Our wiring is such that we consider
ourselves owners of the companies in which we invest.
«Joseph Dussich,
the owner of a company in Queens that makes anti-rat garbage bags [made] two donations of $ 50,000 apiece to a political advocacy group run by allies of Mayor Bill de Blasio [last year].
Kevin: Really not up to us because we're not really controlling — or
owners of the company in any way.
Administrative Assistant 1/1/2009 — 1/1/2011 Superior Training Inc. — Clemmington, GA Performed administrative duties: answering phones, filing and setting appointments Aided
the owner of the company in completing daily tasks with OmniFocus Developed and implemented a new software suite for monitoring client communication, later utilized throughout the company Created e-mail correspondence and other company documents Inputted and maintained client information in the company's internal databases Addressed client issues quickly and provided exceptional customer service to clients Stayed informed on all upcoming trends, best practices and policies
Consults to
owners of companies in the energy sector.
Not exact matches
Nearly one
in five small business
owners are mashing social media into the daily (and hourly) lives
of their
companies, with the most popular sites being Facebook and LinkedIn.
Less celebrated are these innovative
companies» contribution
of powerful but low - tech productivity hacks to help managers and
owners get more done
in less time.
In fact, a large percentage
of the calls my
company's coaches receive are from small - business
owners who want exactly this sort
of help.
All
companies, and especially small firms, must be clear about more than just their budget before they can start designing their offices, says Richard Shugar, the principal and
owner of 2fORM, an architecture firm based
in Oregon.
By the time
of the sale, Mark was the majority
owner in PokerStars's parent
company.
The
company announced Wednesday that it will sell off the division to its original
owner, Eric Carreel, the co-founder
of Withings (which Nokia bought back
in 2016 for about $ 200 million).
Jeff and Aimee Dougherty are the
owners of JD Custom Displays, a custom retail display
company in Fullerton, California.
A drawback
of being a small business
owner is that the budget for such quality, such as employee incentives and benefits, is not as plentiful as it is for a larger
company (especially
in the economic climate we are living
in today).
This post was contributed by Nancy Browning,
owner of S2 Imaging, a premier sign
company located
in Portland Oregon.
In a recent episode
of CNBC's «The Job Interview,» Nadia Geller,
owner and managing director
of California - based interior design
company Nadia Geller Designs, asked job applicants, «Is it better to be perfect and late, or good and on time?»
«This is one
of the biggest nightmares merchants are going to face,» says Michael Kleinman,
owner of Mason Eyewear, a store
in Brickell, Florida, and Centurion Payment Services, a
company that processes credit and debit card payments.
BKEG was acquired
in 2003 by New Wave Entertainment, a producer
of marketing solutions and trailers for the movie industry that's owned by Paul Apel, who started as an editor at the
company and worked his way up to
owner and CEO, a spot he's had for 23 years.
It was this kind
of support that led John Gonzales,
owner and principal
of TRUST Consulting Group
in Austin, Texas, to choose Liquid Web to host his
company's website.
These perceptions on the part
of your customers may not seem like a big deal to you but
in competitive markets, small business
owners must utilize every advantage to make their
company stand out among the competition.
Managers and
owners should know what critical data needs to be protected, where the data resides within the
company, and restrict access to only those employees who have need
of the data and have also received training
in data and information security.
Through LinkedIn, I've met approximately 20 business professionals
in person, including business
owners, managing partners
of large law firms, and executives
of well - known
companies.
Still, traditional banks usually require some evidence
of good business credit and
owner equity
in the
company.
The
owner agreed and also introduced her to Burt's Bees, which would be the first major national
company to place a beehive at the front door
of its headquarters, which also is
in Durham.
Those buildings now house 12,000 employees from across Gilbert's Rock Ventures business portfolio
of roughly 110 affiliated
companies, including Rock Gaming, the developer and
owner of urban casinos
in the Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore markets.
Any funding should be used to work toward the goal
of making the
company and the
owner a better credit risk
in the future.
For many business
owners the challenges faced
in the daily management
of your
company may have become a never ending onslaught, however, unbeknown to many, technology can help!
