Sentences with phrase «work as a startup»

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How it works: Through a rollover as business startup arrangement, the entrepreneur invests up to 100 percent of his or her retirement assets into a business or franchise without taking a taxable distribution.

Understated fonts like these work brilliantly for startups in industries that involve consumer interaction, such as health and wellness companies.

After going through a successful acquisition, and now as a startup co-founder, I can tell you there's a lot to be learned about working with angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms.

As she worked at a startup in 2015, she raised more than $ 9,000 through Indiegogo for an avocado - and - oil deep conditioner for black women with frizzy or unruly curls.

As mentioned above, targeting customers only works if a startup knows exactly who it's targeting, what they like, how they behave and which channels they prefer.

It was a lot of hard work, but as a startup company you don't have much money you can throw around.

The idea of hiring your family to help get your startup or small business going presents some advantages, such as them working for a reduced wage until cash flow increases.

In 2014, Kaz Nejatian persuaded former Visa CEO Joseph Saunders to invest in and become the chairman of the board of his credit card payments startup: «Joe kept telling us to worry about scale — to worry about how this would work when we're running hundreds of thousands of transactions per second as opposed to one or two.

The report notes that British Columbia leads the country with 3.7 % of its working population owning a startup, defined as a business under two years of age.

Succeeding as an entrepreneur takes hard work and persistence because, unfortunately, there is no business - startup fairy who magically bestows success on small businesses and their owners.

This successful startup is regularly voted as one of the best places to work in New York City.

As the battle for talent continues to heat up, startups and small businesses are competing for quality employees against big corporations that have serious advantages working in their favor.

Launched in 2001, Medallia was in the enviable position of being pitched by select VCs (the startup closed a $ 35 million Series A in 2012) and had the more enviable ability to be choosy as to which firm to work with (according to Crunchbase, Sequoia is their outside funding source of choice).

This approach allows each team to work as a small company within the company, keeping the passionate startup culture alive.

In 2010, as the dust from the financial crisis settled, three women working in disparate parts of the economy noticed that startups in «hard science» (think biology or chemistry rather than tech) weren't getting the attention they deserved from big investors.

«We want to be the office for micro and small companies, because that is basically what our country is,» say Kotka, who now works as a consultant to Estonian startups.

Some companies have work - life balance as a core value, although it tends to be difficult for early startups.

He works with international tech companies looking to expand into the country, as well as with indigenous startups.

Al Gurg says that the Baidu story is a testament to the type of foresight that Dr. Tan has, including his approach to being focused on the scrupulous curation of potential investees to ensure that they are the right fit, as Toubayly explains and adds, «He doesn't go around investing in startups and then seeing which one will work.

«You can think of a startup as a way to compress your whole working life into a few years.

Startups to watch: Anchored by internet 1.0 titans like image - sharing service Photobucket, the scene got its start with a high concentration of work / play - oriented software developers working at facilities such as the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The «Keys to the Ferrari» mantra works well in a startup by letting employees drive their metaphorical Ferrari as fast as they can in whatever direction they believe is best for themselves and the company.

Evening work: If you're already working a day job (or your days are dedicated to your startup), you can take a higher - paying job in the evenings, such as bartending or serving at a high - end restaurant.

What works in a widget factory isn't the same as what works in a startup where creativity and deep thinking are in demand.

This year's high - growth entrepreneurship working group counts Scott Case, chief executive of Startup America, among its advisors and will cover topics such as crowdfunding, entrepreneurial ecosystems and universities.

And it's going to help you in business, be it by a mixture of accounts on other corporate successes or failures and lessons on lean startups, or a 2,500 - year - old military tome that works just as well in boardrooms as war.

One obvious tell that you are visiting a startup working on this form of cellular agriculture is the yeasty smell that hits you as you walk into one of their labs.

Marcy Swenson and Dale Larson work together as leadership coaches for Startup Happiness.

For my first job out of college, I worked as a writer at a financial startup in downtown San Francisco.

As a student at the University of California, Berkeley, Fiance, who graduated in 2014 and now works for a startup, says that some of his best ideas came from constantly being willing to meet new people and attend social events.

As anyone who has worked at a startup knows, there is no process at first.

Just as leading a startup is very different from leading a major corporation, working for a startup is different from working for an established company.

Getting Your Name Out There as a Startup As part of our Project Grow series, we interviewed a number of business - incubator advisers and entrepreneurs about what works when it comes to raising awareness for a bootstrapped companas a Startup As part of our Project Grow series, we interviewed a number of business - incubator advisers and entrepreneurs about what works when it comes to raising awareness for a bootstrapped companAs part of our Project Grow series, we interviewed a number of business - incubator advisers and entrepreneurs about what works when it comes to raising awareness for a bootstrapped company.

Beyond those investments, however, the duo grew Estately by grabbing as much free stuff as possible, including mooching server hosting from another startup, using online tools such as Google Apps and Google Voice, taking free lunches and dinners whenever possible and working out of Cole's basement apartment where Ward took over Cole's wife's desk while she was off getting her PhD.

Over the past few years, businesses have added 14 million jobs as regional economies have rebounded; their workers have gained access to health insurance, and a new flock of startups has brought economy - altering innovations, some of which have changed the nature of work itself.

Prior to becoming a TV host and entrepreneur, Deanne designed opto - mechanics for military aircraft sensors and worked as a senior application engineer for a CAD software startup.

After university, they reconnected and began working as consultants at Deloitte, all the while scheming about how to found their own startup.

They've included working in management for a nonprofit I loved, starting my own business, consulting for the Fortune 500, serving as an adviser to an amazing startup, and writing my first book.

As businesses, especially startups, attempt to provide amenities to hard - working employees, however, alcohol is gradually making its way back into the office environment, but is it a wise idea?

As a startup grows, founders can't do all the work themselves.

Living in Silicon Valley, the center of the startup universe, and working as a journalist, I am asked by many entrepreneurs how can they get press coverage.

From video resumes to business development pitches, job seekers are expected to distinguish themselves from the outset because startups usually do not have HR managers to serve as buffers before top candidates meet the busy executives they will be working for.

In her current role as head of new ventures at Sultan Ventures, a startup catalyst and boutique venture firm, James leads a team tasked with identifying and recruiting potential portfolio companies; provides mentoring and support to make portfolio companies investor - ready; and works with local companies to provide business - development and deal - structuring strategies.

A wealth of big businesses provide new market opportunity for smaller ones: Startups are increasingly going the business - to - business (B2B) route, meaning they frequently work with other companies as opposed to going directly clients.

Working as a sales director in New York for a Silicon Valley startup that was acquired by a Fortune 500 company, I was sitting in my freezing office, doused in artificial light, scouring Pinterest.

Sure, there are ways to supplement this, such as keeping your corporate gig while you're in the early startup or pre-revenue phase, but at some point you're going to have to take a leap off the income cliff and work for free.

As vice president and creative director for a Los Angeles tech startup, Felix worked 60 - hour weeks and was available for business calls at all hours.

I was working as an intern at a startup and aimlessly trying to decide on my career path.

Ever since Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that the company is working on «autonomous systems» for cars, details have trickled out as well as a few public sightings of the technology Now, thanks to the co-founder of self - driving car startup Voyage, we're getting an up close look at — and some expert insight on — Apple's Project Titan.

Srinivasan stepped down from his role as general partner at the VC firm in 2015, when he left to work full - time on his startup, then known as 21.