Sentences with phrase «number of business ventures»

There is an increasing number of business ventures and professional dealings that make use of social media platforms to improve and promote their business and professional endeavors.

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Prepared by a coalition of the National Venture Capital Association, Dow Jones VentureSource Database, Rooney & Associates (a New York public relations firm), and DeSantis Breindel (a New York marketing agency), the report seeks to answer a number of questions about the role of «branding» when it comes to the venture capital buVenture Capital Association, Dow Jones VentureSource Database, Rooney & Associates (a New York public relations firm), and DeSantis Breindel (a New York marketing agency), the report seeks to answer a number of questions about the role of «branding» when it comes to the venture capital buventure capital business.

And a number of the Millionaire Moms are still stunned that they turned their kitchen - table businesses into multi-million dollar ventures.

«Certainly in the aggregate, (the number of) MBAs participating in startups and new ventures is going up,» concurs Karl Ulrich, vice dean of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.

Verold had won a number of competitions for startups, including the Toronto edition of the prestigious TIEQuest global business venture competition, and the $ 2 million Yaghi sought to close Verold's first round of funding was falling into place.

Only 5 percent of the companies that received venture capital funding in 2004 had a female CEO, according to the Crain's Chicago Business article, a trend that has not changed since researchers started tracking these numbers in 1997.

The latest numbers from the National Foundation for Women Business Owners: as of 1999, women owned 38 % of all companies in the United States, employer and nonemployer ventures alike.

Venture capitalists can invest in startups or growing companies — however, it's worth noting that the number of businesses funded by venture capitalists has gone down in recentVenture capitalists can invest in startups or growing companies — however, it's worth noting that the number of businesses funded by venture capitalists has gone down in recentventure capitalists has gone down in recent years.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

This metropolitan area (which includes Oakland and Fremont, Calif.) saw the largest proportion of venture capital - backed business exits over the past year compared to other major cities, meaning there are a large number of what Kauffman identifies as «growth companies» in San Francisco and the East Bay.

«This means that strong teams and strong concepts can be brought to market and receive exposure to a number of venture capital firms and other investors seeking to invest in their business,» Miller adds.

«Women are founding companies at a very significant pace today, but they're still relatively smaller numbers focusing on high growth venture - backable businesses,» says Cindy Padnos, managing director of Illuminate Ventures.

Nevertheless, across a significant number of studies using different methodologies and performed by different researchers, a consistent picture is emerging about the effects of patent litigation: it costs innovators money; many innovators and venture capitalists report that it significantly impacts their businesses; innovators respond by investing less in R&D and venture capitalists respond by investing less in startups.

On Deck, which launched in 2007, is one of a number of venture capital - backed companies that have arisen in recent years and that take advantage of the greater availability of business data via the Internet to lend to small companies that banks typically turn down, says Mitch Jacobs, CEO of On Deck.

«In a day and age when the boundaries between public and private endeavours are shrinking, we are witnessing an increasing number of private business entities venturing into the public sector.

ZeroFOX was founded in January of 2013 and has collected a number of industry awards including being recognized as the CRN's Top 10 Security Companies, 2013 Maryland Cyber Company of the Year, Winner of Chesapeake Regional Technology Council 2014 Rising Star Award, Winner of the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Capital Connection TechBuzz show in Washington D.C., «Incubator Company of the Year» for the state of Maryland in June 2013, and Baltimore Business Journal's «Top 5 Cyber Companies to Watch», «20 Most Promising Security Companies» by CIO Review, and Daily Record's «Innovator of the Year».

There are also a number of wealthy investors like Tom Perkins, John Doerr, and Peter Thiel, Californian venture capitalists who became billionaires by backing start - ups and growing businesses.

For those new to the concept, crowdfunding refers to a method of raising money from a large number of small investors, typically through an online portal or platform, in order to finance a new business venture.

So when raising capital from Venture capitalists; it's advisable you know your business plan like the palm of your hands, be precise with your numbers, sell yourself excellently and ask for the money.

In the global venture capital industry, business and demand are moved primarily by the speed of technological innovation and the number of businesses that start to commercialize new technologies.

Ori has been involved behind the scenes in a countless number of successful marketing and business development ventures, and has advised many ICOS and blockchain startups in 2017

Wirlu - murra has a number of projects and joint business ventures that it is currently involved with that will provide economic benefits for WMYAC members and the broader community.

By increasing the size of potential investor losses if the business is not successful, these regulations reduce the number of new business ventures and job growth.

The Sentry found that a number of [South Sudanese President Salva Kii's] relatives are involved in a wide range of business ventures... The Sentry found that even Kiir's 12 - year - old son held a 25 percent stake in a holding company formed just a few months ago.

