Sentences with phrase «time entrepreneur from»

So about 18 months ago, Gordon, a three - time entrepreneur from Tysons Corner, Va., launched his most ambitious venture to date: a cooperative called 1Nservice.

Sometimes I think it's a pity when I talk to first - time entrepreneurs from emerging markets who are coming for advice or inspiration and I hear them say «I want to be a serial entrepreneur.»

Not exact matches

House of Bread Anchorage Entrepreneurs: Ginna and John Baldiviez Headquarters: Anchorage, Alaska We make an effort to take time away from our business.

From being on the New York Times bestseller list to modeling for Ralph Lauren, dog influencers (OK, their owners) are making a lot of bones being entrepreneurs.

Pursuing a career as a freelancer also offers many of the same «lifestyle benefits» that people normally associate with entrepreneurs — from the ability to control the type of work you do and time spent working to the potential for higher earnings and improved mental and physical health.

Commuting to and from work is another way entrepreneurs end up losing their time.

For an entrepreneur, time spent on social media might seem like a distraction from the more important tasks central to running a business.

Expa differs from other firms of its kind by accepting just a handful of startups, allowing Camp and his co-founders to spend more time coaching their cohort of fledgling entrepreneurs.

All internet based entrepreneurs struggle with those situations that require opening too many tabs at the same time and to work from one to the other.

When you're an entrepreneur and growing a startup, it's essential to take time away from the office to be with your family.

There is no shortage of studies sighting that employee effectiveness rises when time off is taken on a regular basis, but entrepreneurs can easily lose sight of this fact, working for months — even years — without time away from the business.

From determining product - market fit to continually reinvesting in themselves, here is what makes some entrepreneurs stand the test of time.

If that's true, now is the time to transform yourself from an entrepreneur into a true leader.

During my time at iConic: Seattle, it was easy to learn from wildly successful entrepreneurs and business leaders.

The app's potential to save entrepreneurs both time and money is huge, and all from your mobile device if you so choose.

The ability to put a new spin on the old: That's what catapulted Jason Lucash and his business partner, Mike Szymczak, from aspiring entrepreneurs to creators of one of Time's 50 best inventions of the year in 2009.

For savvy entrepreneurs, food trucks are an appealing business because it's inexpensive to start, isn't strapped down to a one location, can be a part - time side gig and you don't have to start from scratch.

Rocket Internet founder Alexander Samwer, a 40ish German entrepreneur with an MBA from Harvard University, has for some time been looking outside saturated European markets for business opportunities with the potential for high returns.

When she first became an entrepreneur, she was serving accounting clients from her kitchen table, working part time.

Most highly successful entrepreneurs will tell you that from the time they started out, they knew what they were good at and what tasks to delegate to others.

I listen to the podcast to get inspiration from the stories of other entrepreneurs, but I read his blog for show notes when I'm short on time.

Although Wojcicki endured a humiliating and public divorce from Brin, the two are now friendly, and the outdoorsy entrepreneur, who eschews makeup and rides her bike to work every day, admits that she sometimes allows her kids to wear their clothes to bed «to save time in the morning.»

00:38 Maclean: Etsy tracks all sorts of users from full - time entrepreneurs to casual users just trying to make a little extra cash.

But from Facebook to Twitter to Google + to Pinterest and beyond, how can an entrepreneur know which social networks to be on and spend the most time using?

For those who want a break from being an entrepreneur — or from the smart entrepreneur who knows that where job demand is growing, so are business opportunities — it's a good time to consider what jobs will be hot in the coming year.

One Argentine entrepreneur I met recalled having to take a day off from school every time his mother got paid in order to help her spend her paycheck as quickly as possible.)

In this woman - centric podcast (which does feature male guests from time to time), host and business consultant Natalie Eckdahl highlights inspiring stories of entrepreneurs from a range of industries.

Entrepreneurs can lose someone close to them at any time, so it's best to have a plan ready for alast - minute extended absence from the business.

