It is the difference between being what Mr. Griffith called a "business model company" and a plain old money-making enterprise.
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And can the people behind it turn it into a profit-making enterprise?
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Unlike the nonprofit Wikipedia organization, Hudong is a private, money-making enterprise.
While the program is open to a wide range of students, it is particularly aimed at those with a strong technical background who may particularly benefit from learning how to transition a great idea or invention into a solid, money-making enterprise.
Without mandated coverage, it would be impossible for insurance companies to provide coverage to those with pre-existing conditions and continue to stay in business as a profit making enterprise, unless the price of insurance premiums paid by those who are healthy become so expensive that it is virtually unaffordable by 99% of the nation.
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Gunmen loyal to both sides kidnap people - sometimes for political reasons but more often as a money-making criminal enterprise.
Again, as the complexity of making a large enterprise secure grows with the ever-expanding boundaries of the IT estate, on top of the increasing threat, the need for security that is integrated into core business data and processes also grows.
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CIOs then started making more use of business intelligence, assembling information collected by enterprise applications, and making use of it.
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In any private enterprise, making so many false claims would invalidate a contract.
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Another way of looking at it: In emerging markets, private investment and enterprise is making up a greater proportion of GDP.
Furthermore, late stage venture capital has shifted from consumer to enterprise, making the funding environment considerably more difficult for promising consumer Internet companies.
"The Company is well-positioned to thrive in the evolving media marketplace, thanks to the significant progress we are making in reinventing our enterprise, " Robinson said.
David Brown leads Pennsylvania's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program making millions of dollars available in contracting opportunities while enabling health coverage for more than 250, 000 income-eligible individuals and families.
"We were trading with an enterprise that was owned by its suppliers, and its suppliers were making their profits between them and the enterprise, not through a share of the profits of the enterprise, " he explained.
This functionality has helped the deployment of Windows 7 in enterprise environments by making more legacy apps viable.
It does not resonate with a new generation of decision makers now taking over the middle and sometimes upper levels of enterprise decision-making.
However, given the progress that Apple is making in the consumer and enterprise PC market, our forecast estimate for Mac market share could prove conservative.
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In Kuala Lumpur, the Salaam Wanita eco-basket making project is a social enterprise through which local women living below the poverty line seek economic independence.
While the war is largely being waged on the consumer landscape with Samsung outpacing Apple in product introductions, Samsung is making bold moves in the enterprise space.
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In addition, flash memory is making its way into more enterprise and client computer applications, both as a stand alone storage device and as a cache memory and system accelerator.
Enterprise Ireland is making a huge bet on an industry fraught with risk and high failure rates but there is little doubt the government believes the rewards could be significant if the start-up ecosystem can become a vibrant, self-sustaining sector and, in the process, produce successful entrepreneurs that go on to start and finance more companies.
The cloud can be cheap, differentiated and provide whole new capabilities like making content available for integration with enterprise cloud applications.
The enterprise mobility market is making that same type of evolution.
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If the 7, 000 iPad rollout is successful, OTG could roll out as many as 25, 000 to 100, 000 iPads over the next few years (making it the l argest iPad enterprise rollout ever, see my list).
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In the world of social good, a socially responsible enterprise provides a return while making the world a better place.
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Consumer technology companies often get the press coverage, but enterprise technology companies are also making a major impact and building large businesses.
If the President were properly advised, he would, instead, be explicitly directing that economic and foreign policy ties be established forthwith with those republics making real strides toward democracy and free enterprise -- i.e.
Now, finally, he has a shot at a big payday with his sixth company, Gust, his most ambitious enterprise and seven years in the making.
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New enterprise-level technology has not been making headlines.
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