So, my kids
are in good company when we are home visiting.
Retailers need to make customers feel that they're in good company when they buy a given product.
While it might be a stretch to call Melania Trump a genius, she certainly
is in good company when it comes to speakers at political events digging a bit too deep into the well of previous great orations when crafting their own speeches.
I take this responsibility seriously, so I know I'm in good company when I spend time with my friend John Durant, one of the 100 Most Influential People in the health world.
You'll
be in good company when you do.
I know
I am in good company when I say, I love Ikea!
Not exact matches
Without giving away any trade secrets, a
good CPA will tell you
when certain financial ratios or metrics
are better or worse than similar
companies in their stead.
When companies are unnecessarily strict
in requiring documentation for bereavement and medical leave, it leaves a sour taste
in the mouths of employees who deserve
better.
But just because a
company has the technical ability to use facial recognition — as an example — it
's not necessarily something that
's in their
best interest
when it comes to building trust with consumers.
When the company rolled out its app platform in 2007, the company explained to users that when they installed an app they'd be able to share not only their own information, but that of their friends as well, he s
When the
company rolled out its app platform
in 2007, the
company explained to users that
when they installed an app they'd be able to share not only their own information, but that of their friends as well, he s
when they installed an app they'd
be able to share not only their own information, but that of their friends as
well, he said.
It has become not just a
company extremely admirable
in its growth, but,
well, the very model for how to do things
when you
're scaling a
company.
Building consensus may work
well in small
companies, but not
in large enterprises
when multiple vice-presidents
are involved.
Companies in these segments still
were standing and history showed they did
well when the value of the currency declined.
They
're looking for the
best price, but if the lawn care
company knows the pain point of needing to get this done
in one day, they can use that to their advantage
when negotiating price.
Oh, the
company must
be nostalgic for those times,
when the only things journalists discussed
were the
company's huge profits and its ability to make anyone's butt look
good in a pair of yoga pants.
The world's largest publicly - traded oil and gas
company by market value has ridden out a collapse
in crude prices
better than most, its vertically - integrated model allowing downstream businesses to capture the value that upstream operations lose
when oil prices
are low.
When a customer has a negative experience with a
company or product and you do a
good job of resolving it, they
are more loyal than if nothing had gone wrong
in the first place.
According to Hsieh's philosophy, employees perform
best when they
're happy, and letting them comfortably express themselves
in a fun way results
in a stronger
company.
In today
's world, even a really
well - funded startup
company will have trouble competing
when it
's up against a «super-have»
company backed by a mega-fund.
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.
Even
when there
is a
good fit between sponsor and event, it
is still vital for a
company to promote the event and its involvement
in order to gain benefits.
He wrote that both Combs and Weschler, who Buffett has indicated
are likely to take over managing the bulk of Berkshire's massive stock market portfolio
when he leaves the
company, had «handily» beaten the market, as
well as Buffett's own performance, for the second year
in a row.
«You can imagine a scenario where this mishap led to a hiring that
was long overdue, and the
company is in a
better position
when that hire
is in place,» Martino says, calling the negative publicity a «body blow.»
As a
company that exports over $ 20 billion of American made goods to the world, I believe we
are best served
when we constructively engage with leaders
in the United States and around the world.
«If you
are displaced or the needs of your job and your
company have changed,» said Weiner, «you
're in a much
better position to re-skill and learn new jobs
when you already have that strong foundation
in place.»
When he
's not pretending to
be sneezed on, Holiday
is the marketing strategist for American Apparel, the made -
in - the - U.S.A. clothing
company that has become
better known for its racy ads and the sexual harassment lawsuits levied against CEO Dov Charney than its workaday T - shirts.
Peters
was in a San Diego restaurant
when he overheard Olin Hyde, co-founder and CEO of Englue, explaining how his artificial intelligence product LeadCrunch could mine the web to uncover leads based on names of a
company's
best customers.
You know it
's good when the founder of the
company,
in this case Ken Austin, will personally sign the bottle for you.
KIND bars faced some problematic press
in 2015 as
well,
when a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said several of the
company's products weren't as healthy as advertised.
