Sentences with phrase «of entrepreneurial efforts»

Today, an unprecedented (if still small) number of entrepreneurial efforts are taking root in the rocky soil of elementary and secondary education.

The Kauffman Foundation, which studies and promotes entrepreneurship, sees dramatic upticks on several indicators of entrepreneurial effort and small - business activity in 2013 — 14.

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With the right support, their entrepreneurial efforts can produce even more opportunities, leading to the prosperous dynamic of progressive capitalism.

What's more, the ubiquity of tech startups — and the decreased financial barrier to entry — has prompted Philadelphia and Detroit, among other cities, to begin offering venture capital in an effort to boost economic development, create jobs and attract young people, says Archna Sahay, Philadelphia's manager of entrepreneurial investment.

The city's efforts to position itself as a hub of the global high - tech entrepreneurial community will be showcased this week with its five - day Digital Life Design (DLD) festival, driven by the mission to create a network of innovation, digital prospects, science and culture.

In the entrepreneurial world of the»80s, people got rich through logical means: starting companies, working hard, and hoping their efforts would build value.

The product is featured on CNBC's Wednesday - night prime - time show «Staten Island Hustle,» which follows the group of businessmen and their entrepreneurial efforts.

Invest a little money, time and effort in having members of your staff take a business - oriented personality assessment to help you figure out which ones are entrepreneurial and those who will perform better in other roles.

Though the popularity of such efforts seems to be far - reaching on the global scale, some countries were more entrepreneurial on the social side than others.

Tokens and offerings that incorporate features and marketing efforts that emphasize the potential for profits based on the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others continue to contain the hallmarks of a security under U.S. law.

But in the document, Hsieh said a lot more about a lot of things, and even quotes Apple's Steve Jobs about taking the long view of such an entrepreneurial effort.

With a personal desire and eye for design and innovation, Shaul has focused his entrepreneurial energy into the emerging technology industry by founding various innovative startups and startup incubators around the U.S. Initiating efforts include being co-founder of OfficePort, a co-working business center with two locations in Kansas City and one in Chicago.

In addition to leading fundraising efforts and portfolio management, Rob brings a network of relationships and business partnerships, while providing our companies with entrepreneurial and strategic advisement.

As an example, First Round Capital's office is new to town as we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW).

The Startup Visa program was launched by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in April 2013, with the participation of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) in order to support the efforts of Angel investor groups in bringing innovative young companies and their entrepreneurs to Canada, furthering our innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Instead I relish my independence and all of my healthy male aggression and super powers goes toward: work, entrepreneurial efforts, food, fitness, self - healing, real sex when I have money, porn when I don't have money, etc..

Innovate 518 is a collaborative effort of incubators, accelerators, and entrepreneurial service providers from New York's Capital Region including Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and Washington counties.

Morgan and Sisak found an entrepreneur's level of ongoing concern about loss aversion correlates with entrepreneurial effort.

Krogan also directs the UCSF site of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), a state institute spanning three UC campuses — San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Berkeley — with a mission of supporting scientists at the intersection between the biological and quantitative sciences, and supporting entrepreneurial efforts stemming from that science to grow the California economy.

PULLMAN, Wash. — The first graduate of Washington State University's online professional master's degree program in electric power engineering is launching an effort to bring light, power and entrepreneurial opportunities to residents of Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea.

Bowes supported BioFulcrum's entrepreneurial approach and focus on accelerating the discovery of cures through a team - science model, an effort that launched in 2015.

The Spring 2018 Illinois Innovation Index, recently published by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC) and titled: «University Entrepreneurship Index: Startup Activity Reaches New Heights,» highlights a variety of university - driven entrepreneurial efforts in Illinois.

A lot of people want to see how I end up with my second entrepreneurial effort,» she said.

It multiplies the efforts of change - makers and campaigners of social causes, creative projects and entrepreneurial ideas.

