Sentences with phrase «startup is in business with»

The startup is in business with bitcoin exchanges and the hacker was able to move the bitcoin to an unauthorized account.

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Recent business news is slick with reports about startups, usually in the tech industry, getting millions of dollars in investment capital, typically from the gold - plated venture capital names.

Launched in 2009 by three Yale alums — Mahbod Moghadam, Tom Lehman, and Ilan Zechory — and refined during a stint with the well - known startup incubator Y Combinator, the company was completing the details of a massive $ 40 million funding round by one of the top investors in tech, a piece of news they had agreed to announce as part of a profile on Business Insider.

Wave Accounting, a burgeoning Toronto firm that offers free online accounting software to small businesses, is loaded with technology, from top to bottom — developers, support staff, videographers, marketers, administrators; the quintessential startup crew of mostly millennials sharing the requisite Ping - Pong table in the requisite post-industrial loft.

«Being able to discuss a key issue with someone qualified and not emotionally or financially invested in your business is huge for one's entrepreneurship journey,» says Galina Ozgur, GM of Grand Central Tech, a New York City - based tech campus and accelerator geared towards startups poised for scale.

Woods is the co-founder of a Toronto - based startup called Nudge, which is developing a software platform to help business professionals keep track of their weak ties, meaning people they don't keep in touch with regularly.

I took a class in business school with a guy named Steve Blank, who's like the startup guru.

Malik gives newer startups a bit of a pass, because they're generally obsessed with just trying to stay in business.

Canada is home to between 800 and 1,000 health - related technology startups, with nearly half of those in Ontario, according to an estimate from business accelerator MaRS.

Y Combinator itself has put out a list of types of startups it would like to see apply to the program (many of them stunningly ambitious), my Inc.com colleague Bill Murphy, Jr. has even uncovered a truly monster list of 1,001 business ideas (though many of them, such as a toothbrush holder with actually big enough holes, are probably not going to make you billions), and I've personally rounded up even smaller business ideas that you can start without so much as a spare $ 100 in the bank.

Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

The startup compared favorably with competitors: most were expanding into mobile ad management from other business lines, where Nexage offered core expertise in the field.

In other words, while many gyms enjoy a mutual beneficial relationship with ClassPass, it's changed the nature of the boutique fitness business, at least in markets like New York where the startup is well establisheIn other words, while many gyms enjoy a mutual beneficial relationship with ClassPass, it's changed the nature of the boutique fitness business, at least in markets like New York where the startup is well establishein markets like New York where the startup is well established.

When you consider the expense of a conventional launch or startup, the cost of finding customers, the expenses associated with marketing and advertising, the time required to establish your own set of systems... the idea of «buy, build and sell» can be very intriguing, especially if you are just starting out in business.

A number of Canadian startups are focused on servicing the needs of business exclusively: Vancouver - based software developer Bit Stew Systems Inc. partnered with B.C. Hydro to build a program that constantly monitors data emitted by the two million home smart meters in the province; and New Brunswick - based RtTech Systems» platform monitors and gives «asset utilization and utilities consumption.»

In the week since the harrowing Parkside, Florida massacre, which resulted in 17 student and teacher deaths by an AR - 15, Amulet, along with other startups in the counter-active shooter market are seeing their businesses booIn the week since the harrowing Parkside, Florida massacre, which resulted in 17 student and teacher deaths by an AR - 15, Amulet, along with other startups in the counter-active shooter market are seeing their businesses booin 17 student and teacher deaths by an AR - 15, Amulet, along with other startups in the counter-active shooter market are seeing their businesses booin the counter-active shooter market are seeing their businesses boom.

The ubiquitous success of e-commerce retailers worldwide is hardly deniable today, and enough to allow overlooking that the majority of its business models are still beset with bottlenecks in different areas - unless you refuse to turn a blind eye to this, as do the co-founders of Idealz, the latest in a string of promising startup ideas popping up in the UAE.

With commercial applications that can improve business performance and enhance lifestyles, intelligent machines are making waves in an array of industry sectors — and startups are leading the charge...

With all that in mind, here are three things you should consider regarding the case, whether you're at a tech company whose bread and butter is consumer data, or a startup that merely collects it in the normal course of business:

In a startup environment, where business leaders and innovators are juggling literally dozens of roles, it can be difficult to evaluate or understand the work of partners or vendors, whether they're involved with payroll, billing or advertising duties.

Your startup may have the coolest technology in the world, but without people who believe in your product and service, who are willing to work for you, to buy from you, to do business with you month after month and year after year, then that $ 1 million number will be what it is for the majority of startups out there: only a dream.