When Rebeca Mojica,
owner and «creative guru»
of Chicago jewelry
company Blue Buddha Boutique, announced on Facebook that her shop was moving
in 2011, customers responded, «How can we help?»
Buffett's investments
in newspaper
companies including Graham Holdings (ghc)(former
owner of the Washington Post) and Lee Enterprises (lee)(which publishes dozens
of regional papers), are among his worst performers, with Graham's shares down 24 % and Lee's down 30 % over the past year.
With a straight face, a young salesman at one
company asked the
owner, «Gee, what was it like
in the recession
of» 91?»
Some 80 percent
of those
in the know about their scores, moreover, considered their funding process to have been smooth, and half
of those
owners indicated that they were less likely to turn to personal savings to grow their
companies.
The small business
owner who clearly communicates personal expectations and
company goals, provides adequate compensation, offers meaningful opportunities for career advancement, anticipates work force training and developmental needs, and provides meaningful feedback to his or her employees is far more likely to be successful than the
owner who is neglectful
in any
of these areas.
Popular social - review site Yelp is making headlines after angry small - business
owners are once again accusing the
company of manipulating user ratings
in order to sell ads, a strategy they claim equals extortion.
These types
of companies do not pay federal taxes at the corporate tax rate, but rather pass along profits and losses to their shareholders —
in many cases, the business
owners themselves — who are then taxed at the individual rate.
The
owner of the trucking
company involved
in the crash, Sukhmander Singh, has said the 30 - year - old driver had been working for him for about a month.
«It was me and the dog, and we didn't know any better,» says Salonek, the
owner of Go-e-biz.com, an Inc 500
company in St. Paul, Minn..
He tried to buy the
company, but the
owner wouldn't sell, so he went out on his own with the help
of a $ 100,000 small - business loan and opened a shop, Lincoln Press,
in Dallas
in 1999.
In 2002, 16.6 percent
of companies with paid employees had women
owners.
Pessina became enamored with transactions — so much so that
in 1984 he fell for Ornella Barra, the glamorous
owner of a small Ligurian drug wholesaler, whose
company he later bought.
Many business
owners choose to become entrepreneurs because they enjoy the freedom associated with answering only to themselves and their clients and
in working for their own benefit, rather than the benefit
of another
company.
As passive
owners snag a larger and larger share
of the
companies in the market, they change how
companies are managed, so the new studies say.
Under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, adopted
in most states, information counts as a trade secret if it meets three criteria: The information must have independent economic value to people outside the
company, the information must be generally unknown and unlikely to be discovered by lawful means, and the
owner of the secret must make efforts to maintain the secret.
Once you have registered
in an amnesty program, all sales tax issues your
company faces
in the future will be under state scrutiny, says Paul N. Gada, senior small - business tax analyst with CCH Business
Owner's Toolkit, a division
of CCH Tax and Accounting
in Riverwoods, Illinois.
Jerome Boykin, Jr., the 24 year - old accidental entrepreneur, first contacted us
in January to share his remarkable journey from unemployed and homeless to
owner of a half - million dollar
company.
Small business
owners are taking on a large share
of this responsibility, as 39 percent reported that they themselves are
in charge
of online security at their
company.
«It usually starts off with some kind
of challenge your
company is facing,» says Ron Welty,
owner of ItelliShop, a market research and mystery shopping
company in Perrysburg, Ohio, with a database
of 400,000 shoppers.
Most business
owners think about creating a «start doing» list, with its endless recitations
of things they could be doing more
of in order for the
company to be bigger, better or more profitable.
SoftBank is an investor
in Didi Chuxing, the majority
owner of Uber's China operations, and has backed Grab, a ride - hailing
company in Southeast Asia, as well as India's Ola.
More than 80 percent
of the 300 small business
owners surveyed
in the recent 4th Annual Staples National Small Business Survey said that they don't keep track
of their business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their
company.
«Small business
owners are seeing the number
of alternative sources for financing their
companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing
in terms
of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up,» Mills said last month while introducing the borrowers rights bill
in Washington.
Perth gold
company Resolute Mining is set to become the
owner of the Bibiani gold project
in Ghana from Noble Mineral Resources.