Sentences with phrase «other founders who»

If you don't have mentors or other founders who are willing to help, use LinkedIn and Conspire to find a path to each investor one by one.

Not exact matches

Check their references, ask other founders about their past experiences and find someone who has specific knowledge about your niche situation.

After Hogan launched his lawsuit against the company, it was revealed that PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel had been bankrolling the former wrestler and others who were suing Gawker, in the hope of driving the company out of business.

Founder Zach Goldstein, an investment banker who formerly worked at JPMorgan and a private equity firm in Chicago, was frustrated with the quality of other lounge clothes on the market that he didn't feel comfortable wearing outside his house.

I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist - founders came up with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.

This means you have thought carefully about your weaknesses as a founder or CEO, and surrounded yourself with others who can fill in those gaps.

If the company isn't «blowing up,» when the founder goes out to raise more money and the original VCs / Angels who invested don't lead or participate in the new round, it sends an very bad signal to other potential new investors.

Here's her advice for other female founders who also think venture capital might be the best source of funds for their companies.

Through the work I've done at Growth Everywhere, I've been lucky enough to chat with notable entrepreneurs such as Jason Lemkin (founder of Echosign, which sold to Adobe), Mark Organ (co-founder of Eloqua, which sold to Oracle) and others who are constantly pushing the boundaries of business success with their own companies.

«Two years ago, I did two events like this,» says Michelle Rago, founder of Michelle Rago Destinations, who has coordinated celebrations for Matt Damon and Jamie Foxx, among others.

Other founders start to increase growth and production without being clear who their customers actually are (here's a hint: it's not always your users!)

In other words, the term «entrepreneur» doesn't just apply to founders who've thought of ways to lose other people's money in amounts usually only achieved by the government.

Skills needed: Founders need the technical know - how to develop the foods, or be able to collaborate with others who do.

Giustra, who made his fortune as a Vancouver - based mining financier and a founder of Lions Gate Entertainment, set up the Radcliffe Foundation in 1997 to enhance children's welfare, health and education, among other causes.

Unlike some other pools, BitClub Network does not disclose its founders, saying only that it is «run by a team of programmers, digital mining experts and entrepreneurs who have come together with MLM experts from around the world.»

Founders who are a little bit crazy can «see things differently than other people see them and have the courage to act on ideas.»

If the Alibaba founder does acquire the Morning Post — which at one time was the most profitable newspaper in the world — he would be following in the footsteps of other billionaire tech moguls such as Jeff Bezos, the Amazon (AMZN) founder and CEO who acquired The Washington Post for $ 250 million in 2013.

Educators and other start - up founders who believe in the value of education obviously disagree with this view.

«People who should be joining other companies are now becoming founders, and it creates a talent shortage,» he says.

-- Jill Johnson, founder and creative director of AWE, a New York City - based jewelry line with ambassadors including a three - time Olympian, a NYT best - selling author, a professional wakeboarder, a YouTube star who gave a TED Talk three days after reconstructive surgery, and other survivors

In addition to being a lot cheaper than paying for your own office, they're great places to meet other founders and creative types who can end up being new partners, allies, and even clients.

The Reported.ly founder — who had built a team of reporters and editors based in Europe, North America, and Asia — said he hoped Reported.ly might be able to find alternative funding from some other source, but for now it is shutting down.

Note: A Structure Capital spokesperson declined to share the number publicly, clarifying that each partner gives out their number to portfolio company founders who can then share it with colleagues or others in the industry.

Customers who rank themselves as «completely satisfied» are worth three to six times more than those who say they are just «satisfied» or «dissatisfied,» says Jeffrey Henning, founder and vice president of strategy of Vovici, an online survey management company that has worked with Marriot, Cisco, and many other large companies.

In most deals with convertible notes or value - added co-investors who «want into the round» the negotiation re-opens after the term sheet and this is a source of frustration at a point where the founder and the lead investor should be feeling great about each other.

However, Gliimpse had early investment from Anil Sethi, the company's founder and CEO, who has a long history in medicine while working for Johns Hopkins, among others.

The problem is doing what is ethical vs. acting out of self - interest can get commingled in an under - performing director's mind, or even a founder's mind, or even other directors» minds (who have been captured by the entrenched director colleague), without an objective measurement.

Among other things, eShares lets company founders issue share certificates to angel and venture investors, employees, and others who qualify for stock options.

