Sentences with phrase «take much capital»

That is why short - term investors are advised to not take much capital risk.

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Lunar will take a portfolio approach, much like that of a venture - capital firm, setting return targets (30 % a year over five years for each investment).

Capital raise after capital raise obviously signals an intense cash burn rate, but if Tesla is going to change the world and push electric cars to a point where they constitute more than 1 % of global auto sales, chilling out on the spending and letting the balance sheet take a breather doesn't make muchCapital raise after capital raise obviously signals an intense cash burn rate, but if Tesla is going to change the world and push electric cars to a point where they constitute more than 1 % of global auto sales, chilling out on the spending and letting the balance sheet take a breather doesn't make muchcapital raise obviously signals an intense cash burn rate, but if Tesla is going to change the world and push electric cars to a point where they constitute more than 1 % of global auto sales, chilling out on the spending and letting the balance sheet take a breather doesn't make much sense.

And by taking on so much initial capital, they're basically trying to strong - arm companies like Facebook or Twitter buy them at an inflated price.

A viewpoint common in the energy industry, and articulated in a recent report by Calgary - based Altacorp Capital Inc., The Energy Reality, is that the transition to renewable energy will be much more expensive and take much longer than is now imagined.

Jay Simons: When you take a bunch of venture capital — and this is not a screed against taking VC — and you get a board full of VCs, and you have sold so much of your company to them, it is the nature of investing that they are very short - term oriented.

Part of this underperformance was due to selling during crashes and buying during booms, part of it had to do with frictional expenses such as brokerage commissions, capital gains taxes, and spreads, and part of it was the result of taking on too much risk by investing in assets that weren't understood.

Technology companies are starting to take a more cautious approach compared with the go - go funding mantra of the past several years, when startups raised as much capital as they could at the highest valuations possible.

The trading book review, as the new package is called, takes a more rigorous approach to supervising the so - called internal models that big banks use to work out how much capital they should hold in case swaps turn sour.

While much business and consulting work can take place over the phone or over the internet, face - to - face communication is still essential, particularly when trying to land a new client or obtain sources of venture capital.

Going against the Silicon Valley orthodoxy, the venture capitalist has urged technology start - ups to go public as soon as they are able, instead of continuing to take venture capital funding: Taking on too much venture funding, he has said, can fuel a lack of discipline.

According to the report: «Much of the AI innovation [is] happening at the university level, and the graduating students joining cloud AI providers such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft (with lofty salaries) or launching their own startups to take advantage of the feeding frenzy of investments from the venture capital community.»

Work with Investors and Raise Capital They are also able to always clearly answer the key questions: ▪ How much capital the need to raise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectatioCapital They are also able to always clearly answer the key questions: ▪ How much capital the need to raise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectatiocapital the need to raise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectations are.

We also take a look at the influential groups and dealmakers who didn't make it onto this year's list; explore the growth of capital raised by tech - focused firms; plus much more.

By contrast, building cell lines takes longer and it is much more capital intensive, and therefore more risky for any company.»

Many economists take much of the present national and global situation as given and then analyze the role of capital within it.

The previous sentence would draw triple - takes if it applied to any other team, but set against the long list of bizarre playoff occurrences involving the Washington Capitals, it makes just as much sense as anything else.

with so much money in cash reserves perhaps Stan Kroenke is insisting on holding ever bigger amounts in Arsenal in order to satisfy his creditors elsewhere that he always has a large supply of cash on tap if he should need to call on it kroenke completed his Rams takeover with an acquisition of 60 % of its share capital in August 2010, less than eight months before paying # 250 million to take his shareholding in Arsenal beyond 60 % when the global financial system was in crisis

Even with three wins against Watford, Bayern Munich and Everton in the span of seven days, there won't be much time to raise the glass in admiration; as Arsene Wenger's charges take to the Hillsborough turf on Wednesday night in the Capital One Cup.

The win takes us back into second but before that Chelsea clash, the team, possibly a much changed XI, will travel to Aston Villa for Tuesday night's Capital One Cup tie.

After failing to snap up Massimiliano Allegri from AC Milan, Italian capital side, AS Roma are not keen on waiting too much longer in acquiring a new tactician for next season as reports from local media suggested that former France national head coach, Laurent Blanc is set to take charge of the Giallorossi.

The loss in the Capital One Cup final provided the fans with much hope for the future, but Chelsea were there for the taking in that game, and I sat there watching thinking, «were the players happy to just be there?»

In an interview with Capital Tonight in July, Cox took a swipe at the RNC, saying they probably won't have much money for New York because of their high burn rate.

President Obama has put little political capital behind his transportation objectives; Congress has yet to hammer out a new transportation bill; the Highway Trust Fund is nearing bankruptcy; Governor Andrew Cuomo has yet to take a position on Gateway, and hasn't shown much enthusiasm for transit in general, and Christie seemed to express his position on mass transit with the cancellation of ARC, which has been the subject of a very damaging report by the Government Accountability Office.