In an era of small businesses and startups, however, benefits packages are considered extras, with workers sometimes forced to choose between higher pay and costly health insurance premiums or lower pay for the ability to provide great medical insurance for their families.

Their themes — don't risk it all, stay small, charge for value, free is stupid — fly in the face of the conventional image that web success comes from big startups that attract massive amounts of free users and then massive buyouts — yet they're right in line with a time - honored business practice: making a profit.

With the world of startups becoming more competitive than ever, it's important that a business leader be as proactive as possible in getting his great idea out there to avoid the competition sweeping in and capturing his intended customer base.

Local business news outlet Globes reported Musk was specifically visiting Israel to meet with artificial - intelligence startup Cortica, which specializes in self - learning technology that can be used for autonomous vehicles.

Along with working at Goldman Sachs and running her startup, she was the co-head of the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club and a member of the Darden Capital Management Club, Retail and Luxury Goods Club, and the Graduate Women in Business.

Rubin, who left Google in 2014, is now the CEO of Essential, a startup that plans to release a high - end smartphone to compete with the iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy phones, sources have told Business Insider.

A tech startup helps burgeoning designers connect with U.S. manufacturers — and paves the way for a small - business boom that's made in the USA.

The good news is that clever startups are coming to market with big new ideas intended not only to change the way small businesses handle money, but in some cases to also cut out big, bad, TARP - grabbing traditional banks altogether.

Besides the Startup Center, the school has a Center for Entrepreneurship, which is an MBA program with courses that guide students from the «idea stage» to creating a business plan, and, in some cases, an actual business.

I've worked with startups and I've invested in real estate and worked with some small businesses, but... over the last nine months I just realized the kinds of tools that should be made available [for new entrepreneurs], the kind of thinking that should be made available, and most importantly, the network opportunity.

We rely heavily on social media to get our message out, and on Feb. 13 I took part in a Google hangout arranged by Virgin StartUp, with a group of young entrepreneurs who were launching their businesses with assistance from the Start - Up Loans Co., an initiative funded by the British government.

Businesses, from startups to Fortune 500s, need to adopt a similar mindset when it comes to their own commanders - in - chief, because cyber attacks are a low - cost, low - risk way to steal intellectual property, business intelligence and ultimately the company's money — and the C - suite (along with other key figures, like a head engineer or programmer) is definitely a focal point for criminals.

«If you are a city or state with a rising concentration» of chain stores, or branches of existing businesses, «you see a faster decline in your startup rate,» says Litan.

Young companies are now offering higher salaries than the tech industry average — with developers earning 26 percent more, marketers raking in an additional 7 percent, and sales / business development folks commanding a 12 percent premium to work at startups.

The company is also teaming up with the fintech startups Stellar.org and KlickEx Group to use blockchain technology to process financial transactions across borders and currencies — a process which is often prohibitively slow and costly for small business owners, especially when they are in developing regions with smaller banking infrastructures.

My company is in the field of sports and technology, so all the time I spend learning about leading tech companies, investing in startups, and networking with other entrepreneurs, business leaders, celebrity athletes, or investors brings value back to CoachUp.

We've been to 33 cities, and in each one, people lament the challenges in connecting startup communities with traditional businesses, governments, and local investors.

There is little incentive for customers to change their habits or business processes in order to work with a startup that might disappear eight months later.

Each year we are seeing businesses sending personalized cards — especially startups and smaller companies that want to connect with clients, partners or even prospective customers in a fresh and memorable way.

For Greg Skloot, the 23 - year - old co-founder of event management software company Attend.com, the answer to managing his startup's rapid growth was bringing in a team of senior executives with a wealth of business experience he didn't yet have.

The company would involve little to no overhead, a relatively small startup cost (only in getting the name out there, which would be a non issue with some business connections), and consequently would have the opportunity to be cashflow even in an extraordinarily short amount of time.

If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

They also demonstrated it correlating negatively with rates of small - business owners, self - employment and startups — in other words that many traditional measures are about as misleading as you can get.

The startup is the third - largest syndicated advertising platform in the world, and in addition to Baidu, it claims some big - name partnerships with sites like The Atlantic, MailOnline, and Business Insider.

Huffington was interviewed at Business Insider's Startup 2012 conference in New York City in May about what she has done with her empire.

Aaron is responsible for strategy and business development for Experian's Consumer Information Services business unit, with an emphasis on identifying market trends and facilitating partnerships with key players in the rapidly evolving FinTech startup ecosystem.

There are also businesses, especially startups in Silicon Valley, who use a system of unlimited paid vacation, with the stipulation that the employee must discuss time off with a manager or supervisor first.

In the hyper - competitive food - delivery business, startups are hoping to hook customers with subscription memberships and keep them from jumping to competitors that peddle discounts.

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