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acumen capital fund loans venture women
Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual, low-income women, think of Acumen Fund more like a venture capital fund. Jacqueline Novogratz
acumen business
Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand. Sophia Amoruso
acumen learnt pat unusual
I admire Pat Shortt as a businessman. Such acumen is unusual for an entertainer. He did all his own deals. I learnt a lot from Pat when I was on the road with him for a year. Deirdre O'Kane
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He certainly brings a set of financial skills to this job that may be unparalleled in the history of this university, ... I would certainly expect his business acumen to be one of his strengths.
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He has made amazing progress with our microprocessor business, making it the envy of our industry. His leadership, operational skills and business acumen have positioned the company for long-term, sustainable growth, and I'm very pleased that AMD now will benefit from those skills on an even grander scale. Hector Ruiz
acumen fund happened
Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.
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First and foremost, we look at a specific market. Is it a passionate sports market, does it have the potential to draw television viewers, what it's history for soccer events, and we do research into the soccer audience. Second, they need to have an ownership group with the appropriate resources and business acumen to be a success and they need to have plans for a stadium, generally a soccer-specific stadium.
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We will move forward with the ownership committee and club approval expeditiously, ... In the time since he has become an investor in the team, I have gotten to know Stu and have been impressed with his acumen and enthusiasm. Bud Selig
acumen alive caught
IF you torture a single chicken and are caught, you're likely to be arrested. If you scald thousands of chickens alive, you're an industrialist who will be lauded for your acumen. Bill Vaughan
amazing art bach connected found people proof religion
I found it amazing people can think that art must be connected to religion. Religion may give art themes, but there would still be art without religion. Bach is not proof that art exists. Michel Onfray
amazing life romantic sharing
I've always really been a romantic at heart, and I have always wanted kids, and I think the idea of sharing your life with the right person is amazing, actually. Monica Lewinsky
amazing ball conscious effort inside normally post worked
The post play was amazing tonight. We normally try to play from the inside out and we made a conscious effort to get the ball into the post. That really worked well for us tonight.
amazing came native people personal stories talking threw
The people who came in told us such amazing stories of their personal journeys, how they got to Madison, that we just threw out the scripts. What these people are talking about in their native tongues are their own personal experiences.
amazing certainly emily
There are certainly contemporaries that I admire, like Emily Blunt. I think she is amazing. Rosamund Pike
amazing bringing cast crew debut dream experience fox incredibly job partners proud screen thrilled toronto
We're incredibly proud that 'Smoking' is our debut film and we're thrilled to be partners with Fox Searchlight. Jason, the cast and crew did an amazing job bringing the film to the screen and our experience at Toronto has been a dream come true. David Sacks
amazing both credit daytime drama incredible people sports training
I got amazing training both with Theatre Sports... back in Edmonton, Alberta - I can't give those people enough credit - and the daytime drama I did. Incredible training, both of them. Nathan Fillion
amazing cameras image incredible mindful scale whether
The IMAX cameras are big and heavy. And they're loud. So you have to be mindful of whether or not they're worth it; I'd say the image quality is incredible and the scale is amazing. Nina Jacobson
amazing believe last
I can't believe it. I'm speechless. It is amazing to see where I've come from the last two years. Libby Trickett
benefits tasks easy
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and not a very arduous task to astonish them; but essentially to benefit and to improve them is a work fraught with difficulty, and teeming with danger. Charles Caleb Colton
benefits might alternatives
American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage. Alan Greenspan
benefits cash size
We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.
benefit ensure help homes months organized rebuild refugee return secure summer until
We want them to have the benefit of summer months to help to rebuild their homes and lives. But obviously, we want them not to go back until there is a secure presence, to ensure that the refugee return can be done in an organized way.
benefit economic general goes good net positive provide revenue stay
We want to stay in the port; we feel we have been a good tenant. We provide an economic benefit, a net positive revenue flow, which goes to the general revenue of the state. James Hood
benefit economic power preserving purchasing relatively spend spending stream subject
We want to spend as much of the endowment as possible, subject to two constraints ? preserving purchasing power into perpetuity and assuring that the spending stream is relatively stable. Your great-grandchildren need to get the same economic benefit that you're getting now.
benefit biggest public step
We want to see the biggest public benefit come out of this, but we have to take it at step at a time.
benefit persistent stocks
I want attractive stocks that will benefit from persistent institutional buying pressure.
benefit list listed needed reason soon
The only reason we wouldn't be able to make it (to the benefit concert) is if Pete got listed and we needed to leave. As soon as they list him then we need to get him down immediately.
business soul prosperity
Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. Charles Dickens
business fighting men
An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.
