Sentences with phrase «when companies are looking at»

When the company was looking at redesigning its packaging its requirements were strict, whatever packaging was used must share the same standards as its products.

Not exact matches

When someone is ready to buy your company, they are going to look at the quality / experience of the managers, as the retention of those people will be part of the deal.

So take a look at your schedule and see when was the last time you spent 15 whole minutes alone with nothing for company but your own brain.

So when a potential acquirer looks at a business that is clearly doing its best just to keep the status quo and not making the right moves and investments, they will see right through that and wonder if the company is now too risky to invest in.

For example, when I buy a company, I always look at how the company can be rather than what it's like now.»

«Companies led by older management tend to be very controlling, but when I look at people in the 20s or 30s, they're totally capable of working on their own and being productive,» said Kevin Wheeler, whose Future of Talent Institute researches and consults on human resources for Silicon Valley businesses.

I think that even companies we invested in two years ago that did not specifically focus on AI or machine learning at the time are now increasingly looking at assets that can now become that much more valuable when you apply machine learning to them.

When it comes to metrics, first look at historical price - to - earnings (P / E) ratio to see if the company is in fact cheap, says Scrivens.

When looking at defence stocks, beware of any company with large ties to a single big - ticket project, particularly if that project isn't on solid ground.

«When I was starting the business, I never looked at HR as a revenue - generating department,» says Jay Klein, founder of the aspartame - free gum maker the Pur Company.

That's why I wanted to look back at my junior year in college when I founded the company.

That's why even when you look at wildly innovative companies like Google and Apple, most of their budgets are focused on improving existing products.

«When we discussed it for the first time and he was explaining to me what he planned to do for the first time, I looked at him and said, You know, if you succeed in doing this people will introduce you as the guy who founded Eco and before that, a small company called Uber.»

Followers do accept requests without complaint, and perform just as well as their counterparts, but the lack of independent thinking and leadership is a major fault when you look at your company from a distance.

But a look back at history shows that when nations plunged money into US - based companies with market momentum their timing wasn't so great.

If you take it out of the Canadian context for a second, when we look at Japanese companies that we've invested in, they're very Japan - centric.

When the Dish Network looks at Viacom, all it sees is a company whose channels aren't as popular as they used to be, but that is still asking Dish to pay higher rates because the original contract was signed so long ago.

«When we come to look at apps there is such high quality apps out there from large companies starting from the Weather Channel to ESPN and all of the wonderful games.

It's also coming at a time when people are looking for more growth - oriented stocks, and there aren't many companies that have the potential to grow as much as Twitter does.

When asked about how the company will make money, Systrom responded, «I'm absolutely certain that we're not going to be one of those start - ups that you talk about five years from now, that hasn't even looked at making money.

When looking at individual companies, Tan feels a good management team is crucial in these often unpredictable environments.

When I came here I looked at our brand but also our brand personality versus other tech companies - what I found was they were almost indistinguishable - no one was carving out a unique personality.

In other words, when your company succeeds at what its purpose is, what does that look like?

When you start out your company, don't only look at who your customers are today, but look at who might be the next big thing in one year, or in five, or ten!

Last year, Seeing Machines signed a deal with construction vehicle manufacturer Caterpillar to install systems in 40,000 of the company's mining trucks that sense when drivers aren't looking at the road or are falling asleep at the wheel and alert them with an alarm and a vibrating seat.

But Bono says, «When you're looking for neon on your side and you can't afford it and when the politicians are telling you, «I'm not hearing about your issue out at the pig roast,» a company like Starbucks helps you get attention.&raWhen you're looking for neon on your side and you can't afford it and when the politicians are telling you, «I'm not hearing about your issue out at the pig roast,» a company like Starbucks helps you get attention.&rawhen the politicians are telling you, «I'm not hearing about your issue out at the pig roast,» a company like Starbucks helps you get attention.»

When I came back,» he said, «I looked at a company that was overextended and overexpanded... It was a totally different situation.»

