Sentences with phrase «young founders in»

This is quite common at startups, where you might find yourself working for a young founder in her early twenties or a young manager who worked his way up as an early employee.

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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.

The youngest Dragon in the Den (and serial entrepreneur herself) has a message for aspiring founders: don't wait

In addition to serving as the chair of Virgin Unite, she is also the founder and trustee of her own non-profit, Big Change, and the co-chair of We Day UK, an annual event that celebrates young people making a difference in the worlIn addition to serving as the chair of Virgin Unite, she is also the founder and trustee of her own non-profit, Big Change, and the co-chair of We Day UK, an annual event that celebrates young people making a difference in the worlin the world.

Doerr first presented OKRs to two young founders named Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1999; their company Google (now Alphabet) has now gone on to become the world's second most valuable by market capitalization.

On the stage of Inc.'s Women's Summit, we hosted the great Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx and the youngest self - made female billionaire in history.

Last year, says founder Eric Gershman, the booming young company was in danger of growing itself to death.

At only 25 - years - old, award - winning producer and founder of Black Bicycle Entertainment, Erika Olde is one of the youngest and most successful women in Hollywood.

«As the parents of young children, we know what it means to want to do everything you can to give them the healthiest start possible,» Honest Co.'s founders said in a blog post published over the weekend.

In contrast, before the company founders of the»80s started their businesses, they were generally involved with activities removed from their companies - to - be — Anita Roddick owned a small hotel in Littlehampton, England, and was raising two young daughters; Yvon Chouinard saw mountain climbing as a callinIn contrast, before the company founders of the»80s started their businesses, they were generally involved with activities removed from their companies - to - be — Anita Roddick owned a small hotel in Littlehampton, England, and was raising two young daughters; Yvon Chouinard saw mountain climbing as a callinin Littlehampton, England, and was raising two young daughters; Yvon Chouinard saw mountain climbing as a calling.

All young people can do is base their options on what the current health - care rules are today, said Carolyn McClanahan, both a certified financial planner and an M.D. «The number one thing young people need to do is continue to scream at the politicians to get some good health legislative policy in place,» said McClanahan, founder and director of financial planning at Life Planning Partners.

Setster, suggested by Young Entrepreneur Council founder Scott Gerber in this video, is a similar tool.

The Young Entrepreneur Council founder and New York City native doesn't drive his own wheels, rental car or otherwise, in the City of Angels either.

As an entrepreneur since 16, and founder of Sughar Empowerment Society in Pakistan, Brohi shed light on the challenges some young treps face in developing countries.

In this video, the New York City - based Young Entrepreneur Council founder talks about the reasons he and his team lean on Fantastical 2.

In 2001, after the bubble burst, his father, Charles Marleau Sr. (a former vice-president at BMO and National Bank, and founder of a now defunct asset management firm), suggested young Charles start a money - management business.

This is something many young founders err on because often they have never worked in a «real» company.

Almost without exception, exemplars are scrappy young businesses whose brands were born on the same clean sheets of paper as their products were, whose history is measured in months or years rather than decades, and whose founders still show up for work in the morning.

Below, five successful founders and members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC)-- all under the age of 35 — weigh in on the survey's findings and its implications for the entrepreneurial ecosystem as we know it.

In this video, Young Entrepreneur Council Founder Scott Gerber discusses his two favorite task management apps for wrangling competing projects and priorities.

I've covered one or two before, such as WayUp founder Liz Wessel's dictum that young people should always default to «yes,» but if you're in the market for this sort of bite - sized but actionable advice, a recent Psychology Today piece from UConn professor and author Gina Barreca is the real mother lode.

If you're in the rarefied position of being able to attract investor dollars, these three young founders have some advice for you.

In a LinkedIn post last year, Deepak Chopra, popular author and founder of The Chopra Foundation, said that he wished he embraced the wisdom of uncertainty at a younger age.

I recently met a young founder who just graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in biology — a field in which he excelled by any objective criteria.

In about 10 years, Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of Japanese telecommunication's company SoftBank, wants to retire and pass the torch to a younger version of himself.

The young founder made initial contact with many chefs in 2012 at Pebble Beach Food & Wine, a premier West Coast event that draws 8,000 attendees.

Founder Frank Selldorff was a 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and is also chairman of Momentum Equity Partners, a venture capital firm investing in innovative tech companies.

When they do arrive, they'll have an inspiring success story to look up to in 7shifts and its young founder.

