Sentences with phrase «new position in business»

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Two years ago, Lou Hoffman, president of a $ 5 - million public - relations firm in Silicon Valley, was in the enviable position of being able to grow without necessarily adding new business, mostly because his high - tech clients were growing so quickly.

The 284 million - user service announced the new feature on its blog this morning, positioning quick promote as a «a faster and easier way for small - and medium - sized businesses (SMBs) to get their best content in front of more people on Twitter.»

Report calls for $ 1.34 billion in joint funding from business, federal government to fund new positions for those exiting education system

With half of all new businesses failing in the first five years, it's important that entrepreneurs position themselves to succeed.

In a new report, Business Insider Intelligence explores how and why financial services providers such as PayPal and Bank of America are positioning for voice interfaces to take off.

After some serious soul searching I have taken the decision to retire from The Net - a-porter Group and to start a new chapter in my life - one where I take the company, the team, the memories, the incredible journey with me in my heart and stand back and position myself in the proud spectator's box and watch the business flourish and grow independently.

«Rather than investing in new equipment and structures, businesses have used their cash positions to buy back stock or to grow through acquisitions,» says Aneta Markowska, chief U.S. economist at Société Générale.

All good cash management begins with a thorough assessment of your business's current cash position and the development of a forecast based on that, says Jonathan Gassman, a partner with accounting firm Gassman & Golodny LLP in New York City.

Nowadays, it seems, a new business is apt to be a Compaq or MIPS kind of thing, hitting the ground fully capitalized, fully researched and developed, fully located, fully staffed, and fully positioned to rake in a few hundred million dollars within the first three years.

«With the global economy poised to accelerate, new U.S. tax legislation providing tailwinds and a leading franchise across our businesses, we are well positioned to serve our clients and make significant progress on the growth plan we outlined in September,» he added.

Leveraging the expertise of all of the partners, the goals of this program are to better position Ameren to meet its customers» future energy needs and expectations, create new jobs through these start - up companies and provide university students opportunities to be more engaged in the energy business.

The government takes the position that these tax advantages are in place to help Canadian businesses reinvest and grow, find new customers, buy new equipment and hire more people.

He also held multiple senior leadership positions at HSBC in Cards, Auto Finance, Retail Banking and Wealth Management where he specialized in building new lines of business from the ground up.

During his time leading Manulife's rapidly growing business in the region, Manulife Asia rolled out a new strategy to further accelerate its growth, strengthen its competitive position and reposition its business around its customers.

argues that Alden launched a new subsidiary (InvestmentCO in 2016), and that «those investments may involve transactions with Alden that are entirely unrelated to the Company's core businesses, may disproportionately favor Alden, or may entail Alden and its hedge fund affiliates using InvestmentCO to monetize illiquid or losing positions.

It might be a small opportunity, such as the chance to pick up a new client, or a large one, such as getting your product on the shelves in a large retail chain, but as a small business owner, you have to keep scanning the horizon yourself and positioning yourself to benefit from the opportunities that you find.

Go - Jek won't, of course, take all the Uber alums, but these conditions certainly put it in a good position to cherry pick critical new hires to fill out its business outside of Indonesia.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

In particular, Mr. Mabson has held various executive positions within COM DEV related to the creation and development of new businesses and new business opportunities.

Once topped - out and frustrated in a big company, many of these people seek key positions in a new business or startup where they can again be top dog and feel in control.

In his position as head of merchandise, he made an interesting observation: Whenever a new competitor entered the toys - to - life space, GameStop saw its overall toys - to - life business grow.

A business that doesn't have to sell anything new, but still grows, is in an enviable position.

He said the shift to subscription - based revenues is a positive one that the company is convinced will help it to better position itself for new business in the near future.

But IBM is in a position where they have an old business and a new business.

That said, B.C.'s strong economic growth over the past three years, combined with a) the announced small business tax relief, b) the new training and youth employment programs (also announced today), and c) a lower - than - average percentage of our working population who actually make minimum wage (about 5 %, compared to 7.1 % nationally), leaves us in a position to cautiously view the announced increases as «reasonable.»

With B.C.'s new trade office and Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada's state - owned export credit agency, stepping up its trade promotion efforts in the Asia Pacific by launching its first overseas branch in Singapore, Canadian and B.C. businesses are in an unprecedentedly advantageous position to make full use of government support to secure a market presence in Asia.

After raising $ 170m in new equity and selling three businesses for $ 150m, Cardno now has one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry with an estimated net cash position of $ 10m.

A new study published by the Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness found that publicly listed family businesses in Canada, U.S. and UK survive longer, have more stability in the CEO position and have lower market volatility than their non-controlled counterparts.

Not only will this help you create new business opportunities, but you'll put yourself in a stronger position to close existing opportunities as well.

