Sentences with phrase «at being successful as»

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In the article, a man with a red tie at a black - tie event was viewed as being more successful than the others.

I'm at the Successful Online Business Conference — better known as SOBCon — in Chicago right now.

Laloux said that he finds the situation at Zappos to be especially interesting, because while he's studied some very successful self - managed companies around the world and across varied industries, there's never been an attempt by a company as large as Zappos at making a transition to becoming one.

«Skylanders: Swap Force was the most successful game sold at Toys R Us last year and biggest action figure line, as well.»

As attorney Ron Goldie says: «The sign of a successful entrepreneur is that he or she is the decision - maker, but I think it's imperative that entrepreneurs have at least one professional who knows everything there is to know — one who can give them an independent assessment of the obstacles ahead.

Thanks to Barcelona's many attractions as a place to live, including its healthy economy, cosmopolitan vibe, and rich cultural life, the city's startup scene has been impressively successful at attracting and retaining talent.

«At the end of the day, I've been very fortunate to have been as successful as I have been for the last 22 years in digital marketing.

Just as you improve your tennis game by competing with better players, so too will you become better at your enterprise by interacting with people who are already successful.

With the exception of the first two, his words do not appear to cut cruel; indeed, one has a sense these are well - used lines he might employ in his other career: as a successful, in - demand motivational speaker, giving at least 30 speeches every year, here in Canada and around the world.

«All of these count,» Baum says, adding that it also helps to have a highly successful, savvy entrepreneur such as Elon Musk, who's been active creating industry - changing start - ups as diverse as Paypal and SpaceX, at the helm.

«What we found after eight seasons at Shark Tank,» he said, «is the businesses that continue to be successful are the ones that looked at our money as the start and not the goal.

Or as the APS puts it, «If one starts at the end goal, the assumption is that efforts were successful to get there, while moving from the present to the future doesn't necessarily assume success, and forces the goal setter to think through obstacles that might prevent it from happening.»

She recommends taking a more open - ended approach, and looking at the many ways the staff job you have now can set you up as a successful entrepreneur, as well as the ways having been an entrepreneur can set you up to be successful in case you decide to return to working for someone else.

As guidance, then, perhaps it's helpful to examine the tangible ways one very successful company manages its millennial employees: Let's take a look at Facebook.

«I've been successful in my career at constraining problems, at keeping them as manageable as possible,» says Eberhard, who sold his previous company, e-book manufacturer NuvoMedia, to Gemstar, in 2000, for $ 187 million.

The market didn't crash, as some had feared, and the drop in sales shows the tax was successful at «squeezing out some of the excess demand,» says Caranci at TD.

M&A will never be 100 % successful and we learn from every deal we do, and so not to pick on any specific deal, but I've learned, based on relative success of deals we've done in the past, is making sure the key leaders at the company share a vision with the founder, making sure the strategy drives the M&A, as opposed to the M&A driving the strategy, and making sure we have good support mechanisms for these companies after they come in.

Perceived by many as one of the truly successful social media social entrepreneurs, Harrison and charity: water views it with a basic mindset: you need to be everywhere your donors are, and provide them value at every touch point.

It's the best way for me to really learn what is going on personally and professionally and how I can help them be more successful, or what we can do better at as a broader company.»

Our family is as close as ever and feels great collective satisfaction at having been part of building a successful business.

Christoph Randler, a biology professor at the University of Education in Heidelberg, Germany, found that morning people are often more successful than evening people because, as a group, they tend to be proactive.

I remember many year ago, when I was starting out as an entrepreneur, reading about many successful entrepreneurs who had ADD, or at least thought they did, and feeling left out, almost jealous.

At Doral [in Miami], as an example, our «Blue Monster» course opened up, and I'm getting $ 475 a round, it's just been so successful.

Ma, who served on Liaoning's People's Congress before resigning at the weekend, is described by Chinese media as the most successful businessperson in Dandong involved in cross-border trade with North Korea.

Successful people understand this, and are extremely efficient with email, which means their first 10 minutes of the day may simply mean a quick scan and prioritizing of emails to answer later as part of your pre-planned day — not necessarily diving into the entire mass at once.

This, I think, was the linchpin that made selling my business as successful as it was — it's one thing that I had my own plan, but it was just as important that my plan was supported by those at headquarters.

After taking over as CEO from Michael Eisner in 2005, Iger's tenure at the head of the company has been marked by a string of successful acquisitions that bolstered Disney's movie business, including purchases of Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm.

«At the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Duckworth and her team studied what separates successful 7th grade students from those who weren't doing as well.

The online campaign, which Cowell described as «stupid» and «cynical» at the time, was ultimately successful.

Part of what I tried to get at in my first post about the New York Times piece was that Amazon isn't all that different from many other successful technology companies, such as Apple or Google or Facebook.

