Sentences with phrase «terms as founders»

Investors receive shares with the same voting rights and the same terms as founders and employees holding stock options.

Not exact matches

In a conversation with Term Sheet, Barna talks about her transition from operator to investor, her biggest mistakes as a founder, and whether she plans to start another company.

«Solutions» include pre-emptive activities such as building long - term relationships with future founders or mentoring at incubators to meet teams pre-seed, plus getting really good at reference diligence, but we still rely upon accelerating the «would we work well together» discussion during fast - moving investments.

She really didn't think in gendered terms, she says; she was «more concerned about being the daughter of the founder and therefore needing to perform better than others so as not to give the impression of nepotism.»

Many of the startup founder I meet tend to view these short - term goals as a sequence of go / no - go decisions.

One in a handful of CEO founders on the Fortune 500 lifer list, Smith famously conceptualized FedEx in a college term paper at Yale (he worked as a charter pilot on the weekends).

As the concept creator and visionary leader, the founder is the ideal candidate to sell a vision while the product is being developed, and to prove to both the market and the internal team that the concept is a viable solution that supports long - term growth.

Dr. Janet Kennedy, a clinical psychologist and the founder of NYC Sleep Doctor, tells us why melatonin should not be used as a long - term sleep aid.

Isaiah Bollinger, the founder of e-commerce technology agency Trellis, wrote in 2017 that «doubling AOV is just as valuable as doubling conversion rate in terms of revenue.»

I think we are still in a pretty good position as founders in terms of equity.

When Cowboy Ventures founder Aileen Lee coined the term unicorn as a label for such corporate creatures in a November 2013 TechCrunch blog post, just 39 of the past decade's VC - backed U.S. software startups had topped the $ 1 billion valuation mark.

Regardless of the form of engagement, individuals (including founders) need to execute agreements that define their position, responsibilities, remuneration (including any equity interests, such as options), and benefits during their term of engagement.

As Frank Armstrong III, founder and principal of Miami - based Investor Solutions points out, long - term care costs are not covered by insurance: «Once a hospital releases you to any kind of long - term care facility, your medical coverage quits paying for your care.»

According to Richard Passikoff, founder of Brand Keys, though this type of business model isn't as easy to pull off as it looks, being able to capitalize on the unsold products of other brands has enabled off - chain stores to offer value and pose a long - term challenge to others in the market.

The «PayPal Mafia,» a term for PayPal founders and prominent multimillionaire executives whose post-PayPal careers include founding and investing in dozens of prominent tech companies, is stacked full of Review alumni, including Ken Howery» 98, David Sacks» 94, and Eric Jackson ’98 (all former Review editors - in - chief) as well as Keith Rabois ’91 (a former Review opinion editor), and Premal Shah ’98 (a former Review staffer).

Sure, there may be short - term gain in screwing over a founder or bailing on a floundering company, but it simply is not worth it in the long - run: word will spread, and a venture capitalists» deal flow is only as good as their reputation.

As drama ensued, he was the only founder who remained on good terms with his friends and to this day has no enduring resentments.

Investors will consider ICO - projects as long - term and thoroughly study the experience of founders and possible ways of development.

Coworking also «wins hands down» in terms of budget and ease of management for FinTechs, according to Ian Wright, founder at merchant comparison site Merchant Machine, who said: «The added benefits to FinTechs are that many of your potential customers may also work in the same building / coworking group as you.»

I also wanted to refine my skills as an entrepreneur and continue to build my business for long term sustainability,» Bryce Ballew, owner and founder at Tradecraft Industries, explained.

A big part of what has made Amazon's story as a company so captivating to investors is the single - minded focus of Jeffrey P. Bezos, the company's founder and chief executive, on making big long - term investments.

For this purpose, I'll broadly define them as «founders» and use those terms interchangeably.

Venture capital firms often now take pains to potray themselves as founder friendly, offering simpler term sheets and perhaps a suite of operations, marketing or financial services that founders can call upon to boost their products.

Steven also addresses issues such as equity financing, founder compensation, stock option plan, debt transaction, SaaS agreements, terms of use, copyright, trademark and technology protection.

Bob MacDonald, founder of LifeUSA, writing in Forbes, defines an annuity as a long - term contract between a buyer and an insurance company that allows the accumulation of funds on a tax - deferred basis for later payout in the form of a guaranteed income, the core strength being the safety the guarantees.

So you would make a distinction between Christianity, Christians, and the Church looking to Christ as founder (which would seem to be consistent with what I propose) but then in terms of «a new movement» would in agreement with Bernardo that Paul is the founder of the church (or «new movement») whithout which Christianity would not exist.

More importantly than cultural differences I think or what might be the «face» of the church int terms of its veneer, how it appears is the security, love, empowerment and approval form God, that unites in something that can be beautiful as Sabine put it with hope in and faithfulness of its founder.

In the words of Nancy Owen Myers - founder of LunchSense, «These (plastics) are considered by GreenPeace and others as «food - safe», but I prefer to use the term «time - tested».»

