Google is
a really big company and it remains to be seen if they stay committed to books or not.
What's missing are
the really big companies, even though they're still getting the benefit of the knowledge shared at the summit.
But let's face it: With all the talk of small businesses being the backbone of the U.S. economy, it's
really the big companies who rule the world.
Ah, but you say that for a normal - sized angel check or A round check one shouldn't worry about the ultimate exit because he or she is getting in really early and at a cheap enough price so who cares whether one pays $ 5 million pre-money or $ 15 million pre-money — you just have to make sure you back
really big companies.
There is an opportunity for one or several
really big companies to be built in the book space.»
This happened with
really big companies.
Not exact matches
«What this has done is
really allowed for more pools of money to be available to entrepreneurs, so that's the
really big news about all of this,» says Geri Stengel, founder and president of Ventureneer, a digital media and market research
company that, among other issues, specializes in crowdfunding.
We'd like to see
companies like General Mills
really stepping in, in a
big way, to do even more things that would make a difference.
But could a
big company really work without an IT department in practice?
When Lyft first launched, recalls the
company's director of marketing strategy & operations Gina Ma, «it felt like
really asking people to participate in this
really big sort of social experiment almost — the idea of doing these things that your mom always told you not to do.»
«Are
bigger companies really getting much better job matches than their mid-sized competitors?
The consulting that I was contracted to do for her was exciting and her
company was making a
big difference in the lives of people who
really needed it.
It's something that we are seeing as a
big growth vector for the future and we think we're one of a handful of
companies that
really have the scale to do it.
And it was a
big part of me thinking that if I could get the whole
company to behave that way and care about that customer so much, that we
really could be different.»
Key is
really starting from within, figuring out some business pain points —
big or small, across front and back office — and then taking a curated approach to meeting relevant
companies.
Facebook, Google, the
big internet
companies, they are making it
really hard for smaller internet businesses to be able to build distribution,» he said.
The question is whether all these startups are
really good for the economy or do we need
big companies and are these entrepreneurs who are selling out for $ 60 million or $ 90 million
really doing the patriotic thing?
«This is
really about helping large media
companies grow even
bigger,» said Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, adding that Republicans were «more intent on granting the industrys holiday wish list early rather than looking out for the public interest.»
Most
big companies use Microsoft's software, and the
company has made it
really easy for these customers to use its cloud for everything from securing their mobile devices to hosting their apps.
Of course,
big companies like Xerox and Apple allow remote work, but it's the startup environment that has
really embraced remote work situations.
Once we get established with these major retailers, it would be
really nice to start a toy
company in our town that could compete with the
big guys and offer a lot of products for kids with allergies.
The other issue that faces all
companies is, as you get to a large enough size, there are people whose job it is to protect business lines — they're just doing their job — but this is the classic case of «The Innovator's Dilemma,» the famous business book, which says that when
companies ultimately fail, whether it's Polaroid or whoever, it's not because they were
big and dumb; it's because they were actually
really smart.
A lot of them find that at least right now, we can take
really big bets as a private
company.
«At the time, it was a huge portion of her net worth, so she was
really taking a
big leap on me,» says Hague, who was eight months out of York University's Schulich School of Business when she started the
company.
BlackBerry announced a couple of new products on Wednesday (the upcoming Z30 phone and BBM Messenger for Apple and Android devices) but neither
really mattered in the face of the
big news of the day, which is that the
company is cutting 40 % of its workforce, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Alex Churchill, CEO of VonChurch, a digital entertainment recruiting
company, says most
companies make a
big mistake when they hire: They neglect culture fit, so teams never
really coalesce.
«These are
big companies,
really concerned with their strategic direction,» said Lawrence Glickman, a Cornell history professor and the author of «Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America.»
«We believe there's a
big void in taking the time to
really tell if the business plans at these
companies make sense,» he says.
Ilharco, who has had internships at Facebook, Google, Amazon and, currently, Quora, says that one of the things that surprised him most during his time at FB was
really realizing how
big the
company is and how much it's working on.
Really great design matters to
companies big and small.
I
really do think the
company was ready for change in a
really big way.
If you want to
really make money, you're going to have to do business with
big companies.
Unfortunately, when it comes to getting paid,
big companies don't
really care about you or me.
It's
really easy for
big companies to rest on their laurels and get tunnel vision from their own successes.
Plus, with expectations for Valeant as low as they are, the next CEO doesn't
really have to worry about
big shoes to fill, Ackman suggested: «You don't want to be CEO after Jack Welch has been running the
company,» he said, referring to the legendary CEO of General Electric (ge).
«And when I look at my friends who are running other good
companies, the single
biggest difference that I see in whether the
companies end up becoming
really great and reaching their potential or just pretty good is whether they're comfortable and
really self - confident enough to have people who are stronger than them around them,» Zuckerberg said.
Big companies are
really good at managing cash flow, which means that you need to be
really good at managing yours as well, because they often take anywhere from 30 to 90 days to pay bills.
«It's
really exciting that some of the
big tech
companies are getting into this market,» she said.
Mark Seetin, director of regulatory and industry affairs for the U.S. Apple Association said that while school lunches were a «significant contributor» to increased consumption, «When a
company as
big as McDonald's helps promote something, it not only boosts sales, but also
really raises public awareness.»
Big companies can really help a small business enter the big leagues, but they can also be a big pain in the re
Big companies can
really help a small business enter the
big leagues, but they can also be a big pain in the re
big leagues, but they can also be a
big pain in the re
big pain in the rear.
The
company is also making a
big bet on hydrogen - powered cars, even though the infrastructure for these vehicles does not
really exist in the US yet.
Goodwin says that's already provided some «
really good mentorship,» especially in helping the
company think
bigger.
Here's where it gets
really interesting: Winthrop guarantees that no matter how
big the
company gets, its apparel will always be made in the U.S. and will be sold at competitive prices, thanks to the direct - to - consumer business model, which circumvents retail markups.
«A
big part of the learning experience in starting a
company has been getting
really comfortable with organized chaos,» says von Rickenbach.
It's a strategy that has launched mega-success stories such as Uber and Airbnb because it encourages
companies to ask the most important question: «How do I solve a
really big customer problem?»
«If you incentivize a
company like Lockheed Martin [with] billions of dollars in sales to invest in Canadian
companies — for example, to give a virtual - reality
company its first
big sale — it could have a
really positive effect,» Verkindt says.
But as the
company began to get
bigger and
bigger, we realized that we
really needed — and that our employees
really wanted — to deliberately promote our values and organizational processes in order to grow.
«The
companies that become
really big businesses won't be generating their own software for the most part; they'll package and distribute it.
If you, the investor or concerned citizen,
really want to send a message to the
big players in gun sales, including
companies like Wal - Mart, you're more likely to have an impact organizing a campaign to not buy stuff there, rather than abstaining from stock ownership.
In the lead - up to his dinner at the White House planned for Thursday night, Chinese premier Xi Jinping met with the people who
really run things: Leaders of the world's
biggest tech
companies.