Sentences with phrase «big bad company»

For instance, hacking the big bad company's server from the thermostat is ridiculous but the film wants us to go along with it.

There are big bad companies who are spending A LOT of money on market research to find out what OUR CUSTOMERS are interested in.

How can you question the consensus when even the big bad companies are on board?

Not exact matches

Set in a fictional future where a single company looms, Big Brother — like, over all of Internet commerce and connection, the book presents an absolute worst - case scenario for our current mass - experiment in living online.

«Excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time.

Taking one for the team; bidding up and against your own best offer; sucking it up, and accepting a deal that you're not sure the company can afford — these are bad choices and consistent signals that there're bigger issues and problems coming.

As many small companies know, a big order can come as both good news and bad.

It's not a bad idea, if Twitter could figure out all the particulars — a big if for a company that hasn't proved especially adept at particulars.

In the current challenging economic environment, a company's worst - case scenarios might include the bankruptcy of its biggest and once - best customer, a banker's decision to close down its corporate credit line, the postponement or cancellation of an impending initial public offering, or the meltdown of a company's value.

How could a gig at the biggest, most ambitious tech company on the planet possibly be bad?

In a world where big business is often marked as self - serving bad guys, companies are looking for ways to remove themselves from the stigma and reach out to their communities and the world.

When I came to Silicon Valley, being a big company was bad.

That year, 2007, was about the worst year to invest in any public U.S. company, especially big ones.

They built this amazing company and were so successful where they created a category that Silicon Valley's biggest, baddest and most well - financed and smartly run companies want to get into and dominate.

So while a firm like NEA may not have a woman at the table when the big decisions are being made, there is an argument that it can afford the infrastructure needed to stem bad behavior, both at its portfolio companies and within its own ranks.

Casual observers might be scratching their heads at news that, at first glance, would suggest the world's biggest tech company had a bad day despite releasing earnings many companies would be proud to call their own.

On Cyber Monday 2011, the biggest shopping day of its breakout year, the apparel company Bonobos confirmed its worst fear: Its e-commerce systems were not able to handle heavy traffic.

They're the four big pitfalls that can trip up any leader and lead to bad decisions that can sink a company.

As a kicker, Munger said the big difference between the two companies was their CEOs — Valeant's Michael Pearson was far worse than ITT's leader.

To win the other half of the battle, you need to understand what are big companies bad at — moving and iterating quickly, being aggressive and making decisions.

Indeed, I suggested Microsoft might kill the whole bad idea and refrain from releasing the device altogether, but sure enough the company soldiered on, only to see the Pro become a big flop, mainly because it delivered none of what people wanted in a tablet — lightness, low price and good battery life, all of which were ironically established by Apple.

On the one hand, growth is good, and it's not a bad strategy and works for some companies, but if you look at the number of companies with terminal velocity, that have become big, iconic brands, it is so rare.

I wrote an improvement of Alicia's email based on these concepts: — specificity of: target b2b and expected results — be educational with numbers and reference to a case study — do nt talk bad about outbound marketing, but tell him how to do it better — write even shorter to the point — social proof: drop big companies of other industries — scarcity: this email is sent to 10 competitors but we only work with the first per city

If you hold yourself to the standard of making a product that is so good people spontaneously recommend it to their friends, and you have an easy - to - understand business model where you make more than you spend on each user, and it gets better not worse as you get bigger, you may not look like some of hottest companies of today, but you'll look a lot like Google and Facebook.

[42:14] Tony explains the questions to ask an advisor, to ensure they're truly on your side [42:28] 60 % of people surveyed today say they believe their financial advisor is putting the company interests above their own — it's actually worse than they believe [42:45] Why Tony has chosen to support Peter and his firm, Creative Planning [43:33] How you can get a second opinion from Peter's firm, Creative Planning, through their website (www.GetASecondOpinion.com)-- it doesn't matter how much or little you have, they'll give you feedback [44:00] Tony's biggest challenge when writing his first book, and how it brought him to Peter Mallouk [44:30] Peter explains the process Creative Planning went through to open their services to people at the $ 100,000 level, and how offering this extensive range of services to people at this level is unprecedented

A lot of non-profits are badly positioned to solve big scalable, global problems, while tech companies are.

