Sentences with phrase «in traditional firms»

And those that are right will continue to have the most power in traditional firms because they will be the ones bringing in the business.

This decentralised business model means «virtual» law firms have lower fixed costs, and lawyers therefore tend to be paid a higher proportion of the fees they make than in traditional firms where they are likely to be salaried.

More worrying is the power of the SRA to fine individual compliance officers in traditional firms up to # 2,000.

Even in traditional firms, you all probably have had inquiries with people who want to (a) work from home, (b) work while traveling, and (c) wish to work while on family, maternity, and / or medical leave.

And an ex-BigLaw partner has left his firm to form a bankruptcy boutique that uses artificial intelligence - powered legal research from ROSS Intelligence to replace junior lawyers who use law libraries for such support in traditional firms (like the one he left).

In traditional firms, the team is divided among fee - earners and non-fee-earners, and there is often a strong hierarchy among the lawyers, from junior associates up to senior partners.

Until now, attorneys have few alternatives to practicing in a traditional firm: Either go in - house or go solo.

NEW: Millennial lawyer Nicole Abboud found that practicing law in a traditional firm made her deeply unhappy.

You could be in a traditional firm, work your way to partner level which as everyone is talking about now for women, it is not always an easy road because of the structures that make it hard to have a family and — you know — find your way to the top of the pile.

Not exact matches

Having worked at traditional financial planning firms since 2007, certified financial planner Sophia Bera quit her job in mid-2013 to launch her own company, Gen Y Planning, catering to millennial investors.

Total sales for fast - casual restaurants grew by 10.5 % last year in the United States, compared with 6.1 % for traditional fast food, according to Mintel, a market research firm.

The opening comes as traditional mattress sellers, such as Mattress Firm, are in the midst of closing hundreds of stores.

He compared these firms» expansion internationally to the performance of traditional companies in the dot - com bubble.

He said the pitch is having more success with traditional venture firms who've missed out on crypto to date — particularly bitcoin, ethereum and companies such as Coinbase — and are feeling the pressure to get in on the craze.

In practical terms, that will free up the design staff to do more creative, speculative work because it will take fewer traditional «billable» hours from the staff to cover the firm's operating costs.

To many bankers and others in the industry, SBAExpress occupies the middle ground between a conventional bank loan and traditional 7 (a) credit — trotted out when a borrower is «just a little bit of a stretch beyond the normal credit limits,» according to Joel Pruis, portfolio management analyst at the Indianapolis consulting firm Baker Hill.

Since then, SoftBank executives have reportedly discussed various investments in the financial sector, from acquiring traditional investment firms to stakes in major PE firms like KKR.

SOUND - OFF: We've previously discussed the role that traditional venture capital firms will play in the brave new world of initial coin offerings.

For two decades, Noe Sanchez sent money from California to his father in Mexico City through storefront outlets of traditional remittance firms such as Western Union.

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

According to the company, there are about 28 million small businesses in the country, and the overwhelming majority are hidden from investors; they're too small for private equity firms to take notice, but not right for a traditional bank loan either.

But he said in a statement on Tuesday that if the agency does push ahead with such a charter, fintech firms would be supervised in line with similar, traditional banks «with appropriate requirements for capital, liquidity, and meeting the financial needs of its customers.»

Coupled with a «lack of interest in traditional conglomerates,» more spinoffs from GE, Johnson Controls, Honeywell and others are likely in the near future, according to the firm.

Whereas traditional investment methods require a firm to list in one country and utilize (at least initially) one exchange, creating and selling its own cryptocurrency allows a firm access to finance from anyone, anywhere, outside the normal constraints imposed by state - issued currencies.

The firm has sponsored 23 programs in seven countries worldwide, where founders come together for three months to develop their business ideas, much like a traditional incubator.

More than just a VC firm, 500 gains access to deals in global markets that many traditional VCs do not.»

The Execution: After hitting the market in 2007, EZ Grill hired a traditional PR firm to generate buzz.

Forget traditional PR in favor of a social media - savvy firm (or some creative college students) that can create an irreverent video hit that translates into sales.

So that could mean two things: One, traditional venture firms could find themselves locked out of investing in these technologies.

The deal is a clear indication of Uber's determination to ditch drivers in in its minicabs, and is the latest move by traditional vehicle manufacturers looking to team up with Silicon Valley firms long seen as disruptive threats to their industry.

Expect well - funded top dogs — companies like Bit9 + Carbon Black, Tanium, CrowdStrike — to weather the storm while more traditional big tech names and security stalwarts snap up smaller firms through «tuck in» acquisitions, cleaning up the field as the pipsqueaks wither away.

But online publicity is a bit different than traditional publicity, says Mac McLean, a partner in charge of client publicity at Click Communications, a digital marketing firm in Los Angeles.

As one of the largest list firms specializing in both traditional and Internet mailing lists, Edith Roman has available for rental the top - performing lists of OEMs with e-mail addresses.

On Monday, WPP's GroupM advertising firm released a forecast predicting that traditional television's share of the total ad market would fall for the first time in 2015.

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One of the clearest advantages of online stock trading is the reduction in transaction costs and high fees associated with traditional brick - and - mortar brokerage firms.

Self Directed IRAs: A self - directed IRA allows investment options not generally found in traditional IRAs offered by banks and brokerage firms.

It is impossible to imagine how a VC firm that is investing in dozens of early stage startups can find the time to be helpful while also working with their more traditional portfolio.

While investors across the venture capital spectrum, from angel investors to traditional venture capital firms, may engage in seed investments, the industry has recently witnessed a proliferation of dedicated seed funds and firms.

In fact, one firm has created a «Death By Amazon Index,» tracking traditional retail companies» performance compared to that of Amazon over the past five years.

«The really tricky question for regulators is how we structure those type of rules in light of the fact that the funds these firms hold are not denominated in dollars or other forms of traditional fiat currencies,» Lawsky said.

Using PRIME's proprietary social media analytics methods and technology, the research firm identified 13 million relevant social media posts from March 2013 to December 2013 on the subject of mobile payment innovation in the context of MasterCard and its industry peers; sentiment analysis shows the majority of posts were driven by news - story sharing 92 % positive / factual, only 8 % negative tone overall which is a reflection of the original content as it appeared in traditional news outlets.

Our company is a firm believer in pure content marketing over traditional marketing.

In some American cities, peer - to - peer taxi services have been banned after lobbying by traditional taxi firms.

Instead of traditional venture capital firms investing in startups from PowerPoint to IPO, there are angel investors and seed rounds on one end and traditional public market investors investing in private unicorn rounds on the other, with venture capital firms somewhere in the middle.

B&C Transit, a public transit firm in Oakland, switched from a traditional broker to Zenefits in August.

Matt Therian of Renaissance Capital, an IPO research firm based in Greenwich, Conn., noted that Zipcar has a relatively «capital intensive» business model, but its strong brand image and its head start in the car - sharing market — where it competes in some markets with for - profit rivals and such nonprofit entrants as Chicago's iGo and the San Francisco area's City Car Share, in addition, of course, to traditional rental incumbents like Hertz HTZ, -9.08 % and Avis Budget Group CAR, -11.56 % — give it an inside track with investors.

Nevertheless, we remain optimistic about the firm's other business lines, which include consumer electronics, water filtration, healthcare, and separators in traditional lead - acid batteries.

But unlike in traditional financing, the opinions of top - flight venture firms are only somewhat relevant to cryptocurrency insiders.

Brahm Eiley, president of Toronto - based firm that completed the study, says he expects the industry to lose another 97,000 in 2015 as the shift away from paying for traditional TV services continues.