This invited those engaged in government, business, education, arts and media, science and medicine, intergovernmental organizations and the organizations of civil society, as well as those in positions of religious and spiritual leadership, to «build new, reliable, and more imaginative partnerships towards the shaping of a better world.»

«Cape Classics seemed a good choice for our business, not only because they have made a very successful entré into the importation of French wines to the U.S., but they are also perfectly positioned to champion the launch of Topiary, our new South African winery project in the United States.

«We're in the business now of trying to recruit a number of people,» Berle says, noting that the company will fill up to 70 new positions in multiple areas this year.

The PIRSA grants are dollar for dollar voluntary contribution grants, and their purpose is to offer «support in assisting food and beverage businesses and industry associations to help attain industry standard third - party certifications that will support achievement of either or both of the following aims: (a) accessing new or higher value markets for product, or (b) contributing to premium positioning and achieving superior prices for products.»

Santiago, Chile — Global wine business, Accolade Wines, has become the first company to have a footprint in all major New World wine regions, with the acquisition of Chilean, Viña Anakena, cementing its position as the leading New World supplier of premium, commercial and value wines.

«Our business has cemented its position as the leading supplier of New World wines in recent years, building on its Australian, Californian and South African portfolio through the acquisition of brands in key appellations such as Sonoma County, through Geyser Peak, and Napa Valley through Atlas Peak in 2012, and in 2014 included premium New Zealand regions through the acquisition of Mud House and Waipara Hills.»

From the United Nations General Assembly to the First Green Business Forum to World Water Week and her position as Chair of the Global Water Partnership, she continues to explain the far - reaching implications of food loss and waste to novel groups and to recruit new actors in the fight against food loss and waste.

Since her time at UC Berkeley, Bethany has developed a career in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry holding various positions from Sales, to Corporate Communications / Public Relations, to New Business Development / Pipeline Management at Advantage Sales and Marketing (ASM), the nation's largest CPG outsourcing firm.

At 1 p.m., New York's first industrial hemp research forum will bring together growers, business owners, researchers, regulators and others to discuss ways of strengthening the State's position as a national leader in this emerging industry, Stocking Hall Room 148, 411 Tower Rd. Ithaca.

«While some of our members have differed in the past on some of the specific issues in the New NY Agenda, the Executive Committee unanimously takes this position because we understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»

Andrew Fish, the executive director of the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce and Cayuga Economic Development Agency, will leave both positions to take a new job with CenterState CEO, a major economic development organization aiding businesses in central and northern New Yonew job with CenterState CEO, a major economic development organization aiding businesses in central and northern New YoNew York.

Now it may be the case that Ahlam Jaoui of her parents» house in Bay Ridge, who is signed up to find work as a trade show brand ambassador, who is willing to pose wearing a hijab and say that she wants to drive a taxi, and whose LinkedIn profile lists her as still working for an out - of - business investment company, is also a well - positioned power broker who can convince lawyers and business owners in Westchester and New Jersey to contribute thousands of dollars to Mayor de Blasio's re-election campaign.

«He came into office wanting to take a more centrist position, wanting to be more open - minded, open for business, including wanting to open things up for natural gas development,» said Robert Shum, a political science professor at the College at Brockport in Upstate New York.

«Today, Nicole Malliotakis echoed Trump's harsh position on deportations and admitted voting for Trump,» Rick Fromberg, Mr. de Blasio's campaign manager, said in a statement referring to her comments during the morning's debate, hosted by Crain's New York Business.

The New York Times reports that the Committee to Save New York, a lobbying group of primarily business interests that has run ad campaigns to support the governor's positions, received $ 2 million dollars from Genting in December.

Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) cited a recent report in The New York Times that found Cuomo, a Democrat, had received about $ 2 million in contributions from people he appointed to various boards and positions, their spouses, their children or their businesses.

Some New Rochelle residents have raised questions about the nature of the mayoral position in New Rochelle and whether Bramson is a woefully underpaid full - time City employee or a significantly overpaid part - time government spokesperson who doubles as official cheerleader for economic development for New Rochelle's downtown business district.

State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball said, «For centuries, hemp was a mainstay of American farms and with our natural resources and proximity to the largest marketplace in the world, New York is in a unique position to lead its revival in the U.S. I thank Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature for their leadership in bringing industrial hemp research to New York and working hard to expand the opportunities for our farmers, researchers and businesses.»

The new leaders will play a key role in formulating and implementing the Democratic majority's agenda, which Looney said will focus on «supporting working families, fighting for seniors, promoting small businesses and continuing to improve our education system to maintain Connecticut's competitive position in a demanding economy.»

Silver was accused of receiving $ 700,000 in payments from one law firm in exchange for using his official position to obtain recurring tax certiorari legal claims of two real estate developer clients with business before the New York State Legislature.

At her new position, Salas will be responsible for overseeing DCA — the largest municipal consumer protection agency in the country which licenses 80,000 business across 55 different industries in the city.