Sentences with phrase «of older entrepreneurs»

According to the 2017 Survey of Entrepreneurs and MSMEs in Vietnam, 68 per cent of young entrepreneurs uses advanced technologies such as mobile applications, Internet, and design technology, compared to 63 per cent of older entrepreneurs.

Not exact matches

The decision also weighs in the favor of entrepreneurs and investors who live outside places like Silicon Valley, where old - school networking and personal connections are how financing deals typically happen.

Stream Entrepreneur's pitch show and watch contestants try to convince investors — and an audience of potential Indiegogo crowdfunders — that new takes on old products are worth supporting.

In many ways, James Sun is emblematic of today's tech entrepreneur: He's scarily young (21), fluent in business jargon and running a company that's baffling to anyone older than 30.

The leader in marijuana edibles in Colorado, the company is run by Nancy Whiteman, a 59 - year - old entrepreneur and mother of two.

In the end, the best assassins and the best entrepreneurs know that preparation, adaptability and responsiveness, coupled with self - preservation and someone in your corner, are the keys to survival, whether you're killing people, or killing an old way of thinking with a brand new startup.

For all we hear about 20 - year - olds dropping out of Stanford to raise trunk loads of venture money, most entrepreneurs need industry knowledge and connections to start a company.

The 23 - year - old entrepreneur's young company has already hit a number of milestones, including a $ 9.2 million fundraise.

To find those traits, we polled a sampling of successful female founders at the event, from Wurwand to an 11 - year - old lemonade entrepreneur who snagged a sweet offer on Shark Tank and an El Salvadoran - immigrant - turned - millionaire - waste management mogul who «turns trash into treasure.»

Holly Branson is a doctor, philanthropist, wife, mother — and the oldest child of billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson.

There's an old Haitian expression that translates roughly to: «beyond the mountains, more mountains,» which I think should be the everyday motto of all good entrepreneurs because it's a spot - on description of the basic fact of life in a startup.

Lured by the prospect of a steal, would - be entrepreneurs have been joined in the bidding by companies interested in expanding through strategic acquisitions and private equity groups like SeaFort seeking solid «old economy» assets.

Yet the import market for Japanese pop culture is still in its infancy, and oftentimes it's entrepreneurs who are bringing the best items here to sell to early - adopting arbiters of cool, whether they are 7 - year - olds clamoring for Naruto or hip 20 - somethings sporting Domo - kun t - shirts.

The 35 - year - old online marketing expert is one of a growing number of entrepreneurs in the pressure - cooker tech world to admit that, no, they're not killing it and, no, they can't fake it until they make it.

«A diamond lasts more than a single generation, the way an urn of ashes won't,» says the 27 - year - old entrepreneur.

The 20 - year - old social media maven and entrepreneur tweeted on Wednesday that she doesn't use Snapchat anymore and the next day, shares of Snap dropped 6.1 percent, wiping $ 1.3 billion of the company's market value.

A decade ago, the 53 - year - old chairman and CEO of Toronto - based marketing holding company MDC Partners invested heavily in tech - savvy agencies staffed with creative entrepreneurs that scoffed at the lumbering dinosaurs of the traditional ad world.

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

Meanwhile, Richard Herman, a Cleveland immigration lawyer and the author of Immigrant, Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy, claims nearly all of the net job creation in the past 20 years has come from companies less than five years old.

But instead of simply closing down the Michelin - rated restaurant and retiring, like many would after a storied career like his, the 68 - year - old entrepreneur — and his business — are going on «sabbatical.»

A very famous entrepreneur once told me that she left her great executive role because, simply, «one woman standing in a room full of old white men wasn't going to do very much.»

This was an actual accomplishment for Barrett, the general manager of The Abbey Bar in Williamsburg, but also an entrepreneur - in - the - making: («am planning to own my own spot in the next few years,» the 30 - year - old wrote us).

The 35 - year - old entrepreneur is the co-founder of Jigsee Inc., a Canadian startup whose technology enables video streaming on non-3G phones and shaky networks.

The 91 - year - old entrepreneur smashed the gender barrier in the old boys club of produce and brought some 200 unusual edibles out of obscurity and onto our pl...

