Instead, they talk earnestly about building their companies, and about the problems of managing growth in a place where every new idea, engineer or building seems to start a bidding battle.
When it comes to managing growth, one of the big problems that Pennington has identified is that when there are more than 100 people, it is difficult to get to know each person individually.
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Matt Korn, the unlucky AOL exec charged with managing this growth, has upgraded his network frantically.
Prasad says the best approach for China is to have a flexible exchange rate while managing its growth.
In fact, no executive was chartered with managing the growth teams, setting goals and making sure results were met.
And Gustafson is managing that growth while hiring at a slower rate.
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If you are managing the growth of a global brand you ought to know these boys and the millions of young people who aspire to the same mindset.
As part of a strategy begun a little over a year ago that bears the catchy title "Managing for Growth, " the London-based firm, long known for its risk-averse, frugal culture, is out recruiting specialists in merger advisory in a bid to crack the top tier.
He is also the author of Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth.
As Reddit has shown, there are investors who are willing to take a very laissez faire approach to managing high-growth tech ventures.
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While such forces have played a minor role for Groupon, issues of software elegance and interface sophistication matter far less than simply managing marketing and growth.
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By economising on scarce mobile spectrum, femtocells might prove most useful in managing the rapid growth of internet and video traffic to smartphones and tablet computers.
Rothman added that he was confident in Beijing managing a slower growth rate while making essential reforms to a household registration system that deters migrants from settling in cities and trying to join the middle class.
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Running a biotech company is like managing other high-growth industries such as information technology, only worse.
The only ones that do are mature companies with years of experience managing real unit-volume growth.
Excluding the impact of product losses of exclusivity, all of our businesses generated revenue growth while effectively managing their cost structures.
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"We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs, " the sports media giant said in a statement Tuesday.
Spine device maker Alphatec Holdings was the biggest loser among medical stocks in August, as its shares dropped 51% as a slowing market for back surgery devices and trouble managing an integration cut its growth outlook for the year.
And few believe that the 5% growth Zambia is currently managing will prove sufficient to pull the country out of poverty.
When managing innovation, including operating in high growth markets, nothing works better than White Space.
Paul Domaille, managing director of Classic Flowers, said growth was stagnant since LVCR was withdrawn.
"We believe that our efforts have been bearing fruit and that we are finally on the road to sustainable growth, " said senior managing officer Takahiko Ijichi.
Lehman, led by Richard Fuld since 1993, is generally considered to be among the best on Wall Street at managing costs and efficiency while getting consistent revenue growth.
The entrance of such powerhouses into a field dominated by boilerplate patent lawyers is an indication that after years of unfulfilled promises, the business of managing intellectual property may be ripe for new growth and moneymaking.
Google's founders credit Schmidt with successfully managing their company's most intense period of growth.
"We tend to think of multifamily rental properties as driven by job growth, " says Steve Cordes, managing director at ING Clarion.
"The large national issuers use promotional offers as an integral strategy for growth, " says Marc Sacher, managing director at Auriemma Consulting Group.
This is a critical success factor when managing and leading major transformational changes that include rapid growth in third-world countries, and in the global population, as well as a huge increase in the number of people connecting online around the world.
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