Sentences with phrase «as small groups in»

We tend to forget that movements start locally, as small groups in many communities begin to create communications networks to exchange ideas and to support one another.

The early Christians lived as a small group in a volatile pluralistic world.

The peer - coaching network started as a small group in 2013 and quickly expanded in size.

Not exact matches

CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one - year program at a fascinating and precarious time in U.S. - China relations.

The U.S. Small Business Administration, widely considered near useless to high - tech startups, has made two efforts in as many weeks to woo this innovative group of entrepreneurs.

It was the NDP leader's first major speech to the industry since winning the provincial election in May; although prior to Oct. 9 she had consulted with individuals and small groups, she'd yet to speak directly to the sector as one entity.

Now that the link's been established in this small group, the researchers noted, more research needs to be done to explore the neurological component of the condition, as well as follow - up monitoring to see how the condition plays out as the children grow up.

Again, Zuckerberg has gestured to this idea, adopting «meaningful groups» as another of his new totem - phrases, and suggesting that the solution lies in Facebook's hosting a constellation of smaller overlapping social networks, each of which can set its own standards.

Health Care: «I don't think there is much doubt as to where Senator Clinton is on the issue of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, VirgSmall Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virgsmall - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virginia.

But small business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Business and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are vocal opponents, and have lobbied extensively to fight the passage of wage reform bills in Congress.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

A small group of students is selected to staff the company, just as in any private firm.

The managers were then grouped into small task forces around these goals where they worked directly with an executive to create solutions to these problems, which ranged from HR initiatives (resulting in things like new performance review methods and a new attendance system) to customer - level projects (such as a customer referral program).

Choosing Melisa Cowden's business plan from among 400 entries as winner of Mentor Communications Group and Entrepreneur.com's «Win Your Own Small Business Contest» might not have been the easiest choice in the world, but she sure did make it easier.

As a backstop, he applied and received a $ 15,000 loan from Whidbey Island Local Lending (WILL), a group that matches local investors with local small businesses in search of funding.

Connect with other startups or local groups to find some solid recommendations, as there are a number of small law firms that specialize in startups.

TriNet, for example, recommends the «Situational Leadership» framework, in which a small group of employees identified as potential leaders meets regularly to discuss «what would you do if» scenarios.

New decisions start off in small, relatively specialized groups that spring up informally within the community as needed.

As a startup, we made a commitment to a small group of investors to do certain things and run the business in certain ways.

Intrepid tour operator Travel The Unknown offers immersive itineraries such as hugely popular North Ethiopia in small groups of up to 12 led, by a guide.

A spate of hotels aims to make loyalty programs more valuable to customers more quickly — immediately, in some cases — with little extras such as coffee and the morning news (Omni Resorts & Hotels), free WiFi (InterContinental Hotels Group), free WiFi and health club admission (Fairmont Hotels & Resorts) and room upgrades (Small Luxury Hotels of the World).

At a conference in December, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said HuffPost lost money in 2014 as a result of the international launches, even though the Brand Group as a whole turned a small profit.

As a small group, we would face a whopping 30 to 40 percent increase in health care costs for 2014.

For example, since joining the Osborne Group two years ago, John Bielby has conducted two assignments as interim chief operating officer for small manufacturing companies, applying years of experience garnered in high - level permanent roles at larger manufacturers.

Property developer and fund manager Aspen Group has revealed around $ 95 million in writedowns in its upcoming full - year results, but has reassured investors that its operating profit will only take a small hit as a result.

Most community groups never get beyond small local actions and, even when a spark catches fire, as in the case of the Occupy movement, it often seems to fizzle out almost as fast.

As I sat down to record some of the day's happenings there was a small group of students who came outside to watch what was happening in their parking lot as almost 200 volunteers worked together to build a new playground for theAs I sat down to record some of the day's happenings there was a small group of students who came outside to watch what was happening in their parking lot as almost 200 volunteers worked together to build a new playground for theas almost 200 volunteers worked together to build a new playground for them.

She is active in numerous outside groups and shareholder coalitions focusing on responsible investment practices including the Investor Network on Climate Risk and the United Nations backed Principles for Responsible Investment, for which she served as the Co-Chair of the Small Funds Initiative Work Stream.

In the case of the NEOs who head significant business segments, the Committee also compares compensation data for these positions against the pay for CEOs of smaller companies, as the size and complexity of certain of those business segments are similar in size and complexity to several of HP's peer group companieIn the case of the NEOs who head significant business segments, the Committee also compares compensation data for these positions against the pay for CEOs of smaller companies, as the size and complexity of certain of those business segments are similar in size and complexity to several of HP's peer group companiein size and complexity to several of HP's peer group companies.