Before single - handedly bootstrapping AppSumo five years ago from the basement of an apartment in San Francisco's trippy Haight - Ashbury district, the 33 - year - old entrepreneur was a self - described «cubicle monkey» at Intel, employee number 30 at Facebook (he was fired) and employee number four at Mint (he quit).

The ability to put a new spin on the old: That's what catapulted Jason Lucash and his business partner, Mike Szymczak, from aspiring entrepreneurs to creators of one of Time's 50 best inventions of the year in 2009.

Only an entrepreneur would conduct some of the wacky experiments old Benny was always up to.

Ninety - four percent of the 13 - to 34 - year - old entrepreneurs polled say they will meet their goals, compared to just 73 % of Baby Boomers and 80 % of Gen Xers.

Jerome Boykin, Jr., the 24 year - old accidental entrepreneur, first contacted us in January to share his remarkable journey from unemployed and homeless to owner of a half - million dollar company.

If the 67 - year - old lost all of his money overnight and had to start from scratch, he knows exactly what he would do: Start all over again as an entrepreneur, launching a new business he hasn't tried yet.

And while plenty of old - economy industries might object to any special treatment for the tech sector, it may be unavoidable if politicians actually want highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs to come to Canada.

The six - year - old startup is run by Elon Musk, the South African - born PayPal co-founder who was Inc.'s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007.

Hsieh struck up a conversation with the bar's owner, Michael Cornthwaite, a 38 - year - old entrepreneur who, along with his wife, Jennifer, is widely regarded as the first of downtown Las Vegas's urban pioneers.

«I think to be associated with Vogue [one of the founders of the three - year - old event] and brands like Scoop legitimizes us,» said Beauchamp, one of Inc.'s 2011 coolest entrepreneurs under 30.

But, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal, the 33 - year - old billionaire entrepreneur «appeared well prepared» over several hours of intense questions from lawmakers.

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The old system of subsidies for Canadian companies entering international markets encouraged Canadian entrepreneurs to engage with DFAIT's agents abroad, but with that system long since dismantled, and with the Internet offering growing companies a source of market research more accessible than a visit to a consulate, said Beck, «we need to reach out to you.»

DODOcase co-founder Patrick Buckley, a 29 - year - old serial entrepreneur, felt there was a niche among people nostalgic for the warm, classy feel of a traditional book.

In each case, an old business idea has been updated for the Internet age, with the online sharing of resources allowing entrepreneurs to reach more customers, and faster.

Maytag, the 72 - year - old entrepreneur behind the Anchor Steam brand, is an icon all by himself: The great grandson of the founder of the Maytag Corporation, he bought the small brewery in 1965, reviving and renaming it.

The Pet Rock (whose inventor I consider the greatest entrepreneur of all time) made its debut in October 1975 - in other words, 19 years and nine months before the launch of Amazon, which is now 20 years old.

Among entrepreneurs who start businesses between the ages of 20 and 64, almost a quarter are 55 or older, compared with 15 percent in 1996, according to the Kauffman Foundation.

The 65 - year - old entrepreneur says he learned about risks from his parents who «liked to gamble, leaving me to fend for myself... I learned the difference between gambling, which I do little of, and risk - taking, which I do all the time.»

Veteran entrepreneur Celeste Hilling, CEO and founder of 10 - year - old lifestyle company Skin Authority, stumped me with this question a few weeks ago, but she definitely left me with something to think about.

Accustomed to the nurturing and guidance of their parents, Gen - Y entrepreneurs are receptive to the advice of older, successful company founders who were minted in droves during the»80s and»90s.

The takeaway for the youthful entrepreneur is positive — your projected potential can work to your advantage and may actually be preferred to the sure (but less sexy) feats of the established older player.

The likes of ex-RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie have suggested the tech sector needs to lobby governments more actively, and 29 - year - old Litt believes there's a place for his fresh - faced cohort of entrepreneurs to make their voices heard.

This is a big one, and a struggle for a lot of companies and older entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and business owners to understand.

Richard Feloni: You grew up right outside Boston, the daughter of a lawyer turned entrepreneur, and you were the oldest of five kids.

As a reporter at CNBC Make It, I've covered some of the most incredible — including a 28 - year - old whose company has made millions buying things at Walmart and reselling them on Amazon and an entrepreneur who started selling board games out of his living room.