Sentences with phrase «on venture activity»

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But as the venture begins to grow, their need for control keeps them from focusing on activities that bring the highest value to a growing business.

They are typically so focused on building their product, they don't raise enough capital to cover essential sales and marketing activities that will allow them to better attract additional venture capital down the road.

To answer the first question, we looked at the top 100 venture firms globally, based on longevity (active since 2010), recent activity (investing in 2014 and 2015), rounds led and fund size.

By following this simple guide, you can see whether venture capital is right for you and get yourself on the road toward making such investments to supplement your other investing activities.

A PwC Canada & CB Insights MoneyTree Canada report on venture capital activity in 2016 shows just that.

Venture backed companies in this space are on the rise and developer activity is picking up on Github.

The venture capital database says it has selected from over 2,000 private companies in the AI field based on several criteria, which are: investor profile, tech innovation, team strength, patent activity, mosaic score, funding history, valuation, and business model.

Credit cards such as the Capital One Venture card send email updates on any activity that may have affected you.

There are a few rising cities among the top ICO markets with growing amounts of deal activity that are not on traditional venture capital maps at all, including Tallinn, Estonia, and Kiev, Ukraine, to name a couple.

This activity, however, was unsuccessful, and the two companies restructured, streamlined, and cut back on Kibo's activity in 2016, in view of the venture's failure to generate revenue and its accumulation of losses.

According to Nasdaq, key benefits of the venture include a seamless, end - to - end transactional process for private - company securities; direct access to global payments from Nasdaq's Linq platform using CitiConnect ® for Blockchain and Citi's cross-border, multicurrency payments service; and increased operational efficiency and ease of reconciliation with real - time visibility of payment - transaction activity on the blockchain ledger.

Lord Jesus, you who are the Saviour of our human activity because you bring us a motive for acting, and the Saviour of our human pain because you endow it with a life - giving value: be also the Saviour of our human unity by compelling us to repudiate all our pettiness and, relying on you, to venture forth on to the uncharted ocean of charity.

Reading is a skill or at least an activity, and few ventures are as disheartening as trying to get through books on the Bible by Southern Baptist Fundamentalists, such as Harold Lindsell's The Battle for the Bible (I 976).

We are not called to blind faith in the bible... but faith based on Gods activities in the past... God often told his people to remember his deliverance of them from egypt to build heir faith in him for future ventures.

3rd generation up - and - comer Luke, Cole's young son, has his eagle eye trained on the vineyard activities and regularly jumps in with full enthusiasm for the venture!

The Gunners opened up their summer activity by launching the # 18m bid for Griezmann on Monday but could already have been gazumped in their first venture into the market.

Venture out on your own, too: Arrange an excursion with a friend or your partner for a little adult conversation, or treat yourself to another activity you miss.

Other people choose to venture outside for short activities on the afternoon of day 2 and day 3.

«This may be due to the fact that teens are financially and culturally dependent on their parents to venture outside of their daily activities compared to adults,» the researchers wrote in their paper.

The Space, Science and Competitiveness Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held two hearings on further actions Congress could take to assist companies seeking to engage in commercial space activities, especially non-traditional ventures such as placing habitats in Earth orbit or on the Moon, satellite servicing, or asteroid mining.

Based on a novel by Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation follows biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) as she and four other scientists (Jennifer Jason Leigh's Dr. Ventress, Gina Rodriguez's Anya, Tuva Novotny's Cass, and Tessa Thompson's Josie) agree to venture into an area infected by an alien presence and known as the Shimmer - with the movie detailing the characters» increasingly perilous efforts at studying the unusual activity inside.

Players will venture into a polar ice cap on Mars to explore epic adventures and activities!

Those who venture out on their own, and it is a huge number of people these days especially in our tourist hotspots, can have the benefit of the previous experience from school days, activity holidays, from organisations such as scouting, guiding and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme (DofE).

Until recently the SFER Board also included acclaimed education reform financier Jonathan Sackler (Whose activities include funding the Achievement First Inc. charter school chain, forming ConnCAN and 50CAN and serving on the Board of The New Schools Venture Fund) and Rebecca Ledley (A member of the UP Academy Charter School Company and spouse of Charles Ledley, who serves on the Board of Directors of Education Reform Now (ERN) and its affiliate, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER.)

Like the Bill & Melinda Gates and Walton Family Foundations, funding tends to focus on particular issues, and funded activities tend more toward innovation and disruption of the status quo — an approach termed «venture philanthropy» in a nod to the notion of the business sector's venture capitalism and the application of related business principles to philanthropy.

Spend your days on the sand, engage in a number of water - based activities (like surfing, paddleboarding or renting a wave runner), play a round of golf or venture to the action - packed Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark.

Companies that have low levels of business activity or who do not carry on active business will trade on the NEX board, while companies that are actively carrying on business will remain with the main TSX Venture Exchange stock list.

