These experiences in my early years set the stage for my mission driven approach to serving others with dignity and respect.
That work was led, perhaps coincidentally, by imaginative, far sighted Germans who fed us all a sense that this was a real mission driven by practical ingenuity.
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We tend to be nimble, spontaneous, and mission driven.
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It would also end a long string of disappointing endings to great mission-driven growth stories.
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Libes has formed a new accelerator for mission-driven companies in Seattle called Fledge (as in fledgling bird about to take flight).
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Mission-driven companies are also growing in popularity among the general population.
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Recently, I had the chance to visit about missionary versus mercenary leadership with the senior executive of another mission-driven company in our region, Burke Alder, vice president of marketing for Lendio.
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What sounded crazy back then has been seen as a success more recently, with financial institutions like Goldman Sachs investing in mission-driven CDFIs through partnerships like its 10, 000 Small Businesses initiative, launched last year.
Morgan who advised Solera on the Annie's IPO, says that when he met Ms. Ashby he sensed that she had an ability to spot trends in small data sets and an "extremely strong moral fiber" that would mesh well with the mission-driven companies she wanted to invest in.
Further, by deploying trust, values and a purpose-driven mission as the primary drivers for all business activities, interactions and decisions, companies can transform a workforce of bricklayers into a highly coordinated and inspired team of cathedral-builders whose inspired work generates both success and significance for our companies and the world.
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Claim to fame: Driven by their mission to create a universal digital language for urban living centered around the areas of transportation, navigation and entertainment, founders of MCW participated in Big Apple Apps contest hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City of New York and won in three different categories.
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Reunited for what they think should be a quick, in-and-out mission, this tight-knit band of old-school mercenaries are about to find themselves at the brink of global disaster and are driven to make this mission personal.
In a recent interview, Christian Chabot, CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based Tableau Software, told me that those truly fit to work at startups are driven by a sense of purpose and mission.
That mission is to turn China into a consumer society, rather than an export-driven one.
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And a fact-finding mission to the US had revealed the extent to which higher education was "money driven".
He is too driven, too full of ideas, too haunted by doubts about his life's intended mission.
Now, we are going to promote responsible and business driven sharing across Federal IT to reduce spending further so that we can invest in needed innovative mission systems.
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