Sentences with phrase «small stake in the company»

Pessina says he turned the business around — then began helping his father's colleagues do the same in return for a small stake in their companies.

Through an accelerator, startups receive mentoring, guidance, and some funding in return for a small stake in the company.

But with the JOBS Act, small businesses will be allowed to raise up to $ 1 million through crowdsourcing, and crowdsourcers will actually get to own a small stake in the company.

(It's a small stake in the company, less than 1 percent of its total shares.)

First, some background: The 2012 Jumpstart Our Businesses Act, or JOBS Act, made it possible for privately held businesses to raise funding by offering equity, or a small stake in the company, to accredited investors.

He had a small stake in the company, and he'd noticed that it owned millions in railroad bonds and other securities.

Not exact matches

Despite all that, short - term profitability isn't why Axel Springer would be interested in buying Business Insider (a company in which it already has a small stake, since it participated in the financing round earlier this year that valued the company at $ 200 million).

In 2013, Red Antler reduced its fee to take a small stake in fledgling mattress company Casper, one of Inc.'s 30 Under 30 companies in 201In 2013, Red Antler reduced its fee to take a small stake in fledgling mattress company Casper, one of Inc.'s 30 Under 30 companies in 201in fledgling mattress company Casper, one of Inc.'s 30 Under 30 companies in 201in 2015.

Where big corporations generally have layers and layers of corporate bureaucracy to wade through, not to mention the livelihoods of thousands of employees in their hands, and many stock and stake holders to answer to, smaller companies have always had the advantage of being able to pivot fast by making quick decisions.

In return, the accelerator receives a small equity stake in the company (typically around 8 percentIn return, the accelerator receives a small equity stake in the company (typically around 8 percentin the company (typically around 8 percent).

Harkins suggested offering Intel a minority stake in the company — very small (less than 10 %), but enough to keep Intel interested.

But Stronach maintained control of all things Magna with super-voting shares, despite typically holding relatively small ownership stakes in the companies he controlled.

He perfected the design and launched the company in 2013 with co-founders Camusio and Rob Stam (who are no longer with Windcatcher but retain small stakes).

So if he buys up a chunk of your company, take it as a mark of confidence: The sale of CPPIB's stake in auto parts manufacturer Gates Corp. for $ 1.5 billion and its $ 128 - million purchase of 115,000 acres of Saskatchewan farmland are just two recent examples that show no deal is too big or small for the CCPIB head honcho.

To appear on Shark Tank, entrepreneurs must give Finnmax, the show's production company, either a 2 % royalty on profits or a 5 % equity stake in the company, Amir Kassar, founder and CEO of business loan company MultiFunding, wrote in The New York Times's small - business blog.

More than 100 hedge funds currently invest in Starbucks (sbux), but their stakes are so small that they add up to less than 3 % of the company.

White said that more small, retail investors are now able to put money into startups due to recent changes in the law and that the SEC is closely monitoring new crowdfunding portals where those investors buy stakes in companies.

The billionaire businessman's empire of phone, construction and banking companies often expands by buying stakes in small companies.

On Monday, Tyson (tsn) said it had taken a 5 % ownership stake in the California - based startup, an investment that will help the smaller company expand its product portfolio and distribution.

Today, David Thomson owns 14 % of Woodbridge, as well as a personal holding company, Osmington, which owns real estate and a small stake in the Winnipeg Jets.

Commenting further, Executive Chairman Hernan Zaballa observed: «AbraPlata operates with low overheads and with a small team of highly dedicated professionals, all of whom have a significant stake in the Company.

Many websites now offer small investors the opportunity to earn interest from lending money either to individuals or small businesses, while others allow people to invest as little as 10 pounds ($ 15) in companies in return for an equity stake.

Most often investing capital in young companies in exchange for a small (5 % — 15 %) equity stake, incubators charge low to no up - front cost for utilizing the workspace and the organization's cultivated resources such as mentors and networks of investors in the startup's industry.

Ms. Mayer, who was hired in 2012 to turn around Yahoo, had planned to spin off the company's 15 percent stake in Alibaba, bundled with a small - business - services unit, into a new company called Aabaco.

