What he brings to the enterprise, Gilliland says, is «experience
taking entrepreneurial companies that are a little chaotic and making them a bit more productive, more valuable, and being an architect for growth.
Not exact matches
Wherever you are on your
entrepreneurial journey, you likely kicked off your career like many of us by
taking a job, maybe at a large
company, to gain some experience.
Take a look at Tom Foster's fascinating profile of a founder who is most definitely not cool with another one of those
entrepreneurial paradoxes — namely, to grow your
company, you sometimes have to let go.
Why: «I want to see if they've got that certain
entrepreneurial spirit it
takes to succeed in a small software
company,» he says.
Toronto - based Satish Kanwar, director of product at Shopify, an Ottawa
company that offers software for creating an online store, speaks of the opportunities found by those who choose to work in a startup before
taking the plunge themselves: «One of the best things someone can do is date a
company first to see if you like startups and the
entrepreneurial space before you commit to it,» he says.
Too many
entrepreneurial companies have leaped into the arms of the first underwriter willing to
take their IPO dreams seriously.
In fact, a number of
entrepreneurial companies have already
taken advantage of the potential 3D printing brings to the space industry.
«This is a
company that already has a phenomenal reputation for skill and results in providing growth solutions for
entrepreneurial beverage
companies, but what really attracted me to First Beverage is how they
take their partnerships to a much deeper level.
Like Winter, Howard
took on dual academic and
entrepreneurial roles, consulting with the
company via her 20 % time allotment.
The new
company is the first formed out of BioFulcrum, an
entrepreneurial initiative within Gladstone that
takes a milestone driven approach to science.
These would be entrepreneurs often end up
taking jobs at other
companies and hoping to someday be able to pursue their
entrepreneurial dreams.
The most sought after venture capitalists tout their prior
entrepreneurial experience
taking innovations from idea to startup to
company, and ultimately to exit.
Renuka spent ten years at the Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver before
taking on her
entrepreneurial spirit, creating and then selling her own
company of beautifully designed social stationary and an aromatherapy line.
«We are a
company full of fun, hardworking and
entrepreneurial travel lovers and this new campaign really helps to
take our internal culture out to our customers, which is really important to us.»
«
Taking intelligent risks is one of our core values and key in continuing to drive innovation in a
company that wants to remain
entrepreneurial even as it matures into an 8,000 - employee global player».
Byun said that the BitLicense proposal needs to have a bit more appetite for risk -
taking since many
companies in the virtual currency space are, at heart,
entrepreneurial firms:
Another survey from the University shows that nearly two - thirds of all working adults say they currently have limited opportunities with their
companies, but 53 percent acknowledge they should
take charge by being more
entrepreneurial in their careers.»