Sentences with phrase «not about any investors»

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The only ding against Zoom is that your clients, investors, or customers might not already use it or know about.

Three months later, when he called his mother to let her know he was about to lose $ 35 million in investor funding, he wasn't feeling quite so genius anymore.

NASAA has a fiduciary duty to protect investors, so it's not altogether surprising that they advise their constiuents to be careful about crowdfunding opportunities online.

I had an investor say, «I think you're amazing, but I have to pick one or two board seats a year and where I feel really passionate about the business, and I don't think I can be passionate about women's dresses and retail.»»

We have a trading mentality that should not affect long - term investors, but ETF investors have earned a 5 percent return in the last 12 years and investing in traditional index funds has returned about 8 percent.

While investors asked about it, it didn't hurt the fund - raising effort.

And interest isn't just coming from wealthy energy entrepreneurs anymore; in the last two months, a «significant» number of Wall Street investors have begun inquiring about the boutique venture.

Ellis, for one, says he is psyched about his new set of investors — not least because at least one, First State Super, has been through the ringer once and learned from the experience.

While there's plenty to worry about, investors aren't focused enough on the positives in this market, Credit Suisse tells clients.

In his March note to investors, Marks admits that when he set out to write about liquidity, he didn't believe the topic was all that interesting or profound; in the month since Marks wrote the piece, it has been the market's chief concern.

«Innovators who seek to revolutionize and disrupt an industry must tell investors the truth about what their technology can do today, not just what they hope it might do someday.»

For investors uncertain about the future of the market, it can be comforting — if not downright lucrative — to seek out companies that can be counted upon for regular cash payouts.

Your business plan is not an academic exercise or a hoop to jump through, it's a living document that shows investors, advisors and business partners that you are serious about making your dream reali...

While the company has routinely disavowed being a media entity for a variety of reasons (including the fact that media companies are not valued as highly by investors as technology companies), Facebook clearly plays a huge role in how people get news and information about the world.

«The flipside is that when investors give money, they don't necessarily want to give honest feedback to the founder about issues or problems within the company,» said Rahn.

She says she is not worried about equity valuation levels or inflation and is telling investors to stay invested.

It's not that analysts and investors aren't excited about what Star Wars is going to do for Disney's bottom line.

One crypto investor writes: «I certainly would not put a single cent I care more than nil about losing into this.»

Noyes wrote that Telegram's approach is «incompatible with blockchain technology,» and said that as an investor, «I certainly would not put a single cent I care more than nil about losing into this.»

The investor asks what you project expenses to be, and you choose to casually omit, say, certain expenses you don't think the investor would find out about.

«As I love markets, I'm excited about this change and expect to remain a professional investor at Bridgewater until I die or until those running Bridgewater don't want me anymore,» Dalio wrote in a letter on LinkedIn.

Doerr was one of the early investors in Twitter, but mentioned he was not consulted about the recent management shake up during the interview.

They may become investors, or introduce you to investors, but, once again, this isn't only about money.

I can't read any more articles about how angel investors are supposedly abandoning entrepreneurs during this recession.

«I don't want to have to worry about getting buy - in from executives or a board, raising money, worrying about investor's perceptions, or cashing out,» he blogged.

Below are some of the more interesting details about the young man who just turned down billions of dollars for his startup (which, by the way, isn't generating any revenue but has raised $ 73 million from investors):

The eurozone's recovery from the sovereign debt crisis has been about improving situations in the economic bloc's peripheral economies like Italy and Portugal, and this new batch of uncertainty in Portugal's financial sector is not sitting well with investors.

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«People don't have to know a thing about it to benefit from it,» said Barbara Roper, director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America.

The crypto - currency that so tantalized techies and excited investors is today in a sorry state: Its core supporters are at war with each other and ordinary consumers still don't care about this supposedly revolutionary form of money.

If you're making a pitch to an investor about your company, don't say, «We typically see people get excited about this feature.»

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I'm always surprised that I don't hear about more people empowering their early customers, advisors, investors, etc. to spread the word about news and updates from your startup more easily.

Cook's supply chain experience coupled with the potential for cash repatriation mean Apple is well positioned, he said «I don't think it's something investors should be concerned about.»

Business should fundamentally be about creating value for others — be they customers, suppliers, local communities — and not just investors, he said.

Even as shameless and short - sighted as most brokers and underwriters are, they're finding that the numbers just won't stand up and they're having to go back to their investors and talk about «public» valuations that may be less than the last couple of rounds of capital injections.

After bringing these people on, you still aren't going to have additional dollars in your startup's pocket, but you'll be well - on - your - way to a solid team that's dedicated to gaining your product traction, which is about 80 percent of what most early - stage investors look for in the first place.

Not too long ago, the business world knew next to nothing about cryptocurrencies; the only way to invest in a startup in this segment was through venture capitalists and angel investors, potentially leading to your very own IPO.

But investors shouldn't get too excited about a possible move on Corus, because Shaw must first close the Canwest deal before seriously looking at other acquisitions, and there is no obvious need to privatize Corus.

«The problem with the cloud is very simple: a lot of investors don't understand it because it's fundamentally about the enterprise, companies, not about the consumer, you.»

According to the company, there are about 28 million small businesses in the country, and the overwhelming majority are hidden from investors; they're too small for private equity firms to take notice, but not right for a traditional bank loan either.

«That's why so many investors aren't too worried about supporting startups that are involved with software or healthcare industries,» for example, because these industries have a big audience and potential for profit.

Interaction is a starting point, a place from which to launch a relationship, not something to brag to investors about.

Wariness about Lucent, Rite Aid, Raytheon, Tyco, and a host of other big names has left investors not only rattled but also questioning the very integrity of the financial reporting system.

After all, the European debt situation, the U.S. gridlock, and the worries about a double - dip recession haven't disappeared from reality the way they have disappeared from the news and many investors» minds in the last four weeks.

CNBC's Gemma Acton speaks about Nestle's annual investor seminar, which notably did not address what the Swiss food company will do with its stake in L'Oreal.

At Business Insider's panel at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, there was a consensus that the majority of investors don't care about much else beyond quarterly earnings.

All sorts of existing Uber investors privately gripe about their lack of visibility into company financials and strategy, and word is that Uber wasn't even too forthcoming when pitching its convertible note deal to Wall Street banks (Goldman wasn't the only one approached).

Though investors and analysts sometimes question fast - casual chains about the cost sacrifices they may be making by holding a firm line on their menus, Shaich isn't dissuaded.

The loss of Starz hit Netflix's share price hard, since investors were concerned not just about losing access to the company's library of movies and TV shows, but about whether the move signaled that distributors and traditional networks were going to start playing hardball with the streaming service.