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Brendan F. Wallace
Brendan F. Wallace is an American businessman and investor. He is cofounder and managing partner of the venture capital firm Fifth Wall. He also cofounded career networking platform Identified, Inc. and the ridesharing service Cabify, and currently sits on Cabify's board of advisors. Early life and education Brendan Fitzgerald Wallace grew up in New York City. He graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in political science and economics in 2004, and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2010. While at Stanford, Wallace became interested in technology and entrepreneurship, and he went on to found several companies with his former classmates. Career Early career Wallace began his career as a real estate analyst at Goldman Sachs and worked for The Blackstone Group's real estate division, where he was a part of Blackstone's acquisition of Hilton Hotels. Identified, Inc. In 2010, Wallace cofounded career networking pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford Graduate School Of Business
The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB) is the graduate business school of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it has been the most selective business school in the United States, admitting only about 6% of applicants. Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the MSx Program ( MS in Management for mid-career executives) and a PhD program, along with joint degrees with other schools at Stanford including Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law and Medicine. The GSB also offers Stanford LEAD Business Program, an online professional certificate program. History The school was founded in 1925 when trustee Herbert Hoover formed a committee consisting of Wallace Alexander, George Rolph, Paul Shoup, Thomas Gregory, and Milton Esberg to secure the needed funds for the school's founding. Willard Hotchkiss became the first dean of Stanford GSB. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicorn (finance)
In business, a unicorn is a privately held startup company valued at over US$1 billion. The term was first published in 2013, coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, choosing the mythical animal to represent the statistical rarity of such successful ventures. CB Insights identified 1,170 unicorns worldwide . Unicorns with over $10 billion in valuation have been designated as "decacorn" companies. For private companies valued over $100 billion, the terms "centicorn", "hectocorn", and "super-unicorn" have been used. The term "kilocorn" has been used for companies valued at $1 trillion, of which Apple was the first. History Aileen Lee originated the term "unicorn" in a 2013 ''TechCrunch'' article, "Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning from Billion-Dollar Startups". At the time, 39 companies were identified as unicorns. In a different study done by ''Harvard Business Review'', it was determined that startups founded between 2012 and 2015 were growing in valuation twice as f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W Magazine
''W'' is an American fashion magazine that features stories about style through the lens of culture, fashion, art, celebrity, and film. W was created in 1972 by James Brady, the publisher of sister magazine ''Women's Wear Daily'' (''WWD''), originally as a biweekly newspaper spin-off from ''WWD. In 1993, W'' was launched as an oversized fashion magazine, issued monthly. In 2000, Conde Nast purchased ''W'' from the original owner, Fairchild Publications. The magazine was still presented in an oversized format – 10 inches wide and 13 inches tall. Sara Moonves was editor-in-chief when the final print issue was published in March 2020. ''W'' was relaunched as an online fashion magazine. ''W'' had a reader base of nearly half a million, 469,000 of which are annual subscribers. Publication history Early years, 1972–1999 Originally a biweekly newspaper that was spun off from ''Women's Wear Daily'', ''W'' became an oversized monthly magazine published by Fairchild Fashion Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Claire
''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on women around the world and global issues. ''Marie Claire'' magazine also covers health, beauty, fashion, politics, finance, and career topics. History ''Marie Claire'' was founded by Jean Prouvost and Marcelle Auclair."Avec Jean Prouvost, Marcelle Auclair fonda « Marie-Claire » magazine féminin inspiré des magazines américains" (p. 319). In: (351 pages). Its first issue appeared in 1937, and it was distributed each Wednesday until 1941 when it handed out its shares to open in London, going international for the first time. In 1976, Prouvost retired and his daughter Évelyne took over the magazine and added L'Oréal Group to the company. Worldwide ''Marie Claire'' publishes editions in more than 35 countries on five continents. Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and activist. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as for her women's rights work, she has received a selection of accolades, including a Young Artist Award and three MTV Movie Awards. Watson has been ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses by ''Forbes'' and '' Vanity Fair'', and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time'' magazine in 2015. Watson attended the Dragon School and trained in acting at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. As a child, she rose to stardom after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, having previously acted only in school plays. Watson also starred in the 2007 television adaptation of the novel ''Ballet Shoes'' and lent her voice to ''The Tale of Despereaux'' (2008). After the final ''Harry Potter'' film, she took on a supporting role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canine Intervention
