Sentences with phrase «founder of companies such»

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-- Dr. Walter S. Scott, founder, executive vice president, and CTO of satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe, which provides images and geospatial content to U.S. government defense and intelligence agencies, international governments, and major online mapping platforms such as Google.

Through the work I've done at Growth Everywhere, I've been lucky enough to chat with notable entrepreneurs such as Jason Lemkin (founder of Echosign, which sold to Adobe), Mark Organ (co-founder of Eloqua, which sold to Oracle) and others who are constantly pushing the boundaries of business success with their own companies.

-- Scott Scherr, CEO and founder of Ultimate Software, an HR tech platform on track to hit $ 1 billion in annual revenue this year and used by companies such as Subway, First Horizon, MLB, the Phoenix Suns, Yamaha, and Nikon

A surge in the value of Bezos's stake in Amazon has allowed the company founder to personally invest in such projects as his $ 250 million purchase of the Washington Post in 2013.

Musk, best known as the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has also launched The Boring Company, whose mission is to dig tunnels under traffic - clogged cities (such as his hometown of Los Angeles) where underground conveyer belts will whisk cars from one side of town to the other.

«One key reason transparency is a such a powerful value for a company's culture is trust: Transparency breeds trust, and trust is the foundation of great teamwork,» explains Buffer founder Joel Gascoigne.

The number of women, African - Americans and Hispanics employed at companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo lag far behind the U.S. work force as a whole; meanwhile, only 3 percent of venture funding is earmarked for female founders, and founders of color claim less than 1 percent, according to U.S. chief technology officer Megan Smith.

First - generation immigrants or their children had founder roles in more than 40 % of the Fortune 500, including such marquee companies as AT&T (No. 11), Procter & Gamble (No. 31), Goldman Sachs (No. 74), Pfizer (No. 51), eBay (No. 180), Google (No. 46), Intel (No. 53), Kraft (No. 156), Cigna (No. 97), and Kohl's (No. 151).

Digitalundivided's FOCUS Fellow accelerator / incubator program has so far helped black and Latina founders raise more than $ 13 million in angel and venture financing, boosting to prominence a range of companies such as online design marketplace Zuvaa, food supply - chain data provider FoodTrace and postpartum - care developer Mahmee.

Investors listed on its website include some big names in Chinese business today, such as Wei Dai, founder of bike sharing company ofo.

The private market for shares prior to a public listing allows employees and founders of private companies such as Spotify to cash in on some of their paper wealth, while letting other investors get a head start on the listing.

«Visionary founders» such as Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk of Tesla, and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway would be harder to replace than CEOs of large, well - established public companies, the directors indicated.

The founders of growing companies such as SoapBox Soaps and Contently explain how they stay on point.

Daniel Conover, founder and chief operating officer of Bitcoin mining company Hash the Planet, one such HDL customer, is uncertain of the company's future in Washington following the hike: «with the rate increase, we couldn't survive.»

Twitter, which went through a period of management turmoil and internal strife in its early years, did not append a letter from the founders to the filing, unlike Internet companies such as Facebook and Google before it.

The founders of a startup generally purchase shares at the time of incorporating the company at a nominal price per share, such as $ 0.0001 per share, paid in cash, since at that time the company will have no operating history, few assets and thus little value.

Talented Vietnamese - origin entrepreneurs are leaving tech centres like Silicon Valley to start and expand their companies in Vietnam, such as the founders of Klout.inc and Chopp.vn.

The link building campaign, SEO expertise, marketing and promotion services are excellent.On a personal note, as founder of my company, I wished I has known about such a service when we first started in 2008.

Allyson Kapin, founder of Rad Campaign and Women Who Tech in Washington, D.C., says previous incidents, such as Uber advertising that was demeaning to women and a top executive's suggestion that the company conduct opposition research on journalists who are critical of Uber, were shocking and disappointing but hadn't kept her from hailing rides on the smartphone app.

The money raised from this round would be used both to «work towards optimizing the user experience by standardizing aspects of our alternative travel accommodations such as linen washing, cleanliness, and smart capabilities,» and to «further invest in the domestic high - end real estate market and in foreign markets,» said company founder and CEO Justin Luo in an internal letter.

Red Herring's editorial staff evaluated companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technological innovation and intellectual property, DNA of the founders, business model, customer footprint and market penetration.

Among the women who joined us in 2016: Jewel (performing and sharing her extraordinary story with us), Apple Head of Global Consumer Marketing Bozoma Saint John, Making a Murderer filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, Uber Regional General Manager Rachel Holt, Priceline EVP of Global Operations Maelle Gavet, Facebook Head of People Lori Goler, SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan, Accompany CEO Amy Chang, designer Rachel Roy, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Joyus CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, and Lean In lead researcher Marianne Cooper, as well as top executives from leading global companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Coca - Cola, Google, IBM, NBCUniversal, Nike, Pandora, Target, Twitter, and Walmart.

50 % of the companies are based outside of the United States include founders from countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, China, Canada, Egypt, South Korea, and Lebanon.

Old photographs such as the horse - drawn carriages in front of the original Autry Greer & Sons» grocery warehouse in downtown Mobile, Ala., adorn the store walls of the popular Southeast supermarket chain, paying homage to the family patriarch and company founder.