The billionaire also owns small stakes in electric - car maker Tesla and 23andMe, a genome - mapping company started by his ex-wife, Anne Wojcicki.

As these family offices improve their deal capabilities, hire more seasoned investment professionals, and gain experience executing smaller investments, it is expected that they gradually will join the family offices and institutional investors that are taking majority stakes in companies and investments and targeting larger deals.

The company also holds a small stake in Hooters of America, parent company of Hooters.

Small startups with limited cash have managed to attract some of the world's best talent because the chance to own a stake in a company that could become valuable a few years down the line is extremely enticing

Open Avenue is staking the claim as the first Canadian real estate crowdsourcing company, though the notion of raising large sums through small investments from many people — crowdfunding — has been popular in the U.S. for a few years.

Aramco also invests in technologies, including the $ 10 million stake in NanoMech in Arkansas, announced last week, and part ownership of at least eight other small American companies.

Following the trend of North American companies, 2017 resulted in more majors and mid-tiers taking stakes in smaller explorers and developers.

The shares soared to $ 2.70 in mid-November — despite the company recording modest sales revenue — largely on the strength of the potential in China and a small stake in a Melbourne infant formula packaging facility acquired by a large Hong Kong - based consortium.

In the past 12 months large cattle producers including Terra Firma's Consolidated Pastoral Company and North Australian Pastoral Company, and more recently smaller private operators such as media king Harold Mitchell, have all looked to sell stakes or take new equity shares in their business for the purpose of expandinIn the past 12 months large cattle producers including Terra Firma's Consolidated Pastoral Company and North Australian Pastoral Company, and more recently smaller private operators such as media king Harold Mitchell, have all looked to sell stakes or take new equity shares in their business for the purpose of expandinin their business for the purpose of expanding.

As a fund gets bigger, its menu of potential purchases shrinks; it can no longer invest in smaller companies because buying a meaningful stake could drive up the price.

But because they buy a small slice of every stock, and hold them through thick and thin, the impact is muted when any single company falls out of bed — and they always have a stake in the market's big winners.

Around the same time the CIT deal was playing out, Klarman took a sizable stake in Facet Biotech — a small biotech company spun off in December 2008 from PDL BioPharma — for an average cost of $ 9 even though it had $ 17 per share in net cash at the time of the spinoff.

They may not be as hip or trendy as something like AAPL (which I also have a small stake in), but I have found the company to be steady, consistent, and reliable.

This strategy means that even people with small balances can be widely diversified, holding a stake in thousands of companies.

Accretive Capital's strategy is to buy long - only stakes in small - and micro-cap stocks that [founder Rick] Fearon believes would be attractive «take private» companies.

Which means the outstanding share count gets bumped up from 819 M shares to 1,981 M shares, in exchange for: i) The acquisition of Canyon Oil & Gas, a private company (in which Brian Hall, the Aminex Chairman, already has a small stake!).

Small companies have the ability to stake their claim amongst the «big boys» as they continue to introduce innovative products to the market, Phelps says, citing Ecotech and Hydor as companies that have revolutionized the way we turnover water in an aquarium.

In receiving the Micro Studio accolade, Hello Games is the first company ever to stake a claim to this newly created award, which recognises the talent of small scale studios making big waves in the development sectoIn receiving the Micro Studio accolade, Hello Games is the first company ever to stake a claim to this newly created award, which recognises the talent of small scale studios making big waves in the development sectoin the development sector.

In December technology companies banded together to call for aggressive reform to the NSA, knowing that the stakes are no smaller than their livelihood on the international stage and, potentially, their home turf.

Jake represents individuals and corporate entities — from successful small companies to Fortune 100 corporations — in high - stakes, complex litigation.

In the time since Samsung made small bezels a table stakes feature, other companies have improved upon and iterated on the concept to produce even more immersive designs.

The real estate company obtained the purchase option as part of a small ownership stake when Starwood bought Triangle Plaza in 1998 for $ 98 million, according to sources and property records.

RIN, a wholly owned subsidiary of NAR, represents the REALTOR ® organization in the agreement with RealSelect, a privately held company in which the REALTOR ® organization owns a small equity stake.

The defendant lawyer had a small ownership stake in the company, which he took instead of legal fees.