Sentences with phrase «stage you're in when»

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When a relationship hits a serious stage and couples get married or commit to each other in some big way, people are often too overcome with excitement or too overwhelmed by the prospect of spending forever with this person to have a deep discussion about where their priorities lie.

When Hillary Clinton — dressed in her power - red pantsuit — sauntered over the stage to greet Donald Trump last week in their first presidential dplaceholderebate, her body language spelled power.

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Jon and I reached out to the Colorado Springs Small Business Development Center when we were in the very beginning stages of our business.

Kirsten Green formed Forerunner Ventures, an early - stage venture capital firm focused on commerce, in 2010 when she noticed a shift in commerce.

The pair recalls working with a law firm when they were in the early stages of fundraising that they didn't trust.

But sh e said that she was interested in getting back to the kind of early - stage company that eBay was when she began a decade - long stint as its CEO in 1998.

When you're in the early stages of building what you hope will be a nationally recognized brand, you're constantly faced with choices of how best to spend your limited time and capital.

That number drops to 14 percent when detected in its late stages.

He insists that when the market is clearly in the latter stages of a bull market it better to reduce a position materially and preserve capital.

«Later in the evening,» Robertson said, «he gets on stage to do the keynote, and that's when I realized who the guy was.»

In the «grief cycle» model theorized by the psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler - Ross, denial is the first of five stages individuals experience when reckoning with death, and acceptance is the last.

Michal Kauffman writes: By Stage 4, in addition to the panic the company may be feeling as a whole, all sorts of competing interests come out of the woodwork when it comes time to actually move forward with significant investments and real money: from the European tech team that is jazzed about the acquisition, to the U.S. tech team that's threatened by it, to the corporate VC team that hates it because it will undermine a competing investment in their portfolio, to the Services Division as a whole worried about their jobs if the acquisition goes through and much of their work gets automated, etc....

When you're about to go on stage, sometimes your fight or flight reaction kicks in.

When moving to this stage, hire a top - tier accounting crew that's experienced in catering to large institutional investors and ensuring that a thriving business remains financially accountable.

When Fortune's Pattie Sellers asks Dong on the MPW stage how the company is faring in terms of reaching that goal, the executive breaks into a laugh: «That's a very nice first question.»

Stack's advice: «If you need to change what you're doing, change it in the prototype stage instead of in the final stage, when you're up a creek and can't really backtrack.»

«It's a really interesting way to see what your potential customers are interested in during the development stage instead of when they vote with their wallet,» he says.

When Mark Cuban took the stage Wednesday at Inc.'s GrowCo conference in Nashville in front of 900 - some attendees, Inc. president and editor - in - chief Eric Schurenberg re-confirmed an agreement the two had made before the interview: It was going to be a no - holds - barred conversation.

And in startups, especially in the early stages when everyone pitches in, a lot of people are trying to sell who aren't even «sales» people and who have little or no training.

At the end of the X-Prize award ceremony in St. Louis, when the giant check had been put aside and the celebrants huddled on the stage to pose for photographers, he suddenly looked up and started searching the skies.

VentureBeat, for instance, surmised that Graham had ulterior motives when he made the statement because Y Combinator competes with Google Ventures to invest in similar early - stage start - ups.

Wasted space in a physical office or storefront isn't in your best interest, especially when you need to capitalize in the early stages of the transition.

While still in the early stages of developing its consumer footprint in the U.S., Eneos is the leading «factory fill» (meaning the lubricants installed in new cars when they leave the factory) for Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and Hyundai.

That's just one of the announcements expected from Dell CEO Michael Dell when he takes the stage at EMC World in Las Vegas on Monday, according to a preview provided to Fortune.

«We have more and more reasons to believe that from the very beginning the plan was to spare Nusra and to keep it just in case for Plan B or stage two when it would be time to change the regime,» Lavrov said, referring to former al - Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al - Nusra.

For context, Level 5 is the highest stage of autonomy when a car can drive itself in any scenario, making steering wheels and pedals unnecessary.

Obama vetoed the bill in private with no fanfare, in contrast to the televised ceremony Republican leaders staged earlier this month when they signed the bill and sent it to the president.

One of the most trying times of my life happened six years ago when my mother lost her courageous battle with Stage IV colon and liver cancer six years ago in November.

Sometimes potential strategic partners may also be potential competitors, so you may want to present your plan in stages, saving sensitive information such as financials and marketing strategies for later in the process when trust has been established.

When companies take off and find success on a larger stage, it becomes necessary to add to the team, sometimes significantly in a short period of time.

When he walked off stage, he was greeted by «dozens» of his players in a sign of support for their soon - to - be-fallen coach.

While blockchain is still in its very early stages when it comes to health - related use, some in the industry say the tech can encourage much more widespread data - sharing by making transactions more secure and efficient.

The aluminum F - 150 was in the planning stages when gasoline spiked to $ 4 a gallon and the Obama administration moved toward tougher fuel - economy standards.

The latest failure came in September, when Axovant said it failed a key late - stage trial for its drug, intepirdine.

It's hard to open up to criticism, particularly in the early stages of a startup when passion is at its peak.

When questioned on this strange insular behavior, they will justify it to their LPs by adding, «The lion share of early stage returns are made in the Bay Area.»

When the former President and I come on stage a few minutes later, I introduce him to his namesake in the audience.

«I'm happiest and my best self in the early stages, when you're wearing lots of different hats,» Fleiss tells Inc. of her decision to join the incubator.

But when it comes to individual uses, it's probably wise to close with a repeat of the warning not to get over excited by tech that's still in its early stages.

Except last week, when Jourdan Urbach, the CTO of social video platform Ocho, confronted him on stage at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen.

«I read [this book] when we were in very early stages of operations at The Farmer's Dog, and it taught me that no process is ever perfect and that there's always room for improvement.

I was comfortable with my four weeks of vacation until about 11 years ago, when the company reached an important stage in its development, and I realized I had to make a fundamental change in my role.

«Now, when BroadwayHD pulls up in front of a theater with satellite trucks and 14 cameras, unions are confident that the creators of the shows will be compensated,» says Lane, who is also a proud, card - carrying member of the stage union, Actors Equity.

«When you're in your early stages, make sure that you portray stability and portray a certain level of sophistication and prestige,» he says.

By giving this jewel away to the Canadians with nothing in return — changes to NAFTA, beneficial fishing rights in the Atlantic, or just about anything else — President Trump shows just how naive he is when it comes to doing big deals on the world stage.

As a rule, Milner has said he doesn't take board seats in his later - stage investments, and rarely requires founders to hand over voting shares when issuing company stock.

With criticism of self - driving cars swirling, our hunch is that it's a staged video made in the hopes of driving the argument that autonomous vehicles are safe to get behind the wheel of, even when you're asleep.

When Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, took the stage at last spring's Star Wars Celebration, she was dressed in her usual attire: dark pants and a smart, fitted jacket.

The trick is to fund your business in ways that actually get your score back on track so when you're ready to move your business to the next stage, your score will start opening doors rather than getting them slammed in your face.