Sentences with phrase «focus on the higher»

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management, and Bill Smead, Smead Capital Management, discuss the news that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is stepping down from the position but will remain in the company to focus on higher - end stores.

Today, he is CEO of Sparkhouse, focusing on high - concept, branded video production.

For all the post-publication focus on high - frequency trading, Lewis spends very little time with high - frequency traders in the book.

Two cores focus on high performance and two focus on high efficiency.

Virgin Hyperloop is «way ahead» of other companies focused on the high speed transportation technology, Richard Branson said.»

This enriched program focuses on high - level fundamentals in everything from math to the humanities in its first two years, followed by an accelerated, discipline - specific engineering science major.

While other developers contribute the bulk of Ethereum's code these days, Buterin, now 22, is focused on the high - level road map for the project.

Rather, «it's how they practice: with full attention, focused on high - quality work, and in chunks of 60 to 90 minutes separated by short breaks.

Consumers are still likely to come out ahead by focusing on higher - rate cards first, especially if they have cards with very different rates.

Users said the music streaming app and website had strayed from its earlier focus on supporting DJs and felt that it was unfairly removing content and focusing on high - profile users and licensed music.

Focus on high - quality content that your customers and other followers find useful.

Blue River likens its go - to - market strategy to Tesla's method of focusing on the high end of the market first.

As a business adds workers, it's important for its owner to spend his time focusing on higher - level tasks like meeting with clients and strategizing new projects.

For federal student loans, regulations stipulate any extra payment goes first to outstanding fees (like late fees), then to interest accrued since your last payment, and then to the principal of the loan, said Betsy Mayotte, director of consumer outreach and compliance for American Student Assistance, a nonprofit focused on higher education financing.

She also headed the Women's Leadership Project, an organization focused on high school students.

Two are focused on high - yield, or junk, bonds, according to ETF.com, despite repeated warnings on Wall Street that the segment of the market is headed for the rocks.

No matter what the reasoning is, challenge yourself by starting with focusing on your high - priority task.

A niche equity website with a focus on high - growth consumer product and retail companies, CircleUp has partnered with Procter & Gamble and General Mills to offer more value beyond the funding, giving entrepreneurs access to these brands.

Analysts have said Nintendo «s family - oriented game titles compete with smartphone games more directly than titles from rival console makers Sony (sne) and Microsoft (msft), which focus on high - end graphics targeting core gamers.

Three tactics are available to companies that focus on high - quality goods.

«We detect greater direction at Bacardi following the change of CEO in October, and the acquisition of Patron sends a strong message on priorities: focus on the U.S., focus on higher - growth premium brands, and focus on growing Patron distribution globally,» Mundy wrote.

And there was no one focusing on the higher - level responsibilities.»

April 6 (Reuters)- French luxury group Kering said on Friday it had taken steps to sell skatewear label Volcom, its last remaining non luxury brand, as it focuses on its high - margin, high - end labels.

The time to kick the OCD into high gear and give proper attention is when focusing on higher priorities and early - stage ideas.

Perkins wants to weed out tire kickers and those looking for free consulting advice as early as possible and instead focus on higher - quality clients.

Four of the top 10 funds in terms of inflows from Oct. 7 - 13 came from the bond sector, and two of them were focused on high - yield, or junk.

«With a strategy focused on higher yielding segments, including international routes and the business class traveller, Air Canada saw a nice uptick in demand,» wrote Walter Spracklin of RBC Capital Markets.

He also focused on the high gross margin segment of the business.

«We remain focused on high - growth and higher - margin segments of the market.»

Why don't we put a greater focus on higher - order purpose or vision, rather than short - term financial returns?

With AI shouldering more of the workload, skilled employees are able to focus on higher level tasks, keeping workplace morale high and employee turnover low.

«Women are founding companies at a very significant pace today, but they're still relatively smaller numbers focusing on high growth venture - backable businesses,» says Cindy Padnos, managing director of Illuminate Ventures.

Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson announced Friday he will help fund a new $ 36 - million school of design focusing on high - tech clothing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

One easy way to spot these pretenders is that they obsessively focus on high level «gross merchandise value» or «multi-year forward bookings» and try to talk past things like true net revenue, gross margin, or operating profitability.

We'll show the whole list of unicorns later in this article, but for now we will focus on the high level stuff: how many more unicorns are being born?

«This collaboration will help us identify and support breakthrough innovations in IoT, and look forward to having early access to new technologies with a focus on high quality products and ideas that will develop through this initiative,» he added.

I wanted our generally privilege community to stop focusing on high savings rates, real estate investing and passive income for a moment.

Colin Boese joined Leith Wheeler's Fixed Income team in July 2016 as an associate, focusing on high yield credit.

Policymakers remain focused on high - tech while keeping an eye on global political developments.

Steve and Nate are focused on high - growth, differentiated software businesses founded by experienced management teams.

He has advised clients on a range of issues, including portfolio reorientation to focus on higher - growth areas, growth strategy development and implementation, cost diagnostics, accountable care strategy development, adjacency prioritization work and medical management model development.

With a focus on higher - end individual car sales, Tesla has struggled to produce net income for shareholders over the past few years.

The article I wrote focused on high current yield at 4 % +.

«When you're short on time, focus on higher - payoff workouts,» says Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4 - Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat - Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Crown Archetype, 2010).

With a strict focus on high growth consumer brands, Julian has completed 25 growth equity deals throughout his career representing roughly $ 400 million of invested capital.

The High Yield Bond Fund is a concentrated portfolio made up of liquid securities, focused on high quality non-investment grade bonds with strong cash flows.

Analysts have accepted the fact that Apple is going to continue to focus on the higher - end, premium market for gadgets.

Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on high - growth technology startups in the Midwest.

In the past two years, Andrew has scaled Square's SDR team while also building out a new enterprise team to focus on high growth accounts.

As one tech recruiter told Bloomberg, the perception is that «most people in their 30s are married and have to take care of their family — they're not able to focus on the high - intensity work.»