battle as a basis?

I've asked Howey if, in fact, he thinks that an author - advocacy effort like Author Earnings could have been mounted before the substantial rise we see today of the entrepreneurial - author dynamic, which is so focused on community and, in many instances, on mutual support.

The austerity of the site, the concision and economy of its statements, may surprise some in the established publishing community who would expect any effort in organizing entrepreneurial authors to be all funny hats, whimsical fonts, motivational aphorisms, and phantom unicorn lovers.

According to the Howey test, an instrument is only an investment contract if it involves an investment of money or other tangible or definable consideration in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived primarily from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others.

In an effort to give back and offer opportunities to other young women with big ideas, my company has funded the first women's entrepreneurial accelerator in a U.S. college, starting this summeIn an effort to give back and offer opportunities to other young women with big ideas, my company has funded the first women's entrepreneurial accelerator in a U.S. college, starting this summein a U.S. college, starting this summer.

As noted by the SEC, an investment contract is «an investment of money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others.»

Because of Caren's innovative and entrepreneurial efforts, she was awarded the National Association of Legal Professionals (NALP) Mark of Distinction in 2009, the coveted InnovAction Award by the College of Law Practice Management in 2014, and the Ms. JD «Strength in Numbers» Award in 2015.

The «LII - in - a-Box» aims to solve this problem by providing a turnkey solution that enables «free law publishing projects, usually small entrepreneurial bootstrapped start - ups, to concentrate their initial efforts and resources on delivering much needed sustainable access to the law.»

As stated in the Munchee order, «Purchasers had a reasonable expectation that they would obtain a future profit from buying MUN tokens if Munchee were successful in its entrepreneurial and managerial efforts to develop its business.

I am an energetic, entrepreneurial, and ambitious young entry level engineer who has worked in a team effort on several projects with Fortune 150 companies.