Quotes about start-up (16 Quotes)



    We offer business training in marketing, finance, business start-up, intellectual property, manufacturing, engineering and an entrepreneurial class.

    For its second season, Nate is moving away from sketches toward more character-driven story lines, mostly centered on Perbix's departure and the remaining core trio's start-up company, a video-production business. The fictional concept isn't far from reality Gillette, an illustrator, writer, and designer, is also a video techie who's been tinkering with the form since high school. Perbix, who left at the end of last season, is said to have departed on good terms, though the group, careful not to give away too much of the season's plot, is tight-lipped about details. Basically, we thought, if we could do any type of show, what would we do ... And we all decided that this was it. Something that goes beyond the quick laugh.

    Angel capital, whether invested through organized angel groups or by wealthy individuals acting independently, is essential to entrepreneurial start-up activity in the United States. Considering that women's financial power and wealth has grown in the past 20 years -approaching half of the nation's net worth - it appears women are under-represented in this type of investing and that we are missing an opportunity for new investments and perspectives. The gap between the potential and actual participation of women as angel investors raises important questions that need to be addressed.

    The only way to work with start-up companies is to give them absolute flexibility to do whatever they want. A start-up will have a business plan that will change many times over the first few years of their lives. If we have restrictions over what they can do with their technology, we're not going to be able to play in this game.


    We're a key enabler of e-commerce. But we've never suggested to anyone that you should look at UPS the way you would a dot.com start-up. We are a 92-year old, the largest in the world in its business. On a percentage basis, if you're looking for quarter-to-quarter triple-digit jumps in volume, you're not going to see it.



    MicroCredit-NH supports small business development through a variety of channels, and the program is appropriate for all industries and stages of business - from start-up to established. I encourage Dovers self-employed to attend this event to find out how MicroCredit-NHs resources may help to strengthen their businesses through education, loan capital and a statewide peer network.

    Provided there are no further power outages and we are able to begin the start-up process by Thursday this week, production should be back to normal by this time next week.

    Many of these grants exemplify our new direction to empower organizations with start-up funding. This quarter our board recognized several non-profit applicants who were beginning innovative projects in our priority areas of community development, economic development, education and social needs.

    I paid every effort to seek deregulation throughout FEDEX's start-up and expansion periods, because the biggest impediment to our growth was the government regulations that restricted new entry into the air cargo market.

    One of the major difficulties is that, as the head of a major corporation once said to me, Australia is on the way to Antarctica. But if the mines at Cape York were concerned about getting directly to the rest of the world then (Cape York) would be the best place for it. But the difficulty is in start-up costs and energy costs. But let's just see what we can get.

    We are the only flagship state institution that is serving a Hispanic population and also is a major research institution. Even at the business school there is a particular emphasis on the management of technology. We have a program in science, engineering, and business that will guide graduates on how to do a start-up properly.


    Steve is an accomplished senior executive with a rich skill set, including consumer brand building, media, marketing, operations, people management, finance and technology. He also brings a great blend of start-up and high-growth business experiences.



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