Sentences with phrase «with key firms»

It meant uncovering new boutique firms and negotiating for better rates with key firms.

Not exact matches

What key attributes and behaviors are entrepreneurs and LPs looking for when considering a partnership with a VC firm?

Earlier this week John Doerr, the illustrious investor and chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, proselytized his bible for business management — a system he calls «objectives and key results,» or OKRs — in a video conference call with several Fortune staffers (myself included).

With so much interest coming from U.S. customers, including private sector firms, Leung decided to press the accelerator, and established a sales and marketing office close to the Atlanta headquarters of one of its key partners, Alfresco, which offers document management solutions based on open source technology.

They may also be used by firms that are trying to attract key employees, prospect for new business, deal with suppliers or simply to understand how to manage their companies better.

Clay Calvert, director of cybersecurity at IT firm MetroStar Systems, said communication with employees in a position to turn rogue is key.

Another key concern was the impact sanctions would have on suppliers of equipment to Deripaska's firms, as tough sanctions against his entities would prohibit U.S. companies from doing business with them.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining how private equity firms report a key metric of their past performance when they market new funds to investors, as the regulator boosts its scrutiny of the industry, according to people familiar with the matter.

One key risk to the downside is that Airbnb becomes a victim of its own success, with traditional hotel and travel firms adapting to become more competitive.

That partnership with the CEO more than anything else is the key to the firm's success.

Over the course of six seasons, viewers have watched the firm's partners battle for business, come to blows, grow big, get acquired, fall apart, relaunch as a start - up, lose key clients, gain even better clients — and most recently, merge with a rival.

Garry Mathiason, a longtime litigator at the labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson, can remember a key moment that cemented his interest in how fast - changing technologies intersect with law.

Make sure your financial team and family advocates know where key documents are kept, said attorney John J. Scroggin, a partner with Roswell, Georgia - based law firm Scroggin & Co..

And DB5 gains the potential brand appeal from an outsourced, automated system that helps it appear more like a corporate titan than a small business — key for a firm with big clients such as GE, AT&T and Girl Scouts of the USA.

The special committee, which was formed to independently assess what the best option for Dell shareholders is, came to that conclusion based on its meetings with investors as well as concerns over a key upcoming recommendation by investment advisory firm ISS, the person said.

With Dr. Ramkumar Janakiraman, a management professor at Texas A&M, Yli - Renko surveyed 180 young, technology - based firms operating in business - to - business markets in the UK, and asked: How does dependence on a key customer impact the firm's customer portfolio growth?

«Facilitating negotiations, with the aim of reaching consensus — including over difficult issues — is a key theme of Ramaphosa's presidency,» Pat Thaker, editorial director for the Middle East and Africa at the analysis firm Economist Intelligence Unit, told CNBC on Friday.

The Firm delivered progress across many of our key initiatives, increasing client penetration in equity derivatives and interest rate products as well as achieving a significant milestone in the integration of MSSB with the initial roll out of our new technology platform.

The fund is off 1.75 percent for the year, but performance was not the key reason for closing it, a person familiar with the firm's thinking said.

For the hedge funds not fortunate enough to launch with such fanfare, the key question is, what are the firms that have developed the strongest brands doing differently?

Now a small herd, some with ties to big energy firms, hold key positions in B.C.'s public sector, thanks to Premier Campbell.

In particular, they can implement key compliance measures to ensure the firm and its business model are ready for the rule to take effect with minimal disruption and risks.

The firm, created for the sole purpose of lobbying Taseko to replace two directors and give it a say in key company decisions, had no choice: by the meeting's cut - off date for advanced voting, with 50 % of the votes in, shareholders had voted a resounding 94 % against the dissident's proposals.

His experience includes four years with HB Global Advisors Corporation, the international consulting firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP (2010 to 2013), and almost four decades with the Government of Canada where he served in a number of key diplomatic posts, including Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (2001 to 2005), Ambassador to Japan (2005 to 2008) and High Commissioner to the Republic of India (2008 to 2010).

The broader dynamic is very important to the firm's overall China investment theme, Horrocks says, but understanding each and every business is key, particularly with respect to how it fares vis - à - vis shareholders.

Mr. Hutcheson was most recently Head of Global Real Estate with Mount Kellett Capital Management, a New York based private equity firm with offices in key locations around the globe.

