Sentences with phrase «for founders of companies»

That goes doubly for founders of companies with a focus on social change.

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.

Founder and CEO Jack Davis launched the company four years ago with the goal of becoming the «Marvel for monsters,» a generator of scary characters that distributes programming through social media.

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.

As part of the CEO Project, a boot camp for entrepreneurs, Schleckser advises CEOs and company founders on the most important areas of their business to focus on.

For example, Wennmachers says, if you're the founder of a security company, offer to talk about the NSA.

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.

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.

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.

For our series College Treps, founder of real estate software company Rivolix offers up advice on what aspiring entrepreneurs should do when starting up.

«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.»

«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.

And because of that, many inexperienced founders are unprepared for the financial aspects of running a company.

While yoga was a passion of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, the company's website also emphasizes the use of its men's apparel for running, biking, and playing golf.

Canadian companies even have a new resource to turn to in their quest for female candidates: a recruiting firm launched last year by Pamela Jeffery, founder of the Women's Executive Network.

Marsha Firestone, PhD, is president and founder of Women Presidents» Organization, a non-profit membership organization for women presidents of multimillion dollar companies with 93 chapters on four continents.

For Suzie Ford, the founder and co-owner of NoDa Brewing Company, in Charlotte, North Carolina, paying her employees decent wages is critical.

Charlie is the owner and founder of Paradise Greens, a lawn company that installs synthetic grass for residential or commercial clients.

Cherae Robinson, founder and CEO of Tastemakers Africa, a mobile app for booking experiences in Africa, found it challenging to transition from running a bootstrapped company to one with outside capital behind it.

• PAG agreed to acquire the collective stakes from the three founders of Chinese industrial gas company Yingde Gases (SEHK: 2168) for $ 616 million, according to Reuters.

What are some of the key elements you always look for in a founder or company before investing?

In a letter of support, they complained that «it is often impossible» for immigrant entrepreneurs to get a visa to stay in the U.S. «Even in cases where the founders already have a visa of some sort, they typically can't use this visa to start a company.

According to her motion for preliminary injunction, her staff was let go, and she was shut out of discussions regarding her company's fate, even though she was the brand's founder and artistic director.

Wildly successful technology companies like Airbnb or Pinterest, for example, wouldn't be where they are today without the creative minds of their non-tech founders Brian Chesky (BFA in design) and Ben Silbermann (BA in political science).

For example, the late Apple founder, Steve Jobs, served as a mentor to Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg during the early years of the company.

My wardrobe reflects where I've been — as founder of three companies and part of the startup community for the past eight years.

Marco Muzzo, grandson of the company's founder, the late Marco Sr., was sentenced to 10 years in prison in February 2016 for impaired driving causing death.

In addition to nominations for Include Diversity and Fastest Rising Startup, Butterfield was nominated for and won Founder of the Year and the company was named runner up for Best Overall Startup.

Similarly, Avigilon founder Fernandes's previous startup, QImaging, was snapped up by a large New York Stock Exchange??? listed conglomerate for $ 20 million in 2002, enabling him to become «the biggest and major shareholder of the company» this time around.

I can only speak for myself as a CEO and founder of this company, but I think the rest of my team would probably say the same thing.

Founder and CEO of Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington, talks about the mistake she made while interviewing people for her company.

«My goal has always been to give everyone at Sharethrough as much information, context and room to care as much as I do as a founder,» says Dan Greenberg, CEO of Sharethrough, an ad - tech company that creates software for publishers and brands and is considered a trailblazer in the native - advertising movement.

Earlier this year, Paul Graham proposed creating a special work visa for founders of startup companies.

For our series The Grind, the founder of sports - drink company Amara offers up advice on how to expand intelligently.

Wanted for questioning related to the murder of his neighbour in Belize, the eccentric founder of the anti-virus software company went into hiding in November.

An essential read for founders that takes you through the entire lifecycle of Ben's companies.»

Here's her advice for other female founders who also think venture capital might be the best source of funds for their companies.

Rosalind Resnick, the founder and CEO of Axxess Business Consulting, a New York City consulting firm that advises startups and small businesses, is the co-founder and former CEO of NetCreations, a two - person homebased web design firm that grew to a $ 58 million public company and was acquired for $ 111 million in cash in 2001.

«There is major uncertainty in the market and federal agencies are not sure until the budget is passed and sequestration is resolved that they will continue, and they have really reduced the scale of work,» says Zia Islam, founder of Zantech IT Services, a McLean, Virginia - based company that has worked for NASA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other federal agencies.

As an industry veteran and founder of TriZetto, which Cognizant bought last fall for $ 2.7 billion, I am often asked how to spot a successful company.

Before the tutorials, the pitches made no mention of the GeoPalz founders» previous company, Jibbitz, which made charms for Crocs shoes and eventually sold to Crocs for $ 20 million.

Rowson says this section can include discussions of a company mission statement, what is its reason for being, who are its customers, what is its position in the marketplace, etc. «You might talk about the founder to get a sense of the company history or culture,» Rowson says.

When I started my company, iDoneThis, the biggest question on my mind — and I'm guessing it's top of mind for other young founders too — was: «Hmm... how do I sell this?»

He showed early entrepreneurial promise selling candy and doing odd jobs for neighbors, eventually going on to become the founder of the Standard Oil Company.

For BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti, the world of content is one where distribution through platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Apple News, Snapchat, and Instagram is far more important than what gets published on a company's site.

You know it's good when the founder of the company, in this case Ken Austin, will personally sign the bottle for you.

«I think it's real tough for anybody to go out and start a business in a world he knows nothing about,» says Tom Golisano, the founder and CEO of Paychex Inc., an $ 870 - million payroll - processing and human - resource - services company based in Rochester, N.Y. «My advice to Mike would be to find a job in a dynamic industry and then to be constantly on the lookout for opportunities within that industry.

To John Warrillow, the founder of the Sellability Score and author of the book Built to Sell, there are few things more important than recurring revenue for a business owner who is prepping to sell a company.

«The exchange price on Coinbase might be different from Kraken or Poloniex,» said Jake Benson, founder of Libra, a software company that provides tax reporting for cryptocurrency.

But it was Eventbrite's commitment to customer service that impressed Alex Kay, the founder of Unicorn Meat, a New York - based nightlife production group, when he used the company to handle tickets for his events.