Sentences with phrase «by example like»

Inspired by examples like this, engineers are producing ensembles of small, insect - like robots that cooperatively perform jobs that might be difficult, dangerous or tedious for humans to carry out.

Not exact matches

Having a desire to be liked by everybody, for example, can be a great asset earlier in one's career.

While some monthly expenses appeal to a frugal sensibility — you might score discounts by signing up for regular deliveries of household staples through an Amazon subscription, for example — there are also plenty of regularly incurring costs that might seem like they'll save you money but actually do just the opposite.

Berkshire Hathaway has always been the quintessential buy - and - hold company — and helps ensure that its Class A shareholders are focused on the same long - term goals by refusing, for example, to indulge in gimmicks like stock splits.

Last March, for example, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote that he had been blindsided by Trump's primary victory largely because he — like many in his profession — did not venture out beyond their own bubbles.

You lead by example not because you feel like it's what you should do, but because it is your way of life.»

For example, a source told us, this call may be kicked off by a question like, «If you were the HR director for a company, how would you develop an employee referral program?»

The only way they're likely to make any inroads into what is already a small market is to allow their own brands to be subsumed by the established fashion brands, like Ray - Ban sunglasses with Google technology under the hood, for example.

In her now - famous TED Talk, Cuddy discusses how «power posing» (that is, striking a positive posture, for example like a superhero) actually changes our physiology by increasing the cortisol in our brains.

Unlike modern fiat money, Bitcoin, which has often been called «cash for the Internet,» is not controlled or backed by any bank or central government authority, like the Federal Reserve, for example.

For example, the «Fight Poverty Like a New Yorker» campaign run by the poverty alleviation group, The Robin Hood Foundation, was conceived at The Feast last year, says Chou.

Leading by example might not be sufficient to sustain the bank, but it's hard not to see TD's core values — like service and respect for its employees — as manifestations of the basic human decency of its CEO.

For example, avoid paying a Hunter like a Farmer by, say, awarding them a commission long after they have made a sale - or you will end up with Farmer as a result.

In spirit I like this idea, but usually it's executed by carving out a day here or a day there — or every Friday, for example — to work on your own projects.

For example, if an interviewer asks about your greatest weakness, Welch says you can respond by saying something like, «I've always wanted to be a better public speaker.

For example, SocialRank for Content allows brands to drop in a post from either Twitter or Instagram and generate a SocialRank report based on each user that has engaged with it (as shown by retweets and replies on Twitter and likes and comments on Instagram).

Layers make for a weaker product like a shell or shale - like object that breaks apart when pierced by a screwdriver, for example.

One example: Old - school fluorescent lighting could be replaced by LED lights that can easily change color throughout the day to reflect subtle changes in the sky outside, like those lights on many airliners now that simulate dawn, midday, and dusk for long - distance travelers.

For example, its web site says geo - weighting isn't used because the CIA Factbook data used by others like Net Applications is from 2009 and therefore out of date.

This means that we calculate the commonness of something by how quickly we can recall an example, which is what makes plane crashes and child abductions seem like much bigger threats than they realistically are.

For example, you could check out booths by other companies, head to niche events like hackathons or just walk up to random strangers.

For example, one person (who, like the others I spoke with, preferred not to share his name for this article) told me he offered to help protesters get out their message in English by providing translation services.

As an example of success, Davis held up Vevo, the Hulu - like music video site owned by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Media Company and served by YouTube.

For example you could say, «Our competitor with similar metrics recently got financed at a $ 20 million pre-money valuation, here is why I think we're better...» Setting terms to the investor by saying something like, «I won't take less than this valuation» is the surest way to turn off a potential investor.

Because these modern - day apps, like Uber's ride - sharing platform for example, contain many different moving parts, require many resources, and must not easily overload under heavy use, they need to be powered by numerous computers, tethered together in what's known as distributed computing.

The company didn't have to look far for an example of how to manage a situation like this by the new rules.

More important, in the great times when I feel like I am just going through the motions, I am reminded by Fred's example to always strive to find a more eloquent or efficient strategy.

