Sentences with phrase «company at a sound»

Buying a company at a sound valuation does not determine the rate of return you can earn.

Not exact matches

And Kutcher says the competition is designed to improve Sound Ventures» chances of finding a winner: «The more companies you look at, the higher probability that you are going to find something that's great and I think we found something great today.»

Sure, Community Manager at Steam Whistle Brewing company sounds like a good job, but how many people get to introduce themselves as a brand's «Fairy Beer Mother»?

If it all sounds a touch pedantic for a company that builds smartphones, recall that Jobs credited part of the original Mac's success on his decision to study calligraphy at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

On a Zero, he was able to ride fast and record almost pure wind noise in a real - world environment (here at Pigeon Point), which in turn allowed the company to isolate the sound of wind and then design firmware that could all but eliminate it from recordings.

When companies decide they don't want to be joint employers and share the costs, the sole blame for that job loss will rest with the regulators at the NLRB, who put politics ahead of sound economics.

«We were a company that had never built a supersonic aircraft, and here we had to go straight up into space at Mach 3» — three times the speed of sound.

Before this starts to sound like the annual lecture from management — perhaps you're one of those corporate employees forced to sleepwalk through an intranet quiz once in a while to prove to your higher - ups that you're familiar with the company's code of conduct — consider DeMars's argument for the value of the ethical office from a personal standpoint: «In order to live happily and at peace with ourselves, we have to live in ways that are congruent with our morals,» she argues.

Mario D'Amico, senior vice-president of marketing at Cirque du Soleil, says the company is determined to make Banana Shpeel work, and while the initial reviews weren't what he was hoping for, he doesn't sound terribly concerned with whether or not the show will go on.

«Flavor guru» at an ice cream company sounds like an occupation that only exists in little kids» imaginations.

The hyperloop, a catch - all term describing the technology that's been developed by numerous companies since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk crowdsourced the idea in 2012, resembles a bullet train that can theoretically travel at velocities nearing the speed of sound (about 700 miles per hour).

The arguments seem sound: Let the big cloud providers pull together hundreds of thousands of servers, petabyte upon petabyte of data storage, and networking at their data centers around the world — and software companies can just piggyback on that.

Leaders from three software companies valued at more than $ 1 billion sound off on how to join their ranks.

They didn't actually have much technology in their company at the time, but they might as well make it sound as if they did.

All the IT talent wanted to work at the company that was expanding because it sounded more exciting.

In a salary negotiation, this might sound like: «You and this company just don't seem to care at all about my needs.

You may lose that currency benefit at some point, so you want the company's fundamentals to be sound.

No. 120 on the list: «A travel company that arranges for people to stay at others» houses» sounds familiar.

Equity may sound great at first, but the allure of owning part of the next billion - dollar company loses its luster when that unicorn starts to look more like a starving pony.

It sounds simple enough, but you'd be surprised at how many companies make customers navigate from the home page after sending them an email with a special product promotion.

For example, there are environmentally focused funds, funds that concentrate their efforts on finding companies who have sound corporate governance policies, others that look at the impact a business has on society as a whole, and this is just to name a few.

I know that it sounds like marketing 101, but you'd be surprised at how many companies don't realize how open their customers really are.

JMI brings not just sector expertise and experience, but also a keen appreciation for developing sound leadership principles at our portfolio companies that set the stage for long - term success.»

On the days when content marketers struggle with accurate attribution, reliable measurement, and definitive ROI for content, working at a standalone media company may sound appealing.

Aspect's companies are held through the entire process, from seed or series A to IPO, receiving a virtual sounding board of long - term partners at their beck and call who have the best interests of the company in mind, not themselves.

Small business: Denmark's Emmelie de Forest triumphed at the Eurovision song contest but Hanover company Sennheiser won the battle to provide the mics and sound equipment.

Right about now, those unlimited vacation policies sprouting up at more and more companies are starting to sound pretty good.

Ashton encourages his employees at venture capital company Sound Ventures to facilitate better email communication across departments.

«It's a sound idea, but it gets a lot harder to do the bigger the company gets,» says Bruce Ellig, former worldwide head of human resources at Pfizer Inc. and author of several books on compensation.

Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) sounds like a name that should belong to a space rocket company, but in fact, Stratasys is one of the biggest names in 3D printing (and the name we have been following here at The Motley Fool the longest).

It sounds obvious, but people work better when they're involved in something they're passionate about, and many cool technologies have their origins in 20 percent time, including Gmail, Google News and even the Google shuttle buses that bring people to work at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif..

«It doesn't sound like a great idea to save zombie companies with zombie banks,» saidLarry Hu, China economist at Macquarie Securities, a Sydney - based investment bank.

Sound company Formosa Group has opened its seventh office in Los Angeles, signing a lease at the Hanhai Civic Plaza in Downtown Burbank.

While they are listed as competitors, and their names even sound alike, they are often used simultaneously by employees at big companies, Levie said.

This may sound overwhelming to some, but there are already great examples of FMGC companies being at the forefront on responding to the SDGs and the Food and Drink Sector, with its strong culture of innovation and efficiency, means it is well placed to demonstrate how this can be done.

On paper, admits Josh Hahn, marketing director at the two - year old company, it sounds almost too good to be true: A «natural» process that doesn't involve genetic engineering that can create smooth, non-bitter coffee; chocolate that tastes great with no added sugar; stevia with no bitter aftertaste; and wheat minus virtually all of its gluten.

More than 30 % of the products we looked at contain added sugar in the form of fruit juice concentrate, which sounds a whole lot better on the label, and many companies use this to their advantage.

But enough about reminding you that wrestling companies can and will change their history at will to suit their story: what matters right now is that WWE is going to have a women's battle royal, and it sure sounds like the kind of thing we should get used to seeing.

You can find excuses if you like BUT when a person or company has to make excuses too often after a while it starts to sound silly and the fans have been played for fools waaaay too long at Arsenal by 1.

By saying that they are required to sell at a certain price or will lose and account with the company sounds bogus to me.

[3] The town is named after Paul Busti, an official of the Holland Land Company, but its pronunciation uses a long i sound at the end, a frequent alteration in the names of several upstate New York towns.

The Research Success Skills Workshop series, consisting of four half - day sessions, offers one morning on scientific writing and another on speaking, at which a communications company hired by BPP demonstrates everything «from how to do an effective 30 - second sound bite to how to make a good slide,» Penning says.

Williams, a sound engineer at Virtual S, a London - based company which develops virtual reality environments, will be playing the instrument in a way that opens up new approaches.

According to the car companies presenting at the World's Fair of 1939, your driveway was destined to become a runway, the highway a skyway, and the only speed limit the speed of sound.

Mountaintop removal is just what it sounds like: Explosives are used to blast away the tops of mountains to get at the coal reserves that power companies want for producing electricity.

Today's proposal to increase those fees by $ 1 billion may not sound ominous in itself, but it implies an impending, equivalent cut to federal funding, says Steven Grossman, deputy executive director at the Alliance for a Stronger FDA in Washington, D.C.. That's an unrealistic expectation, he adds, because drug companies have already gone through negotiations and reached an agreement with FDA on user fee increases.

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Because if we treat all calories as created equal, then it doesn't actually matter what you eat — and that means you can pretend you're giving good, sound advice... while taking sponsorship dollars from companies whose products you can «safely» consume as long as it comes under your caloric limit (looking at you, Diet Pepsi).

If your dog flips at the sound of fireworks, keep him company at home in your favorite jeans, but stick to holiday colors with red slides.

While it sounds cliché, strategic networking is really what was responsible for helping us open doors at many of these great companies.