business men morality
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.
business clever men
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you
business law brain
Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?" Charles Stross
business past derivatives
It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade. The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future.
business colleagues depends
...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.
business years risk
What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.
business greatness views
I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
company expect reasonable return willing
We want to show the company that we are reasonable and are willing to work. But we also expect them to return the favor. Robert Garcia
company-you-keep be-careful careful
You got to be careful of the company you keep. Dave Chappelle
company electricity mine paying power shut
The power company shut off the electricity to the mine because the company was in arrears in paying its power bill.
company potential
The potential of this new company is tremendous. Marjorie Scardino
company faster lead rather red tape
We appreciate, in general, if red tape is being addressed and hierarchies are put to test. But this should not lead to centralization ... as it paralyzes the company rather than making it faster and more flexible.
company critical focused primarily
We are primarily focused on revenues as this is critical to the well being of the company and the shares.
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We are pleased with this settlement as a partial recovery of the costs we incurred. It's welcome news to the General Mills people who worked so hard in 1994 to help the company rebound from this event.
company control decision fate giving opportunity pleased
We are pleased with the court's decision giving shareholders their rightful opportunity to control the fate of their company,
company forward genetics innovative needs pleased providing resources stock succeed welcome
We are pleased to welcome Interleukin Genetics to the American Stock Exchange. We look forward to working with the company and providing them with the value-added resources a growing, innovative company needs to succeed in today's market.
envy design lucky
To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky accident or blind chance, but happiness must be the result of prudent preference and rational design; the highest happiness then can have no other foundation than the deepest wisdom; and the happiest fool is only as happy as he knows how to be.
envy praise envious
The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.
envy reason instinct
If sensuality be our only happiness we ought to envy the brutes, for instinct is a surer, shorter, safer guide to such happiness than reason.
envy victory spy
Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another by defeat.
envy mediocre
Envy is the religion of the mediocre Carlos Ruiz Zafon
envy violence wealth
Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence. Edward Gibbon
envy secret excellence
it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it. Elizabeth Montagu
envy long together
Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails. Edmund Waller
envy people may
A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as indulgence in forbidden impulses would have been. People who live a life which is unnatural beyond a point are likely to be filled with envy, malice and uncharitableness. Bertrand Russell
essentials
Wherever the Word comes without power its essential content is missed. Aiden Wilson Tozer
essential overall tends
My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the overall effect. Gretchen Rubin
essentials utility values
Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it. David Ricardo
essentials shelter
I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter. David Duchovny
essentials efficient-work method
A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry. Arnold Bennett
essentials critics reader
the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader. Agnes Repplier
essentials moderation good-work
For me, temperance is essential to good work. Edgar Rice Burroughs
essential filling free providing schools service students valuable
We're providing a service that's very valuable to students, ... It's free to students and free to schools with scholarships. We're filling an essential need.
essentials connections trust-in-god
There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you. Brennan Manning
innovation process never-ending
The process of innovation is, of course, never ending.
innovation understanding growth
Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess. David Suzuki
innovation growth exploration
Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let's all go exploring. Edith Widder
innovation serious enabling
All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.
innovation intuition littles
Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives. Carlos Castaneda
innovation committed illuminating
Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.
innovation may genius
Genius may be born, but innovation can be learned. Bing Gordon
innovation aesthetic
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad. Arthur Erickson
innovation level open source speed
Through open source software, you can dramatically speed up the level of innovation.
leadership hope encouragement
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
leadership steps arrogant
God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us. Charles Stanley
leadership decision benefits
Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation. Alan Autry
leadership sports winning
So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself. Al Oerter
leader important behavior
What should a brand leader advertise?Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior. Al Ries
leadership basketball sports
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war. Al McGuire
leadership sports zero
I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
leadership voice ideals
The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them.
leader church entertainment
The church that can't worship must be entertained. And leaders who can't lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.
played taken
We've already done that. The two quarterbacks we have, Vincent hasn't played before and Gill played JC. We've taken out as much as we can.
played stopped ways
We stopped doing all the little things that we did earlier. We reverted back to some of our old ways and played with not a lot of intensity.
played stood
We stood up to the challenge. We played very well. We did not play well enough to win.
played
We started a little slow, but we hadn't played any.
played since team time
We were a whole different team since the first time we played them.
played teams
'Justified' is one of the greatest teams I've ever played for. It's just awesome. Neal McDonough
played
When we weren't in the box, I thought we played pretty well.
played proud starting
We're starting to come together. We played as a team, and I was very proud of them tonight.
played prepared time
We're more prepared for it than the first time we played them.
pleased
We are pleased with the turnout. We have some legislators, but we'd like to have some more.
