Sentences with phrase «including venture capitalists»

The Conposium, where the projects are presented, is a bit like the «American Idol» meets «Dragons Den» during which four judges (including venture capitalists) Q&A the teams.

At the April 21 - 22 ConPosium, the teams will showcase their innovations to a multidisciplinary panel of judges, including venture capitalists, who will assess the substance, visibility and creativity of the projects.

Despite a number of people, including venture capitalists, urging me to drop out, I am determined to complete my degree this year.

Would - be founders have to recognize the separate agendas of many different players, including the venture capitalists supporting the start - up, and the technology transfer office and conflict - of - interest review committee at their university or hospital, says Boston University's Perls.

The Women in Digital program also grants award winners access to a network of mentors including venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs and top executives to help guide and accelerate their businesses.

Labs may comprise workshops of several days with relevant stakeholders, including venture capitalists, corporations, start - ups, diverse levels of governments, universities, and research institutes.

Over the 10 weeks of the class, entrepreneurs learned from a range of experts in healthcare, including venture capitalists and other business owners.

High - profile venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, including venture capitalist Brad Feld, Moz's Rand Fishkin and Y Combinator president Sam Altman, have declared that no, they don't always feel like they're «crushing it,» and yes, they have (or know entrepreneurs who have) experienced feelings of intense doubt and darkness

The network's other investors reportedly include venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, boxer Floyd Mayweather and angel investor Tom McInerney.

Take the private - equity marketplace, a broadly defined investment sector that includes venture capitalists, large and small angel investors, hedge funds, private investment pools, and even insurance companies and other institutional players that either participate through money - management funds or make direct capital investments in growth companies.

When Facebook went public in 2012, its directors included venture capitalists and tech and media executives — but not a single woman until chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg was added to the list a month later.

These carefully curated guests — «we look for community builders, not lone wolves,» Mr. Agrawal said — included venture capitalists such as Mr. Farris and successful entrepreneurs who were expected to provide feedback, introductions and even funding to the startups.

Cuomo's largest donors in the waning days of the election included venture capitalist David Blumberg ($ 40,000), three executives at clothing companies (Jason Rabin, Barry Emmuanel, and Bary Kringstein, $ 40,000 each), Waterfront Property Management, LLC ($ 40,000), and Buffalo sports magnate Terry Pegula ($ 30,000).

The city notched praise from prominent local technology leaders, including venture capitalist Fred Wilson and the CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong, both of whom provided statements lauding de Blasio's computer science commitment.

Last month, the MIT DCI helped raise $ 900,000 to support bitcoin developers, with donors to the fund including venture capitalist Fred Wilson and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman

Not exact matches

The company, which developed a hair quiz that has been taken 1.5 million times, has raised $ 12.2 million from venture capitalists, including Y Combinator and GGV Capital.

She took her concept to venture capitalists and secured a total of $ 10.4 million in two funding rounds — the first, in 2013, led by Kirsten Green's Forerunner Ventures; the second, last year, led by Thrive Capital and including Bonobos founder Andy Dunn.

More than 100 heavyweight angel investors and venture capitalists are backing the act, including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Mobius Venture Capital's Braventure capitalists are backing the act, including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Mobius Venture Capital's BraVenture Capital's Brad Feld.

Venture capitalist Sandy Miller says he's optimistic despite the subpar performance of recent post-IPOs including Snap and Canada Goose.

I remember interviewing Randy Komisar, the venture capitalist, about his experiences as the CEO of a couple of gaming companies, including Lucasarts.

A group of incubators, including Portland Incubator Experiment, Portland Seed Fund and Upstart Labs, are being backed by local organizations and outside venture capitalists.

He raised $ 5 million from the venture capitalists Charles River Ventures and a number of high - profile angels, including O'Reilly, Google backer Ron Conway, and Lotus founder Mitch Kapor.

Companies accepted into TechStars New York get free office space, $ 18,000 in cash, $ 100,000 in convertible debt, and access to 150 mentors -; the list includes Fog Creek Software founder Joel Spolsky, venture capitalist Fred Wilson, and Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley.

The duo's broader, pragmatic vision attracted big investors — including Goldman Sachs, Chinese Internet giant Baidu, and venture capitalist Jim Breyer, one of the earliest backers of Facebook.

Backed by blue - chip venture capitalists, including Accel Partners (an early investor in Facebook), Wonga looks destined to go public at some point, either on the Nasdaq or in London.

There are a total of 99 potential witnesses between the two companies, according to court documents, including Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Benchmark venture capitalist and Uber investor Bill Gurley and Alphabet executive David Drummond.

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley kicked off the frenzy with a WSJ piece on the issue, and other high - profile investors, including Fred Wilson, quickly jumped on the burn rate hand - wringing bandwagon.

