Sentences with phrase «with founders who»

It's not enough just to understand the law — lawyers need to grasp how the business works from a commercial and technological point of view, especially when working with founders who are in the process of scaling their business.

All along we were eyeing this scary other company called Outbrain, which was in the same space, doing very similar things, but with founders who have been in the industry for far longer than us.

Tech leaders and influencers in their respective areas of expertise will be offering a limited number of private 1:1 meetings with founders who wish to take a deep dive into the challenges facing their startup and gain valuable insight and advice to help build their business.

They were used to dealing with founders who couldn't bring themselves to let go.

Over the last few years, I've had hundreds of conversations with founders who have noticed that we are frequently in the press.

Every single success story I encountered started with a founder who recognized that the success or failure of the business rested with him or her.

We were taken to the exact lavender fields where the lavender for their products gets sourced, we went inside the lab and chatted with the scientists, we experienced essential oil and skincare tutorials from a woman who has been working for the brand for 20 + years (pictured here), and finally, got to have dinner with the founder who talked about the heart + soul behind the company.

Not exact matches

The founders also identified their ideal customers as people with homes for sale who would be trading up to larger houses.

Investors who spoke to CNBC all described a common experience with the ICO in question: They thought the project was legitimate until warning signs began to appear, including a falling out with the company's sole supplier, a lack of correspondence from its supposed founders, and failed attempts to recoup the lost funds.

Founder Zach Goldstein, an investment banker who formerly worked at JPMorgan and a private equity firm in Chicago, was frustrated with the quality of other lounge clothes on the market that he didn't feel comfortable wearing outside his house.

The letter provides a glimpse into the extraordinary focus the famous founder has maintained through the years, along with some exceptional lessons for all who are pursuing organizational excellence.

-- Garrett J. White, founder of Wake Up Warrior, CEO of DKW Styling, author and podcaster who has worked with thousands of men to transform their lives

I brought this up with Lauren Friese, a consultant and the founder of youth job site TalentEgg, who says the «money doesn't matter» stereotype comes from anxiety about finding steady work: «In an interview, you're not going to say, «Well, you pay a lot, and that is what's most important to me.

In speaking with analysts who have covered Michael Dell and his company for several decades, what emerges is a portrait of a founder so completely enmeshed with his business that many liken Dell (the company) to his fifth child.

It got enough attention to the point where founders who were starting to deal with regulatory problems started coming to us, and that allowed us to create a new approach to venture.

I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist - founders came up with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.

One early - stage startup founder who asked not to be identified told Business Insider that this sentiment resonated with him as well.

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As the founder, you're most likely to have connections with people who've developed deep and robust professional networks.

Called The Next Foundry, it will link high school entrepreneurs with young founders like Gillis who can guide them through the startup process.

All founders who reported student - loan problems spoke of a moment when they were faced with the choice of committing resources to either their loan payments or their startup.

The Gawker founder has reportedly had talks in the past with billionaire venture capitalist Mark Cuban as well as eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, who already funds his own independent media entity, First Look Media.

While walking in with lots of questions for those on the sales floor is totally acceptable, customers who don't realize it's the busiest shopping day of the year may feel let down when it's impossible for you to spend as much time catering to their requests, says Mike Wittenstein, founder of Storyminers, an Atlanta - based customer experience and service design consultancy.

«My intent was to take that department - store kiosk model and put it online,» says founder Sam Hogg, who came up with the idea while taking a Sustainable Supply Chain class at Michigan State University.

This means you have thought carefully about your weaknesses as a founder or CEO, and surrounded yourself with others who can fill in those gaps.

Egon Durban, the Silver Lake partner who was leading the transaction, realized he needed help with the founders.

Sweta Patel, founder of Silicon Valley Startup Marketing who has advised over 200 early stage startups and high - growth companies; connect with Sweta on Facebook and Instagram:

«The conflation of STEM experience with ability to be «in tech» is something that seems to happen far more frequently (and reflexively) where women are concerned — yet it's a standard that is not similarly imposed on the many, many male entrepreneurs and VCs who participate in the industry,» wrote Rachel Sklar, founder of TheList.

So far, the marriage has not been a happy one for the maverick founders, who were disappointed with their new bosses» choice for a CEO.

Wynn, the founder of Wynn Resorts Ltd., paid $ 7.5 million to settle claims brought by a former manicurist at his Las Vegas resort who said he pressured her to have sex with him, the Wall Street Journal said Friday.

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.

Under the leadership of President and Chief Baking Officer Bobbie Lloyd, the company trains its staff to frost cupcakes the Magnolia Way, continues to refine founder Allysa Torey's original recipes (check out The Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook), and emails personal apologies to the rare customer who has a bad experience with its counter staff.

When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), the operating executives who reported to them believe it's their turn to run the company (often with the blessing of the ex CEO).

The research brought him to a town with a mayor and a basketball player who took its residents off the power grid, the founder of an online network which allows medical patients to swap treatment stories and share knowledge and the maker of an engine that runs on liquid air made from a lawn mower and a can of antifreeze.

The mega-chain's creation myth does have some plot points in common with The Social Network: while McDonald's retains the names of its founders, the McDonald's brothers, it was Kroc who realized the potential of fast food and spread the chain from coast - to - coast, eventually buying out the brothers.

Check out these quotes from more than a dozen CEOs and founders who name their favorite book and explain why it resonated with them.

Lori Cheek, Founder of Cheek'd, says she was advised over and over not to take meetings and phone calls with everyone who asks.

The best leaders know that actions speak louder than words — an adage recently exemplified by Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who responded with a touching gesture when tragedy struck one of the pizza chain's employees.

So, I'm thankful for Popo, their founder who came up with COBINHOOD.

Skills needed: Founders need the technical know - how to develop the foods, or be able to collaborate with others who do.

Liz Elam, founder of Link Coworking in Austin and an organizer of the upcoming Global Coworking Uncoference Conference, who also wrote the CNBC piece, expanded on the networking benefits of spaces like hers when we got in touch, noting that interactions with fellow coworking members often go beyond what we traditionally think of as networking to encompass emotional «support.»

«Most business owners don't realize they could be saving thousands of dollars per month if they only used the right systems, programs and expense optimization tactics,» explains Gerber, who along with Paugh recently co-founded SimpleBusiness, an absolute must - have membership for every small business owner, startup founder and freelancer that saves time, headaches and money on everyday business - related expenses and name - brand services (more on that below).

Take a look at Tom Foster's fascinating profile of a founder who is most definitely not cool with another one of those entrepreneurial paradoxes — namely, to grow your company, you sometimes have to let go.

The drugstore chain is a relative unknown outside its home of Quebec, but there, the founder is a familiar, grandfatherly icon who, along with his youngest son and current CEO, François, was inducted into Canada's Marketing Hall of Legends last year.

But Alex Jurshevski, founder of Toronto's Recovery Partners, a risk - management advisory firm, thinks the answer lies with Thatcher — who, he says, significantly watered down union mentality in the U.K., something that has not taken place on the Continent.

Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani is partnering with big Silicon Valley companies to teach young girls to love computer science.

The company's 33 - year - old founder, who started with no restaurant experience, explains what he gleaned from his early days as a serial intern.

Founder Nick Woodman came up with the idea for GoPro during a five - month surfing trip to Indonesia and Australia, where he found himself «frustrated that pro surfers tended to be the only ones who could get good images of themselves surfing — because you needed a professional photographer or videographer willing to bob around in the water documenting you.»

Startups are often populated with people who are friends of the founders.

After all, it's usually the Founder who took the company from nothing more than an idea with a few thousand dollars in cash to where it is today.