Group dynamics, reports EHS Today, especially impact sick leave in smaller offices, such as via «presenteesim,» a term describing the act of coming to work despite illness.

Hensley owns and operates a small financial services firm in Avon that bears his name, and he said he tries very hard to do business with locally owned companies, such as the Mitchell Auto Group.

Warren Buffett, who passed on the chance to buy $ 5 billion of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. shares at below - market prices, said he's taking a smaller stake in the bank as he focuses on his top holdings.

The group ebbed and flowed, breaking into smaller circles as it moved to different venues in downtown Las Vegas, many of which Hsieh had personally funded through Downtown Project, and converged at the park just before the stroke of midnight, when Hsieh would begin celebrating his 41st birthday.

However, van Houten said on a call with the media that Philips» results would be barely affected as the business's revenue — at around 300 million euros a year - was small in the context of the group's top line of 24.5 billion euros for 2016.

Prior to this role Stuart was a Portfolio Manager in the Global Active Quantitative Equity Team where his responsibilities included management of the global and international small cap strategies, coordination with the European team across all group strategies as well as research within the team.

Mr. Kogan said the messages were kept securely in his university lab, known as the Cambridge Prosociality and Well - Being Lab, and access was restricted to a small group of people.

SVN began in 1987 as a small group of value - oriented entrepreneurs and leaders who gathered for a meeting at Gold Lake Ranch in Colorado.

2) Because of this performance streak in small and mid-cap stocks (which make up the majority of stocks, but not the majority of market cap), breadth measures based solely on advance - decline statistics have not yet picked up the deterioration in sponsorship that's evident if we examine other market internals such as industry group action, interest - sensitive securities, and trading volume; and,

ActionCOACH specializes in coaching small to medium sized businesses as well as executive teams and group coaching.

In addition to larger groups, Newsweek pointed Facebook to a list of eight different smaller groups with names as explicit as Death to Islam that regularly promoted violent imagery directed as Muslims on Facebook.

Buffett, who has argued that investors — both small and large — would be better off putting money in low - cost index funds, wrote in his 2005 shareholder letter that active management professionals (hedge funds), as a group, would underperform the returns achieved «by rank amateurs who simply sat still.»

As I noted in my previous post, our personal portfolios returned 9.5 % over the year, dragged down by losses in Loblaws (TSX: L, down 10 %), CGI Group (TSX: GIB.A, down 9 %), EPCOR Power (TSX: EP.UN, down 7.5 %) and a few other small - cap names.

The fact that none of these family offices reported targeting direct or co-investments above $ 5 million is also telling, as these California family offices unanimously prefer to make minority and small - to - middle - market deals, rather than executing some of the large deals that have been done by family offices and co-investment groups in recent years.

In a 15 - minute, closed - door meeting in Shanghai that included Alibaba Group CEO Jonathan Lu, COO Daniel Zhang, and British Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood, Cameron and Ma were said to have discussed ways to raise the profiles of British brands and small businesses with Chinese consumers, as well as strategies for increasing bilateral trade and investment in the U.In a 15 - minute, closed - door meeting in Shanghai that included Alibaba Group CEO Jonathan Lu, COO Daniel Zhang, and British Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood, Cameron and Ma were said to have discussed ways to raise the profiles of British brands and small businesses with Chinese consumers, as well as strategies for increasing bilateral trade and investment in the U.in Shanghai that included Alibaba Group CEO Jonathan Lu, COO Daniel Zhang, and British Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood, Cameron and Ma were said to have discussed ways to raise the profiles of British brands and small businesses with Chinese consumers, as well as strategies for increasing bilateral trade and investment in the U.in the U.K.

The online Oxford dictionary defines guerilla as: «A member of a small, independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger, regular forces.»

A newer project gives away a small amount of tokens to enthusiasts in exchange for as little as joining their Telegram group or email list.

In what was billed as the first open - air marketplace for bitcoin, a small group of traders gathered in a New York City park on Monday to trade the.In what was billed as the first open - air marketplace for bitcoin, a small group of traders gathered in a New York City park on Monday to trade the.in a New York City park on Monday to trade the...

While pursuing his BBA in Finance and Economics as a Williams Scholar, Sam co-founded ACE * Bishop's Consulting Group where he worked with small businesses helping raise capital, advising acquisitions, and developing growth strategies.

As president of Professional Diversity Network (PDN), Star is among the youngest of a small group of African - American women to lead a public company in the US.

Hence, if we look at the world of altcoins today, you would find that every single one has a small group of people actively marketing it, promoting it, writing ridiculously overhyped nonsensical puff pieces about it in the press, as well as coding it and mining it.