Sentences with phrase «business model bill»

It's because in an Internet based business model, supported by the business model Bill describes, hit count rules.

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HuffPo has poached a number of Times staffers this year, and this past spring, former executive editor Bill Keller wrote a column trashing HuffPo's editorial strategy and business model.

The new chief executive of Uber Technologies appealed to Brazilian lawmakers in the country's capital on Tuesday to block elements of a bill he said threatened the ride - hailing app's business model, calling for more dialogue and sensible regulation.

Their model analyzes a business» payment performance (i.e., if it pays its bills on time) and gives it a numerical score from 1 to 100, with 100 signifying a perfect payment history.

«During the past decade, PepsiCo has become a role model for global companies by demonstrating that aligning business and societal interests is a recipe for strong financial results,» said Bill George, senior fellow, Harvard Businessbusiness and societal interests is a recipe for strong financial results,» said Bill George, senior fellow, Harvard BusinessBusiness School.

Billed by many on Wall St. as a financially inviable acquisition and «bailout» of a company bleeding cash to survive, Tesla began shifting SolarCity's business model almost immediately following its acquisition — shifting previously focused efforts on door - to - door sales and long term leases to sales of products with the highest profit margin.

Create new alliances and role models: One of the most interesting and visionary proposals during COP21 was Bill Gates» project, «Mission Innovation» supported by President Barack Obama as well as 20 countries and 38 prominent business leaders and investors.

SaaS businesses are becoming increasingly popular for online acquisition as, like subscription businesses, they typically employ a monthly or quarterly billing model and enjoy a strong amount of recurring income.

«Without venture - capital funding, not a lot of the fintechs have the business models to be profitable,» says Bill Sullivan, head of global financial services market intelligence at Capgemini.

Vanguard's business model does not contain an incentive to charge any more in fees than necessary to keep the company afloat and pay the bills.

As I wrote in my Personal Capital review after sitting down with CEO Bill Harris for 1.5 hours, I think the business model of leveraging technology to gather and manage assets is a no brainer.

It wasn't successful and they found themselves relegated with a big wage bill and unsustainable business model.

«Absent that, we'll move forward with a one - house bill just to get on the record the Senate is in favor of this kind of business model.»

«We have zero tolerance for these unscrupulous companies, whose business model is to prey on ratepayers with promises of lower energy costs only to deliver skyrocketing bills,» Cuomo said in a release from his office.

But since subscriber numbers may decrease if the access to journal information becomes free elsewhere, various publishers are thinking about changing their business model: instead of billing readers, they plan to bill authors, a practice that is already common in the form of page charges.

In 2014 the aforementioned names are to join the Wes Anderson fraternity — Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, among others all being potential role models for the newcomers to this wild and wacky world created by one of the most original filmmakers in the business today.

We have a business model and we've been preparing for it with a team but still the bill is not passed yet, and even if the bill is passed this year, the local government will decide opening the first around the end of 2019 or in early 2020.

The business model of this niche further baffles me by having the ability to feature recognizable music on the constant soundtrack: songs from the likes of Dean Martin, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Bill Withers, Foo Fighters, Santana, Randy Newman, and The Cure.

The Oregon bill establishes a pilot program to use trauma - informed practices in schools, utilizing national models and coordinating school - based resources (school health centers, nurses, counselors, and administrators) with the efforts of coordinated - care organizations, public health, nonprofits, the justice system, businesses, and parents.

Another devastating chapter is on what Ms. Ravitch calls «The Billionaire Boys» Club,» meaning the wealthy foundations, like the Walton Family Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, that have bought in to the business model and are pouring billions into it.

The business - backed, conservative American Legislative Exchange Council has crafted model bills similar to the one (SB 1718, HB 1191) now on its way to the Senate floor in Florida; the House approved an identical measure last week along partisan lines.

Model legislation is a template for a bill designed by education reformers, business leaders and lobbyists who work with state legislators to promote, sponsor and pass the bill.

