Sentences with phrase «while community business»

For example, in Ontario, Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) operate in selected communities in rural and Northern Ontario, while Community Business Development Corporations (CBDCs) serve rural Atlantic Canada.

Not exact matches

While the business education community has yet to pin down any magic solution to the gender gap, Sauder graduate school assistant dean Liz Starbuck Greer says there is a major positive: they're trying.

A new exhibit at New York's Tenement Museum explores a century of the city's immigrant small - business owners, while the city government champions its growing tech startup community.

Generally, community banks have been key players in small business lending, Mills said, citing data that shows community banks approved 48 percent of small business loans, while larger institutions approved only 13 percent.

Sponsoring a charity event that falls in line with your business is a great way to do some good while getting your name out in your community.

While the full scope of the damage has yet to be determined, outpourings of concern and offerings of assistance have come in from every corner of the nation and other countries, particularly from members of the business community.

For instance, LinkedIn groups cater to a business - to - business community, while Facebook might be the better choice for business - to - consumer.

While traditional media is still powerful, communities businesses and organizations must understand that they must also tell their community's story.

And while white entrepreneurs of means are more likely to start a business with financial help from friends and family, generations of poverty in minority communities shuts the door on this prospect.

Tyler Macmillan, interim organizational director for the San Francisco Community Land Trust, says that while a new startup such as Zeus probably does not have a perceptible impact on the local rental markets, its business model has the potential to cause problems.

Peter Dawyot, founder of the boutique advertising agency Publicus Community in Raleigh, N.C., learned of his mother's passing while traveling on business to secure a contract with a client.

Lindsay Dellasega wanted to open a business that aligned with her core values, creating jobs for her community while protecting the environment.

Much has been made during the current election cycle about which political party is best aligned with the interests of Corporate America, with some arguing that the Republican party is losing its status as the «party of business,» while Fortune «s Chris Matthews argued that Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson may actually be the best candidate for the business community this year.

«I knew I wanted to go to business school when... I experienced the strong community at Columbia as a member of the Columbia Business School Better Halves Club (while my wife attended Columbia's full - time MBA program)business school when... I experienced the strong community at Columbia as a member of the Columbia Business School Better Halves Club (while my wife attended Columbia's full - time MBA program)Business School Better Halves Club (while my wife attended Columbia's full - time MBA program).»

Going beyond the obvious of helping them save money, a loyalty program makes them feel as though they are part of a community, while rewarding them at the same time for doing business with you.

While she's most widely known for her four - year stint as the administrator of the SBA under President Obama, she also served as executive chairwoman and founder of ProAmérica Bank, which services businesses within the Latino community.

He notes that many office building landlords and business owners have scaled back meeting spaces to curb costs, while many cafes and restaurants have stepped in to fill the void, promoting their venues as meeting places and community hubs.

While the shop owner had certain essentials for business success — passion for her product and her community, for example — she didn't have the financial know - how that she needed.

While in the building, your DCMNI columnist also spoke with senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, the administration's main liaison to Wall Street and the business community, and she had the same message.

Glacier Media, wrote Tyghe in an August 2012 report, has promise because smaller communities rely on these newspapers for information, while business owners and employees stay on top of sector news via its trade publications.

While rising investment from China should be welcome, politicians and the business community in destination countries are concerned about security and fairness.

While the community that Lee portrays has its share of Hispanic, Asian and Italian - American business owners, the black characters are always the consumers.

While the new technology promises to make cash management quicker and more cost - effective, so far it does little to address the small - business community's thorniest financial problem: its lack of access to capital.

But observers say the health - care spending addressed a common complaint among voters, while a promised tax freeze was meant to appease the business community.

Its Community plan is available for free, while its Enterprise plan is, according to a Magento spokesperson, «tiered based on a client's current ecommerce business and intended to align to their growth trajectory.»

«While we are pleased the industry continues growing at faster rates than other sectors of the economy, we could be growing much faster, creating more new jobs and businesses, if Washington addressed the tax, spending and regulatory uncertainty plaguing the small business community in a meaningful way,» said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira.

