Sentences with phrase «made by the founders»

This looks particularly bad for Tidal because, from the moment it debuted, the promise made by its founders — a group that includes Kanye West and Carter's wife Beyonce — was that Tidal would be different from other services because it was run by artists.

In this live virtual executive roundtable, you'll: * Learn what entrepreneurs need to do to get noticed by top VC firms * Look at the most active venture capitalists in tech today * Discover the biggest mistakes made by foundering startups * Identify the weaknesses that are keeping you from becoming the next unicorn Speakers: * Ton van't Noordende, Venture Partner, Keadyn * Jon Cifuentes, Cofounder Research and Operations, All Turtles * Matthew Zeiler, CEO, Clarifai * Stewart Rogers, Director of Marketing Technology, VentureBeat

The claim of a hack, made by founder Francesco Firano, was met with skepticism.

As we celebrate the Salvation Army's 150th year, Howard Webber reflects on a mission trip to the Lincolnshire town of Caistor made by its founder,... More

Members of the 2020 note the efforts made by the founders to stop the group from being seen as a mostly 2010 - intake group.

This is in response to a comment made by founder of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom.

December marked the 110th anniversary of BBBS of NYC, and the nation's first mentoring organization continues to renew the call for mentors first made by its founder, Ernest Coulter, in 1904.

The result is the creation of a completely new ecosystem that will overcome many of the historical challenges that plagued the industry,» says Kuruvilla, referring to a recent pledge made by the founder of Amazon to invest further in its Indian operations.

In this way, ethereum classic places itself as an aspiring project in the context of a long chain of cryptocurrencies that have failed to fulfill promises made by their founders, yet simultaneously impassioned their supporters.

Not exact matches

The sale was the result of the founders wanting to make further in - roads to the U.S. technology scene, but by 2010, it was obvious the PR landscape was shifting.

The group of inspirational judges includes Aaron Firestein and Raaja Nemani, co-founders of BucketFeet which produces shoes designed by artists from around the world; Lance Rios, founder of Hispanic communication platform Being Latino; Roberto Torres, Luis Montanez and Chris Findeisen, creators of made - in - America apparel brand Black & Denim; Sulaiman Sanni and Ben Lamson, creators of the crowd - funding website WeDidIt; and Marve Frazier, CEO of premier destination website for African American popular culture and entertainment Bossip.com and Chief Creative Officer of Moguldom Media Group.

Chris Sacca, founder of Lowercase Capital, explains why there's a lot of money to be made by companies run by minority and women founders.

Hamed Shahbazi CEO & Founder, TIO Networks Follow: @chsgo Follow: @TIONetworks Why he matters: Making fintech work by furthering financial inclusion

The Morgan Stanley presentation was requested by Founders and Board to have options for review and informed the decision - making process for all — and everyone agreed with the decision that the company would not go public in 2018.»

Rather than carving out new markets — or, as Real Matters founder Smith puts it, «knocking on doors and trying to sell a brand new widget that [nobody] has the budget for» — the fastest - growing tech firms are making inroads by finding better solutions to existing needs.

Make it easier on yourself by doing a little prep work the night before like Susan Danziger, founder of Ziggeo

Despite most the world's largest technology companies harking from the U.S., Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates highlighted the contribution made by the developing world in a speech Tuesday.

«By making it known that they are using these technologies they are fundamentally undermining confidence among civilian populaces that our technologically - superior governments can effectively manage threats posed by this terrorist group,» Michael S. Smith, the founder of security firm Kronos Advisory who has advised Congress on terror - related issues, told Business Insider via emaiBy making it known that they are using these technologies they are fundamentally undermining confidence among civilian populaces that our technologically - superior governments can effectively manage threats posed by this terrorist group,» Michael S. Smith, the founder of security firm Kronos Advisory who has advised Congress on terror - related issues, told Business Insider via emaiby this terrorist group,» Michael S. Smith, the founder of security firm Kronos Advisory who has advised Congress on terror - related issues, told Business Insider via email.

«I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit,» Ladar Levinson, the company's founder, said in a letter to users.

The companies that make those beers, Boston Beer (sam) and Molson Coors (tap - a) respectively, have found themselves in a war of words after The New York Times published an op - ed by Boston Beer founder Jim Koch in which the brewer lamented the effect Big Beer mergers have had on the craft beer industry.