Thiel — who, let us not forget, is not just a venture capitalist but a hedge fund founder — has controlled his downside exposure in a volatile world with his New Zealand estate and citizenship, and whatever other emergency readiness plans he might have.

A million of that will go to company growth, the other $ 2.5 million will provide a bit of liquidity to the founders and early team members, who can sell their stock options as part of the investment round.

Note that Bloomberg does not report the net worth of its founder and owner Michael Bloomberg, who does not appear on this ranking, though other sources peg his fortune at roughly $ 45 billion.

There are several more email templates along these lines available in the excerpt, as well as cold - calling scripts and other general sales wisdom from a founder who's recently been in the trenches.

Find out how its team manages day - to - day operations, and who has decision - making power (sometimes it is the founder, and sometimes others in the company).

He started out as a non-technical entrepreneur until he spoke to Drop.io's founder Sam Lessin, who said: «Idea people who can't code have to relay their vision to others, and part of the vision inevitably gets lost in translation.

Amidi, who is also a co-founding partner of seed investment firm Amidzad Partners and founder of 14 other companies, says Plug and Play started the accelerator to help make Bitcoin more widespread and easier to use, and to add strong Bitcoin - related companies to its investment portfolio, which includes PayPal and Zoosk.

These entrepreneurs pave the way for future generations, often mentoring and inspiring the many other female startup founders who are looking for advice.

Kathy and Carissa of Ovaleye welcome guest Melody Biringer, founder of The CRAVE Company, who shares tips on connecting with other business owners.

So don't be like all those other CEOs and founders out there who relinquish to a third party 100 percent control of their company's development.

So for every wealthy start - up founder, there are 100 other entrepreneurs who end up with only a cluttered garage.»

The others to sign the pledge include Vinod Kholsa, the venture capitalist; Richard D. Kinder, the founder of Kinder Morgan; Edward W. Rose, the Texas investment banker who once owned the Texas Rangers baseball team with George W. Bush, the former president; Harold C. Simmons, the Texas billionaire; and John Paul DeJoria, co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems.

Elon Musk, the visionary CEO and founder of Tesla and SpaceX, wondered if people who believe that the Earth is flat also thought the same of other planets.

The other investors who joined the seed round include SV Angel, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Leah Busque (founder of TaskRabbit) via Fuel Capital, PJC, Novel TMT Ventures, Blue Seed Collective, Joe Montana via Liquid 2 Ventures, and FundersClub.

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Wasserman found that overall, company founders who elect to raise equity financing from external sources (angels, VCs and others) tend to do better for themselves financially.

Indeed, thanks to the visions and actions of the founders and hundreds of other innovators who are a part of the SVN community, socially responsible enterprises continue to thrive and grow throughout the United States and around the world.

Many of the headline speakers from the previous conference will be there, including Tim Draper and Lyn Ulbricht, as well as dozens of other «smart money» investors who couldn't make it last time, including Randi Zuckerberg (Founder & CEO of Zuckerberg Media & Early Facebook executive), Mark Yusko (billionaire hedge fund manager and Wall Street money man), Nick Spanos (founder of Blockchain Technologies Corp and featured in the Netflix Banking on Bitcoin movie), David Hirsch (enforcement attorney from the SEC), and Gary Leland, from CryptoCFounder & CEO of Zuckerberg Media & Early Facebook executive), Mark Yusko (billionaire hedge fund manager and Wall Street money man), Nick Spanos (founder of Blockchain Technologies Corp and featured in the Netflix Banking on Bitcoin movie), David Hirsch (enforcement attorney from the SEC), and Gary Leland, from CryptoCfounder of Blockchain Technologies Corp and featured in the Netflix Banking on Bitcoin movie), David Hirsch (enforcement attorney from the SEC), and Gary Leland, from CryptoCousins.

With respect to Thiel's other companies, I have found 14 Review alumni who have worked for Thiel Capital Management and Clarium Capital Management, including several vice presidents; five who have worked for Founders Fund, including a cofounder, Howery; two at Valar Ventures; and three more who worked at PayPal who joined after the first few years.

With the emergence of individual and corporate income taxes following the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, business leaders like Andrew Carnegie — who, like others, specifically referenced the founders» ideas on broad property ownership in his writings — pushed for integrating the tax treatment of these practices into the new corporate income tax system.

I've talked to other folks there who say they're really working hard on this and there're female founders who speak very highly of Sequoia.

Barrick Gold Corp.'s visionary founder Peter Munk, a man of lofty global ambitions who fulfilled them like few others, died Wednesday at the age of 90.