Sentences with phrase «big break into»

I was billing hourly at a good rate, I had a client who was willing to pay for me to pull out all the stops, and I felt like this was my big break into the world of busy, important litigators.

Speaking of ovals, an Albion College internship at Michigan International Speedway in 2001 marked my big break into this business, and I've attended races at Le Mans, Daytona, Indianapolis, and Eldora, as well as Bandimere Speedway, an awesome drag strip near Denver that I frequented in my previous job as a PR guy for Team Mopar and writer for Mopar Magazine.

This should be her big break into mainstream entertainment.

Will Rinku and Dinesh be prepared for their big break into the majors or will J.B.'s inability to put fun before business ruin them all?

After a series of horror shorts, director Fede Alvarez was finally given his big break into feature length filmmaking by being tasked with reworking the cult classic horror Evil Dead.

Together with moderator Bryan Fuller (creator, Pushing Daisies; producer, Heroes), the panelists will discuss their respective projects, the pivotal director / composer relationship, and how they got their big break into the music composing industry.

Together they will discuss their respective projects and how they got their big break into the music composing industry.

State university officials have called off negotiations with Don Peebles, the Florida developer who hoped to make his big break into the New York market with the nearly $ 1 billion development of Long Island College Hospital.

Not exact matches

If you're trying to break into the big leagues, here's a checklist of what to do.

To understand why, and why allowing T - Mobile to acquire Sprint would be a big problem for consumers, we need to understand what makes it so hard to for even giant, well - funded companies with recognized brand names to break into the wireless market.

Or break down some of the bigger to - dos into smaller items and do those.

Instead of one big $ 1.5 million prize, Callaway should have broken that up into several hundred or even a thousand «priceless» prizes that appeal directly to their core target audience.

The company broke into the U.S. in a big way by handling the master plan for Universal Studios in Orlando, followed by a Six Flags amusement park in Texas.

Psychology breaks down personality into five major components, referred to as the «Big Five.»

Breaking into a field dominated by big companies with long government contracts is tough to do.

Sonnenfeldt breaks them down into five distinct groups in his book «Think Bigger: And 39 Other Winning Strategies from Successful Entrepreneurs.»

If you find yourself with such a scenario, break down your BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) into smaller bites you can actually chew.

Today's guest column is a doubleheader: In part one, Fortune writer John Kell looks into why Big Food wants to play the VC game; in part two, Fortune writer Jen Wieczner breaks down the biggest IPO of the year: Snap Inc..

It's really hard to get noticed at South by Southwest because it's so big, but we broke into the top 20 most mentioned brands because of this one event.

When people are tackling big goals, they often get the same advice — break that huge, scary objective down into less terrifying baby steps.

Things like cohort marketing (the ability to break your audience into like - minded segments), behavioral targeting (targeting based on customer actions) and sequencing (the ordering of campaigns to have the biggest impact) will be critical to your marketing campaign success.

From the start, Barton loved consulting — breaking big problems down into their smallest components, then peering at them closely, first - hand, before building back up to a solution.

Secunda grumbled about how much Bloomberg was spending to break into the new market in a big way, rather than targeting a small niche.

Isle of Man - based GVC, which has grown rapidly into one of Britain's biggest online gambling companies, and high street - based Ladbrokes held talks about a deal earlier this year but they broke down without agreement.

«We take big AI ideas and then break them down into smaller pieces to create concepts and align them to industries that can benefit from visualizing this innovation.»

When we were finally able to design packaging and try to break into the big markets, we demonstrated our original packaging as part of our presentation.

«We have so many large suppliers, it would be difficult for a small company like Big Bang to break into these categories if they were not unique,» says Steve Fife, a vice-president of merchandising at Galyan's Trading Co. «They are one of the more innovative companies out there.»

The point of this exercise, Brown stresses, is to be take a big, nebulous concept like trust and break it down into more easily actionable components.

So, rather than focusing on a large, scary goal, take one thing at a time, and break the big goal into ideas you can digest one at a time.»

Over time, I found that when I broke down big projects into less formidable pieces and put them on my to - do list, the work actually got done — no exclamation marks required.

One of China's biggest internet companies wants break into the U.S. gaming market with a little help from the company behind «Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.»

The Inc. archive holds a wealth of strategies for growing and breaking into bigger markets.

Like many celebrities hoping to break into fashion, Avril Lavigne partnered with a big national retailer when she launched her Abbey Dawn clothing line in 2008.

When seated he leans forward when he gets to a big point the way we do when we are fired up, and he is great at breaking complex information into the magical 3s: Three points provide a verbal agenda, making it easy for everyone to follow and remember.

While online marketplaces aren't making a big impact on the income streams of established freelancers, they do serve as a way to break into independent work, the report suggests.

When we begin our journey as entrepreneurs, we always hope for that one big break that will catapult us into the stratosphere and eternal business success.

Breaking your big goals down into smaller steps will make even the biggest goals achievable.

For the past few years, the industry has been working hard to break into China — the biggest lobster market in the world — to offset declining sales in the United States.

For example, if you have a big project to complete, try breaking it down into «completable» sections.

For big companies, entrepreneurs, and investors alike, it's essential to stay ahead of fast - breaking trends: for many, attending Brainstorm TECH can make the difference between finding a competitive edge or being disrupted into oblivion.

Similarly, some will point to high levels of inflation, but breaking China inflation down into food, non food and housing (see chart below; white line - food, orange line - non food, yellow line - rents), a big part of non-food makes it pretty clear that food is beginning to turn for its own reasons, while house prices and rents really are falling out of bed.

Tax Coordinated Portfolios on the other hand places assets that will be taxed highly into your IRAs which have big tax breaks, while placing assets that have lower taxes in your standard taxable accounts.

For big companies, entrepreneurs, and investors alike, it's essential to stay ahead of these fast - breaking trends: for many, attending Brainstorm TECH can make the difference between finding a competitive edge or being disrupted into oblivion.

The second ticker on our «official» watchlist going into today, $ QTWW, is consolidating in a tight range on the weekly chart, after breaking out from a tight range on big volume a few weeks ago.

Foster says, «My biggest «hack» for productivity is to break a task into the small piece that's actionable.

Breaking down this large, complicated task into specific, actionable steps makes the process less stressful and increases the likelihood that you won't forget something important — causing big problems down the line.

The three discuss new Ag Tech applications, approaches to big data, supply chain transparency, and other hot topics of interest to anyone looking to break into the space — or consumers who are interested in learning where their food comes from and what to expect in the future.

Fifty - five years later, the 25 % «chicken tax» is why the Big Three have morphed into lucrative pickup - truck companies attached to semi-embarrassing sedan businesses that barely break even.

Breaking out of the corporate bubble and venturing into the world of entrepreneurdom is a big move.

And, if you are using big numbers to which some people can not relate (for example, when describing potential income gains), you might test using a more realistic number with which the reader can identify; or break it up into weekly or monthly amounts.