The company utilized its founders» expertise in the kosher foods category to build a reputation as a reliable and effective distributor of specialty food items and other grocery products such as floor cleaners and laundry detergents.

Unicorn List beers will include rare favorites such as Founders Brewing Co.'s Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Firestone Walker Brewing Company's Stickee Monkee and a range of selections from The Bruery, a boutique craft brewery in Orange County, California.

«It's been a great success,» said David Geslak, founder of Exercise Connection, a Chicago - based company that has been working on designing such exercise programs.

Like - minded brewers such as Victory and Southern Tier can preserve our character, culture and products by banding together,» said Bill Covaleski, Founder and Brewmaster of Victory Brewing Company.

What's more, many of the companies were part - time activities, often in areas unrelated to the founder's degree, such as restaurants, hotels, and retail.

Prior to TCG, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Three Crowns Capital where he helped finance large parts of the venture capital for biotech companies such as Tularik, Rosetta, PTC, Chemocentryx, Rinat, Tercica, Somalogic, Infinity and Fiveprime.

When the founder of one of the world's most successful companies in the recycling space shares such a bleak forecast, you know things are bad.

Featuring exclusive interviews from interesting personalities such as designers, bloggers, founders of companies, etc. that will keep you inspired.

She's such a lovely women who is the founder of this wonderful company!

Industry folks call it «online dating aggregation,» but James Nord, founder of one such company, called Rubixx, compares its service to those offered by travel companies CheapFlights.com or Kayak where users log on, search for flights, are fed potential options from various providers and click through to the airline's site to purchase.

The benefit would apply to the founders of companies and possibly «early joiners,» such as the first 10 or 20 employees, according to a campaign aide.

Ironically many of the techniques and ideas originated in a small company in Southeast Asia and the main investor in E-Book Systems is Mr. Kai Wa Ng, who was one of the founders of a more recognized Singapore based company, Creative Technologies, which brought to the world such innovations as the Sound Card and MP3 player.

«zuuka is one of the pioneers of digital children's publishing across both apps and ebooks and we were very honored to be in such good company as Nickelodeon, Scholastic and Egmont,» said Woody Sears, founder of zuuka.

The founder of Learnvest, an online financial planning company, speaks about setting yourself up for financial success in spite of facing challenges such as student loan and credit debt.

Under such plans, the founders receive cash for their ownership and the employees receive shares of stock in the company.

As the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Visual Sciences, Russell built the company from three to 150 team members during a span of 13 years working for publishers such as Sony, Electronic Arts and Take 2 on AAA video game series, including F1, Harry Potter, Medal of Honor, Grand Theft Auto and Myst.

The person who was in charge of licensing — Tsunekazu Ishihara, founder of Creatures — complained the workload was too great, and in its current state the company would not be able to accomplish other long - term goals such as expanding the anime and releasing a new movie each year.

65 year old veteran (born in 1950), Niitani Masamitsu, is best known to us as the founder of COMPILE, a company that has delivered a lot of joy to most SEGA fans around the world, namely for titles such as the Aleste series (GG Aleste aka Power Strike in the west, MUSHA, Dennin Aleste, etc.), Ghostbusters, Shadowrun, Borderline, the R - Type port, and the notorious Madou Monogatari, and its widely known popular puzzle spinoff series Puyo Puyo.

Farr's company had been invited to produce carpets in Afghanistan by Lisa Sanchez, founder of the nonprofit organization AfghanMade, which aims to revitalize traditional industries such as carpet weaving, cashmere production, and jewelry.

Paul Smith, founder of ignite100, said: «Newcastle benefits from a natural and growing community of digital activity; formed through the evolution of a strong media agency scene, revered design and computer schools at the universities, global companies such as Sage (the only software company on the FTSE100) and the presence of several VC funds focussed on early - stage software investments.

Darin Graham, Vector's VP of Industry Innovation, concluded: «Truly innovative companies and leaders such as ROSS Intelligence and its founders will play a crucial role in building the future of AI and accelerating Canada's blossoming AI ecosystem.

«As practicing attorneys, we felt that traditional bar associations fell short by rejecting legal professionals such as legal support staff, recruiters, and legal technology companies, who all play a vital role in the everyday practice of law and the future of the legal industry,» explains founder Val Kleyman, a practicing lawyer in New York City.

Stan Sandberg, a founder of TravelInsurance.com, says that travelers heading to a Zika - or dengue - affected area should purchase a plan with a Cancel for Any Reason (CFAR) option; RoamRight and Travel Insured International are two companies that offer such plans.

The SEC announced on Monday that it was charging the founders of Centra Tech with fraud based on claims the company made about their suite of cryptocurrency related products such as e-wallets and major credit card backed prepaid debit cards.

The note received signatures from other companies who were previously in support of the 2x hard fork such as Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu, Xapo CEO Wences Casares, Blockchain CEO and co-founder Peter Smith, Bloq CEO and co-founder Jeff Garzik and Erik Voorhees the founder and CEO of Shapeshift.

He is also the co-founder of Civic, an identity protection company and the founder of several other companies such as Gyft and Yola.