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«When I was walking around, giving $ 20 bills to casino dealers who smiled at me, it occurred to me there are two business models that apply to two very different types of dealership operations,» says Blazsanyik.

«The Low Volume Manufacturers bill has significantly changed our business model,» DMC Vice President James Espey tells AUTOMOBILE.

On the whole, what a review of an Irex Iliad Electronic e-book reader reveals is that if you are looking for a more business like model, Iiiad Electronic Reader fits the bill perfectly.

A unique aspect of Pyramid's business model is that the billing is month - to - month, so you're never locked into a contract.

A company with the business model consisting of a setup fee then a monthly fee has no incentive to try to help you achieve a higher credit score quickly since they are billing you monthly.

Their model analyzes a business» payment performance (i.e., if it pays its bills on time) and gives it a numerical score from 1 to 100, with 100 signifying a perfect payment history.

Another unique aspect of Pyramid's business model is that the billing is month - to - month, so you're never locked into a contract.

Like most startups, Abbey had some doubts early on, such as big concerns about whether the business model was on target and whether there was enough revenue to pay the bills.

Their VetBilling.com business model allows pet owners to spread veterinary costs over time by making interest - free installment payments, while enabling vets to reliably collect those payments using Electronic Billing's secure and sophisticated payment processing infrastructure.

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An on - bill crediting model allows residents and businesses to invest in a portion of a shared solar installation and receive a proportional credit on their utility bill.

ALEC's new model bill targeting net metering (and distributed energy) may also be the first assault of EEI's long - term strategy to address business competition from distributed energy generation like solar.

While there are a number of different models for community solar, this definition highlights its core characteristic: that it provides a way for a solar project to supply energy to multiple homes and businesses, and reduce their utility bills, without being located on their premises.

According to our own modeling, Rep. Larson's bill would, by its tenth year in effect, reduce U.S. use of petroleum by nearly 20 % below «business - as - usual» levels (i.e., without a carbon tax or equivalent price on carbon emissions).

With no upfront costs, no credit check required to enroll, and no installation on your roof or property, Nexamp's flexible community solar subscription model, Solarize My Bill, is now making the benefits of solar accessible to residents, small businesses and nonprofits in Massachusetts and New York.

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At the same time, if a firm does take on a student, again, the business model becomes, «what is the return on investment» — such that students are often utilized as cheap labor as opposed to being tutored in a professional manner befitting our professional obligation which is assuring the public interest and our own collective reputation, and not always about billing for their time.

«Progress so far,» Goodman writes, «indicates that the current application of legal AI could well be part of an evolution that will be a game changer for legal services, not because it will change the basic premise of what lawyers do — or replace them all — but because it will create shifts in the value chain, and therefore change the legal business model in terms of legal services procurement, billing — and margins.»

Partner Bill Clark, one of the co-chairs of our Corporate Governance practice, serves as chair of a task force of the Committee on Corporate Laws of the ABA Section on Business Law, which is responsible for updating and revising the Model Business Corporation Act and the Corporate Director's Guidebook.

Traditional law firms operate under the same basic business model, called a «leveraged pyramid,» where the money the partners make depends upon the number of hours their associates bill.

Many law firm business models are based on an hourly billing structure — a certain number of hours must be billed and collected each year to satisfy overhead and profits for partners.

I wanted to build a client - centric business model that encouraged personal interaction without the pressures of hourly billing.

Law firms risk getting left behind as their competitors adopt new business structures, billing models and client services, and client expectations are broadening drastically.

And — as Jeff Carr's tweet indicates — these labor - intensive activities are at the heart of the legal industry's (mostly wasteful) hourly billing and pursuit of leverage business model.

Business structures, billing models, and even client expectations are very different than they were just a...

His advice: Get rid of the Ponzi business model and focus on efficiency instead of billing hours.

With the help of a new cottage industry — law firm management consultants — the prevailing business model for large law firms accelerated toward a handful of indicators that measure immediate results: billable hours, client billings, and associate - to - partner leverage ratios.