''Canine Intervention (Canine Academy)'' is an American Netflix original TV show/reality show of 6 episodes of about 35 minutes each. Originally a web-series, the premiere on Netflix occurred on February 24, 2021. The show takes place in Oakland, California. It deals with dog training, through the main protagonist, Jasalah Leverette and his dog training facility, Cali K9 in San Jose. Each episode displays Leverette coping with specific cases. The show is directed by Elise Duran and produced by the A.Smith & co-Productions company. The show promotes dog training in the way that it represents both a necessity and a last chance for the dogs considered dangerous. The goal of the series is to demonstrate various and easy way to fix the obedience and reactivity of a dog, including the most extreme behavior issues. Canine intervention, does not only focus on the dog behavioral changes, but also on the owners, that need to be informed. Owning a dog requires more than it is commonly though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pit Bull
Pit bull is a term used in the United States for a type of dog descended from bulldogs and terriers, while in other countries such as the United Kingdom the term is used as an abbreviation of the American Pit Bull Terrier breed. The term was first used in 1927. Within the United States the pit bull is usually considered a heterogeneous grouping that includes the breeds American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, Staffordshire Bull Terrier and occasionally the American Bulldog, along with any crossbred dog that shares certain physical characteristics with these breeds. In other countries including Britain, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier is not considered a pit bull. Most pit bull-type dogs descend from the British Bull and terrier, a 19th-century dog-fighting type developed from crosses between the Old English Bulldog and the Old English Terrier. Pit bull-type dogs have a controversial reputation as pets both in the United States and internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power 100
''The Hollywood Reporter''s Power 100 (also known as Women in Entertainment Power 100) list, published annually since 1992, is a ranking of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment—film and television executives, agents, producers and occasionally performers. The list is made public in December during the magazine's yearly Women in Entertainment Breakfast. The factors on which the ranking is based have varied in the past. For example, the 2009 Power 100 took into account: achievements (box office, television ratings or dollars generated); overall authority within her company and Hollywood; greenlight power (ability to get a project made); and her standing within the industry. Despite the existence of similar rankings, such as ''Forbes''s Celebrity 100 and ''Vanity Fair''s New Establishment issue, the competition surrounding the Power 100 has remained substantial, particularly since Janice Min became chief creative officer at ''The Hollywood Reporter'' in 2010. In 2014, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercial Observer
Observer Media is an American online media company. The company was formed through several acquisitions, including acquisition of ''The New York Observer'' in 2007. Observer Media is based in Lower Manhattan, New York City, and was owned by businessman Jared Kushner until 2016, when he transferred his ownership into a family trust, through which his brother-in-law Joseph Meyer took over his former role as publisher and chairman in 2017. It currently publishes the Commercial Observer' and Observer'. As of November 2016, Observer Media announced it would no longer print the ''New York Observer''. The ''Observer'' site is a consolidation of several notable online properties, including ''The Gallerist'', ''BetaBeat'', ''NY Politicker'', and ''PolitickerNJ''. History In 2007, Jared Kushner began acquiring and merging several print and online media publications into the Observer brand, including ''The New York Observer'', ''BetaBeat'', ''Gallerist'', ''NY Politicker'', ''SCENE Magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LA Business Journal
The ''Los Angeles Business Journal'', established in 1979, is a weekly newspaper and online news source in Los Angeles, California, which provides coverage of local business news. According to the ''Journals website, it has a weekly print circulation of 24,000 and over 40,000 unique monthly website visitors. It is published each Monday. History The ''Los Angeles Business Journal'' was established in 1979. In 1986, American City Business Journals acquired the ''LABJ'' with the purchase of E. W. Scripps Company, Scripps Howard Business Journals. In 1988, ACBJ sold the ''Los Angeles'' and ''San Diego Business Journal''s to CBJ Associates. Awards The Alliance of Area Business Publications, a professional association comprising mainly city-based business journals, recognized the ''Los Angeles Business Journal'' with seven awards in 2013 and six awards in 2012. The newspaper has been recognized with Gold Awards for Best Newspaper, Best Overall Design, Best Print Scoop, and Best Featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online. The ''Journal'' has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The ''Journal'' is regarded as a newspaper of record, particularly in terms of business and financial news. The newspaper has won 38 Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2019. ''The Wall Street Journal'' is one of the largest newspapers in the United States by circulation, with a circulation of about 2.834million copies (including nearly 1,829,000 digital sales) compared with ''USA Today''s 1.7million. The ''Journal'' publishes the luxury news and lifestyle magazine ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