«We think that the most important thing in being a new business venture is becoming well - known among the trade, going after distribution, opening up a number of states and looking at how many stores we're getting into,» Herman emphasizes.

Coca - Cola Amatil launches Amatil X venture arm Coca - Cola Amatil has joined a growing number of companies in launching an incubator platform for start - up and early - stage businesses.

I hear you grumble: Well with 42 page watchers and 922 edits in 9 years, it probably is true) Hunt is said to have «tried his hand at a number of different entrepreneurial business ventures including a failed attempt to export marmalade to Japan.»

There are a number of other ways to make the transition into venture capital, including ones which provide the added benefit of providing some business experience along the way.

Government funding agencies will have examples of documentation they require, many venture capital companies have guidelines on business plans, and there are any number of Web sites devoted to business education that will help you out with such arcane documents as cash - flow summaries, Gantt charts, and the like.

-- Graphene Connect is an interaction platform for academia and businesses promoting scientists to think outside the box and industries to develop end - user products based on graphene — this will include a number of industrial workshops, and sessions for business angels, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to discuss potential graphene investment opportunities.

Both the Tuli brothers have been involved in a number of successful business ventures over the past twenty years that have ended up in successful initial public offerings on the Nasdaq stock market.

We've described a number of times at GigaOM how Amazon (s amzn) is disrupting the traditional book - publishing business, both by allowing authors to self - publish and do an end - run around the traditional industry, and by signing writers to its own imprint — as well as starting its own e-book lending library and other ventures.

After a number of failed business ventures, he joined forces with DC Comics to create a female superhero who would demonstrate women's superiority and natural dominance of men through «love control.»

Jutta Kill of the World Rainforest Movement says that, all around the globe, the promise of quick money is inspiring a number of more - than - questionable business ventures.

On the positive side, as the number of research - focused legal publishing businesses lowers and the industry contracts in size, it is interesting to see occasionally some faith being placed in the sector, perhaps as in the recent disposal by venture capitalists of Larcier Holding to Editions Lefebvre Sarrut, in turn owned by Frojal S.A. Larcier has within its group, Bruylant and is well - known in Belgium and Luxembourg.

A progressively diverse and expansive international footprint, near - shoring ventures, affiliated consultancy businesses and the introduction of large ranks of fixed - share partners as a result of recent tax rule changes will all have a role to play in fluctuating top - line numbers over the coming years.

Nemazi is also particularly passionate about supporting entrepreneurs, and is actively involved with the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, Michigan Venture Capitalists Association, and a number of business incubators in Metro Detroit.

Clark & Trevithick's Partnership Dispute & Resolution Practice Group has been involved in a number of partnership / joint venture disputes as well as family and closely held corporation disputes involving real estate partnerships and joint ventures, law firm partnerships and closely held businesses.

We regularly advise a number of established tax - exempt organizations on the tax aspects of proposed transactions, including unrelated business ventures, tax - exempt financings, mergers and acquisitions among non-profit entities and intermediate sanction issues associated with various compensation arrangements.

In addition to our core work with law firms, companies and directors, and our particular expertise in City whistle - blowing cases, we believe there is a growing market for the specialist and expert advice Fox offers, not least from the increasing number of businesses in the financial sector that are set up as LLPs, notably hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity and asset management.»

We work with a number of investors around the world conducting due diligence investigations where we are asked to assess the background and reputation of a potential business partners or key players in a venture before entering into a substantial financial relationship.

There's no predicting how Google will value these new domains, or that the number of registrations will even warrant a business venture.

The inalienability of Aboriginal land held does not necessarily significantly restrict the capacity of Indigenous people to raise capital for business ventures or to make commercial use of inalienable freehold land, as there are a number of methods of raising finance and securing loans against the land other than mortgages.137 In addition, land use agreements, similar in concept to Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), could be used to establish unique agreements within communities covering many issues.138 Government attention is more appropriately directed to assisting Indigenous people to overcome any difficulties they have in meeting financial obstacles to such solutions than to overturning legislation that has done simple justice to a people who have been deprived of their land without their consent and without compensation.

Economic Independence: An increasing number of Indigenous organisations or individuals owning their own businesses and / or entering into joint ventures; Indigenous people benefiting from training and employment opportunities provided through CDEP and employment schemes; Indigenous people benefiting form the maintenance and promotion of heritage and culture through community owned enterprises.

They believe their business ventures will continue to thrive in spite of any economic slowdown, due to an increasing number of corporations monetizing assets and retailers pursuing aggressive expansion plans.

Najafi has been involved in a number of new business ventures in the area since establishing his roots in Toronto over 25 years ago.