The reason this is bad is because no one really talks about all of the companies that didn't do well, so you're left with a false hope that you too can create the next big company.

Tesla Inc.'s bonds TSLA, -5.55 % fell sharply in early trade Thursday, a day after the company reported its biggest - ever loss and Chief Executive Elon Musk irked analysts and investors on an earnings call described variously as «feisty,» «odd,» «very, very bad,» and «truly bizarre.»

Well just this morning I was listen to CBC's Information Morning radio show (Young Halifax filmmaker gets big break with Einstein) according to the filmmaker on the topic of Einstein, in the interview he suggests, this perspective of» working backwards» is how Einstein thought... not bad «likeminded» company to find yourself in!

The risk of shorting a single stock, bad as it might be, is that it can be bought out by a bigger company and as a result the stock price will move against you.

Senior executives at China's Big Four state - owned banks say regulators are also exploring ways for banks to exchange bad loans for equity in certain too - big - to - fail companies — a potentially controversial step that they say could saddle banks with near - worthless stock and squeeze their liquidiBig Four state - owned banks say regulators are also exploring ways for banks to exchange bad loans for equity in certain too - big - to - fail companies — a potentially controversial step that they say could saddle banks with near - worthless stock and squeeze their liquidibig - to - fail companies — a potentially controversial step that they say could saddle banks with near - worthless stock and squeeze their liquidity.

A Five Year Deal in Quebec No one claims that Hydropothecary Corp (OTCMKTS: HYYDF, CVE: THCX) is the biggest or baddest marijuana company around.

«You can not just say all Americans are bad, but I can understand when people hate big companies.»

One bad set of results for a company can suggest a bigger picture view of the sector and thus affect the share price of all companies in that sector.

Uber is facing a similar lawsuit from its drivers, but a quirk in the litigation could make the outcome way worse for the world's biggest ride - hail company.

Deborah Knight, AFR Sunday: Australia's largest listed wine company, Treasury Wine Estates, has run into trouble in one of its biggest markets and it couldn't have come at a worst time.

When «Big Food» became «bad food,» clean label grew from trend to consumer norm very quickly and has dramatically influenced the way companies market and sell foods and dietary supplements.

The cynical view, of course, is that Abdul - Jabbar is playing just for the money, both to cover the $ 9 million he lost in bad business deals (SI, Oct. 19, 1987) and to fulfill his contractual obligations with the electronics company and athletic wear company that are paying him big bucks to endorse their products.

Indeed, many of the biggest online sportsbooks offer worse odds than their competitors — they're able to do so because they spend more money on marketing and customer service (that gambling company in Finland, by the way, is one of the biggest spenders on advertising overall in the country!).

It's the big, bad formula companies and their product I hate!»

[Baby Milk Action comment: Nestlé is a greater source of violations in IBFAN's monitoring than any other company, with the possible exception of its main rival, Danone, the second biggest company — see, who is the worst].

In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.

Hundreds of millions in new tax breaks for big companies and Wall Street won't help New York's economy, but it will make our worst - in - the - nation inequality even worse,» said Michael Kink of Strong Economy for All.

Looks like the big bad energy companies are next.

The tirade sounded a little like a rock band rehashing its greatest hits: «knock the hell out of ISIS,» «take care of our vets,» «we don't win anymore,» «we're bringing companies back to the United States,» «take the oil,» «I will beat Hillary so bad,» «the press is so dirty» — and the biggest crowd - pleaser of all --» we are going to build a wall.»

The world's biggest car companies are now taking autonomous cars seriously — and that spells bad news for Google's hopes of leading the way

They said companies who can save a small percentage of time and personnel expense in avoiding bad code early in the process could yield big results down the road.

We expected a lot of push back from big companies but it wasn't that bad.

A big part of being professional is not bad mouthing or speaking poorly about other people or companies.

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