Big Idea: Likely to be looking for a new role now that she will be stepping down from Shine, the independent TV production company she founded after a successful but tempestuous spell as No. 2 at her father's U.K. satellite broadcaster BSkyB and then sold to 21st Century Fox in 2011; now being merged with Big Brother - maker Endemol and American Idol producer Core Media; seen as more business - proven than Lachlan and not phone hacking - tainted like James.

Making friends at the office can be intimidating because you're all working to impress your superiors, as well as make the company more successful.

According to Vaynerchuk, to be successful at social media, brands need to think of it not as a sprint, but as a marathon.

The company continues to be successful at drawing new paid subscribers even as the consumption habits of its audience shift.

As for satellite and terrestrial radio, it's worth a quick look at the historical context: SiriusXM (siri) has built itself into a massive and successful satellite radio company, and I celebrate its success (as we recently did hereAs for satellite and terrestrial radio, it's worth a quick look at the historical context: SiriusXM (siri) has built itself into a massive and successful satellite radio company, and I celebrate its success (as we recently did hereas we recently did here).

While a 2005 study found 96 % of managers at U.S. companies self - identify as extroverts, there's a long list of successful CEOs — individuals like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos — who value quiet reflection over social stimulation.

As successful as he's been at creating an iconic — though mildly sleazy — brand, he's proven to be an erratic, free - spending CEAs successful as he's been at creating an iconic — though mildly sleazy — brand, he's proven to be an erratic, free - spending CEas he's been at creating an iconic — though mildly sleazy — brand, he's proven to be an erratic, free - spending CEO.

As Zillow Group and multiple listing services (MLSs) have been scrambling to come to terms over direct feed agreements ahead of today's deadline, a couple of deals — one successful and one unsuccessful — show what's at stake for brokers and MLSs.

At Franklin Templeton we recognize, as did the engineers at NASA in the 1960s and 1970s, that risk management is central to any successful outcomAt Franklin Templeton we recognize, as did the engineers at NASA in the 1960s and 1970s, that risk management is central to any successful outcomat NASA in the 1960s and 1970s, that risk management is central to any successful outcome.

Lady Kirke was a remarkable individual as she managed affairs at the Pool Plantation and became one of the most successful merchants on the English Shore — and was almost certainly North America's first and foremost woman entrepreneur.

As I explored in my opening keynote talk at Content Marketing World — and in this follow - up blog post — one of the biggest differences we see between marketers who are top performers and those who aren't is level of commitment: 91 % of top performers are extremely or very committed to content marketing, compared to 63 % of the overall sample and 35 % of the bottom performers (those who characterized their overall content marketing approach as minimally or not at all successfulAs I explored in my opening keynote talk at Content Marketing World — and in this follow - up blog post — one of the biggest differences we see between marketers who are top performers and those who aren't is level of commitment: 91 % of top performers are extremely or very committed to content marketing, compared to 63 % of the overall sample and 35 % of the bottom performers (those who characterized their overall content marketing approach as minimally or not at all successfulas minimally or not at all successful).

It's also very useful for brands that post content more than once throughout the year (which we find very successful here at Buffer with our Rebuffer tool) as it helps to avoid duplicating poor - performing content.

But as long as CEOs believe they need to put in long hours at the office to make their companies successful, their employees can expect to be there, too.

A significant portion of these claims appear to be of a speculative nature and, while providing windfall revenues to businesses and consultants when their claims are successful, they are, at most, of questionable value as incentives for the claimed SR&ED.

Aruma was successful in receiving Exploration Incentive Scheme funding for a 1,200 m deep diamond hole at the Glandore Gold Project (as well as 500m elsewhere).

Investors are exiting as the U.S. government intensifies its probe of insider trading at the Stamford, Connecticut - based firm, once one of the most successful in the hedge - fund industry, with returns averaging 25 percent since 1992.

As a somewhat recent college grad who vividly remembers what it's like scraping together part - time income just to have something to invest, I'm hoping I'll be a little more successful at showing you how to invest with little money, than the 60 year - old bankers explaining credit default swaps to fresh faced new hires.

And all this avalanche was caused by a not very successful attempt by a porn actress Stormy Daniel to make a photo robot of a man who allegedly threatened her and her daughter if she did not give up attempts to cancel the agreement between her and Donald Trump, forbidding her to publish memories of their not quite platonic relationships, at the time in his life, when he could not imagine himself as President of the United States even in his worst nightmare.

Over the past decade immigrants have arrived in Canada better educated and at similar stages in their careers as those born in Canada, but evidence suggests that they have been less successful than earlier waves of immigrants.

Exercise, even very little of it at a time, appears to slow aging at the cellular level — so much so that, if it could be bottled as a drug, it would be the most successful pharmaceutical ever developed.