Sentences with phrase «ideas than capital»

For those with far more ideas than capital, it creates a means by which they can be rewarded for their creativity without having to devote their lives to it.

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My opinion is that there still is more capital available than there are great ideas.

Krinzman says the entrepreneurs who pitched the idea of a «Boogie Box» workout DVD likely would have gotten some capital if they'd asked for only enough money «to get to a milestone that would let them prove they can sell DVDs,» rather than asking for full funding for an unproven idea.

It is a hard concept to explain precisely and to quantify, but the idea of differing levels of social capital helps explain why, for example, French entrepreneurs (not to mention Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Nigerian) are more likely to create successful tech startups in the US or the UK than at home, or why it is easier to start a business in Sidney than in Beijing, or why technological innovation is not evenly spread out among countries, even among countries at similar development levels, but rather tends to cluster in a few areas in a few countries where tech entrepreneurs seem to believe that their work is made easier and the rewards greater.

Rather than develop the platform for its own proprietary advantage, NFX is opening it to other firms with the idea that venture capital is itself a network effects business.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave a less - than enthusiastic response to the independent redistricting commission idea this afternoon, insisting that merely changing the manner in which districts are drawn isn't necessarily going to bring political balance to the Legislature, Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross reports.

There is much common ground, too, with the ideas for «community - wealth building» being developed very concretely by the Democracy Collaborative in the US, though there is a stronger emphasis in their work on the need to root capital in specific places than one usually finds in the alternative liberal tradition.

Our 2014 report Building Homes Where We Need Them gives an idea of just how much land near to existing infrastructure is available on the capital's green belt, using a slightly different geography (2 km rather than 1 km, and including some stations that are further away than 45 minutes from Zone 1):

Find out how to start a business idea with less than # 10,000 of start - up capital, as well as a rundown of some of the best low - cost business ideas to start.

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RED, with its focus on localized economies and ethical lifestyles, learning from each other, would actually make the meaningful flow of ideas and innovations at global levels much more possible than a situation where everything is dominated by finance and capital.

Fueled by a belief in the power of social networks and social capital, these educational networks reflect the idea that when schools work together with one another or with other agencies, they can share their expertise and support one another's development, improvement and success more effectively than they can working on their own.

I like the idea of considering this a capital preservation plan, rather than drawdown.

He had higher turnover because he had a lot more ideas than he does now (because of capital size).

The winning suggestion turned out to be more innovative than either of these ideas, and it came from none other than my colleague Justin Bender at PWL Capital.

With more than 14,000 mutual funds available to investors today, it just goes to show how successful the idea of pooling small amounts of capital to own stocks and bonds can be.

Beyond that, in an environment like this, where there is more capital than there are good places to deploy it, we should see a lot of IPOs to absorb excess capital into mostly unprofitable ideas.

This year's speakers include Larry Robbins, founder of Glenview Capital Management; Jamie Dinan, founder and CEO of York Capital Management; Jacob Doft, Jeffrey Smith CEO and CIO at Starboard Value; Sahm Adrangi Managing Partner, Kerrisdale Capital Management; Steven Shapiro, founding partner of GoldenTree; and more than a dozen other world class institutional investors ready to share actionable ideas with attendees and detail their approach to analyzing potential investments.

Most people's portfolios are usually limited more by capital, than stock ideas.

The idea was that the certain return on stocks must be as higher than the return on bonds to justify the risk taken on because capital losses are as possible as capital gains.

This is more than a stock market idea — it applies to private equity, and the purchase of capital assets in a business.

The idea here is to try to view the cost of equity capital as a businessman would, rather than an academic who has little exposure to the world as it operates.

Rather than sail out into the wilderness and explore some of the 7,000 - plus islands that make up the archipelago, the idea was simply to stay put in the capital, visit some friends, grab a few bargains in the vast malls and generally avoid the unusually harsh European winter.

Over its first decade, Art & Idea's venues have hosted solo shows from more than 140 artists including Vito Acconci, Maurizio Cattelan, Paul McCarthy, Carolee Schneemann, Joep Van Leishout and Bill Viola, and public art projects including Acconci's Mur Island, the centerpiece of Graz 2003 / Culture Capital of Europe.

Starting up an industrial hemp enterprise takes more than a good idea, enthusiasm or a bunch of capital.

The change needs to be cultural as well as technological — be seen as responsive to new technologies, and you can sell the idea of the library as a place of innovation and adaptation, rather than a capital cost.