Some have few assets (other than investor funds), no financial history and even less operating experience.
That solid operating experience is sure to give the firm a leg up with entrepreneurs.
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Offor and ERHC reportedly got a sweetheart deal on its blocks, despite limited operating experience and insufficient access to the necessary capital.
As of now, the Groupon board lacks executives with operating experience.
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With operating experience, the engines could then migrate to airliners.
Most recently, Alexandre de Juniac, a chief of staff to Christine Lagarde when she was finance minister, took charge at Air France in spite of having no operating experience of the airline business.
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Newly levered-up companies have scant experience operating with big debt burdens.
And the company notes in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its competitors have greater marketing resources, along with more experience operating big chains.
While this sounds impressive, remember that many companies experience tremendous operating leverage exiting a recession.
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Fourth, the army has had the experience of operating in Waziristan since 2002, whereas it was a complete stranger to the Malakand region.
Zipcar has vast experience in operating car-sharing programs in more than 250 college campuses across the U.S., which will be helpful for Wheelz in scaling its business.
There is also the long experience of operating in the desert that leaders such as Belmoktar have, and the complex relationships between different and often fractious groups.
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With Amazon having substantial experience in operating low-very low margin businesses, we expect the company to further cut down its prices to maintain a price advantage and rely on volumes to drive growth.
In May, Nationwide unveiled plans to move into the small business market, saying it already had enough branches to have a serious impact across the UK, combined with long experience of operating current accounts.
So we've seen the same thing from the same two big players for a long time, and like when I got here there's a billboard that somebody's reinvented mobile with exactly the same operating system and user experience that everybody else has.
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When asked why they are positive, business leaders nearly uniformly talk about anticipated growth for the company in large part because they expect the U.S. economy will recover and expand over the next several years and believe their experience gained operating in the U.S. market has positioned them well.
Also, the Fed will experience future continuing operating losses as it adjusts its balance sheet which will make it a drain on the U.S. Treasury for years to come.
This improvement is likely due to a growing array of new features and services being offered that are providing a seamless product experience between the operating system functions and third-party apps.
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It was the first mass-market idiot-proof touch-to-get operating system that provided a computer experience to people without the experience or the inclination to use one.
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Samsung is committed to providing customers with the best mobile experience by continuously offering an operating system upgrade for its devices.
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Likewise, many management teams that have worked with PE owners have enjoyed the experience and prefer it to operating under public ownership.
But almost all of the experience gained from constructing and operating the VLT for more than a decade has found its way into the E-ELT, says E-ELT project scientist Spyromilio.
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Matching the operating system should yield a more consistent user experience and ensure that at least some apps can be shared between devices.
There is no country in the world that comes even close to the United States when it comes to experience in designing, building, operating and maintaining nuclear power plants at sea.
Microsoft also released its latest operating system, Windows XP (short for "experience"), in October amid continued legal wrangling.
In my experience, 95% of the time, operating executives who take on these outside directorships are doing it for their egos.
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In addition, we are working across the mobile industry with operators, hardware manufacturers, operating system providers, and developers to improve the Facebook experience on mobile devices and make Facebook available to more people around the world.
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Google's experience with Android, which has become the dominant operating system on new smartphones, shows it is not afraid of a scrap in the consumer arena.
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For example, when IBM first asked Gates to write an operating system for its first PC, Gates possessed neither the experience nor the resources to put one together.
For example, when IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) first asked Gates to write an operating system for its first PC, Gates possessed neither the experience nor the resources to put one together.
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