Sentences with phrase «successful companies like»

Coinbase says they are «fortunate» to be working with IVP who has invested in successful companies like Snap, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Slack.

While hugely successful companies like Facebook are trying to purge their services of cryptocurrency scams, floundering companies like Kodak have jumped at the opportunity to attract investors by slapping blockchain buzzwords onto their business plans.

Successful companies like Rovio (creator of Angry Birds), Dropbox, Buffer App, Skype and others offer either a free trial or a free versionof their product offerings to allow users of different levels to test and utilize their services to determine whether they're beneficial.

Even a successful company like Tupperware (TUP) has seen beauty product sales decline sharply since 2009, while sales of its namesake containers have soared.

Not exact matches

It seems an absurd question to be asking about a company like Research In Motion, Canada's most successful and influential tech firm.

Elon Musk is the brains behind big companies, like SpaceX and Tesla Motors, so it's no surprise he likes reading about another successful multitasker, Benjamin Franklin.

«That said, there have been some great Canadian success stories, like Shopify, that are changing history in that respect,» Ablitt adds, noting that the mere presence of other successful companies in Canada is encouraging for young talent and entrepreneurs.

John even referred to his apparel company Fubu's $ 300 million in annual sales as «really nothing,» and said that he's never achieved a comfort level where felt like he and the business were successful.

Informal negotiations may work if you have a solid gameplan and keen communication skills; however a formal procedure like a debt consolidation loan or company voluntary arrangement (CVA) is much more likely to facilitate a successful outcome.

Here's how to use fun interaction and deep emotional connection like these companies did with their wildly successful experimental marketing attempts.

Wildly successful technology companies like Airbnb or Pinterest, for example, wouldn't be where they are today without the creative minds of their non-tech founders Brian Chesky (BFA in design) and Ben Silbermann (BA in political science).

He was incredibly successful in raising money for this Better Place thing, like $ 400 million or $ 500 million, but the board of directors weren't happy with the performance of the company, which has only sold 500 cars.

You can find many stories of successful companies that originated from a serendipitous moment like two people randomly meeting or someone being in a certain place at a certain time.

If the three women are successful, in 35 years Cara will still be a thriving company that Mia, like her great - grandfather, will be proud to call her own.

Like it or not, some portion of the population gets perverse satisfaction in seeing successful people and companies fail.

«Given how long it will take for pre-revenue companies to demonstrate whether they are successful, for retail investors, it's almost like investing in bitcoin,» she said.

(To gauge if a hire is successful, academics use measures like the dollar value of an employee's contribution to the company, his or her relative share in overall output, and later performance reviews, promotions, and raises.)

As one of Google's most successful YouTube Original stations, the Nerdist Channel has nearly half a million subscribers; the company has also adapted several of its online shows, like All Star Celebrity Bowling, for cable.

But today I'd like to talk about a technology that, when fully leveraged, can make your company super successful.

DC is poised to be the only comic book company with a successful female - led movie in its arsenal, where competitors like Marvel are lacking.

So many successful companies start out like this: the founders were having a problem, and they found a way to solve it.

Mike Serbinis has made a name for himself as a successful serial entrepreneur, building up and selling companies like Kobo.

While our company helps provide support for crowdfunding campaigns by assisting in managing various elements, like rewards, shipping and marketing, we realize creators are going to need a roadmap for launching a successful campaign.

Green's firm, which is known for helping to launch wildly successful e-commerce companies like Warby Parker and Birchbox, provided seed funding for Into the Gloss.

Vanhawks is the latest in a long line of successful Canadian cycling companies, including the likes of international manufacturer Dorel Industries, luxury line Cervélo and bike sharing service staple Cycle Devinci.

Successful family companies are usually founded by visionary risk takers, like the Smiths, and then refined by a conscientious second generation.

Without a partnership with a successful company, the brand floundered in a market dominated by industry heavyweights like Zara and H&M.

