Sentences with phrase «about making a mark»

When I did a printmaking course a couple of years ago, the first session was all about making marks with things from a box of «junk» — broken jewellery, dog combs, coins, bent cutlery.

Owning a specialist DSLR camera is a thing that is very special not just for those who dream big about making a mark within the field of photography, but also an unique experience for anyone who is new towards the field of optics.

Cypher notes: «On an existential level, it really begins with the impulse to create... the wanting of ideas to be actualized; to see that energy manifest into physical form... In terms of what I do physically, it's all about making marks that echo my thought processes.

Painting became my means of discovery... There is something satisfying about making a mark with your own hand.

Facebook is ONLY about making Mark Zuckerberg very rich, and if the legislation prevents that (which I believe it will), then Facebook is in trouble.

Not exact matches

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Team Penske, which made it the perfect time to talk to Roger about business, leadership, and what he believes has contributed the most to his long - term success: people.

Curious about a blog post titled «How I make money: My 18 sources of online revenue» written by Mark which led to a candid discussion to serve as advice and inspiration to those just getting started.

Host Sean Conlon confronts flippers Mark and Bryan about the process that led to their «accidental» purchase of the wrong property and discovers the real identity of the «field guy» who made that costly mistake.

To make sure employees are thinking about the long term when they refer prospects, Brett Brewster of Mitec Controls, a $ 5.5 - million fire - and life - safety company in Norcross, Ga., spreads the bonus payments out: the employee gets half at the referral's 90 - day mark and the rest when the referral has been working for six months.

Now, it sounds all nice because our horses won about $ 5 million last year, so you think Mark made $ 500,000.

Social entrepreneur Melinda Gates spoke about the importance of making ethical choices and leaving a mark on humanity during her 2013 commencement speech at Duke University.

Facebook got some nasty comments, not just from the head of the Republican National Committee, but also from the head of the Senate Commerce Committee, who asked CEO Mark Zuckerberg to make his staff available for questions about how editorial decisions were being made at the social network.

They dwell on idea people like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, the 23 - year - old wunderkind whose high - concept notions about social networks have made him the hottest thing in business.

Mark Tucker, group chairman of HSBC Holdings, talks about his passion for football and the impact he hopes to make at the bank during his tenure.

«Mark would speak about «connecting the world through games» and «making users happy,» but the stated values and our desire to create a good user experience was at complete odds with how the company was actually run, which was extremely short - term - focused,» the source says.

That's what makes Mark Cuban's comments today about investing in Twitter because of their foray into A.I. a bit perplexing.

In a recent interview with CNBC, Mark Cuban made a similar point about perspective.

Marks always asks clients, «Who are your star employees, and what is it about them that make them such great employees at your company?»

Not much is known about the new movie though we can confirm it will once again star Mark Wahlberg, who made his debut in the Transformers world in the previous movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction.

I asked Mark to share with me in two sentences or less about how he went from having $ 0 in the bank and living on a couch at a friend's house to becoming a self - made entrepreneur with a net worth of $ 3.2 billion (at latest count).

Kevin O'Leary, O'Shares ETFs chairman, discusses an exchange with «Shark Tank» co-host Mark Cuban about President Trump making impulsive economic policies.

The Zynga IPO, which raised about $ 1 billion from the public, will make Mark Pincus Silicon Valley's next billionaire.

If I had to change anything about my partnership with Mark, I would have made sure we had a buyout agreement.

Mark Cuban knows a little about making money.

Mark Zuckerberg's father, Dr. Edward Zuckerberg, did a lengthy interview with a local radio station some time ago, in which he talked about how the choices he and his wife made led his son to — well, to go on to Facebook and become a billionaire.

With no prior movie - making experience, entrepreneur Mark Hulme, founder of Dallas - based publishing company the Five Star Institute, decided in 2011 to produce a movie about the late tech innovator and commissioned an employee to pen the screenplay.

As Mark Zuckerberg expressed last week, Facebook has always tried to make something that's useful, so think about the value - exchange.

If anything — as a recent crop of books about Apple, Google, Amazon and Twitter makes plain — they mark the sly triumph of old - style corporate manners in a bright new skin.

Priscilla Chan, the wife of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, speaks with NBC's «Today» about the $ 120 million donation the couple made to San Francisco area public schools - and her rules on her husband's ubiquitous hoodie.

There's no word yet of the new initiative on Facebook's newsroom website, nor has founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a peep about it on his wall.

Enthusiastically participating on campus not only projects the genuine image that companies care about diversity, but also helps them make their mark while fortifying their appeal early on.

And since intellectual property law is largely defined by individual countries, they have to make a continual effort to find ways to defend their mark in every country they care about.

«Based on opportunities, based on our partners» interest, if we can make a difference we'll try to do that on the policies we care about,» network co-chair Mark Holden said.

Comic fans are one of the hardest - to - please audiences imaginable for popular adaptations of their favorite books, so even getting a passing mark makes Disney look better than just about anyone else.

Outspoken entrepreneur - turned - VC Mark Suster last night put a date on a prediction he has been making for some time in his blog about a coming crash for angel investors: The end will come next year.

Here are six things executives looking to make their mark in the coworking and facility management world should know about starting and managing a coworking space.

The fallout from the story concerning Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, the misuse of personal data and how much Facebook knew about all this, has quickly made its way into the halls of government — and with it Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is getting a lot of invitations in his inbox.

This quote marks an important time in financial history, the CEO of a global banking institution making objective claims about cryptocurrency.

Abbott's opinion echoes the statement made today by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, about the need to hold Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to the «same standards,» as the rest of the financial system.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly defended Facebook, and showed remorse for his dismissive comments made last year about the likelihood that fake news influenced people on the social network.

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg heads to Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress about Cambridge Analytica exploiting user data, the site is now making it easy for users to see if their information was shared with the analytics firm.

Let's talk about user base; Mark Zuckerberg made Facebook lucrative enough that over 2 billion new internet users have boarded the platform in the last 10 years.

On that note, Mark Carney - the governor of the Bank of England - made a speech at the Deutsche Bundesbank G20 conference this week where he spoke about some of the considerations the Bank makes when deciding whether something like blockchain should be brought into its regulatory perimeter.

Would stores continue to mark down prices and make the whole holiday really all about consumerism, without the veil of religion that it's hid under for decades?

Talking about where you go after death doesn't matter nearly as much as what you'll leave behind — how you've made your mark on the world.

In the NRSV, which my denomination uses, and as also used the by the SBC, states a little better: «You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord» Please note: there are two separate items and the part about tattoo is upon you not the dead.

With respect to Luke 4:18, the reference to the poor in this passage is not part of the general message about Jesus turning his back on his home town as found in Mark, Matthew, John, Thomas and Luke 4: 16 - 17, 19 - 30 making Luke 4; 18 historically unreliable.

Mark Greene, executive director of the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity (LICC) tells a story about an office worker who took the time to find out what kind of tea people liked to drink, and when she next made the tea she produced bags of each kind of tea.

After the interpretation of this parable, Mark and Luke have the saying used by Matthew in the Sermon on the Mount about putting a lamp under a bushel or a bed (Mt 5:15; Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16), followed by the statement, «For there is nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light» (Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17).

I feel insecure about Arminianism, so I make Mark Driscoll the voice of Calvinism (making it easier to shoot down).