«However, inspiring and leading by example is a virtue that is priceless as it scales across the whole organization and helps your company feel like one.»

Microsoft, for example, has reduced itself to heckling Google with two campaigns: «Scroogled,» about the alleged evils of Google's e-mail advertising policy (something that consumers have met with a shrug ever since Gmail's introduction nearly a decade ago); and the «Bing It On Challenge,» in which people on the street pick the search results they like best (which apes the old Pepsi Challenge — a campaign that defined Pepsi by what it isn't, and thus condemned it to being Coke's bridesmaid forever).

Bennett posted the exchange on Reddit, and the story spread online with cat - video - like quickness, covered by news outlets around the world as a prime example of corporate social - media marketing done right.

The value of the Internet economy may be understated in GDP calculations, for example, but the omission is offset by artificial inflations in other sectors like financial services, which ballooned in the run - up to 2008 thanks to risky, unsustainable products like mortgage - backed securities.

For example, Planners like me, apparently love «digital lists and project planning apps like Tom's Planner and Omnifocus (which lets them create and track projects by project, place, person, or date), Agendas (which lets them create interactive agendas and broadcast them to iPad users), and Ziplist.»

I like to say companies need to «learn by example,» meaning the behavior has to start at the top.

Intuit, for example, has vowed to get to gender parity by 2020, a commitment in line with its support for organizations like Girls Who Code.

I'm happy to see leaders like Mark Zuckerberg publicly claiming that it's important for fathers to stay home to bond with their babies and partners, and even more appreciative that he set an example by doing it himself.

A digital marketer, for example, could create a USP by simply catering to a specific business niche, like healthcare professionals.

For example, instead of saying «Reduce expenses,» say something like, «Reduce expenses by 10 percent in the next 12 months.»

Companies like Paradigm and Textio, for example, are helping major tech companies overcome this challenge by offering trainings and workshops on implicit bias and opening up their hiring practices to more diverse candidates.

For example, I'd like to know how much energy, and what types of energy, are produced and consumed by various countries, for specific industries and consumers, how this is changing over time, and what inputs go into these energy sources and how those costs are changing.

Point - of - sale payment providers like Square and iZettle, for example, provide payment services that are faster and cheaper by using dongles that attach to smartphones and tablets.

Alternatively, you can fork an existing blockchain by taking the open - source code found on Github — Litecoin, for example — making a few changes, and launching a new blockchain with a new name (like Garlicoin).

The book provides dozens of examples of companies large and small that have succeeded by putting people first: familiar names like Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Southwest Airlines as well as numerous entrepreneurs who are successful in their own niches, even if not widely known.

If you read conversion optimization case studies regularly (which you should), you'll often come across an example like this: The variation with increased downloads by 85 % with 97 % statistical confidence.

For example, if you take a group of underprivileged youth, selected by a qualified charity, to a special event (like a concert) then you can deduct the cost of their tickets.

If these inflows however are counterbalanced by rising private inflows from Chinese businesses and wealthy individuals taking money out of China, either because of weaker domestic growth prospects of because of rising nervousness and uncertainty, asset prices might not fall as much as we would have expected, but Australia will be caught in a vice a little like that of, for example, Spain, in which export weakness can not be partially counterbalanced by a weaker currency.

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The examples include not just well - known socially conscious companies like Ben & Jerry's and Patagonia, but also wildly successful corporate giants who are also profiting by doing good in the world, including General Electric, Toyota, Unilever, Marks and Spencer, and many others.

This episode is a perfect example: an unintended casualty of this weekend's firestorm is the idea of data portability: I have argued that social networks like Facebook should make it trivial to export your network; it seems far more likely that most social networks will respond to this Cambridge Analytica scandal by locking down data even further.

Services sold by the UK branch of a French or German bank to a third country like the US, for example, count as UK exports - something the government is keen to maximise.

CBS, for example, could help Viacom extract higher rates for its lesser - watched channels like MTV and Comedy Central by including them with its broadcast network, which is considered «must carry» given its highly rated programs and NFL games.