Opening May 16th, Disney's «Million Dollar Arm» is based on the inspiring true story of entrepreneurial sports agent J.B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) who comes up with a bold plan in a last ditch effort to save his livelihood.

CEO Fergal Roche went on to say that «while the school funding system should not rely on entrepreneurial efforts in schools to make ends meet» there has been «more and more school leaders looking for ways to generate extra income and make better use of their funding».

Welch explains that as philanthropists start applying their entrepreneurial skills to the challenges confronting low - income communities, they often find themselves putting education and child - focused efforts at the center of their lives.

Still, the volume does an admirable job depicting some of the more entrepreneurial people in education today and imparting enough information to suggest which of these efforts will pay off — and which will disappear.

The goal, Gray explains, is to reach out to the organizations in other cities with underutilized resources in the entrepreneurial sector, share best practices, and ultimately support cities in their efforts to become «vibrant hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship.»

Rick Hess was one of the first to argue this point, making the case for «ecosystems» that would nurture entrepreneurial efforts outside the traditional system (including a panoply of nonprofit as well as profit - seeking actors).

Join our guests from Rice University and the University of Michigan as they talk about their efforts to cultivate a new class of educators, administrators, and developers with entrepreneurial skills that could potentially benefit school districts.

At last week's presentation, «Launching an Entrepreneurial Venture: From Cambridge to Tajikistan Using Raspberry Pis and the Sneakernet,» Beary shared her experiences with Entrepreneurial Lab (eLab)-- an entrepreneurship education program for high - potential, disadvantaged young women between the ages of 12 and 15 around the world — both in an effort to capture the early stages of a startup and to share how the organization has used low - cost technology to reach young women living in remote parts of low - income countries.

It will take a collection of men and women with entrepreneurial drive, operational savvy and passion for overhauling education so that all children can succeed in order to take on the challenges of transforming a system that has poorly served so many kids for far too long.After all, reform efforts are wasted if they fail because of bad strategic, tactical and operational decisions.

But rather than holding Perry accountable for his failings, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, has supported his taxpayer - supported entrepreneurial efforts by pushing through approval of a plan that would allow Perry to use his private company to a charter school in New Haven.

And though kind of understandable, these are, after all, new entrepreneurial efforts, with tons of development in front of them, these plans are available now, growing, and present some attractive alternatives.

Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.»

My favorite presenter at the recent Inc. 500/5000 conference was Guy Kawasaki, who offered an informative session about cultivating and maintaining «enchantment» in your customers or clients, so perhaps this series of posts in which I summarize those points and discuss how they are applicable for us at Outskirts Press will also help you apply the information to your own entrepreneurial efforts (starting a business, running a company or yes, even marketing a published book).

I've asked Howey if, in fact, he thinks that an author - advocacy effort like Author Earnings could have been mounted before the substantial rise we see today of the entrepreneurial - author dynamic, which is so focused on community and, in many instances, on mutual support.

The austerity of the site, the concision and economy of its statements, may surprise some in the established publishing community who would expect any effort in organizing entrepreneurial authors to be all funny hats, whimsical fonts, motivational aphorisms, and phantom unicorn lovers.

According to the Howey test, an instrument is only an investment contract if it involves an investment of money or other tangible or definable consideration in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived primarily from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others.

Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.

«Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk - taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing systematically the efforts needed to carry out these decisions; and measuring the results of these decisions against the expectations through organized, systematic feedback.»

As noted by the SEC, an investment contract is «an investment of money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others.»

Because of Caren's innovative and entrepreneurial efforts, she was awarded the National Association of Legal Professionals (NALP) Mark of Distinction in 2009, the coveted InnovAction Award by the College of Law Practice Management in 2014, and the Ms. JD «Strength in Numbers» Award in 2015.

Earning the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award for Growth is a true testament to the hard work, effort and commitment of our employees.

It seems to me the big value of real estate investing as we do it is the entrepreneurial effort we put into picking a town, neighborhoods, the right managers, etc..