Colonel Gaddafi seemed on the brink of defeat today after an extraordinary night in Libya saw rebel forces take control of much of the capital.

«When you have government mandated expenses like property taxes and water and sewer rates that have gone through the ceiling in the last 10 years, that now eat up anywhere from 30 — 40 - percent of every rent dollar an owner takes in, then it doesn't leave much left to pay off your mortgage, to make repairs, to invest in the capital improvement in your building.

Before the awards ceremony took place, RBA President Al Samuels told members he was frustrated by the lack of interest in trying to create true tourism in the county, something he said Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been heavily promoting as a way for the state to raise much - needed capital.

«If de Blasio wants to lead an administration that addresses the tale of two cities, as he calls it... he needs to take a much more progressive stance on this issue,» Eric Glatt, a member of Intern Labor Rights told Capital.

And, as Capital points out, the city today is basically the polar opposite of when Koch took office, its viability challenged by too much money rather than too little.

We hear much about taxing the rich, yet, in this Parliament, the richest will pay more in tax than in any single year of the previous Government — more tax on capital gains, more stamp duty — they will be less able to avoid and evade tax and they will pay more when they take out their pension policies.»

The governor's much - heralded proposal for regional economic development councils, to be supervised by Lt. Gov. Robert J. Duffy, is paid for by taking $ 130 million out of legislative discretionary accounts for capital financing.

«It takes just as much time and capital to work on really important problems as it does on the less important ones,» he says.

This move takes LinkedIn, the Sequoia Capital - backed Palo Alto start - up, beyond its insular focus on the business networking set, and brings it closer to a Yellow Pages model — making it much more interesting.

The former promises tons of doom and gloom (as befits a movie about the lower - case - A apocalypse being waged by a capital - A Apocalypse), whereas the latter takes a much more irreverent, NSFW approach.

The wild hairstyles and costumes of the capital have been replaced with a sea of grey jumpsuits (none take this harder than Elizabeth Banks» ostentatious Effy Trinket) and much of the action is more in the style of heated board room arguments than firefights.

«[States] realize «we were not set up to take over a district, much less run schools from the capital when the district might be 50, 200, 300 miles away,»» Smarick said.

These groups are taking on challenges related to school creation, human capital, facilities, advocacy, and much more, as the district transitions from public - education leviathan to one of many school operators.

A-level students from secondary schools in the capital were invited to work with volunteer traders at the Citi offices and take part in a simulation trading game, exchanging commodities and shares to make as much profit as possible.

It shouldn't take a Wall Street analyst to figure out that an automaker spending part of its hefty profits from pickup trucks and SUVs to develop battery electric vehicles with range and recharge times that will attract mainstream buyers has a much better future than a small upstart automaker with enviable advanced technology, but no way to pay for its development other than by raising more capital.

While I agree with everything (pretty much) in this post, I'd like to take some time to point out that thinking about capital just in terms of money (e.g. advances) obfuscates a few of the underlying changes in the industry.

My money management rules were as follows: (1) Never risk more than half as much as the reasonable potential reward (e.g., don't risk more than 10 pips if your reasonable take profit point is less than 20 pips), and (2) never risk on any one trade an amount that would draw down your total trading capital by more than 10 % (that's my «make sure you don't blow out your account» rule — I'm fairly confident of my ability to avoid putting on 10 losing trades in a row, trading as I do as a scalper and short term swing trader).

In my opinion, that means they should have a fixed claim on principal repayment, with risk - based capital factors high enough to take away the incentive invest too much in non-investment grade fixed income claims.

Ratings includes things like how large the capital reserves of the company are, whether or not they took an underwriting loss in the last quarter or year, what Wall Street thinks of their stock if applicable, and much more.

Since the young worker's net worth is likely made up mostly of human capital assets, the young worker can afford to take on much more risk with their financial assets than the older worker who is nearing retirement», said Malick.

While it may take a million in capital to generate $ 40,000 a year in passive investment income, a «retirement business» can generate that much income with much less capital: the difference being of course your own ongoing sweat equity.

Too many years of taking too much risk on too thin of a capital base caught up with them.

I am now getting to a stage where I don't need to take as much risk to achieve marginally higher returns (I will hit my retirement / lifestyle targets no problem) and having preservation of capital along with some growth is more important.

I would much rather cut my losses and take my preserved capital somewhere else that can work more efficiently.

Wouldn't buying the same investments in your child's name (you'll just need to get an S.I.N number for this) outside of an RESP and then just selling them and buying again to trigger a tax - free capital gain (ie taking advantage of the personal tax exemption) each year or few years be a much better than buying an RESP?

It doesn't take much to start a home business; in fact, the SBA reports that 39 % of business owners with no employees started their business with less than $ 5,000 in startup capital.