Sentences with phrase «of leading entrepreneurs»

We advise a number of the leading entrepreneurs in the property industry alongside an equally entrepreneurially minded blue chip client base.

«Paul has long been a trusted advisor to many of the leading entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector, and we're very excited about his arrival at the firm.»

We put on the leading blockchain event, Consensus, every year hosting 2,500 of the leading entrepreneurs, executives, developers, and policy makers in the blockchain space.

There is a line that stands in my mind from one of the leading entrepreneurs in the region: there is no «wasta» — the system of favors and «Who do you know?»

The country comparisons reveal that Singapore and Ireland have strong conditions for entrepreneurs, even though, especially in the case of Singapore, the state has assumed the role of leading entrepreneur.

Not exact matches

The myth of overnight success: The dotcom boom and the high - profile sale of billion - dollar apps has led to the dream of overnight success among entrepreneurs.

Follow the lead of many of your fellow entrepreneurs, who are finding funds through well - established financing alternatives.

The growth of the cosmetic medicine industry has led two Perth entrepreneurs to expand their businesses in order to tap into more of the nation's $ 6 billion annual spend.

Created by Walter Luh, a serial entrepreneur and formerly the lead architect of the Adobe Flash Lite engineering team, Corona Labs has raised $ 2.5 million in seed investment, mostly from Merus Capital.

Eric Dolan, co-founder of software company Neutun Labs, is clear about the importance of the disease that led him to become an entrepreneur.

We recently caught up with Bryan Silverman, named Entrepreneur's College Entrepreneur of 2012, about what lessons have led to his company's success and his plans and goals for the coming year.

The lead investor may negotiate better terms, defend against unfair dilution by negotiating with venture capitalists during follow - on financing, mentor the company and represent small investors on the board,» says Nick Tommarello, the co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform WeFunder, in a letter to the Committee of Financial Services shared with Entrepreneur.

«It is often a misperception that most entrepreneurs in less - developed economies are necessity - motivated,» Donna Kelley, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College and the report's lead author, said in a statement.

Here's a closer look at each of the leading cities and what they have to offer aspiring entrepreneurs.

• Pilotworks, New York City - based a community of food entrepreneurs formerly known as FoodWorks, raised $ 13 million in Series A funding led by Techstars Ventures and Acre Venture Partners.

Many of the people leading Vancouver's new tech giants are keen to help budding entrepreneurs grow and thrive, says Tam.

But regardless of which side you lean toward, there are entrepreneurs leading the way in social impact, people like Joshua Schukman, founder of Social Change Nation, an organization focused on bringing together entrepreneurs from around the world who are making an impact while still making a profit.

BGF Ventures led the round and was joined by investors including LocalGlobe, Entrepreneur First, TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, and Microsoft's former head of corporate strategy, Charlie Songhurst.

Taylor Johnson is a serial entrepreneur and business plan expert at BusinessPlanToday, and the leading provider of business plan software and free business plan templates.

By Rohit Arora, CEO and co-founder of Biz2Credit, a leading online marketplace that connects entrepreneurs with small - business loan options

For example, Google announced that it will hold its own Women's Demo Day, which will feature women - led startups from around the country pitching to a group of judges at the Googleplex, with the goal of driving investment and providing Google mentorship and introductions to each entrepreneur.

After all, it can be easy for an entrepreneur to fall prey to the whims of a difficult market or to make a series of mistakes that eventually leads to failure.

This mystique leads to certain myths that can dampen a prospective entrepreneur's enthusiasm, so I'd like to explain and debunk some of the more common misperceptions.

Paul Freed, an Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) member in Seattle, is co-founder of Herd Freed Hartz, a leading executive search and recruiting strategy consulting firm.

I see a lot of startup companies led by inexperienced entrepreneurs get into trouble from overspending because they are trying to adhere to a brilliant strategy in which everything happens in perfect order.

Ben Huh, CEO of The Cheezburger Network, is an Internet entrepreneur whose pet led him to his passion and way of life.

Entrepreneurs have to deal with rejection more often and expand their pipeline of investor leads.

«You should not be building a business if the model does not lead to sustainable operating income and cash flow out of which a salary can be taken in a reasonable period of time,» says Frances Spark of Spark Consulting LLC, a New York firm that provides business consulting, operational restructuring and interim CFO and COO services to entrepreneurs and small to mid-size companies.

«The country is deeply divided on the legalization of the undocumented, but it largely agrees on skilled immigration and the DREAM Act,» says Vivek Wadhwa, an entrepreneur and the lead researcher on the Kauffman study.

To lead with compassion, entrepreneurs need to get out of their own way.

Multimillionaire Entrepreneur Jane Wurwand on Self - Reliance The founder of skincare brand Dermalogica recounts her road to success, including the humbling moment that led to a powerful mantra.

He also had a passion for exploring new products with friends and other entrepreneurs, which led him to start an email list sent to a group of friends, which grew to include friends of friends until it evolved into tens of thousands of recipients, all interested in knowing what people were creating.

-- Debbie Sterling, Founder of GoldieBlox Read more: How One Young Entrepreneur's Quest to Encourage Women Engineers Led Her to GoldieBlox

A soon - to - be listed tech company led by local entrepreneur Rob Newman and company director Ian Olson has lodged its prospectus for a $ 5 million capital raising, as it proceeds with its reverse takeover of Soil Sub Technologies.

Yet, an entrepreneur's spiel could lead to an investor yawning instead of opening up their wallet.

With Mother's Day right around the corner, Inc. asked leading entrepreneurs to share their favorite piece of advice from their mothers.

Entrepreneurs are always on a pilgrimage which finally leads to the realm of the Spirit... Inexorably, one has to end up in the field of the ultimate.

I'm a major advocate of leading by example and modeling the behavior that you expect from your team, but many entrepreneurs take this idea too literally and push it too far.

We've polled leading entrepreneurs on the art of the first sale, and here's what we learned on how, when, and where to focus efforts.

Similarly, Box, which is led by Aaron Levie, Inc. magazine's 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year — is about to close a new round of venture capital funding.

From India to Turkey, women entrepreneurs are on the leading edge of this shift, poised to transform their local economies and, in doing so, change the world.

I built a career around the marketing of good deeds, working with a lot of great organizations, from Points of Light to Share our Strength, led by Billy Shore, who I think is probably one of the originally nonprofit entrepreneurs.

McKelvey contends that the hands - on experience of working for a startup, and facing those infrastructural challenges head on, actually led him to building WeWork: A space made by and for entrepreneurs.

«The idea of «rejecting» capitalism could lead some first - time entrepreneurs to found focus - first companies, where they're more concerned about helping people than making a profit.

When I asked him whether he often leads fellow entrepreneurs on climbs, he responded, «All the time,» explaining, «I think entrepreneurial types are naturally drawn to the challenges of big mountain climbing.

A new study from Barclays, «Origins and Legacy: the Changing Order of Wealth Creation,» finds developing countries now lead the U.S. when comes to wealth creation by entrepreneurs.

Cléroux leads a team of experts who analyze economic data to identify business and sector trends impacting Canadian entrepreneurs.

We are in the age of the inexperienced entrepreneur making a fortune and leading the pack.

We have seen a wave of female entrepreneurs, and so the risk of investing in female - led companies is finally being realized.

Tech entrepreneur Ingrid Vanderveldt shares the story of her early struggles, professional success and personal growth that led to an audacious plan to help a billion women entrepreneurs by 2020.