Alliances also provide a network of founders and community managers and resources for members to learn how to best run their businesses and sustain themselves while running their businesses.

Increasing the ease of financing new start - ups by streamlining regulations on community banks and credits unions, letting small business entrepreneurs defer student loan payments interest - free while they're getting their business started; and expanding SBA financing programs

We all go to work each day to provide for our families, make a difference in the lives of our clients, community members and industry peers, while building a business we can be proud of!

While the business community will always be cautious when it comes to embracing large deficits, we are satisfied that many key economic investments and priorities have been included,» said Iain Black, President and CEO, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

«Balancing the budget for a fourth year in a row --- while other provinces grapple with debt, deficits, and economic uncertainty — is an accomplishment that gives the business community reassurance that B.C. is on the correct course,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

«The business community looks to government to enable us to compete and help attract people and investment, all while building great communities,» adds Black.

We leverage key learnings from our past raises while taking a look at the unique aspects of each startup and custom tailor our strategy specifically to that startup's business and community dynamics.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Our Bachelor of Commerce degree offers you more than just classroom learning; you'll have the unique privilege of connecting to the business community through our Mentorship program, a Career Centre that helps you to polish your resume, practice for interviews and find jobs suited to your specialization, and a Co-Op program that gives you the opportunity to «earn while you learn», gain business experience, develop a network of contacts and have a better understanding of careers in your field.

For example, community events like the Eagle Rock Block Party bring local businesses in an area together to celebrate Small Business Saturday while also creating additional buzz in their local area and offering a fun community event for local consumers.

While in the graduate program there, she enjoyed spending time identifying ways in which non-profits and small businesses could develop into strong and profitable organizations that while promoting strong community grWhile in the graduate program there, she enjoyed spending time identifying ways in which non-profits and small businesses could develop into strong and profitable organizations that while promoting strong community grwhile promoting strong community growth.

On the platform, girls can set their cookie goals, track their progress, manage orders and inventory, learn Internet safety skills, and more — all while they earn age - specific Cookie Business badges and explore ways to help others by investing their earnings back into their communities.

Many small business owners are revamping their content marketing strategy this year, and while there are lots of different ways to alter your strategy and stay safe being discussed amongst the Webmaster and SEO community, one of my favorites is by creating buyer personas.

While businesses may have fancy mission statements and espouse all sort of community involvement, in the end, it all comes down to profit and loss.

«While we commend the Prime Minister for his commitment to assert leadership and convene this meeting, which was called for by business and community associations across the country, the situation has worsened,» said Val Litwin, President and CEO, BC Chamber of Commerce.

While I agree that the tax system should be fair and equitable for all, I am very concerned that the proposed changes will negatively impact hardworking small and medium - sized business owners, lawyers, accountants and physicians who play by the rules, create jobs in our community and are also raising young families in Riverbend.

Most recently, he was awarded the first - ever Business Development Bank of Canada Entrepreneurship Champion — a national award that recognizes the achievement of a Canadian entrepreneur and community leader who has created and grown one or many successful small or medium - sized businesses while significantly contributing to the prosperity of the Canadian entrepreneurship ecosystem

betahaus is a community and coworking space in Berlin for people who want to work on their own projects and businesses while exchanging knowledge, ideas, and inspiration with others.

The aim of these dialogues is to help new immigrants to Canada understand the Canadian business environment and culture, while bridging a gap in communication between new - comers and local communities.

While small business owners gain prestige and influence by contributing to community improvement, corporate managers garner status by advancing the company's interest, even at the expense of the community.

While we've all heard stories about family businesses gone bad (think McCain Foods and its bitter succession feud), family - owned firms are the bedrock of communities and the backbone of economies...

... We are confident in the strong fundamentals of our business model and have remained committed to helping people and communities improve their nutrition, while knowing that one day his tactics would be exposed.»

During my 3 years with the company, I learned what it takes to run a business, lead a team, while spreading brand awareness through strong community connections.

While the social imperative is clear, so is the business imperative to improve interactions with host communities: companies lose billions each year to community strife.