Sentences with phrase «who sold their companies»

Franklin is the former chairman of Jarden Corp., who sold his company to Newell for $ 13.22 billion.

In 2015, Nassif — who sold her company to S.C. Johnson in 2008 — invested in Aunt Fannie's and joined its board.

It made billionaires of its cofounders, who sold the company just before the dot - com era bubble burst.

Very successful small - business owners who sell their companies will pocket less if capital gains taxes rise as expected.

Formerly, owners who sold their companies through asset sales and received the payment in installments had to pay taxes on an installment basis also.

However, in our many years of working with clients who sell their companies, we've learned that it's equally important to be able to put yourself in your buyer's shoes during a potential business sale.

Lost my source - who sold company.

In»97 Match's investors sold the startup for $ 8 million to Cendant who sold the company to IAC / InterActiveCorp the next year for $ 50 million.

«The fascinating thing is that Australia is starting to drop,» said Snowball, who sold the company in 2007 and returned to Melbourne.

Cadillac was originally launched by a mechanic (Henry Leland) who sold the company to General Motors in 1909.

That's because life insurance rates are regulated by each state - and everyone who sells a company's life insurance must do so from the same pricing tables approved by the state regulator.

Manages, directs and supervises assigned outside direct sales representatives who sell all company products into an assigned territory.

August 2001 — Coldwell Banker has a new management team following the departure of Peter Robinson, who sells the company to Gary Hockey, the new president; Ron Hunter, chief operating officer; and a silent equity partner.

After I wrote about my jaded friend who sold his company, I got a lot of feedback from brokers who felt I was speaking about them.

«We are on the cusp of a serious housing shortage,» says investor Aaron Edelheit, who sold his company this year that had about 2,500 rental homes in Atlanta.

Not exact matches

Ben's ability to convey, in an easy - to - read, engaging, and thought - provoking way, his thoughts, fears, and struggles about raising money, rapidly growing, restructuring, and ultimately selling his company makes this a must - read for any CEO who wants to build and run a great business.

«Now there's Sara Blakely, there's Tory Burch,» says Jane Wurwand, who recently sold her company, Dermalogica, to Unilever.

Parsons» company, Indosole, which produces and sells a line of sandals and shoes made entirely of repurposed old tires, has achieved a great deal of visibility thanks in large part to its community of customers, who support and advocate the company's quest to save one million tires from landfills.

Krispy Kreme was founded in 1937 by Vernon Rudolph who, according to the company's website, sold his specialty yeast - risen, glazed donuts to grocery stores in the old section of Winston - Salem, North Carolina.

Sometimes it seems that all of the media attention is directed toward serial entrepreneurs who build up a company, sell it and start all over again.

Total target timeline from first day on payroll to first points on the board: two to three weeks for small - business reps, two to three months for the enterprise reps who sell to big companies.

As in domestic exporting, there are many manufacturers out there who've never considered selling their products in the United States, and the most effective way to find these companies is through field research.

Just as Susan is aware of her competitors who are selling similar items at retail as a result of her success, she will evolve her marketing to coincide with the direction of her growing company... whether or not she decides to expand into retail.

Donovan, who started out in the movie business and won an Oscar in 2003 for producing Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine documentary, created a media company for the Netflix era, where once beloved shows are held in massive digital libraries, sold to streaming services, and viewed on demand, often on laptops, tablets and phones.

From companies like The Cheezburger Network to micro-entrepreneurs who have set up blogs and websites to sell t - shirts of their favorite felines, Internet cats and Internet entrepreneurs are a logical connection.

In the years since selling the label he founded, Branson, who is currently attempting to make commercial space travel a reality, would go on to launch some of the world's most innovative companies.

The owners, who expect to stay on as technicians after the sale, are selling control of the company mostly to obtain funds for expansion.

Companies such as Uber, Deliveroo, and TaskRabbit view those selling their services over the platform as independent contractors who do not get to enjoy the benefits that proper employees have.

Eric V. Holtzclaw is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, grown, and sold multiple companies, including one of the first profitable Internet enterprises.

You've got guys like Ariel Maislos (who recently sold his company Anobit to Apple for around $ 400 million) who make people like me salivate because I don't care what he wants to do.

Mark Gordon, who is so sold on the Predictive Index that at all times he carries minigraphs of the test results from each of his staff members, says the testing came in particularly handy when, in late 1996, he merged with a network - cabling company.

«On one hand we're just a broker, because we buy and sell fish, but we are much more selective in vetting and sourcing our fish,» says O'Shea, who is CEO of the company.

The question is whether all these startups are really good for the economy or do we need big companies and are these entrepreneurs who are selling out for $ 60 million or $ 90 million really doing the patriotic thing?

The law would bar such companies from discriminating against customers who asked that the companies not sell their information.

Investors and employees who previously worried about how to realize their gains from selling equity can now do so with innovative financial restructuring if the company plans to stay private.

Zynga barred investors who obtained their stock prior to the company's initial public offering, in December 2011, from selling until May 28, 2012.

Holger Mueller, who tracks the HR sector as principal analyst and vice president at Constellation Research, contends that Zenefits» revenue model is the most revolutionary thing about the company, comparing its approach to Google, which also gives away its digital services for free (then monetizes its accumulated user data by selling it to advertisers).

«A bigger move, say outside of a 20 percent band, might destroy confidence and make it harder for small business to raise money, or even to sell to larger companies who might be more worried about their viability, or ability to deliver on orders placed.»

«We're at an inflection point,» says one self - described serial entrepreneur who launched and sold four technology companies.

Even after Thursday's rally, Norwegian's founder and top owner, CEO Kjos who controls a quarter of the company's shares, is expected to demand a significantly higher price before selling, said Korsvold.

Nakanishi, an engineer who joined Hitachi in 1970 and worked his way up the ladder, proceeded to sell the company's hard disk drive business and consumer - related operations, opting to concentrate on sales of big - ticket power plants, rail lines and water treatment facilities.

Through the work I've done at Growth Everywhere, I've been lucky enough to chat with notable entrepreneurs such as Jason Lemkin (founder of Echosign, which sold to Adobe), Mark Organ (co-founder of Eloqua, which sold to Oracle) and others who are constantly pushing the boundaries of business success with their own companies.

In 1988, the original Starbucks owners decided they wanted to pursue other ventures and sold the company to Schultz, who immediately rebranded Il Giornale to Starbucks and went on to have modest success with it.

Kalanick, who owns 10 % of the company, had offered to sell as much as half of his stake — the maximum board members were allowed to tender.

Appleby, who founded YogaForce, a company that designs and sells yoga clothing and mats, started doing doga a few years ago after she adopted a Pomeranian puppy named Madison.

To John Warrillow, the founder of the Sellability Score and author of the book Built to Sell, there are few things more important than recurring revenue for a business owner who is prepping to sell a compSell, there are few things more important than recurring revenue for a business owner who is prepping to sell a compsell a company.

Smaller companies, which are only sold in three regions or less, will maintain their relationships with each of those regional buyers, who will still have the authority to make decisions on bringing in new products.

The company has already nurtured an entire community of «dropshippers» — people who buy goods on the cheap, sell them online and ship them to consumers without ever holding the inventory themselves.

«I've had business - school graduates here because I feel like the longevity of the company really depends on competing, using the rules of business,» says Griswold, who'd applied to business school but kept deferring when the chance to sell the beans of Mexican coffee farmers presented itself.

Percentage of this year's CEOs who had an exit strategy when they founded the company: 40 % Percentage of those CEOs whose exit strategy was to go public: 33 % Percentage whose exit strategy was to sell out to another company: 53 %