The takeover bid for Aquila Resources took an unexpected turn today
when a mystery buyer, believed to
be Mineral Resources, spent about $ 192 million buying a large stake
in the Perth
company, paying
well above the bid price.
What I've found
is that partnerships seem to work
well in startups, but lose their luster and even turn toxic
when a
company grows up.
«
When I
was 22 years old, a guy who owned a little bodega
in my neighborhood told me, «If you really want to start a
company, you
better dig under your couch for a couple of extra dollars, stop going out to dinner four times a month, trade
in your car for a cheaper one, and raise that $ 40,000 or $ 30,000, if you can, by yourself.»»
They
're in very
good company among our alums, and we look forward to shamelessly bragging, «We knew them
when.»
There will
be times
when you have to decide whether filling a customer's request
is in your
company's
best interests.
Three of us started the
company, we
were first time software entrepreneurs, we
were starting
in a difficult environment
in late 2000
when the Internet bubble had burst, we couldn't get funding, we
were working without salaries and having no financial cushion... but almost
in a linear fashion it just got
better and
better: more momentum, more customers,
better culture,
better technology.
He co-founded PayPal, the online payment processor that eBay bought
in 2002 for $ 1.5 billion, as
well as Zip2, a dot - com media
company that
was sold for $ 307 million
when he
was just 27.
When Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of electric - car
company Tesla, founded SpaceX back
in 2002, he probably didn't envision that his
company, which designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, would
be responsible for delivering
better coffee to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
Early on
in our history
when things weren't really going
well — we had hit a tough patch and a lot of people wanted to buy Facebook — I went and I met with Steve Jobs, and he said that to reconnect with what I believed
was the mission of the
company, I should go visit this temple
in India that he had gone to early
in the evolution of Apple,
when he
was thinking about what he wanted his vision of the future to
be... That reinforced to me the importance of what we
were doing, and that
is something I will always remember.
When you consider the full cost of hiring and firing employees — on top of the fact that it
's going to get harder and harder to find and keep top performers — nailing down your employment contracts could
be a huge factor
in how
well you or your
company fares
in the coming talent wars.
So how do the
best companies respond
when one of their own
is in the throes of an addiction?
When was the last time you sat on the phone with a customer service rep or stood
in the middle of a store, hoping someone would help you out, knowing full
well if no one responded gracefully, you'd
be done with that
company — for
good?
A
good PR
company is worth its weight
in gold, so it pays dividends to do your due diligence
when it comes time to bring one on board.
It
was Ronald Reagan who said «mistakes
were made»
when referring to the Iran - Contra scandal
in his 1987 State of the Union address, but Democrats and Republicans alike, as
well as some CEOs of Fortune 500
companies, have used this verbal dodge to escape responsibility.
So, wouldn't it
be nice if you at least knew how
well you
were doing
in comparison to other
companies when it comes to fostering innovation?
When looking at individual
companies, Tan feels a
good management team
is crucial
in these often unpredictable environments.
Coleman said he expects to meet again with the
company in the new year and he'll have a
better sense
when they
are prepared to make their final decision.
Christensen shows that
when leaders act
in their
company's
best short - term financial interests —
when they do exactly what they
're supposed to do — they tend to reject innovation and succumb to disruptive competitors.
Me: «You do realize my
company has over 200 offices
in 45 countries and has,
in fact, three offices
in India, maybe we should talk, may I can provide you services you don't need for 30 percent less» Him: «Great
when would
be a
good time to meet?»
When BambooHR started, the founders had the idea of a company where people might get a good work - life balance while still occasionally putting in extra time when a new release of the software is about to
When BambooHR started, the founders had the idea of a
company where people might get a
good work - life balance while still occasionally putting
in extra time
when a new release of the software is about to
when a new release of the software
is about to hit.
But
in a letter sent last month to CEOs of the S&P 500 and large
companies in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink criticized corporate leaders» use of share buybacks and dividends
when they might
be better served by investing
in «innovation, skilled workforces or essential capital expenditures necessary to sustain long - term growth.»