Sentences with phrase «business figures in»

Tony Blair and state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the deal following a meeting of the two leaders and key business figures in Long Beach.

Edmonton Oilers After years of owning and operating the Rexall chain of pharmacies in relative silence, Edmonton's Daryl Katz has emerged as one of the more boisterous business figures in Western Canada, first buying the Edmonton Oilers and now embarking on a massive new real - estate project to house them.

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According to The Future of Business survey conducted by Facebook in collaboration with the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 42 percent of businesses polled said that learning from one other is one of the main ways they figure out how to run a business in a mobile - first economy — second only to GoogBusiness survey conducted by Facebook in collaboration with the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 42 percent of businesses polled said that learning from one other is one of the main ways they figure out how to run a business in a mobile - first economy — second only to Googbusiness in a mobile - first economy — second only to Googling it.

And as a small business owner, you're likely concerned about a looming Congressional impasse, which could knock the wind out of the economy's momentum — shaving the country's economic output and your sales figures in the process.

Richard Branson is an iconic entrepreneurial figure, a high school drop - out whose knack for seizing opportunities, taking risks, spotting opportunities, and betting on himself and the people around him to build businesses in a variety of industries.

For instance, knowing the best times to deliver toilet paper rolls to businesses and figuring out the types of dispensers each business needed was difficult when his business partner was located in another state.

Fortunately, there are some tactics that business owners can employ to turn these figures around and engage fans who will be real, living, breathing people with an interest in whatever it is you're offering.

For one thing, the company selling the franchise has already invested in a brand people recognize regionally or nationally and in doing so has figured out a business strategy that has been proven to work.

Thomas Smale co-founded FE International in 2010, growing the business with zero funds from scratch to a seven - figure - a-year business.

Anyone doing business overseas has to figure out just how far to go in ensuring the legality (broadly speaking) of various aspects of their business.

Figure 1 — named one of Canadian Business's 15 most innovative companies of 2015 — has raised more than $ 10 million from investors in North America, and currently has 26 employees.

As rivals like McDonald's ramp up their own efforts to take over the $ 100 billion delivery business, it's about time that the chains made an investment in figuring out how to deliver fast food.

Early in his life, Tarkenton raised money for a business, often before figuring out how the business was going to generate revenue.

Roughly 80 % of startup owners have voluntarily left the cubicle and are pouring their energies into their own businesses, a much higher figure than during the jobless recoveries of the 1990s and 2000s, writes economist Benjamin Tal in a recent CIBC report.

«The sooner one figures that out in this business, the better.»

Look at Sears, Kmart and JC Penney, all three of which are in dire straits due to the fact that they have not been able to figure out how to adapt their business to modern shoppers» desires.

In fact, it's the mistakes that make you figure out ways to improve your business.

The model is apparently so enticing that Goldman won hundreds of clients and, the company says, nearly eight figures» worth of business in 2013, which was RelSci's first year since coming out of stealth mode.

The following questions will not only allow you to figure out if you can and should participate in the cannabis industry, but also shape your business going forward.

There's a reason that Netflix and Terminix have grown to become the dominant players in their respective industries: they've figured out how to turn their businesses into streams of predictable recurring revenue.

In the small business world, companies that can figure out how to take advantage of new technologies will outsmart and outpace competitors.

After an immigration application was rejected, Figure 1 hired a business development lead in New York and staffed up around that employee, wrote CEO Gregory Levey in an opinion piece last year.

A rare female business executive in the Middle East, she is a pioneering figure in her native Saudi Arabia.

The method for making DKI work extraordinarily well for your business lies in figuring out how to disguise them.

No dollar figure has been attached to the costs that will be borne by the brands, but according to labour advocacy groups they will be apportioned based on the amount of business each does in Bangladesh.

Would you like to work in a field where average salaries are in the six figures, the potential for raises and promotions is high, demand for employees far outstrips supply, and you can easily start your own business?

Once you have received a set of suggestions and you have figured out where the key issues are in your business, realistically study them to determine what adjustments will best suit your business.

Years later when she was in her 20s, that knack for imagination gave Corcoran the creative kick she needed to figure out how to navigate a business dilemma.

What happens to the company that Mike built when the crutch stops working as well as it has in the past, but those new businesses still haven't figured out how to survive on their own?

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, estimates that if Sandy had not happened, small business payrolls would have been roughly in line with the October figure of an adjusted 52,000 jobs.

«The key, in business and in leadership, is staying really close to the other people who kind of know what is going on so that it doesn't take you too long for you to figure that out.»

Given the way the business press covers Silicon Valley, it feels like we're in an explosive time for startups — but the actual figures show we're in a real and prolonged slump.

Relying almost exclusively on data - driven processes, Nguyenova is a proponent of continuous AB testing in multiple areas of the business (to quickly figure out what works and what doesn't), and encourages constant adaptability so startups never run the risk of going obsolete or succumbing to competition.

New franchisees in Cuba will likely be local entrepreneurs figuring out the ropes in a country still grappling with its approach to private business.

I told him, «You better figure out where is your value going to come in the business.»

Bosa has reported from events including the World Economic Forum in Davos and CeBIT in Germany and interviewed some of the world's key business figures including Richard Branson, James Gorman, Arianna Huffington, Bob Diamond and Bill McDermott.

Dig Deeper: Francisco Dao on making goals inspirational, not delusional Setting Business Goals: Create Short - Term Objectives Now that you've figured out what you want in the long term, you need to figure out how to get there.

Dr. Dre, 52, continued to dominate the business world in 2017 when he became the third richest figure in hip hop, according to Forbes magazine.

We talked to successful L.A. entrepreneurs to figure the best way to start a business in the land of the rich and famous.

He did not disclose an exact figure on the wearables business, but Maestri said wearables and home products accounted for 90 percent of growth in the «other products» category.

I've finally figured out why I like it so much, and why other apps like Hicphat and even Yammer are going to be the defacto messaging tools in business over the next 5 - 10 years.

Security and privacy go hand in hand, and Facebook will have to figure out how to balance the need for privacy and how their business model depends on access to as much data as possible.

Business moguls and political figures have achieved this in a few different ways.

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Either way, that «100,000 figure is pretty off the wall,» Mark Galeotti, a senior research fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague, told Business Insider in an email.

You'll have to figure out who are your target customers, solidify your plan (that you'll be prepared to alter at a moment's notice) andmake the business the # 1 priority in your life.

If you don't know what gives your new business an edge in the marketplace, here's how to figure out your unique strengths and tell others about them.

The market for the iPad and similar devices and, consequently, their ability to reach consumers, seems set for exponential growth, especially as universities, large businesses and government agencies begin figuring out how to use the tablets in their daily routines.

Once a business goal is in place, it's possible to tailor campaigns, keep tabs in real time and figure out what's working and what's not.

Banks and government data point to a recovery in small business loans since the recession, with loan figures nearly back to their 2008 levels.