Sentences with phrase «of smaller initiatives»

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Over the years the bookseller has unveiled a series of small initiatives that are not game changing in itself, but do appeal to a select number of users.

That means we run a lot of small initiatives, harvesting the small wins and scaling them up.

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Elizabeth Gore is the entrepreneur in residence at Dell, where she drives initiatives that support Dell's goals around helping small and medium businesses scale and prosper, fueling the expansion of global entrepreneurship, thereby creating jobs that will drive the world economy.

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

The House and Senate Small Business Committees should assign staffers to benchmark what has been done to reduce the regulatory burden in other countries, with the goal of copying the best initiatives enacted elsewhere.

A review of a U.S. Small Business Administration initiative shows that support provided to entrepreneurs in regional groupings bolstered local economies.

As a veteran of past tax reform initiatives, I wondered how the government had come to generate such anger from small business owners and whether a much needed tax reform scheme could be rescued.

Below are examples of state initiatives that support small businesses in new markets.

Narembeen is typical of many small Wheatbelt towns confronting challenges with an array of business and community development initiatives.

We also learn about Jenn's inclusion in the White House's «Champion of Change» initiative and a good rule for any small business owner to follow.

Small Business Saturday, happening this year on November 28, started as an American Express initiative to encourage consumers to shop small and local during the holiday season, but it is now a key piece of the major holiday shopping day trifSmall Business Saturday, happening this year on November 28, started as an American Express initiative to encourage consumers to shop small and local during the holiday season, but it is now a key piece of the major holiday shopping day trifsmall and local during the holiday season, but it is now a key piece of the major holiday shopping day trifecta.

However, getting people to cycle to work is just a small part of a larger sustainability initiative.

Through the initiative of one technical staffer, Steve Newcomb, the company turned a small contract into one that landed $ 700,000.

Last year for Small Business Saturday 2014, more than 126,000 tweets were sent in support of the initiative, a 10 - percent increase from the previous year.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has applauded initiatives introduced by the federal government to cut red tape for small business.

Total revenue of small businesses included in the initiative grew at 10.8 percent on an annualized basis between in the two years studied, according to the report.

Google became a subsidiary of Alphabet, as did most of its smaller, research - driven units, including connected - home business Nest and Google Fiber, its home broadband initiative.

(Not all of these initiatives have worked; the cooking classes, which were fairly small - scale, were killed after a year.)

On Monday, JPMorgan Chase announced $ 2.2 million to support underserved and minority - owned businesses throughout the U.S. as part of the firm's three - year commitment from its Small Business Forward initiative.

The initiative, which originated out of Section 8 (a) of the Small Business Act — hence its name — provides participants with access to a variety of business development services, including the opportunity to receive federal contracts on a sole - source or limited competition basis.

These include CAPLines, LowDoc, SBAExpress, EWCP, DELTA, and an assortment of other lending initiatives targeted at specific sectors of the small business world.

Facebook began its latest small - business initiative with the wider rollout of its jobs platform.

The president «recognizes that the government must take steps to streamline regulations on small businesses,» according to Fetcher, noting several initiatives begun during Obama's first term, including a government - wide review of regulations and support of the JOBS Act.

More than 350 small business organizations supported the nationwide initiative with more than 50 Chambers of Commerce and 60 groups organizing events and activities in support of the day.

Now, Google discloses revenue and profits within two categories: Google (comprised of the core ad business as well as revenue from cloud, hardware, and Android), and «Other Bets» (sales from businesses like Nest, investment returns, small contributions from its Verily life sciences business, and the secretive X innovation lab, among other initiatives).

«In a small city, it will be easier to get to know the best service providers, such as lawyers, your banker may likely be someone you know, and you can more easily create a name for yourself,» said Chuck Sacco, assistant dean of strategic initiatives in the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel University.

One of the businesses involved in the initiative is Airbnb, which is offering free accommodations through the platform to 160 small business owners and activists who are women.

Small - business owners around the country are casting their ballots as the race to the 2014 Midterm Election finish line comes to an end — and how Main Street votes could determine not just who will go to Washington, but also the outcome of key initiatives that affect all of our bottom lines.

Roughly 60 percent of small businesses have implemented BYOD initiatives, according to a recent survey conducted by Spiceworks, an online community for IT professionals.

THE GST Assist 13 3088 helpline is a federally funded initiative assisting small and medium - sized enterprises, charities and the education sector prepare for the introduction of GST.

Some also were the recipients of high - impact training from Goldman Sachs, whose 10,000 Small Businesses initiative brought needed skills, mentorships, and funding to 400 New Orleans businesses.

«On the margin, each of these [digital] initiatives is probably a small component.

As part of its Wells Fargo Works for Small BusinessSM initiative, Wells Fargo — in collaboration with diverse chambers of commerce — commissioned Gallup to conduct a survey of diverse - segment small business owSmall BusinessSM initiative, Wells Fargo — in collaboration with diverse chambers of commerce — commissioned Gallup to conduct a survey of diverse - segment small business owsmall business owners.

They break their digital vision into a series of stepping - stones — smaller initiatives that allow for step - by - step progress toward the digital future.

I'm not of the opinion that every business challenge can be solved with additional capital, but I do believe that a small business loan or line of credit can be a great tool to fuel growth or fund other ROI - generating initiatives.

Alongside with the Davos summit and the gathering of 2500 international leaders another but much smaller initiative may have the key — or at least point in the direction where it might be found.

Friends and family business loans, or financing from friends or family members remains one of the primary sources small businesses of every size use to access capital to fuel growth or otherwise fund specific initiatives.

The SBC tailors its events and public policy initiatives to meet the unique needs of small businesses from across Greater Vancouver.

Although the Conservatives later replaced the Canadian Building Incentive Program with a similar program, the new one is more limited in scope with a smaller budget — typical of the cuts Harper made to many climate related initiatives that had been proposed and voted through in Parliament under the previous Liberal government.

There are a number of things governments could do to strengthen economic growth and the platforms of all the parties contain small initiatives that might help.

Because, like their larger siblings, many small businesses rely on borrowed capital to fund growth and other initiatives, they should follow the example of larger companies that make funding business initiatives part of their annual strategic plan.

As a result, in May of 2016, OnDeck helped launch an initiative of the three largest online small business lenders, and a leading national non-profit microfinance trade association (the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO)-RRB-, to produce a disclosure solution that would help standardize a common set of pricing metrics and make it easier for small business borrowers to assess their options.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

They are circles of influence and «go to resources» for small businesses, organizations and investors to connect with, share and learn about crowdfunding via locally hosted events and initiatives.

On January 12, the president - elect announced that Powell would get a White House job as senior counselor for economic initiatives, saying she would focus on «entrepreneurship, small business growth, and the global economic empowerment of women.»

If the company opens a smaller concept store at the mall, it will be the continuation of an initiative the company started last year elsewhere in the country.

Given the small size of the initiatives, their exclusion has little impact, with the exception of 2011 - 12.