TechCrunch reports that SoundCloud's founders told staff during one of the post-redundancy all - hands meetings that investors had asked them in March to make the job cuts as part of a $ 70 million (# 54 million) debt funding deal that was first reported by Business Insider.

Yet, SpaceX — the spaceflight company created by Telsa founder and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk — had imagined a way to drastically cut the cost of launching anything into space: simply make the rocket re-usable.

Written by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, this book describes how you can take control of your life and career so that you can make the most of it.

By the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were, by most measures, entirely out of his leaguBy the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were, by most measures, entirely out of his leaguby most measures, entirely out of his league.

By positioning it as the company committed to the idea of safeguarding the privacy of its users, Jobs «made the comparison between Apple and companies like Facebook and Google inevitable», as Samir Addamine, founder of mobile marketing automation platform FollowAnalytics, puts it.

Along with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Buffett is a founder of The Giving Pledge, which is a promise made by more than 100 billionaires to give their fortunes away.

Instead, the best lessons come from experience, and only by adopting beneficial habits on a daily basis can you gradually attain the excellent leadership, decision - making and adaptability necessary to assure your success as a startup founder.

Commentary by Debbie Sterling, the founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, a company that makes building - block - like toys aimed at girls.

But the founders of Buffer realized they could transform their organization and make waves through social media by pouring resources into a dedicated content - development program and creating a cohesive strategy.

«Don't make a big deal about it,» says career coach Shirin Khamisa, founder of Careers by Design.

It's a result, she adds, of the image the company has projected, which «is particularly influenced by the organization's founder, executives, and other managerial staff because of their role in decision - making and strategic direction.

Sergey Petrossov, the founder and CEO, explains how they think they can make travel by private jet cheaper in the process.

Jeff Giesea and Ben Zhuk, founders of Best Vendor, didn't want to make a costly mistake by investing in the wrong project - management software for helping improve their workflow.

'» It turns out even an experienced investor like Graham can be influenced by the notion that entrepreneurial success is genetically predetermined — inherit the right combination of money - making DNA, and you'll wind up the founder of the next billion - dollar startup.

This eleven - year - old file - sharing and content - management company was Inc.'s 2013 Company of the Year — and now it's made the 2017 Founders 10 list by keeping its focus narrow.

Julia Coronado, a former Fed economist and founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says Powell's greater familiarity with banking and finance than monetary policy makes him more likely to follow the consensus, often driven by staff forecasts, on interest rate policy.

Firms including Slow Ventures and Refactor Capital are using a service called Kip (provided by a startup, of course) to pay for founders to make an initial visit to a therapist, CNBC reports.

One thing that certainly made a difference for Shopify is that it's run by a founder.

Yet that complexity, fueled by new technologies such as social networks, is exactly what makes this a great time to be a marketing chief, says Peter Krainik, founder of the CMO Club, an industry group.

Like many of their cohort, Drinkbox's founders don't measure their success financially, but rather by their ability to survive and to continue making the games they want.

After founder and CEO Stuart McClure had a near - death experience on a flight to Australia in 1989, he made it his life's word to «find and fix the problems introduced by technology to prevent bad stuff from happening to innocent people,» he tells LinkedIn.

By doing so, the young founder made a gesture clearly showing how serious he is about Facebook's development as a company.

In 1937, Krispy Kreme founder Vernon Rudolph used a recipe given to him by a New Orleans chef so he could make and sell doughnuts to local grocery stores.

Brad Feld, founder of Incubator Techstars, estimates that women - led companies now make up around 10 percent of TechStars» portfolio, and that companies led by immigrants or minority entrepreneurs make up another 10 percent — but of course they can only work with what teams choose to apply.

Chris Phillips: Phillips at 17 was already the founder of Dot5Hosting, making his first million by providing Web hosting and domain name registration.

He cites «Made in America» by Walmart founder Sam Walton as a prime example.

«There's a question of whether going along with the approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia's school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing for action on greenhouse gas emissions.

Though Jurvetson left DFJ as he was being investigated by the firm for harassment, the one person who had complained about DFJ publicly, at least, a founder named Keri Kukral, later made clear that her relationship to the firm was not in a professional context.

Part Five: Facing the challenge of two - sided networks, the founders discuss how they overcame this: by building up both sides, little by little and making sure to deliver on their small guarantees.

Winton Churchill is founder of the Barefoot Consultants, an international training and consulting company that helps clients make a living from anywhere in the world by tapping into their own skills and career experience.