But there are two things happening in Silicon Valley that are qualitatively different from New York or London (or pretty much anywhere else): First, the sheer density of tech entrepreneurs per capita is 10 times greater than the norm for other cities, and second, there is a far greater level of information sharing between entrepreneurs here.

When asked to distill what he learned from the failures for the benefit of first - time entrepreneurs, he says, «Become self - aware by seeking out bad news.»

Host Brian Clark chats with self - starters ranging from Gary Vaynerchuk to Pivot author Jenny Blake about everything from playing the long game to «designing your life,» as well as shares his own stories as an eight - time entrepreneur.

To help you mind your business — and, by extension, your bottom line — in good time, the folks at Make It Cheaper, a service that helps small and medium - sized businesses negotiate cheaper rates on insurance, broadband and electricity, have rounded up seven key efficiency lessons from a host of entrepreneurs.

If you want to stand out from the other hundred startup entrepreneurs trying to fight for your mentor's time, you have to create a plan before your meeting.

Every time I tune in, I learn new tips for my own hustle — as well as exciting new business strategies from successful entrepreneurs, like Facebook employee No. 30, Noah Kagan.

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, TOMS is launching an e-commerce platform called «Marketplace» on TOMS.com that hosts goods from 30 social entrepreneurs who have mission - driven business models, similar in ethos to the «buy one, give one» model that Mycoskie pioneered.

I can't tell you how many times I have talked to an entrepreneur who, when they were on the verge of making their first senior executive hire, would reference their candidate's prior big - name employer or the big - name school they graduated from.

Even brilliant start - up entrepreneurs could benefit from learning a thing or two from the long - time Costco CEO.

I get a lot of questions from first time entrepreneurs about where to find Angel Investors.

The 65 - year - old entrepreneur says he learned about risks from his parents who «liked to gamble, leaving me to fend for myself... I learned the difference between gambling, which I do little of, and risk - taking, which I do all the time.»

I'll end with one final quote of advice — this time from my idol Albert Einstein — that applies especially well for hardware entrepreneurs — «Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.»

Ideal candidates are young or first - time business owners, who are likely to get ousted from the helm as the number of investors grows anyway, or serial entrepreneurs who are already dreaming of their next project.

«From first - time entrepreneurs to big brands, everyone faces the same problem when it comes to finding a factory in the U.S.,» says Matthew Burnett, co-founder and chief executive of Maker's Row, in a statement.

In addition to SpaceX, the entrepreneur serves as chief executive of Tesla Motor Co., an electric car company, is chairman and co-founder of SolarCity and is working to build a high - speed «Hyperloop» transportation system, which — in theory — could revolutionize travel by cutting commute time from Los Angeles to San Francisco to 30 minutes.

A proposed EB - 6 «startup visa» — a component of the bill that passed in the Senate but stalled in the House — would offer a path to permanent citizenship tailored to entrepreneurs, allocating up to 10,000 visas annually to foreign - born founders whose companies raise at least $ 500,000 from qualified investors and create at least five full - time U.S. jobs.

Borrow from yourself I've never supported the notion that entrepreneurs should borrow from their 401 (k) s or retirement assets to finance a startup, but in these difficult times, it's worth considering how to best use your savings to fund your business.

Whether an entrepreneur has hired a PR firm or communications director or they are attempting to do public relations on their own, there are a few key mistakes that they make time and again, preventing them from ever getting covered and their publicist or communication director from doing the job they are paid for.

Around the same time, I started hearing from young entrepreneurs, many of whom asked for a quick conversation to discuss their ideas.

Starting a new enterprise from scratch and gathering the nerve to take risks that are similar to those you took last time can be daunting for any entrepreneur.

Granted, I had some common background (we're both Mormon, both lived in Brazil, both entrepreneurs), and since I was a college student at the time, I played that card (entrepreneurs are suckers when it comes to giving advice to students — I speak from experience on both sides).

Some entrepreneurs are glorified in the media for making the leap from full - time worker to business owner.