But they are fledgling companies compared with I.B.M., which has close ties to major corporate customers around the world.

The professional financing came later, from venture capitalists, who would act as mentors to fledgling companies.

But even more striking, when many fledgling companies return to venture capital firms for their next installment of cash, they are being turned away.

Working with a small, fledgling company, the Chelsea Opera, he must have felt safe.

So gyrating markets often scare fledgling companies from trying to offer shares to the public for the first time.

For fledgling companies, there are few alternatives.

To the judge's surprise, the fledgling regional companies began straining at the leash almost immediately.

Morozumi Mining was only one of many fledgling companies in need of total restructuring that came under his purview.

A company can be strong in one area and weak in another, but rarely does a fledgling company succeed with the wrong leadership.

It's a fledgling company with good prospects.