Sentences with phrase «than their business acumen»

Forty million dollars is a lot of money to invest in anybody, especially three dudes in Williamsburg who are better known for their misbehavior than their business acumen.

That can make diverse entrepreneurs feel like they're tokens or valued for something other than their business acumen.

When the late Swiss businessman Markus Leibherr bought Southampton in 2009, it seemed like an investment that was fuelled by passion rather than business acumen.

Governance needs more than a business acumen because running a country is not the same as running a business.

Lapides says that the skills necessary to be a champion of corporate oversight are quite different than the business acumen that experienced CEOs, CFOs and COOs possess.

Not exact matches

Ted Cruz is known more for his arguing skills as an attorney than for his business acumen, but he's banking possible votes like a real pro.

The Mannix brothers share many things with their father (Fred Charles Mannix) and grandfather (Fred Stephen Mannix), whose empires they inherited: their names, obviously, but also their sharp business acumen, quiet - but - aggressive approaches to philanthropy (Calgary's brand new National Music Centre — which houses Canada's Music Hall of Fame — came to being thanks to more than $ 10 million in donations from the Mannix family business; the company also contributed $ 1 million to the National Gallery of Canada in 2015) and steadfast commitment to privacy.

Now in its 16th year, the programme attracts more than 80 entrants across all industries and showcases the acute business acumen of our state's professional talent.

Rather than focusing on the inner workings of his business acumen, the HBO movie will focus on Buffet's relationships and his humble lifestyle.

But it is Wintour's role in promoting fashion and luxury goods manufacturing as an important US export business, coupled with her growing political fundraising acumen (according to the Obama campaign, she is a «top bundler», raising more than $ 500,000 for the Obama Victory Fund) that led to speculation she is eyeing a political position.

She broached the subject of his business record, suggesting his supposed acumen was less than met the eye.

NEXUS» goal is for its members to achieve higher returns with less risk than typical angel investments by utilizing a model combining the business acumen of NEXUS members with Florida's community resources — including the vast university system and regional economic development programs.

NEXUS's objective is to enable members to achieve higher returns with less risk than typical angel groups by combining Florida's community resources, including our vast university systems, with the business acumen of NEXUS members and partners.

Since they do more than just set appointments, they have to have some business acumen in order to understand the prospects business in an effort to qualify them.

I wonder how and why his advisers / confidants thought that Jame's investment abilities / business acumen would / could be equal or greater than Warren Buffett or the collective performance of the S&P 500?

On the campaign trail, Cain is more apt to talk about his business acumen and leadership skills than his faith.

Once more, a set of candidates with egos larger than their actual business acumen are battling it out for the chance to become Lord Alan Sugar's business partner.

Managing Partner Robyn Perchik has more than 29 years of experience in risk management underwriting, and her standards of business acumen and customer service are unparalleled.

Rather than focus upon the myths of frontier, individualism and the destruction of the wilderness by «civilisation», McCabe contrasts various models of entrepreneurship, situating McCabe's failure as being largely the result of the mundanity of his business acumen and vision (and not his choice of business as a whorehouse manager).

But Gates's standing to speak authoritatively on the issue rested on more than his wealth, celebrity, and business acumen, or even his company's need to hire well - trained workers.

That's a mistake, one made all too often by powerful CEOs whose business acumen may be admirable but doesn't remotely qualify them to assess, amend, or approve designers» work any more than it qualifies them to tell the powertrain group that they want the crankshaft main bearing diameters increased because it «feels better» to them.

Particularly among self - published authors, we're largely looking at publishing - industry amateurs who may have even less business acumen than trade authors who are working with agents through the contract process, etc..

With more than 35 years of operational executive management experience, Mr. Singh is well suited to provide tactical and innovative guidance to the Value Investors for Change team through his blend of business acumen, market and technical knowledge and strategic insight.

So along with their business acumen, new equine veterinarians have found that as prospective business owners they have easier access to borrowing opportunities, which means many are starting their own practices rather than buying existing ones.

With more than ten years experience in running multi-million pan European travel organisations, Ryan comes to Rocky Mountaineer with exceptional sales, marketing and business development skills underpinned by a sharp commercial acumen and an impressive reputation for delivering sales growth.

And I wanted to bring a whole new sort of business acumen and approach to law rather than it be run by the professionals, and that's what I wanted to do and was able to do, and finally in June 12 when the new ABS rules came into force.

However, Search Acumen's analysis shows total transactions have fallen faster than business numbers both quarterly and annually.

Gillette argues that men aren't inherently better than women in terms of legal acumen or bringing in business, yet they are offered more opportunities to build business because they're not shy about tooting their own horns.

John Park, who for more than 10 years has demonstrated a distinct blend of business acumen and creative entrepreneurialism overseeing Mindspark and the launch of brands like Zwinky, Webfetti and MyWebFace, has decided to move on from his role as CEO of Mindspark to further pursue his entrepreneurial spirit outside of IAC.

Surprisingly, it's often business acumen (more so than tech skills) that attracts hiring authorities... and with CIO.com's candidate, business alignment was clearly the focus of his career.

12 years later, I have never looked back and have developed a far greater business acumen than I had ever imagined.

Career Objective: A skilled and talented multimedia professional with more than five years combined experience of advertising and web development company is seeking a multimedia director position to apply creative skills and business acumen for improving your company's business.

Dynamic, high - energy and ambitious Retail Management professional with more than 20 - years of retail expertise, and a demonstrated track record of leading innovative store operations and training strategies, eager to contribute advanced business acumen, communication and retail sales talent toward optimizing the goals of an employer in a Retail Management role.

Built strong relationships, foster teamwork, and leverage business acumen with more than 150 McDonald's Franchisees

More than just a multinational digital services company, we are global problem solvers --- applying deep technical understanding and strategic business acumen...

More than this, I am confident that I can motivate others through my business acumen, customer focus, and interpersonal skills.

Offering more than 30 years of high level Sales and Marketing expertise, complimented by solid business acumen and a proven ability to significantly enhance the bottom line

With solid business management acumen and leadership, I have raised more than $ 5,000,000 in total funding revenue through successful negotiations and sales strategies in the last five years.

Marla has more than 25 years of sales expertise, entrepreneurial know - how, accomplishments, and business acumen that have positioned her to carry out the pivotal role of Team Leader.