Sentences with phrase «for scaling companies»

Larger offices for scaling companies and for corporate design / invention studios.

Gladwell uses this device to discuss optimal classroom size and family wealth, but it is also a useful conceptual tool for scaling companies.

Not exact matches

GE is piggybacking along to the tune of at least $ 2 billion a year in extra equipment sales — a significant boost even for a company of GE's scale.

The thinking is that the industry will continue its current trajectory of steady growth, which means that as much as there are opportunities to launch new podcast programming companies, there is also tremendous opportunity for entrepreneurs looking to build businesses that would help the industry scale up its processes.

And Gillam notes that he's mostly avoided chasing after large - scale public - sector or tendered projects, although the company is part of a consortium that's signed on to build a $ 90 - million central campus for Barrie, Ont.

They not only look for innovative solutions but also companies that already have a strong presence and have scaled.

Without widespread adoption of this zero - emission technology, the electric - car industry will remain a niche business and the demand for Tesla's batteries will never be large enough for the company to scale in a significant way.

It has become not just a company extremely admirable in its growth, but, well, the very model for how to do things when you're scaling a company.

The company started searching for a seasoned executive to help scale the company in early 2015, Vucko says.

Hiring for both the present and the future empowers companies to succeed and scale quickly.

The police questioning of Cho Hyun - min, a former senior president at Korean Air, comes amid mounting pressure for elite families to scale back their influence over the companies founded by their relatives decades ago.

Having worked for companies like Microsoft and Expedia, Gutfreund has an incredible perspective on marketing at a large scale.

For large companies a large scale environmental plan is needed, the scale and costs of these plans almost unimaginable.

After the price drop, the oil companies scaled back operations in the Bakken area, and the demand for hotel rooms plummeted.

It's something that we are seeing as a big growth vector for the future and we think we're one of a handful of companies that really have the scale to do it.

You need versatile solutions that you can customize for your company at minimal expense, and scale easily to grow as you do.

Kym Gold discusses how she disrupted an entire industry, scaled and sold her company for hundreds of millions and more.

For instance, large - scale development costs per asset have gone up while pressures from insurance companies and benefits managers to lower prices have also increased.

Series A will require continued discipline, and Series B and C will remain challenging for companies without reasonable scale and proven economic models.

On a big - picture scale, analysts don't think the number of Apple TV units sold is very meaningful for the company.

The company said it is selling digital scale and smartwatch maker Withings back to one of the unit's co-founders for an undisclosed sum.

Big companies often have rigorous tests for new job applicants to make sure they are the right fit; Plum extends this type of «big company» evaluation process to small businesses — at an affordable cost and sensible scale.

To find out, researchers from the University of London zoomed in for a three - year look at the assumedly cutthroat global reinsurance industry — a $ 260 - billion dollar financial market that insures insurance companies against large - scale losses.

The company has reported sharp growth for years, though it is still tiny on the global scale compared to Nike (NKE) and Adidas (ADDYY).

Lauren Sato joined RealSelf a year ago, not to solve an existing crisis, but to get ahead of scaling the culture as the company prepares for significant growth.

While Cramer still thinks that Disney's stock is too cheap vis - a-vis the company's potential, he likes the deal because it gives Disney the scale it needs for its stock to keep climbing.

As such, this week's employee reductions, demonstrates another step forward to scale our company correctly for new opportunities in mobile computing,» BlackBerry said.

As media companies like BuzzFeed and Vice Media continue to try and become as large as possible, some media executives are warning that the race for scale may be a mirage (Digiday gets a relatively paltry 2 million unique visitors a month, but says it is happy with that number).

«It's very hard to operate any manufacturing company, and then it's very hard to scale in a very fast time,» Raider adds, explaining that some of the toughest times for the startup have been when it grew faster than expected and had to restrain itself to keep up with capacity.

«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.

In a niche market, there's often no room for scaling into a multi-billion dollar company, which are the companies that get Series B.

Co-founder Daniel Ek told investors that the company was focused on transparency and that his plan for the future focused on: upgrading free users to premium subscribers, reaching scale on many platforms (especially smartphones, speakers and cars), and personalized data from users, who spend about 49 minutes a day on the platform on average.

Annie's said «partnering with a company of General Mills» scale and resources» will maximize value for stockholders and help it to expand intonew channels and product lines.

Whether your company has too much of a good thing and is falling behind, or it isn't ready for such large changes, premature scaling is something to be aware of.

He also says he was fired for going around the marketing team and for not being «great at planning or product management,» skills that the company needed to scale, not to mention that they were also part of his job description.

(A representative for Hyperloop One wouldn't confirm or deny that figure to Inc.) placeholder That's an extremely high number for a company that is still yet to prove its technology works at full scale.

The company is targeting applications for utility - scale energy storage, as well as for residential use.

«Not every company wants to go through a full - scale enterprise deployment and not every company is in a position to pay for Workplace,» Cross said.

This energy is making Barcelona the perfect place for entrepreneurs looking to start their first company, and with the political climate favoring large - scale investment, now is the time to make a splash.

The company is trying to blaze the fastest, most practical and lowest - cost path to commercial fusion power, with the near - term goal of developing a full - scale prototype fusion power plant for the comparative bargain of $ 500 million.

«This combination will create a fierce competitor with the network scale to deliver more for consumers and businesses in the form of lower prices, more innovation, and a second - to - none network experience — and do it all so much faster than either company could on its own,» Legere said in an official statement.

Senior mining companies also face the added challenge of the «scale curse» — the need to look for ever - larger deposits to maintain massive production levels.

When you try to compete for a keyword family related to your products on a national scale, you'll be fighting every similar company in the country.

Some pundits and companies have found the cost prohibitive for firms operating on a smaller scale than behemoth Google, but at least one tech company is willing to take the idea and run with it — big time.

For a tech company pre-IPO, these numbers aren't surprising, but there are good reasons to think that Snap may have trouble scaling up to the multi-billion dollar revenue company its valuation implies it'll become.

For example, under FAA rules, companies can not fly drones beyond visual line of sight of their operators, thus limiting drone deliveries on a large scale.

Scaling isn't difficult for companies prepared to take advantage of new opportunities.

In his interview on Masters of Scale, Brian Chesky, the CEO of Airbnb, mentions a story about how his move to New York in the early days of the company to be near customers made all the difference for Airbnb's focus.

Three years of low growth have left corporate CEOs thirsty for bold transactions that add scale and boost their companies» bottom lines

In his role, he will be responsible for building out the supply chain and internal processes to help the company scale.