Sentences with phrase «old entrepreneur with»

David Barclay is a 42 - year - old entrepreneur with a double - decade history in dot - com ventures and various other startups.

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.

Not exact matches

For female entrepreneurs right now, that means not just disrupting their chosen fields but also disrupting the old boys» club, with its myopia and patriarchal outlook.

Perhaps few entrepreneurs in the world today revel in the impossible as much as Walter De Brouwer, the 55 - year - old Belgian self - described anarchist with a Ph.D. in semiotics who believes he can disrupt the entire health care industry with a tiny device inspired by Star Trek.

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.

She has worked with more than 100 entrepreneurs over the last 10 years from start - ups to 30 - year - old businesses.

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.

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.

«I'm a 53 - year - old entrepreneur who's always believed in building businesses with one eye on the bottom line and one eye on growth,» he says.

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.»

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.

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.

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.

«We've had trouble with overseas buyers not paying,» says the 37 - year - old entrepreneur.

For the Ferreiras, it started with Stacey's response to Branson's tweet, in which she explained that she and Scott weren't old enough to drink alcohol but would love to meet the one - time teen entrepreneur at his cocktail party.

Yet, it's a fear that manifests with entrepreneurs young and old.

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Peter Voogd speaks with 14 - year - old entrepreneur, author and public speaker Caleb Maddix about the keysEntrepreneur Network partner Peter Voogd speaks with 14 - year - old entrepreneur, author and public speaker Caleb Maddix about the keysentrepreneur, author and public speaker Caleb Maddix about the keys to success.

The definitive example is Sun Tzu's The Art of War, a 2,000 - year - old book on military strategy that still resonates with entrepreneurs.

With two decades of experience in the business, the 40 - year - old entrepreneur knew she couldn't afford to wait for things to get dire.

While many entrepreneurs still come out of an ayahuasca experience with old habits and patterns intact, the entheogen is providing spiritual guidance to a group of capable individuals seeking to make the world a better place rather than focusing solely on profits.

Now 16 years old, Nicky is managing the task of co-running a startup with his father, two - time entrepreneur and angel investor Michael Bronner.

The former chief executive of human resources software firm Zenefits, Parker Conrad, on Tuesday made public a new startup that will compete with his old company, marking a comeback by the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who left Zenefits under a cloud.

It's an age - old question: Are entrepreneurs a special breed, born into this world with a drive and need to succeed that most of humanity lacks, or can they can be created through education, experience and mentorship?

In his first interview with a Western media publication since 2015, the 39 - year - old entrepreneur said he aims to double his user base, which currently offers everything from food delivery to movie tickets to wedding photography to more than 300 million Chinese consumers.

He signed up with Doba while attending the State University of New York at Brockport and to date, this now 22 - year - old college graduate / entrepreneur has sold more than $ 70,000 worth of merchandise to consumers through eBay and Amazon using the suppliers found on the Doba platform for drop shipping.

Since I'm a 23 - year - old entrepreneur, I saw this post as another sign that I have the green light to take risks and build businesses because the fear of living out on the streets with no food is overblown.

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At Guidant Financial, we've worked with many entrepreneurs age 50 and older who are trading in retirement for the adventures of business ownership.

Australia has no stories of 14 - year - old boy - millionaires who ramped their chosen shares via a chat - room canard: nor, more substantively, of entrepreneurs with backwards - facing baseball caps attracting serious funding on the promise of a rapid «cash - burn».

It's easier for a 25 - year - old male entrepreneur with average ethics and average execution to raise more funds than a woman entrepreneur.

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Jeff Rose explains how a 16 - year - old with a lawnmowing business approached him to ask for investment tips.

Most recently his work caught the eye of Forbes and was featured in an article entitled, The 12 - Year - Old Entrepreneur That Will Take Global Tech & The World By Storm Ian works closely with Dream Hustle Code, to help level the playing field for kids from communities that have traditionally been left out of the tech industry.

I'm an old retired guy and an experienced entrepreneur with time on my hands.

Many entrepreneurs lie awake at night, either with sweet dreams of disrupting an old creaky market or nightmares of disruption in their own industry.

Press Release — DENVER, CO, June 28, 2017 — 24 - year - old entrepreneur Matt Hyder has partnered with WeFunder, the largest regulation crowdfunding portal connecting startups with investors online, for his company's first capital raise.

About Dr. Jekyll's Craft Beer Dr. Jekyll's was born in an old constable station turned brewery by three friends united in beer and health, an all - natural bodybuilder - research scientist, filmmaker - entrepreneur and master brewer who teamed with a biotech firm to brew super foods into specialty beers.

Michael Tolkin, a 32 - year - old tech entrepreneur who is among over a dozen long - shot candidates running to unseat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, appears to have outspent every other contender in the race, including the mayor, with a $ 5 million in - kind contribution to his own campaign.

Gary Vaynerchuk, a 33 - year - old Belarusian - born wine retailer from New Jersey who tweets under the name «Garyvee» gained over 160,000 followers with his wine tips and advice for a sea of frustrated entrepreneurs.

More recently, we can't help but notice the glowing entrepreneur looks very Old Hollywood when she dons the Tolani Leopard Infinity Scarf with a neutral top, skinny jeans and shades.

The app was founded by 26 - year - old Brazilian entrepreneur Renan Godinho, who told GDI earlier this year: «People waste lots of time with traditional dating apps.

I am 33 years old and a successful entrepreneur looking to enjoy a prosperous life with somebody.

Poverty Row entrepreneur Victor Adamson (hiding behind the pseudonym of Denver Dixon) once again managed to release a completely incomprehensible Western filled to the brim with tired old clichés and the most wooden acting this side of cigar - store Indians.

Emily Wilkinson, a 48 - year - old entrepreneur, bet that the Junction would continue to rise last year when she bought a storefront property with an upstairs apartment, with the help of Realtor Katrina McHugh of Junction Realty Inc. «I'm going to live upstairs and am in the process of renovating the Caboose café downstairs,» Wilkinson says.

The 29 - year old entrepreneur, Melanie Hurley, who created a safer alternative to solvent based nail polishes with her odorless, toxin free Piggy Paints for girls and ladies — has now has created PUPPY Paint!

He is one of those entrepreneurs who are trying new techniques and experimenting with new ways to do old things more efficiently but always with the goal of producing better coffee.

After all, with internet access reaching an ever younger age, a 20 year old internet business entrepreneur can have 10 years experience!

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

I agree with Ray's point on surprises — the biggest being how old on - shelf science in entrepreneurs» hands opened the vast shale energy resource that was thought untappable.

Now 23 years old, the budding entrepreneur who lives in the tiny house together with her tiny hound (a chihuahua named Darla) is already well on her way to debt free home ownership.