Sentences with phrase «first group of agents»

I know that organized real estate began in some parts of Canada more than 100 years ago and as I look through the records of the past, it seems to me this really became a significant industry when the first group of agents organized co-operatively as a sharing organization.

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Jeff Howe, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, who was one of the first professionals to use the word, defines it as «the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.»

Our group has 3 major goals: Develop novel therapeutic approaches based on centrosomal clustering To further develop our first prototype inhibitors of centrosomal clustering preclinically and to establish a robust and specific high throughput small molecule screen Discover key events in myeloma pathogenesis To investigate the pivotal transition from the pre-malignant, asymptomatic to malignant, symptomatic stages of plasma cell dyscrasias in order to understand the pathophysiology and thereby identify novel targets Translate small molecule therapeutics from bench to clinical trials To evaluate novel agents in the preclinical setting and to initiate early phase clinical trials in hematologic malignancies with focus on multiple myeloma

She's dispatched to Sparrow School to join an elite group of agents taught who use their sexuality to lure in unsuspecting targets, before receiving her first mission: uncover Nash's mole.

by Anne R. Allen Good critique groups are the easiest (and cheapest) way for new writers to learn the nuts and bolts of the craft and keep those cringe - making first drafts from gumming up agents» and publishers» desks (or becoming part of Konrath's tsunami of crap.)

This updated edition includes: targeted profiles of literary agents who are actively building their client lists, plus informative articles on crafting the perfect first page, attending conferences, establishing a healthy critique group, and more.

June 12, 2017 — Jess Montgomery's first two Sheriff Lily Ross Historical mysteries sold to Minotaur Books, editor Catherine Richards, by literary agent Elisabeth Weed of The Book Group.

(The US author Hugh Howey and his agent Kristen Nelson told me in Frankfurt that they now have 30 non-US publishers putting out translated editions of Hugh's Silo Saga trilogy — here's the first book in its US edition http://ow.ly/pXnAl — and I actually met 15 of those publishers, myself, an engaging, excited group.

Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart - pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.An eighteen - year - old covert agent is pulled out of training before graduation by Black X, a espionage group so secret even the President of the United States doesn't know it exists.For her first mission, she must go undercover as the long - lost daughter of a recently deceased billionaire, infiltrate high society, and protect the Prince of Montrovia from assassination.But Prince Lorenzo is known as the Playboy Prince for a reason and his sensuality and charisma add a whole other level of complication to her mission.

But one of the agents in my very first query group, Harvey Klinger, asked to see the first few chapters three hours after I sent my query letter.

«We like to do things differently,» said Torstein Hagen, founder and Chairman of Viking Cruise Lines, speaking to a group of travel agents and travel journalists shortly after the Viking Star set sail for the first time to its new winter home in the Caribbean.

Destinations editor Eric Moya was a guest of the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya last week, attending the AIC Hotel Group's first Showstopper Awards for its top - selling agents and tour operators.

The trip was designed to give agents first - hand experience of the operator's destinations and immersive insider experiences, helping them to sell its escorted small group journeys and tailor - made tours with confidence.

- $ 80 million China - U.S. co-production - handled by Threshold Global Studios, a new banner formed by Bruno Wu and producer Larry Kasanoff - team - up between Kasanoff's Threshold Entertainment Group and Wu's Seven Star Works - Mortal Kombat producer Kasanoff is in Cannes speaking with international sales agents - team has been working with The Tetris Company for over a year - financing has been secured - plan is to film in China and other locations in 2017 - billed as a sci - fi thriller - film is seen as the first part of a trilogy - Threshold's Jimmy Lenner is executive producing with The Tetris Company and Seven Stars

We know that real estate agents are often the first point of contact for aspiring homeowners and working with real estate groups like NAGLREP is key in reaching and educating consumers about homeownership so they become sustainable homeowners.»

When Chris Trapani, founder and CEO of Sereno Group Real Estate, graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1990, he immediately went to work in the real estate business as an agent, before having the opportunity to experience a number of different roles during his first 16 years in the industry.

I remember being so totally shocked at a weekly mandatory office meeting the first few weeks in the business when the manager explained to the group of several new agents (they came and went very often), that mostly only 50 - 60 % of all listings taken actually sold, the first time around as listed.

One of Alex's first contributions to the Sereno Group was to help lead and implement the «1 % for Good» program, where agents and offices as a whole can elect to donate a portion of their earnings to local charitable and community - minded organizations.

Our listings are previewed to the homes area top group of agents for them to circulate to their possible buyers first.

Brad began his career with a local, independent residential brokerage firm in Champaign, Illinois, transitioned to becoming a broker and owner of Miller & Miller Realtors ™, a family business with over 150 agents, and later became the Senior Vice President of National Sales at First American Residential Group (FATCO).