For example, faster labour force growth will encourage firms to invest not only to meet greater demand but also to equip these additional workers with machines and other capital to raise their productivity.5 The rate of technological progress is also a key factor, since a faster pace of innovation raises the return on each additional unit of capital, stimulating firms to invest more.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, UBS and other Western banks and accounting firms play a key role as middlemen in helping Chinese clients set up trusts and companies in the British Virgin Islands, Samoa and other offshore centers usually associated with hidden wealth, the records show.

Our West Coast offices in San Diego and Silicon Valley allow our business days to overlap with key financial centers in the region, allowing us to engage in real - time, in coordination with our local partner firms.

Dorsey, who is also CEO of another publicly traded company, payments firm Square, has been off - key with new features, though.

When PMs are selected from the analyst pool, a key selection criteria is how effectively they're able to engage with our global investors across the firm to bring our best investment ideas to clients» portfolios.

The tech sector has been the epicenter of stock market pain in recent weeks, hurt by concerns about trade friction with China — a key market and supplier for tech firms — and fears of tighter government regulation.

Sponsor Firms are body corporates and key influencers, with proven industry expertise, that have met the admission criteria set forth by the GBX and the Alliance council to be enlisted in the GBX trusted partners network.

«The prospect of recession in Canada remains at bay for 2018, but Canadian investors should expect a bumpy ride and a fair bit of uncertainty with the housing market, NAFTA trade discussions and the potential for over-tightening by the BoC representing key downside risks,» Shailesh Kshatriya, a Toronto - based analyst at Russell, said in the firm's global outlook Wednesday.

... came up with an idea that led to the foundation of a company called Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that went on to claim a major role in the Leave campaign for Britain's EU membership referendum, and later became a key figure in digital operations during Donald Trump's election campaign.

Facebook's recent suspension of Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm that played a key role in President Trump's 2016 campaign, highlights the rapid rise of a company that claimed it had reached new heights in marrying the art of political persuasion with the science of big data.

When marital relationships are considered within an understanding of creation as gift, and of the gift which the spouse is, then a central key has been found to living these relationships with a firm love and peaceful joy.

Key aspects of the company's recent investments were also pointed out during his walk round, including a KBA Rapida 106 7 - colour press and the firm's double digital packaging line featuring a Xerox iGen 4 sheet - fed digital printer, side - by - side with an iGen5 automated line.

WaffleWaffle's CEO and co-founder, Samuel Rockwell, said customizing snack products to fit in a certain retail channel is key to competing with larger CPG firms such as General Mills and Kellogg.

Confirmed in attendance will be leading bulk wine broker firms along with key retail chain buyers of private label programs.

The key is to add the last flour to the dough slowly, creating a firm dough, one where the dough will seal a seam only with some effort.

The north London outfit were heavily linked with a move for the Kenyan midfielder during the summer transfer window, but were unable to reach an agreement with the Saints, who stood firm with their stance not to sell another one of their key players.

There are three keys to making solid contact when the ball is above your feet, whether you're facing a little chip or a longer shot with an iron or a wood: 1) Swing with your shoulders — not your arms — making sure to keep the shoulders level from start to finish, 2) maintain firm wrists and 3) aim well right of the target, because you'll probably pull the ball.

Only Kevin Long has been at Turf Moor longer than Marney who, I think it is fair to say, has become a firm favourite with the Turf Moor crowd, certainly since the first of the two recent promotion seasons when his partnership with David Jones was a key factor.

Mané is a key fixture in the starting XI, Salah looks to have struck up an understanding with his teammates already and adds balance to the team with his left foot and Firmino is a firm Klopp favourite.

A firm mattress is key when it comes to bed - sharing with kids younger than 1 year old due to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Having a consistent, soft textured surface with a firm body underneath is one of the key features that sets our product apart from other teethers.

Traditionally, this has been largely market - seeking FDI as Chinese firms have sought overseas bases from which to pursue ambitious global expansion strategies, with the EU being seen as a key opportunity.

Other key Assembly Democrats said they will not lift the cap on charter schools without stricter conditions on operations of the publicly funded, privately managed schools — including restricting their ability to share building space with traditional public schools, preventing charters from «saturating» neighborhoods, and banning for - profit firms from running charters — parroting the objections of the teachers unions.

Mr. Ickes, meanwhile, has opened a New York branch of his lobbying firm that has quickly grown and scored key victories for his clients — once again raising questions about what seems to be Mr. de Blasio's transactional relationship with many of his donors and outside advisers.