Sentences with phrase «industry idea competition»

In a real estate industry idea competition last year, architecture firm Gensler suggested that the 40 - story Union Bank Plaza in Los Angeles could be renovated to have auditoriums and classrooms for a school on its lower floors and a large fitness center above.

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As part of its 7 Days of Genius Festival, a weeklong series of panel discussions and talks kicking off March 1, New York City's 92nd Street Y is launching its first Genius Startup Competition, a contest that's intended to unearth big ideas that can have a major impact in fields such as education, energy, sustainability, and other industries that are poised to address the world's most pressing problems.

The competition for new ideas comes as one of the world's oldest industries continues to grapple with high costs and the need to improve performance.

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.

#HRTechTank is not a typical bootcamp or pitching event and certainly not a competition but a real opportunity to discuss and share ideas with the brightest minds in our industry.

«As the industry's longest - running, global, independently judged competition, winning a DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation can provide a breakthrough for new concepts and stimulate demand for new packaging ideas,» said Yasmin Siddiqi, DuPont Packaging Awards leader, referring to an online site where past winners are sharing success stories.

In part to address such concerns, SEMA's Young Executives Network (YEN) recently conducted a competition dubbed Launch Pad, aimed at attracting young innovators, showcasing their product ideas and helping to give them a lift in the industry.

Making everyone buy the Kindle in order to read ebooks would be bad for the ebook industry in part because Amazon doesn't really have any idea what makes a good ebook reader in terms of hardware design and because any diminished competition is bad for an industry.

This flood of games and ideas is not only great because it rapidly provides us, the consumers, with fun and interesting games, but it also benefits the video game industry by creating more competition and concepts for other developers to gain inspiration from.

Under rules set by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the entire Virginia area was treated as one tract (a bad idea, in the view of advocates and industry members who aren't Dominion, because it further reduced competition).

As we mentioned before, the entire idea behind deregulation of the electricity industry is to increase competition and reduce prices.

The Future of Life Institute has stated that the open grants competition for the AI safety research project will be administered through an online application to be made available from its website next week at: http://futureoflife.org. According to the Institute, «anybody can send in a grant proposal, and the best ideas will win regardless of whether they come from academia, industry or elsewhere.»

Another great way to not only get ideas in regards to what type of specific information is being provided by your competition but also if you are missing any details is to do a quick search and look at what other real people are submitting within your industry.

• Successfully met self and company sales targets by a 100 % between the years 2010 and 2015 • Consistently maintained sales volumes, product mixes and selling prices by keeping current with supply and demand and changing market trends • Increased customer base from 3500 to 6100 within 8 months by employing strategic sales initiatives • Trained a total of 102 sales officers and support staff members within a short time span of 3 years • Designed and implemented a strategic business plan, resulting in expanding the company's customer base by 58 % • Retained the company's top 15 customers in the wake of strict competition, by devising and presenting them with discount options • Developed and implemented a sales forecast system, that dynamically calculated future sales and constraints • Identified 3 emerging markets as potential for growth, resulting in the company's expansion in the industry • Successfully generated a lead of 52 corporate accounts, out of which 50 were realized as high business giving customers • Increased customers» interest in new product lines by successfully generating ideas for sales contests

Perhaps, I would have had some respect for Ms Aitken's view point if she treated her own position (before she stepped aside) the same as she dictated to the real estate industry; that is — Why did she not post a news article that said her job was open to competition from others who may have better ideas or be more knowledgable and who may take on her job for less money.