«And when I look at my friends who are running other good companies, the single biggest difference that I see in whether the companies end up becoming really great and reaching their potential or just pretty good is whether they're comfortable and really self - confident enough to have people who are stronger than them around them,» Zuckerberg said.

Instead of looking at a number in a bank account, consider lines of credit or capital partners who are willing to pony up more money when the company hits difficult times.

«When you look at the way that companies are adopting benefits these days, you see a lot of people doing things like offering free lunches, beer, and ping pong tables,» says Gradifi CMO Meera Oliva.»

On Wednesday, Hulu named Joel Stillerman as its chief content officer, a newly - created role that will oversee the streaming company's overall content strategy at a time when Hulu is looking to expand its original series and film offerings to better compete with rivals such as Netflix and Amazon.

«When you look at the current demands for trucks and the scarcity of them, the market is terrific for us,» Dean M. Piacente, vice president of intermodal sales and marketing at CSX, said during the railroad company's March 1 investor day.

When Banks looked at the above diversity data for senior executives at 16 Fortune 500 companies, she was careful to point out that it need not be a depressing reminder that women and people of color — and other marginalized groups that aren't counted on the EEO - 1 Report — struggle to make it to the upper echelons of corporate America.

Another revelation for companies is that they are unable to find the right talent when looking at the education system.

Krzanich, 52, will take the reigns of the company at a time when it is struggling to figure out its mobile strategy and looking to push into new markets.

Fourteen months ago, when Canadian Business first took a look at Kobo, the company was partnering with booksellers and device - makers in North America and abroad; its platform would power their e-book stores and it would become, as one observer put it, the «Intel inside» for the e-reading sector.

He was an entrepreneur himself when he met the CEO of L'Oréal Canada at the time who told time that the company wanted to own digital beauty, he immediately understood that the company was looking to be bold.

«When you look at her history with Starbucks and Lululemon, how can you not believe she's going to be able to grow this company in the same way?»

Meanwhile, digital media companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter have swooped in to secure streaming rights deals with major professional sports leagues at a time when younger viewers are increasingly looking online for live sports and highlight clips.

The Case for Reduced Funding Levels When you look at the demand shock above you'll notice that there are both higher prices and higher «quantities» of companies and I know many entrepreneurs think this is good.

So when the latest list was recently published, I went through it carefully looking at each name and the featured company for which their success is credited.

CHAMATH PALIHAPITIYA, SOCIAL CAPITAL FOUNDER & CEO: When you think about how sticky something is, the most important thing to look at is this concept called churn which is how fast are people leaving the service, and specifically, you can look at companies leaving the service or the amount of dollars that you «re losing.

These three companies are a fantastic start when looking at military - friendly employers.

When it comes to writing, there are a lot of companies at the forefront of content marketing, who are actively looking to hire talented freelancers.

When Yeti Coolers cut ties with the NRA Foundation Breitbart News decided to take a broad look at offerings in the cooler market, hoping to find a quality cooler made by a company that was not ashamed of the Second Amendment.

«If you look at the number of public companies and the number of circulars and they're all in a concentrated season for what they do I don't think it's significant in terms of the number of mistakes made — but when there is one it's near and dear to everyone's heart.»

«We are wary of the current level of management turnover at LULU, as it could lead to instability at a time when the company is looking to drive its next leg of growth as it works toward its goal of becoming a $ 4B brand by 2020 (from ~ $ 2.6 B currently),» Randal Konik, an equity analyst at Jefferies, said.

And, when you look at Apple iOS use in other consumer devices, Statista claims the company's market share is almost 53 %.

Some early - stage companies might have a high valuation when you look at their relatively small asset and revenue base because they have the potential to grow very quickly or there are high margins in their business.

But when you're a company looking to raise money, whether in a private placement or a public stock offering or a bond offering or anything else, you are not thinking about getting $ 1,000 at a time from a bunch of retirees investing their small nest eggs.