Tommy Hilfiger, Founder / President, Tommy Hilfiger Worldwide, discusses mentoring young women in the fashion industry and what it's like to work as part of the PVH Group.

I would advise the gifted young founder to consider creating far more consumer - friendly terms of service agreements and ways to opt - in or out of various services.

«I wish the Manifesto had been around when I was younger,» wrote Paul Orfalea, the founder of Kinko's, in a book endorsement.

Vice founder Shane Smith, fresh off the cover of the latest Marketing magazine, was in Toronto on Feb. 23 to talk to Canadian marketers who want to connect with young people.

In the course of an interesting discussion jam - packed with advice from the young founder, including tips on successfully bootstrapping and recommendations for some of her favorite tools for entrepreneurs, she offers young women like herself some advice on how to face their well - founded anxieties about the additional challenges that female founders still face.

Venture capitalist Mark Suster explains that the cost of starting a company has fallen by 90 % in the past decade, one reason investors — who also have heard of Zuckerberg and Mason — are more willing to fund more companies, with younger founders, ever earlier in their life cycle.

So if you're looking for inspiration on how to be productive when business drops off in the summer, check out Young Entrepreneurs Council's round up of 12 founders» responses to the question, «What odd jobs and tasks do you work on for your business during a slow season to keep busy and prepare for a busy time ahead?»

In 2012, the young founders raised $ 1 million in seed funding led by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (of The Social Network fameIn 2012, the young founders raised $ 1 million in seed funding led by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (of The Social Network famein seed funding led by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (of The Social Network fame).

Rich founders are being profiled as eligible bachelors in the New York Times, young people increasingly claim they aspire to be entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial mindset is being hailed as the cure for many of the social ills that ail us.

Atlassian, bootstrapped by its founders and co-chief executives Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon - Brookes, using a $ 10,000 credit card advance, is one of a handful of young companies that operate in the cloud and online marketplace for workplace collaboration tools.

A new SEC initiative that will pave the way for individual investors to participate in crowdfunding — Internet - based fundraising for young companies — may also expose investors to potential frauds, according to Randy Shain, founder of BackTrack Reports and an expert in investigative due diligence for the investment community.

In addition to founder Zooko Wilcox, who brings more than 20 years experience in cryptography, security and startups, contributors include six scientists: three PHD scientists from Johns Hopkins and one young PHD dude from MIT who focuses on zero - knowledge cryptographIn addition to founder Zooko Wilcox, who brings more than 20 years experience in cryptography, security and startups, contributors include six scientists: three PHD scientists from Johns Hopkins and one young PHD dude from MIT who focuses on zero - knowledge cryptographin cryptography, security and startups, contributors include six scientists: three PHD scientists from Johns Hopkins and one young PHD dude from MIT who focuses on zero - knowledge cryptography.

«Our bread and butter are younger people who move approximately 12 times between going to college and buying their first home,» wrote founder and CEO Jay Reno, in an email to VentureBeat.

With an interest in entrepreneurship that sparked at a young age, The Penny Hoarder founder Kyle Taylor seeks to help you make and save money.

Leslie is also the founder of 504ward, an initiative focused on retaining young talent in New Orleans.

And years later, when the young founders of Airbnb asked him to help turn their start - up home sharing company into a world - class hospitality giant, Chip went back to the well of principles he'd developed in PEAK.

This founder, whom we'll call Tom Green, said that while exact dollar amounts and percentages fluctuated slightly based on how many founders a company had and how experienced those founders were (younger founders lost 1 percent or 2 percent more in equity for the same amounts of money), most of the deals were structured to favor Y Combinator with the assumption that most of the teams were just starting out and were likely to fail.

The founder of a nonprofit that organizes youth robotics competitions says he's pleased to see how many young people are participating in the sport, especially girls.

First emerging as a haven for developers and techpreneurs in Ilorin, Kwara state, Founders Hub has transited into a tech entrepreneurship development centre providing co-working space and incubation services to young businesses within the state.

I hope the Founders, investors and early employees go on to mentor and invest in young companies to create many more Canadian successes.

Though financial advisors have converted plenty of wealthy tech founders and employees into loyal clients over the years, the largely young and male participants in the cryptocurrency gold rush seem decidedly uninterested in traditional banking and traditional money management.

NEXT Canada, a program dedicated to accelerating the growth of young entrepreneurs in Canada, is seeking applications to fill 20 spots for the Next Founders 2017 cohort.