Sentences with phrase «who leads a company»

«Our goal from day one was to become Canada's most respected beer,» says Taylor, who leads the company alongside Heaps (Cromwell is no longer involved in the business).

«Many of the companies we back start out as little features,» says Roloef Botha, a partner with Sequoia Capital who led the company's investment in YouTube, which Google bought for $ 1.65 billion last year.

Goizueta Business School is named after Roberto C. Goizueta, the late CEO of Coca - Cola who led the company from 1981 until he died in 1997.

Those of us who lead companies tend to be proud of our own abilities in a wide swath of organizational activities.

But other top executives have recently departed for other opportunities, including Kathy Savitt, the architect of the video strategy that Ms. Mayer has now dropped, and Jackie Reses, who led the company's acquisitions and managed its relationship with Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company in which Yahoo holds a 15 percent stake.

Lee will drive company operations, as well as the employee and guest experience, working in concert with Founder and Executive Chef Anthony Carron, who leads the company's culinary operations.

«I don't need to download a YouTube app if I've got YouTube on the Web,» said Balsillie, who leads the company along with co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.

While Koch Industries has deployed its own lobbyists to compliment the effort, the brothers who lead the company have tapped into their broader national network to aid the fight against clean energy in Kansas.

Office Depot «has proven it is very difficult to compete in this sector, and I think they're going to have to take these kind of measures,» said Odland, who led the company from 2005 to 2010.

Besides Lu, who leads the company's engineering team in the U.S. and China, Wanchain boasts a number of world - renowned software engineers and cryptographic experts.

«The Profit / Canadian Business W100 are role models for entrepreneurs who lead companies of any size, in any sector,» says Ian Portsmouth, editor of Profit Magazine.

Not exact matches

Potdevin, who has the weathered face of a snowboard dad, wore black - and - white slip - on shoes made by Toms, the company he'd led as president since 2011.

The cable series follows a young computer programmer who works for a cybersecurity company but leads a secret life as a hacker who works with an insurrectionist group that launches cyber attacks against large corporations.

Omada has hired former Sanofi chief medical officer (CMO) Dr. Paul Chew to serve as the company's new CMO and Tom Schoenherr, who helped lead genomic sequencing upstart Counsyl to the $ 100 million threshold, as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).

«It is disturbing that the same companies and investors who have pledged to work with the City to respect California public safety and public realm laws are spending lobbying dollars in Sacramento to repeal them,» San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who has been leading the charge to regulate the scooters, told TechCrunch.

Regardless of size, companies can maintain their relevancy by following the lead of the more agile and engaged indie brands who are in lockstep with customers» wants and needs.

Keith Tully has worked in corporate recovery since 1992 and currently is a Partner with a leading independent UK business rescue firm www.realbusinessrescue.co.uk With 35 offices across the UK they have a wealth of knowledge and expertise to support and advise company directors who are facing financial distress.

The company has already attracted a list of 15 of the world's leading investment banks, who have backed the company with $ 66 million in financing to date, while still in the testing stage.

Twitter has often boasted about its commitment to the principles of free speech, sometimes leading to criticism from those who felt the company was more interested in tolerating all forms of speech than in trying to ensure a harassment - free experience for its users.

Then IBM hired its first outsider to lead the company, Louis Gerstner, who came from RJR Nabisco.

Kitedesk pulls a lead's email address, phone number, social accounts, past interaction data and company size to give sales reps fast and reliable insights into who the person is and what happened in previous conversations.

As a CEO, I refuse to lead a company where people may feel their ideas aren't valued simply because of who they are.

This one can be extremely handy for marketers scouting the web for leads, or the consumer who simply wants to know more about a company before doing business with them.

Forrec's work with Universal Studios led to an unusual client for the company — H. Gary Morse, who had developed a prosperous retirement community in Florida, later dubbed The Villages, complete with pools and golf courses.

Among U.S. tech companies founded between 1995 and 2005, 25.3 % had a chief executive or lead technologist who was foreign - born.

But what matters most, says Roberts, who came to Venrock in 1997, just after earning a Ph.D. in chemistry and chemical - biology from Harvard, isn't that «brilliant idea» that launched the company — but rather the brilliant person who's leading it.

Here's why: Forrester Research states that less than 1 % of leads ever generate revenue for B2B companies, which means B2B marketers doing traditional lead gen waste 99 % of their time, energy, and money marketing to people who will never become customers.

The stock has surged 41 % since President Donald Trump's November election, surprising many who predicted the company led by billionaire Elon Musk would suffer under a Republican government averse to supporting clean - energy companies with federal tax subsidies.

Of course, most business leaders were firmly for staying in the EU, so they can't be faulted for their immediate role in the referendum, but according author Umair Haque, writing on the HBR blogs, those who lead the country's companies are very far from blameless.

I remember one coaching client of mine: a bright, motivated engineer who was leading a major business unit of his company.

Takeaway: Putting trust in your employees goes a long way towards positive company culture, because trust leads to independent employees who help your company grow.

Dorsey, the co-founder who recently returned to lead the San Francisco company, has one task ask the moment: Fixing Twitter.

If the company isn't «blowing up,» when the founder goes out to raise more money and the original VCs / Angels who invested don't lead or participate in the new round, it sends an very bad signal to other potential new investors.

«In start - up companies, it's all about «who do I trust» and sometimes nepotism will come in,» Fraedrich says, and family - run businesses have to be especially vigilant against an ethical lapse that could lead at best to employee dissatisfaction and at worst to a discrimination suit.

Ranson, who has led HomEquity Bank for the last 19 years, credits the company's success to keeping pace with the changing needs of its customers.

People like to know who's actually leading the charge in their company, and where the business is headed, as well as what their own roles are — what's expected and not expected of them.

Whether you're leading a company or an internal team, take some time to consider whether those who work under you respect you or fear you.

Barak Eilam, a first - time CEO who leads $ 1.3 billion company NICE, explained it this way: «When you manage a company of six thousand employees you need to understand that in order to shift this large boat five degrees to the right, you need to invest a lot of energy and power, and sometimes overshoot and then correct to the left.»

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I've personally found that there are more and more investors who want to support women - led companies!

Following Bégin's plan, the company now designs and manufactures 80 % of the automated equipment used by leading automobile parts players such as Magna and Hutchinson, who make the actual seals in Quebec, Ontario, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Europe and Asia.

Big investors are losing patience with IBM chief Ginni Rometty, who remains one of the highest - paid CEOs in not just the tech industry, but among all S&P 500 companies, despite IBM's relatively poor performance under her lead.

Boards acting in this way are hoping for a prodigal CEO: a founder who used their time apart to learn the skills necessary to lead the company they founded.

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Musk — who already plays leading roles in the SpaceX rocket venture, the Tesla electric car company and the SolarCity solar - energy company — unveiled what he has called the «alpha» version of the Hyperloop plan in a blog post on Monday.

Anderson was touted as someone who can help the company step forward because he helped lead Delta out of bankruptcy.

Even though many companies have invested heavily in CRM and marketing automation solutions, customers are still subjected to a barrage of unwanted cold calling and random lead generation because salespeople still for the most part don't really know who they're calling.

The acquirer is a boutique investment company based in Novato, California, and led by alcohol - industry veterans Keith Greggor and Tony Foglio, who helped to develop Skyy Vodka.

Thankfully, pediatrician Jenny Radesky, who was the lead author of the Academy's new policy statement, recently took to Fast Company to expand on the new guidelines, offering more concrete advice for families.

Breakthrough companies discover different leverage points — like outside advice or strong boards or maverick employees who lead them into new lines of business.