So if you're routinely buying and reselling tchotchkes online, flipping houses or actively day - trading, it's likely the CRA will view your activities as a business venture and therefore tax any gains on your «business inventory» as regular income.

Another great family activity is to browse the wares of the local vendors on the beach or venture into the downtown area to peruse the shops.

The Protea on Adderley is a self - catering studio apartment located in the city centre of Cape Town, an eternal mishmash of activity and the very core of the city where all business ventures, social outings, and nigh...

Visitors that venture out of the resort property can testify to the island's magnificent natural treasures and exciting activities both on the water and terrain.

Activities: - Venture out of touristy and overcrowded Honolulu, there are plenty of stunning views, private beaches, and fantastic hikes on Oahu but you need to leave the city behind and explore.

Starting with the importance, or strength of the «Social Object»: I would venture that «doing business», «trade», «investigate and act on an opportunity», «earn money», is extremely strong, maybe the top one, after all that is a core activity driver that made humankind survive.

These and other ventures are facilitated by new exhibition spaces for student art, an art activity room for hands - on education projects, and an art technology lab for developing interactive resources based on the museum's educational programs.

Gates hammered on points reported here for many years: that without a big, and sustained, boost in spending on basic research and development on energy frontiers, the chances of triggering an energy revolution are nil; that while the private sector and venture capital investors are vital for transforming breakthroughs into marketable products or services, they will not invest in the long - haul inquiry that's required to generate game - changing breakthroughs; that a 1 or 2 percent tax on carbon - emitting fuels could generate a large, steady stream of money for invigorating the innovation pipeline; that a declining emissions cap and credit trading system --- if it could survive America's polarized politics --- would have to raise energy costs far beyond what would be politically tenable to generate a similar scale of transformational activity.

Ecology Building Society focuses its lending on projects that offer the greatest gains in terms of carbon reductions and environmental impact, with its ethical lending policy prioritising sustainable housing practices, sustainable lifestyles, sustainable economic activity, and other ecologically positive projects and ventures.

Many of them self - identify with the Left; yet, there they are supporting the deliverance of the legal profession into the hands of gargantuan, multi-national, largely foreign controlled and foreign incentivized corporations and venture capitalists on the delusion that legal services is the one area of activity where those mega-corporations and venturers will not behave (or can somehow be forever stopped from behaving) the way they behave in every other area they are active in.

The group advises a mix of private equity and hedge funds, public and private companies and sovereign entities on the full spectrum of transactional issues, key areas of activity including M&A, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures.

Notable mandates: acted for a European petrochemical company in its acquisition and recapitalization of an Ontario - based company; acted for a Florida - based agricultural company in connection with its acquisition of a company with activities across Canada and South America; advised the underwriters in an $ 11.7 - million bought deal financing where AcuityAds Holdings Inc. acquired Boston - based Visible Measures Corp.; advised Assure Holdings Corp. in completing its reverse takeover of Montreux Capital Corp. and commencing its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange

Indeed, while Spotify continues to test out the waters for what kinds of ventures may do best on its music distribution platform — there is also the matter of Spotify for Business, another B2B - style effort for offering Spotify streaming in public venues, where Spotify also doesn't get a cut of anything — it will be interesting to see whether it eventually decides to take some of this kind of activity, and the money to be made from it, into its own hands down the line.

When a user ventures off of Facebook, the extension goes to work to prevent Facebook's many methods of tracking user activity on other sites.

Executive Management Duties & Responsibilities Provide effective solutions to complex issues such as cost budgeting, pricing strategies, vendor negotiations, revenue projections, purchasing and sales negotiations, business development tactics and industry competition Identify and develop talent among team members with targeted recruitment, focused training efforts and the promotion of a performance - based work environment that leverages individual talents for group benefit Utilize needs - and situation - based assessments to manage costs and capital outlays and determine potential ROI Participate heavily in all marketing, branding, public relations and communications activities Develop leadership team and support staff to aid in efficient business operations, sales and marketing functions, and client service execution, delegating important tasks and assignments while monitoring for effective resolution Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while performing sales presentations, overseeing market operation and business development, creating new revenue channels and managing key vendor and client relationships Collaborate in all phases of strategic planning with senior - level management, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective acquisition strategies, pricing, market trends, and operational structures Assess and expand key markets and potential business ventures while ensuring operational efficiency and solid execution of corporate mission Create and implement marketing and sales strategies while tracking progress versus established internal and external benchmarks, focusing on both revenue generation as well as cost control Maintain a strong working knowledge of the products, services and respective marketplace, including pricing and regulatory trends, competitor strategies, general economic conditions and other business metrics Act as a liaison between staff, clients, and other management members to resolve issues in a timely manner

According to the ego depletion theory of willpower, exerting self - control on one activity uses up your resources, making it more difficult to muster the will for another difficult task.5 For example, if you're buckling down for hours cramming for an exam, then venture into the kitchen for a late night snack, it will be especially difficult to resist choosing the chocolate cake over the apple because you've depleted your willpower.