5 Cs (other)
5 Cs or 5Cs may refer to: * Five Cs of Singapore, meaning "Cash, Car, Credit card, Condominium and Country club membership", a phrase used in Singapore to refer to materialism * The 5Cs, the foundation of the early economy of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. * The five undergraduate members (5Cs) of the Claremont Colleges (7Cs), an academic consortium in Claremont, California See also * * * VCS (other) * 5C (other) 5C or 5c may refer to: * 5C Situation analysis: Company, Competitors, Customers, Collaborators, Climate * 5-C (Five County), an Idaho juvenile detention center for high-risk individuals * CAL Cargo Air Lines IATA code * Chromosome_conformation_capt ...

Five Cs Of Singapore
"Five Cs of Singapore" — namely, cash, car, credit card, condominium and country club — is a phrase used in Singapore to refer to materialism. It was first coined as a popular observational joke during the 1990s about the aspirations of some Singaporeans that exhibits materialistic tendencies by constantly seeking to obtain material possessions in an effort to impress others. Overview Cash Cash refers to spending power rather than physical currency. Financial security and affluence is a status symbol worldwide and for much of contemporary human history was the measure of personal worth and success. Car The car ownership rate in Singapore is roughly 11%. In comparison, it is 50% in the European Union and 80% in the United States. As part of the government's continued efforts to make Singapore a " car-lite society" and reduce car dependency, only around 33% of Singaporean and permanent resident households own cars in Singapore in 2023, down from 40% in 2013. Although ca ...
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million residents at the 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, fifth-most populous city in the United States and the List of capitals in the United States, most populous state capital in the country. Phoenix is the most populous city of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley and Arizona Sun Corridor. The metro area is the Metropolitan statistical area, 10th-largest by population in the United States with approximately 4.95 million people , making it the most populous in the Southwestern United States. Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, is the largest city by population and area in Arizona, with an area of , and is also the List of United States cities by ...
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Claremont Colleges
The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private university, private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States. They comprise five undergraduate colleges (the 5Cs)—Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College (CMC), Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College—and two graduate schools: Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI). All the members except KGI have adjoining campuses, together covering roughly . The consortium was founded in 1925 by Pomona College president James A. Blaisdell, who proposed a collegiate university design inspired by Oxford University. He sought to provide the specialization, flexibility, and personal attention commonly found in small colleges, but with the resources of a large university. The consortium has since grown to roughly students and faculty and staff, and offers more than 2,000 courses every semester. Admission to the Cla ...
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VCS (other)
Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc. Venture capital firms or funds invest in these early-stage companies in exchange for equity, or an ownership stake. Venture capitalists take on the risk of financing start-ups in the hopes that some of the companies they support will become successful. Because startups face high uncertainty, VC investments have high rates of failure. Start-ups are usually based on an innovative technology or business model and often come from high technology industries such as information technology (IT) or biotechnology. Pre-seed and seed rounds are the initial stages of funding for a startup company, typically occurring early in its development. During a seed round, entrepreneurs seek investment fro ...
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