Sentences with phrase «than a celebrity board»

So it will take more than a celebrity board of directors (Mary Meeker, Larry Summers, former Brown University president Ruth Simmons and NBA legend Magic Johnson to name a few) to convince Wall Street that Square is worth buying.

Not exact matches

But, for the more than 700 celebrity director appointments (out of over 70,000 board appointments in all) that the study examines during 1985 - 2006, the firms» shares continued to outperform significantly over the subsequent one, two and three years.

It's become clear, though, that more than one designer has a flair for origami and they've got a fan in style - setting celebrities, who are saying «Pleats, please» across the board.

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..