Sentences with phrase «about company business»

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«We see a lot of companies come in with a lot of capital — really good business - minded people — but they're not enthusiasts or enthusiastic about the product they're selling,» says Cobb.

May 1 - Plane maker Boeing Co said on Tuesday it would buy aerospace parts company KLX Inc for about $ 3.2 billion in cash to expand its aircraft services business.

The National Business Group on Health last year surveyed 133 large companies employing 15 million Americans about their benefit practices: An astounding 90 % said they expect to make at least some telemedicine services available to their workers this year.

To build trust, business leaders must be honest about the state of the company, where they see the company heading, how they want to get there and which skill sets are needed to round out the team during the early talent - recruitment process.

Although more than half of the company's stores are outside the U.S., the international business brings in only about a third of revenue.

CNBC's Kelly Evans speaks with Howard Schultz, Starbucks Chairman & CEO, about the coffee giant's business in China with stores, a roastery and a partnership with Shanghai Disney, as well as the company's expansion into other markets.

«As a matter of fact, for those of you who are still using email, one of the things that I've done in my business is I've said, «If you talk about somebody in the company on email to me, then copy them on it,»» she says.

In the video above, Hannasch gives Canadian Business editor in chief James Cowan a tour of one of Couche - Tard's stores to talk about the growth of the company's food and drink options, and what it can offer to a busy customer that e-commerce can't.

German media giant Axel Springer is acquiring a controlling stake in media startup Business Insider for $ 343 million, which values the New York - based company at about $ 450 million.

Ask about a large company's supplier diversity or HUB (historically underutilized businesses) program.

You're serious about growing your company, but would replacing grim determination with a bit more levity actually be better for your business?

Women own about 36 percent of U.S. businesses; just 10 percent of Inc. 500 companies are led by women.

Ben's ability to convey, in an easy - to - read, engaging, and thought - provoking way, his thoughts, fears, and struggles about raising money, rapidly growing, restructuring, and ultimately selling his company makes this a must - read for any CEO who wants to build and run a great business.

Dylan Gray, Flora's chief of staff, told Business Insider that Bird — one of the companies with scooters in the city — approached Flora's office about possible regulation.

Roberto Torres, co-owner of the Black and Denim Apparel Company, discusses their successfully funded Kickstarter Campaign, how they found out about, and were awarded, several business grants, were featured in Entrepreneur magazine, and got their products in the Oscar, Grammy, and BET awards swag bags.

Kevin Cleary, president of Clif Bar, talks about how his company's mission - driven business model has led to success.

In addition to the financial terms of the deal and the impact it is likely to have on Business Insider as a company, I was interested in co-founder Henry Blodget's thoughts about the sale — why he decided to sell, what it says about the editorial model that the site was built on, etc..

In the beginning, that's a great business model, right, because all you're doing is you create this anonymous shell company, you give it a name, you don't care who actually is behind it and you stick it in a folder and you forget about it until a year passes and it's time to invoice for the renewal.

He claimed the negative review was actually about another business, and said Yelp attached it to his company in an attempt to extort him to pay to advertise with Yelp.

However, it is not necessarily the case of weighing up the benefits against the negatives, but more about deciding what you want from the cloud and making a business decision as to how it can improve your company's workflow.

This model exists in many other countries, and we see local food - based businesses, bars and pubs, art and creative studios and other product based companies taking advantage of these models and raising on average about $ 700,000.

«This is the only entrepreneurship book I have come across that talks honestly about the incredible challenges that entrepreneurs face when running a business, and not just about facing the difficult decisions, but about the way running a company affects you mentally.

Although the debates scarcely touched on the economy or business, the conversation was at times a vivid example for business owners, about how to lead people in their own companies.

That basic message, about the obligation business owners have toward their employees, is something that entrepreneurs consider on a daily basis as they build out their companies in places like the Brooklyn Navy Yards.

About half of our portfolio is enterprise software businesses, and the other half is consumer - facing companies.

Your company About Us page is almost like an online business card; it's the first impression you're going to make with many potential customers and clients.