Since inception, Kik has raised $ 120.5 million from institutional investors and venture capitalists including Union Square Ventures, Pitchbook data showed.

One of the most interesting parts of the current research is that the venture capitalist group included both men and women, suggesting that even women may be influenced by negative gender stereotypes.

Harkness, who recently received a 50 percent credit line increase in anticipation of future growth, had a number of capital options to consider, including ongoing solicitations from venture capitalists.

They include professors, investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, executives, attorneys, consultants, authors, professional service providers, journalists, technologists, and engineers.

Attendees include high - ranking government ministers from around the world, bootstrapped startups from across Europe and Asia, major Russian state - owned corporations, global conglomerates, universities and researchers, venture capitalists, and a diverse cast of costumed exhibitors — many of whom seem to be channeling the high - heeled, form - fitting fashion stylings of mid-century Pan-Am flight attendants.

Investing in «unicorns» — or start - ups valued over $ 1 billion — has become a «substantially more dangerous and complicated practice», top venture capitalist Bill Gurley warned on Thursday, highlighting emerging trends including the rise of «sharks» or opportunistic investors offering «dirty» conditions to entrepreneurs.

The venture capitalist says he's optimistic despite the performance of recent stocks post IPO, including Snap and Canada Goose.

Yet for those who regularly deal with young entrepreneurs, including greying venture capitalists (like Lilly, who works at Greylock) and journalists (like me), it sounds about right.

«It used to be that unicorns were these mythical creatures,» says Jason Green, a venture capitalist at Emergence Capital Partners whose investments include Yammer, which sold to Microsoft (MSFT) for $ 1.2 billion.

Guy Kawasaki, venture capitalist and bestselling author, encouraged visitors to the site for his book about self - publishing, Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur — How to Publish a Book, to share a link to the site on Twitter or Facebook in exchange for a bundle of free materials, including a book design template.

Among those listed on its board includes Esther Dyson, the NewSpace investor and venture capitalist, Jeff Ashby, a former NASA space Shuttle commander, and Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Speaker of the House.

Along the way, Gary became a prolific angel investor and venture capitalist, investing in companies including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Uber, and Birchbox before co-founding VaynerRSE, a $ 25M investment fund.

The others to sign the pledge include Vinod Kholsa, the venture capitalist; Richard D. Kinder, the founder of Kinder Morgan; Edward W. Rose, the Texas investment banker who once owned the Texas Rangers baseball team with George W. Bush, the former president; Harold C. Simmons, the Texas billionaire; and John Paul DeJoria, co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems.

Several of Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists and technologists, including Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn, condemned Mr. Caldbeck's behavior last week and called for investors to sign a «decency pledge.»

Solyndra raised more than $ 700 million by selling preferred shares to venture capitalists, including Argonaut Ventures LLC of San Francisco, which owns about 39 percent of the company.

A handful of digital currency funds have emerged over the past year, including Polychain Capital, which has raised about $ 15 million from venture capitalists and investors the last few months.

There are some good names on the list including: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo in 1999), venture capitalist Adam Dell, two Hollywood heavyweights (former Universal chairman and CEO Frank Biondi and New Lines Cinemas co-chairman and CEO Robert Shaye) and, of course, none other that Carl Icahn himself.

The clincher: a May 1 meeting in Palo Alto where Clinton campaign officials, including chief technology officer and former Google executive Stephanie Hannon, met with about 50 executives and venture capitalists and highlighted the importance of building a cash reserve for the campaign.

Two particularly important roles include the chief venture capitalist, because the investment philosophy for invention is different than traditional finance, and the chief internal ambassador «who connects the two [functions] and builds bridges.»

2017 marked Promod's thirteenth appearance on the annual Forbes Midas List, including 2004, when he was ranked the # 1 venture capitalist based on performance over the previous decade.

I have had the privilege of working with several incredibly smart doctor / professors - turned - venture - capitalists, including Tony Chou from The Vertical Group, Jon Root from USVP, Vijay Pande from Andreessen Horowitz, and Robert Mittendorf from Norwest Venture Paventure - capitalists, including Tony Chou from The Vertical Group, Jon Root from USVP, Vijay Pande from Andreessen Horowitz, and Robert Mittendorf from Norwest Venture PaVenture Partners.

Oculus, by this point, had a board of directors that included four venture capitalists, one of whom was Andreessen.

Mr. Alberg's individual qualifications and skills as a director include his experience as a venture capitalist investing in technology companies, through which he gained experience with emerging technologies, his experience as a lawyer, his knowledge of Amazon from having served as a director since 1996, as well as his customer experience skills and skills relating to financial statement and accounting matters.