Every day I need to touch Women Online (as creative director), Boston Mamas (as founder / editor), Edit Your Life (as co-host), Brave New World Designs (as designer / co-owner) + Christine Koh LLC (as principal... this includes various freelance projects, including one major managing editor contract) so efficiency and focus really are key, given that I need to cycle through projects during the day and also given that Laurel and Violet are not in after school programs (Jon and I really 50/50 it in terms of covering the after school window... I am so grateful for this)!

As The Baby Sleep Site founder Nicole tells the families we work with, «You don't want to create long - term habits in dealing with a short - term problem.»

Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, founder and Head of INRI Evangelical and Spiritual Church, on December 23, 2015, released what he termed the end - of - year message in which he, as he usually does, warned nations and individuals not to relent in seeking the face of God.

President Mahama said he and his appointees are committed to following the footsteps of the founders of the NDC, including former President John Rawlings, who became the democratically - elected president for two four - year terms after ruling for eleven years as a military man, as well as the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills, who died after succeeding former President John Kufuor.

A president who had a lot of vision in terms of education, health, African unity and so many area of our national development but definitely not as the founder of this nation because it is palpably false,» he said.

Borrowing for its latest campaign the term «Wellth» from mindbodygreen founder Jason Wachob's book, which reconceives wealth as an abundance of well - being instead of possessions, the city is embracing its new identity as a wellness destination.

The founder has been using the term «Shagbook» in his personal life since the year 2000, and created the Shagbook website as a casual dating site in the U.K. back in 2006, before Facebook was popular.

«At MELD, our key focus is on long - term meaningful relationships, as attested to by many people who have found their significant others using the MELD app,» said Founder Wale Ayeni.

Dr. Braddock has received many honors for his work, including the James E. Blackwell Founders Award (for distinguished service and lifetime achievement) from the Association of Black Sociologists (2008), and an appointment as a Member of the National Research Policies and Priorities Board, U. S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (appointed by Richard Riley, U. S. Secretary of Education 1995 - 1999, reappointed for six - year term 1999 - 2005).

E.g. Founders or its family members would be great as they wouldn't sacrifice long term business objectives over short term ones.)

Balance transfers access credit under the terms of your Visa Founder's Card account as stated in the PSECU Visa ® Founder's Card Consumer Credit Card Agreement.

She's not only is a long - term meditator who served as the president to the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Program, she was the founder of the House of Bliss in Nashville, Tennessee, a center which offered music, meditation, yoga, and mind / body healing.

She's not only a long - term meditator who served as the president to the Transcendental Meditation Siddhi Program, she was the founder of the House of Bliss in Nashville, Tennessee, a center which offered music, meditation, yoga, and mind / body healing.

The person who was in charge of licensing — Tsunekazu Ishihara, founder of Creatures — complained the workload was too great, and in its current state the company would not be able to accomplish other long - term goals such as expanding the anime and releasing a new movie each year.

However, Charles Noel Flagg, the founder of the League, suggested to the young man that he finish the term as a student in the life - drawing class.

As founder of Bloomberg LLC, he's a numbers guy, and the numbers can't be beat: over three terms his office has spent $ 2.8 billion on improving arts infrastructure across the city; his nonstop boosterism for the arts has paid off, with the cultural sector generating $ 21 million per year (Christo and Jeanne - Claude's The Gates, which he brought to Central Park with the Public Art Fund and art advisor Linda Silverman in 2005, yielded $ 254 million alone); and he's given over $ 200 million of his own money to the arts and other causes.

Italian architect Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, partner at OMA working on preservation, scenography and curation, is both leading OMA Urban Studies, as well as the team of creative mediators, which includes the Swiss contemporary art curator Mirjam Varadinis, who works in Kunsthaus Zurich and was co-curator of TRACK, a large scale city - wide international exhibition in the tradition of «Chambres d'amis» in Ghent, Belgium; Spanish architect, artist and scholar based in New York and Madrid, Andrés Jaque, the founder of the Office of Political Innovation, working on the intersection of research, politics and design; and Dutch filmmaker and journalist Bregtje van der Haak, who has been directing international documentaries and transmedia projects on long - term social change with a special focus on urbanisation and technological culture.

With lifelong terms for the justices, the Supreme Court is rightly designed by our founders to not be as easily affected by political gamesmanship as Congress or the Executive Branch tend to be, however, as we saw with its handling of Citizens United, this current court with its 5 - 4 conservative majority is not afraid to take radical action.

In my experience, the founders will be optimistic (overly, as is standard for startups in my experience), so be careful not to let their excitement influence you in your decision to accept these terms.

However, I suspect there must be some general understanding of what a founder is, as Facebook had a lawsuit regarding the use of the term.

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Adrian Holovaty, founder of hyperlocal site Everyblock, prefers «microlocal» as a clearer and more accurate term, because «[m] icro implies intense focus, incredibly small scale and rich depth.»