Business owners need to be transparent and open with colleagues about where they want to take the company and how employees will play an important role.

While in town earlier this month to deliver a keynote at the Toronto stop on the Salesforce World Tour, Harris spoke with Canadian Business about cloud computing, innovation and what he's learned about leadership since starting the company in 1999.

The company's chemicals business also slumped, with profits falling about 14 percent from last year.

Ivan Dimitrijevic is an experienced blogger who has his focus on writing about Inbound and Online marketing, Business Strategies and Work Organization for companies such as Pen Australia.

Only about half of the people who complain in social expect to hear back from the company, so in many cases they do not phrase their complaints in a way that ties it back to the business in an obvious way.

You should send press releases featuring interesting news relating to the world around you (not inside information about your company) to editors, writers and anyone in the media who can do a story about your business.

A disclosure statement is a document that contains everything there is to know about the business opportunity and the seller's company.

If one of these businesses has the wrong data about you, reach out to company representatives immediately and tell them it needs to be corrected.

It's understandable that this thought has led some entrepreneurs to worry about their company overwhelming their own public perception, but the truth is that if your business is successful, your name will get out there.

These magazines not only help to guide those in the business realm, but they make them aware of the various trading systems throughout the world, provide them with information about new and up - and - coming companies, and keep them up to date on economic growth and trends.

So I think it's a really tough seat and for me, it's really more about how you work with your business partners, how you share the data, how you get on key messages, consistently tell those stories, and how you put bravery out there and really drive the agenda of the company forward.

«In the middle of the 20th century, it was the most famous, the most admired, the most widely respected company in the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of «The IBM Lesson» and other books about the company's history and culture.

The move comes as a surprise about - turn for a company whose Chief Executive Akin Akinfemiwa told investors in Lagos in August that he wanted to aggressively pursue M&A opportunities along the energy value chain and acquire marginal oilfields to boost its upstream business.

The company prints about a million business cards a day.It is a similar story throughout the broad range of others products, including brochures, catalogues and corporate reports.Such growth has not been without its problems.Expansion has meant six complete moves in 10 years and after being at Balcatta just a year, there is a need to move again — to more than double the size of just the print operations to more than 2,000 square metres.

We were in a board meeting for one of our EdTech companies and talking about the usual KPIs and basic business stuff and about how various aspects of the company's product development and enhancement efforts were progressing — especially how quickly we were moving to bring some of these new and critical features to market.

Long before they've exhausted the growth possibilities of their first company, they decide to start another one in a totally unrelated business they know nothing about, and they end up spending time and money on it that should be put into building their original business instead.

«The orientation should begin at the first click of the mouse when someone first goes on the company's website, so by the time the person comes in for the interview, they already know quite a lot about the organization,» says Richard Jordan, a business coach who has been responsible for reshaping the recruiting and orientation process at a number of technology firms.

Consumers today care about a company's moral compass, the reasons it's in business, how its products are made and delivered and how it views its place in the larger retail industry.

Glenn Fogel, Bookings Holdings CEO, and CNBC's Seema Mody talk about the company's better - than - expected fourth quarter sales as the online travel company receives a boost from a rise in reservations and strong performance from its international business.

Though we don't usually think of them this way, company technologists are often deeply knowledgeable about not just technology but about the company's business processes and people.

Icide's is one of several small businesses in the Bay Area that participated in the game, in which Twitter users are asked trivia questions about local companies for the chance to win prizes.

Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil chairman and CEO, talks about the challenges of running a business once run by Rex Tillerson, and why diversification is an important component in the company's business strategy.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday suspended trading in the stock of a small business called The Crypto Company, citing concerns about the «accuracy and adequacy» of information it provided about marketing costs and insiders» plans to sell shares.

When businesses post jobs on the platform, Toptal identifies available developers proficient in the software languages necessary to handle the task at hand, then contacts the client to learn more about the job and the company as a whole before interviewing programmer candidates to make sure their skills and personalities are properly attuned.