Sentences with phrase «own global ambitions»

But today, Chinese tech companies have become innovation leaders in some key areas in technology, with truly global ambitions — and Silicon Valley is either too internally focused or complacent to realize it.
«If you're a winner in China, that means you can be a winner in the world,» he said, alluding to his global ambitions.
Cofounder Gregory Levey talks about building a user base the right way, and the company's global ambitions
The company's global ambitions for same - day delivery were echoed in at least seven listings for senior product and marketing jobs based at the company's headquarters in Seattle, including three posted online this week.
And that could be exactly what Reynolds needs to achieve what he calls «Canaccord's global ambitions
Didi has been outspoken about its global ambitions, but the Mexico expansion marks a turning point.
According to Toronto economist Bruce Little, a lack of «global ambition» could be to blame: «There's a lot of Canadian business people that start a company and as they grow, instead of saying,??? Damn, I want to be Bill Gates,» they sell it and enjoy their wealth.»
This week brought the clearest demonstration yet of Chinese tech firms» global ambitions as Didi Chuxing raised $ 4 billion in new venture funding and signaled its interest in acquiring control of the largest taxi - on - demand service in Brazil.
For one, big pharma's supply chain is a global enterprise with global ambitions, and manufacturing is cheaper in countries like India and China.
Ma has long harboured global ambitions, and there are signs the company is acting on them.
Together over the course of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.
Second, the seemingly impulsive global ambitions of Masayoshi Son's SoftBank are coming into focus.
And it will tackle its global ambition to make YouTube accessible in countries where persistent Internet connectivity is less than persistent.
Stories such as these have convinced many aspiring entrepreneurs that if they don't start off with global ambitions, they're doing it wrong.
Tan White tells me: «We are scouring the UK for the brightest, boldest entrepreneurs with global ambitions, to help create the iconic, industry - changing companies of the future.
Another common attribute is the global ambitions of most entrepreneurs in Israel.
So he doesn't need the crippling legal blow that the European Union just dealt to Uber's global ambition to be the leading taxi - ish service for the digital age.
Microsoft already been targeting startups through the Startup Zone (and related programs such as the Startup Accelerator), but Lewin says that was aimed at venture - backed companies with global ambitions.
Yuzo, the CEO of bitFlyer announced, «When I set up bitFlyer in 2014, I did so with global ambitions and the belief that approved regulatory status is fundamental to the long - term future of Bitcoin and the virtual currency industry.»
Private - label partnerships can be useful even for extenders that have no global ambitions.
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.
GRIFFETH: Well, the threat of terrorists from the U.S., of course, is sending a chill through some of China «s businesses, including high tech ones with global ambitions.
But it had global ambitions.
Uber entered dozens of countries, fueled by billions raised in venture capital and Kalanick's global ambitions.
While many are geographically concentrated today, I wouldn't count out global ambitions.
The aim of the current war is to demonstrate decisively that the murderous global ambition of the political ideology called Islamism has no future whatsoever.
At ProWein 2014, Andy Morton sat down with Constellation's international general manager Philip Kingston to talk about its expanding global ambitions including a new tie - up in China for its Robert Mondavi brand.
That one with global ambitions has opted to be a parochial bystander.
Defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt asks whether Britain's defence budget has been cut too far and whether it should re-examine its global ambitions.
«The gap between the scale of global ambitions and the scale of national offerings has been clear to the research community for a long time, but the Kyoto Protocol's focus on near - term emissions reductions... coupled with the scientific focus on long - term stabilization of climate at some unspecified point in the future has long given negotiators an out: they have been able to compare near - term actions without having to square them with long - term goals, rather like guys in a pub arguing about whose round it is while never actually having to settle up the bill,» Frame said in an email.
But she's keen to learn, and in her nosing round the archive, she found out a whole lot she didn't know about Christian's global ambitions.
Chinese farmers take over former white - owned farms in Zimbabwe to cash in on tobacco Drills show Chinese troops capable of riding shotgun on country's global ambitions
Official Olympic Report 1932 Local arena, global ambitions Dorothy.
That doesn't mean the smaller films didn't have global ambitions, or the larger ones didn't tell personal stories.
Now, finally, Mikkelsen takes commanding centre stage in a guilty - pleasure survival drama with global ambitions.
Hyundai is understood to have global ambitions for its new N brand, and this car would be a welcome addition in the US, as Hyundai has seemingly been focused on augmenting its crossover SUV range over the past few years.
To meet its global ambitions, Notion Ink would require millions of dollars in funding.
A new venture, Vodafone Books on Mobile, has launched in the UK with global ambitions to bring books to mobile phone users.
Barnes & Noble, whose launch of Nook over the past two years has been a startling success story, is the only one of these companies that has no stated global ambitions, but they should still be of great interest to the world's publishing community for two reasons.
Whether IB can disrupt the Canadian marketplace to the same degree that they have in the US remains to be seen, however the combination of global ambition, high degree of popularity with active DIY investors and a major emphasis on technology suggests Interactive Brokers Canada may find itself in the spotlight sooner than their peers would hope.
The investment in Supercell, the developer of Hay Day and Clash of Clans, reflects the growing global ambitions of Asian companies like SoftBank in mobile gaming, the fastest - growing part of the game business.
Tencent's global ambition does not stop at Riot.
GDC is the must - attend event for games companies with global ambition.
Significantly, the agreement also sets out global ambition for carbon neutrality by mid-century.
The country accounts for a fraction of the world's carbon emissions, but something like 99 percent of global ambition to address climate change.
The NDC Partnership builds in - country capacity and increases knowledge sharing so that climate policies have meaningful and enduring impacts, and drive increasing global ambition over time.
All in all, a number of U.S. fossil - fuel development and export policy positions suggest an administration that is attempting to straddle climate and energy policy in such a way that it wins support on the progressive side for having a proactive domestic climate policy while, in effect, failing to challenge the obstacle to climate change mitigation posed by corporate energy interests and their global ambitions.
The Seoul Mayors Forum on Climate Change opened on September 1 in the capital of the Republic of Korea, gathering nearly 40 cities, to share how cities can support national and global efforts to raise the level of global ambition and ensure a rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement.
The Seoul Mayors Forum culminated with a presentation of the Seoul Communiqué, presented by Mayor Park Won Soon of Seoul on behalf of the nearly 40 attending cities and towns that came together to state their commitments as local governments and push for greater global ambition.
Frank Bainimarama, President of the UN Climate Conference COP23 and Prime Minster of Fiji, has called everyone to take part in the so - called «Talanoa Dialgoue», an important international conversation in which countries will check progress and seek to increase global ambition to meet the goals of...
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