Sentences with phrase «like running a startup»

He thinks publishing a new book is a bit like running a startup company, or — in an analogy closer to this horse - racing enthusiast — a flutter at the track, where «relentless optimism» is blended with controlled risk - taking.

«It was like running a startup inside a major law firm, but with the downside risk removed.

Not exact matches

If Snap spawns something like the» PayPal mafia» — PayPal alumni have gone on to launch billion - dollar companies like Palantir, LinkedIn, and Yelp — the Los Angeles startup community could give Silicon Valley a run for its money.

But sexist comments — like «How can she run a startup as a mother of three small kids?»

While President Obama has supported a few proposals that benefit high - growth, high - tech entrepreneurs (like the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, most of his policies have been hostile to the interests of Main Street business owners, particularly those running labor - intensive businesses with low - wage employees.

SHEEX's sheets run in the same price range as those from bedding startups like Brooklinen and Parachute, but stand apart in ways that might justify spending $ 180 for a Queen set, which includes two pillowcases, a fitted sheet, and a top sheet.

It's like the sale of any startup to a major corporation: The new parent company offers valuable marketing and distribution muscle, but the scrappy upstart runs the risk of losing its soul.

Ramarkishnan says he's benefited greatly from resources like Venture Strategy Solutions, a student - run consulting group that works with tech startups, like T - Spring and Fieldwire, to provide strategic consulting services to entrepreneurs.

Most startups, as much as the movies would have you believe, don't run like clockwork.

Yes, people use the MacBook to do high - end video editing work, to produce amazing brochures using Adobe products, and to run their startup using apps like Trello and Slack.

Like Red Robin, those two rivals also work with online and mobile ordering startup Olo to ensure the back end of the technology would run smoothly with their physical restaurants.

Not only can working for a startup you admire help you learn what it's like to run a fledgling company, it can also help you forge invaluable professional connections.

The networking giant said on Tuesday that it will pay $ 260 million for cloud computing startup CliQr, whose technology lets corporate software run more efficiently across internal data centers and public cloud data centers operated by the likes of Amazon (amzn), Microsoft (msft), and Google (goog).

While major production companies and distributors, à la Disney, typically get most of the credit for the success of Hollywood films, there are dozens of independently run startups like Rodeo that contribute in no small part to the success of projects, and without which these films would not look as glossy as they do.

It was all well and good that Johnson wanted to, as he frequently proclaimed, run Penney like a startup.

Noting that the San Francisco ride - sharing startup lost somewhere north of $ 1.2 billion in the first half of 2016, Bloomberg's Justin Fox says that's a problem not because Uber's in danger of running out of money — it has raised around $ 15 billion — but because it spent that money without getting anything concrete in return, on ephemeral stuff like incentives to attract new drivers.

There's also a cautionary tale in the form of Munchery, a California startup that, like Maple, also runs the «full stack,» but has reportedly suffered from food waste and other issues despite raising more than three times the amount in Maple's coffers.

When he isn't writing, he is running his latest startup, Brainrush, which is trying to turn the process of learning into a game - like experience.

To dog - eat - dog entrepreneurs like Kevin O'Leary, any startup trying to do more than serve customers and generate profits is being run by labradoodles playing among the pit bulls of commerce.

From growing up at his parents» budget motel to getting a perfect SAT and running his own startup, Patel likes to joke that he's «every Indian stereotype rolled into one.»

This wasn't quite like the typical conversations I have about the common challenges of running a startup with entrepreneurs, investors, and fellow technology reporters.

Robinson says ICOs are like early bitcoin startups back in 2011 — many of the companies were either risky, unsustainable ideas, scams, or run by pioneers who move fast and break things.

Today, Alfred is a startup that hires employees — Alfred Client Managers, or just «Alfreds» — to run weekly errands: things like buying your groceries, sorting your mail, dropping off packages, and taking care of your laundry for you.

Hiring a lawyer may seem like a big expense for your startup, but setting up your business incorrectly will cost you more in the long run.

But the startup ran into trouble in 2016 after being unsuccessful in raising a large new round of investment while competitors like Ipsy stole large chunks of market share.

Business consulting franchise opportunities, like ActionCOACH; SocialOwl, which helps local businesses grow their online presence; and Background Screeners of America, which does background checks on potential employees and other individuals, are completely run online, and with a low startup cost.

8VC is «run like a startup,» he says.

At the very least, TokenLot, the website that ran the ICO on behalf of Confido (TokenLot does this for many startups), sounds like it's having a busy day.

The bathroom, shower room and beauty room are stocked with products by women - run companies, like Brooklyn - based hair line Carol's Daughter and organic tampon startup LOLA.

The San Francisco - based startup runs an application which spans across all the top social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo, Hi5 and... well... MySpace.

How can you win by running an insurance agency like a startup?

I especially like this sentence: «As early stage investors, they don't care about business plans (they are wrong anyway) but on two aspects: Who runs the startup and what problem to they try to solve?»

In its place, the work of innovation to decrease energy consumption is taken up by researchers and startups with many promising solutions like biofuel paved future roads that are cheaper than petroleum, sustainable and environmental friendly, or the creation of high speed system of transportation that runs on air and electricity, made by a company called HyperLoop.

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

It's possible that regulatory hurdles, of which large startups like Avvo have run into, could prove too difficult to overcome.

Founding and running your own startup is a bit like being a parent: you're going to have something rewarding in the end, but you better be ready to put in some long hours and sleepless nights.

If you run a large business, like Methodist Medical center, or operate a smaller startup near the riverfront, you've probably thought about your risks a time or two.

That could offer a huge edge in recruiting, as not only does the startup determine if the candidate is a technical and cultural fit, but the student has an opportunity to do a trial run — and if they like it, they might have a preference over a company like a Facebook or Google.

But you can click through the color touchscreen to start working out with FitStar (a video fitness startup Fitbit bought for about $ 25 million last year in a cash and stock deal), and Blaze comes with the ability to select activities like running, biking, or the elliptical machine to check for performance.

Sure, when your Windows PC boots to desktop, you can always fire up your browser manually and enter the URL, but if you wish to make it auto - start, then you can easily make Programs, like say a Browser, run on startup automatically every time in Windows 10 / 8/7.

Cryptocurrency startup Centra Tech made waves last September after securing paid endorsements from big - time celebs like boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled, but its bullish media run might be over.

So, if you would like the app to be always available, right - click the app icon and select «Run at Startup» option just below «Exit».

However, the startup has been running a bitcoin «investment scheme» until recently that looked a lot like a bitcoin HYIP, which does not bode for the company's image as all bitcoin HYIPs are known to be scams.

Working with companies like Mothership helps position Estonia as the place to start and run Blockchain startups from, making cryptocurrency markets accessible for EU businesses, Estonian e-Residents and digital nomads.

It seems as if the family is run like a startup, which experts say may be the best way to approach a relationship.