pleased progress remains
We are pleased with the progress we are making but there remains much to do. Stuart Rose
pleased ruling
We are pleased with the jury's ruling in this important case.
pleased
We are pleased with the bank's first-quarter performance.
pleased welcome
We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organization. Mitch Kupchak
pleased welcome
We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organisation.
pleased step
We are pleased to see (Lansing) step up.
pleased quarter report strong
We are pleased to report another strong quarter for SAP,
pleased
We are pleased to be back in football. Kerry Stokes
position
The position Olli is in had nothing to do with it,
position scratch trying york
We're in a position where we're just trying to scratch our way to New York City.
position-of-power people understanding
If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts. Dee Hock
position several steel
We've always said there aren't too many steelworkers, there are too many steel companies. That's been our position for several years.
position runners scoring somebody step
When we get runners in scoring position somebody has to step up.
position sure
We're doing everything we can to make sure that he is not put in a position to re-offend.
position
We're in the same position now as are a lot of other teams.
position won
Let those who won be put in the position to govern.
position scholars-and-scholarship statement took
What we did when we took the position was to make a statement and we made a statement. Abhisit Vejjajiva
progress three-things vices
He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
progress language programming
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Alan Perlis
progress might united-states
Im not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
progress purpose delay
Whenever God begins something, we have the assurance that He will finish it. Nothing will stand in the way of Him accomplishing His purpose in this world and in our lives. What God starts, He finishes, and nobody can hinder Him. Sure, delays will happen. Just remember, God is in charge of the delays as well as the progress.
progress done manipulation
We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools; and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching our progress on the monitor. Buffy Sainte-Marie
progress looks world
In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected.
progress world public-opinion
In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress. Charles William Eliot
progress downfall productivity
There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for progress. This will lead to the country's eventual downfall. Ai Weiwei
progress-not-perfection focus perfection
Focus on progress not perfection. Bill Phillips
rise-above reason rise-above-it
Faith never goes contrary to reason -- faith simply ignores reason and rises above it.
rise-above
You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above. Bruce Springsteen
rises
Let's see which one rises to the top.
rise-to-power nazism today
If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the Revolution. Adolf Hitler
rise-to-power poison nazism
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.
rises
He who rises up to kill us, we will pre-empt it and kill him first. Ariel Sharon
rises
We'll have some bewildering rises and some bewildering, if not shocking, declines. Hugh Johnson
rise schools stadiums tax
Stadiums rise with tax dollars; schools and clinics crumble, in the same city. Grotesque! Ralph Nader
rise technical
I think today's rise is no more than a technical bounce.
roles guru shows
The role of the Guru is to show the person that he already has what he is looking for. Alan Watts
roles mayors convinced
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.
role-models people trying
I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot. Chris Burke
roles
You go up for hundreds, thousands of roles, and you get told no, no, no, so many times. Chloe Grace Moretz
role-models community leader
Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world. Chip Conley
roles
I choose my roles carefully. Catherine Deneuve
roles
I take away something from every role. Cary Elwes
roles life-is stills
I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.
roles money-in-politics wells
Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now. Caroline Kennedy
skills honey taste
Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.
skills generations novelists
We're currently living with a generation of established novelists who are embarrassingly out of date with respect to social networking, internet skills, and so on.
skills perception taoism
But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day.
skills age lucky
And the maestro surely wielded the chairman's baton with extraordinary skill. His stellar record suggests that the only right answer to the age-old question of whether it is better to be lucky or good may be: both. Alan Blinder
skills cards world
I don't know if this is an illusion but I would love to be able to take my card-throwing skills and be able to puncture a watermelon. Now I know I can take this question and say, "I would want to solve the economic problems in the world" - but I want to stick that card in that watermelon. Dave Franco
skills judging-yourself luck
Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself. Carl Icahn
skills class looks
You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out. Billy Joe Saunders
skills mind soil
In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill . . .
skills energy kind
Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. David Hockney
technology hands people
Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.
technology civilization goal
...the materialism of modern civilization is paradoxically founded on a hatred of materiality, a goal-oriented desire to obliterate all natural limits through technology, imposing an abstract grid over nature.
technology fit lifestyle
The success of SYNC is another proof point that we are doing just that. We will continue to innovate and expand the capability of SYNC by integrating even more new technologies that fit our customers’ lifestyles. Alan Mulally
technology matter watches
It doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway. Alan Parker
technology fields needs
The computing field is always in need of new cliches.
technology thinking people
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
technology bird worms
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
technology two benefits
Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters. Alan Moore
technology amish kind
I'm remote from most technology to the point that I'm kind of Amish.