«The companies that have better risk management programs like this make more money,» Spivey said, «and they're more profitable, successful companies.»

Even after Microsoft became extremely successful, the company didn't spend money on anything unnecessary like luxury trips or untested strategies.

«It is quite unprecedented for a highly successful, 25 - year - old company like ours to become independent, standalone and Canadian - owned,» says president and CEO Bob Macdonald.

«Every mainstream shoe company that's got into skateboarding since, like Converse and Adidas, has followed their lead to be successful.»

I know many companies that grow, are successful, and make a lot of money, but the managers don't like their staff, and they don't care about it or the culture.

Big Idea: Likely to be looking for a new role now that she will be stepping down from Shine, the independent TV production company she founded after a successful but tempestuous spell as No. 2 at her father's U.K. satellite broadcaster BSkyB and then sold to 21st Century Fox in 2011; now being merged with Big Brother - maker Endemol and American Idol producer Core Media; seen as more business - proven than Lachlan and not phone hacking - tainted like James.

Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

Inland Steel is a successful company well liked and much respected in the trade but its share of the steel business is relatively small.

The presentation of some doodads — like tombstones used by the finance companies to mark closed deals or T - shirts passed out by Silicon Valley companies after each successful stage of a project's development — give employees both a moment in the spotlight and a tangible reminder of it.

In many ways, Palantir is like Paypal in the 1990s, a startup whose founders — Elon Musk, Max Levchin, and Peter Thiel — all went on to start other, highly successful companies.

According to Lou Shachter and Rich Cheatham of BTS, a global professional services firm who has worked with companies like AT&T and Chevron, collaboration means «leveraging internal resources on behalf of the customers» as a means of execution and «ensuring successful achievement of each element of the account plan.»

Imagine you had no legacy customers to satisfy, no assets to maintain, no dividend to pay — nothing to stop you from creating the perfect postmodern organization.What would you do?If you're a seasoned and successful chief executive like Christine Day, you just might join something that looks a little like Luvo Inc., an ambitious young company that makes, of all things, healthy frozen dinners.

While a 2005 study found 96 % of managers at U.S. companies self - identify as extroverts, there's a long list of successful CEOs — individuals like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos — who value quiet reflection over social stimulation.

Belsky is also a successful investor, with companies like Periscope and Sweetgreen in his portfolio.

Perhaps these companies have been paying attention to the likes of the successful venture capitalist Paul Graham, who recently made public an email in which he stated the following:

The book provides dozens of examples of companies large and small that have succeeded by putting people first: familiar names like Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Southwest Airlines as well as numerous entrepreneurs who are successful in their own niches, even if not widely known.

The company deemed the pilot successful so it's expected that we'll begin seeing products like the Tesla Solar Roof and Tesla - branded solar panels start popping up in stores both domestically and overseas.

Successful entrepreneurs like Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, exhort startups to write down their core values on Day 1 and make company culture a first - order concern from the very beginning.

Companies like Telegram have been extremely successful in the ICO fundraising space, with more than $ 1.5 Billion USD raised via two rounds of ICO sales.

Despite efforts from the likes of Shell, BP and Exxon to reassure investors their business models are compatible with a low - carbon economy, some 71 per cent of fund managers said they have not yet decided whether they think oil companies can make a successful transition to a low carbon economy, and 41 per cent do not have a strategy for engaging with oil companies on the issue.

Line, the messaging app company, has been the most successful new entrant with its Uber - like ride - hailing service, but Japanese taxi companies have adapted to the competition by bringing on - demand features their services, as the Financial Times recently reported.

The Canadian company knows it needs to achieve brand awareness like it has at home to be successful.

The examples include not just well - known socially conscious companies like Ben & Jerry's and Patagonia, but also wildly successful corporate giants who are also profiting by doing good in the world, including General Electric, Toyota, Unilever, Marks and Spencer, and many others.