Sentences with phrase «company out of the gates»

Even with the likelihood Twitter will avoid Facebook's follies, Olson says investors may want to think twice about buying the company out of the gate.

Normally with exclusives such as this particular model a company out of the gates will get the model and market it solely by itself.

Not exact matches

In the age of digital innovation and transformation, small companies have burst out of the gate to disrupt traditional business molds.

He isn't that concerned with capturing a lot of market share out of the gate, he says, but has loftier ambitions to reduce the cost of capital, foster new companies and ultimately increase the equities pool in Canada as a whole.

They point out the alleged «irony» of the fact that Microsoft had a picture of a smiling Bill Gates on its website when the company was facing an antitrust suit.

As companies identify, hire, and develop future leaders to engage and motivate their teams, the ones out of the gates the fastest will ultimately create a work environment that gets the best from everyone, regardless of generational label.

«Leadership gives you the resources and authority to work autonomously (and / or within a small group) to accomplish the company's goals, which frequently means that even junior engineers are given opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the company right out of the gate, which gives you an intense feeling of ownership and responsibility.»

Gates had dropped out of Harvard, and the two had formed a company called Micro-Soft (originally hyphenated).

The company this fall is hiring staff and lining up enough financing to allow it to withstand the cash flow shocks that occur when a business sprints out of the starting gate.

Some companies strike it rich right out of the gate, like Drugstore.com, in Bellevue, Wash..

While Microsoft co-founder and childhood friend of Gates, Paul Allen, tends to stay out of the headlines, his contributions to the famous tech company — and humanity — are impressive.

When I left a secure corporate job, I was immersed in writing about visionaries like Jobs, Bill Gates, and others who started companies in their garages or dorm rooms, dropped out of college, and became billionaires.

According to SF Gate the company has been hit with four suits in federal courts so far this week following fresh revelations about how Facebook's app permissions were abused to surreptitiously suck out vast amounts of user data.

We get that flat - out denial of the retrospective romanticization of this period again and again: the road trip across America is awful, meeting Bud Grossman at the famous Gate of Horn is awful, being signed with a legendary ma and pa folk record company is awful, and so on.

«The combined history, experience and energy of Sweet Baby Ray's Catering, True Cuisine and The Meetinghouse Companies are sure to make SBR Events Group a success right out of the gate,» Duce Raymond said.

Ng Connect wants 4G to be successful out of the gates, unlike 2G and 3G, which languished initially until companies figured out how to leverage these increasingly powerful networks.

Similarly, the company says long - term quality is a top - priority right out of the gate.

Most e-reader companies seem never to implement this feature right out of the gates, which contributes to a very unorganized device.

And one of the sources that GoodEReader has been watching closely this year, iStoryTime and its parent company zuuka, have a few things up their sleeves for next year, throwing themselves out the gate with some January releases.

HP has plenty of work to do if it hopes to compete with Apple's App Store selection for the iPad, but the company is making a strong effort out of the gate.

And while the chances are extremely slim that the company will manage to undercut the looming Kindle news, there's no question that it's coming out of the gate swinging, with the announcement of not one, but three new readers: one glowing, one mini and one slathered in Ice Cream Sandwich.

The company even scored a few awards along the way from us, such as for being first out of the gate with an edge - lit E Ink - based model for reading at night.

At the same time, some prospective marijuana companies that can't start selling right out of the gate may find themselves at a longer - term disadvantage.

It goes a long way to clarifying why Microsoft seemed so awkward out of the gate, but the company has certainly found its footing and is neck - and - neck with Sony in terms of units sold globally.

Right out of the gate back when the company announced (the formerly named) Project Morpheus, the headset's ergonomic design was already matured very close to what you'll get out of the retail box.

Nintendo managed to move more than 2 million units right out of the gate during the March launch, but the company suffered from stocking unit shortages all throughout the spring and leading into the summer.

Statistically speaking, unprofitable companies show a trend of shooting out of the gate with strength but fading in the long run, according to this analysis from Business Insider.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced Thursday that he will move out of a day - to - day role at the company to spend more time with his charitable foundation.

It's still early, but the company does have the backing of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Facebook (ironic side note: both Gates and Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of college) but at the very least it's furthering the conversation about making higher education affordable again.

According to SF Gate the company has been hit with four suits in federal courts so far this week following fresh revelations about how Facebook's app permissions were abused to surreptitiously suck out vast amounts of user data.

Every company comes out of the gate with goals and aspirations.

The company was wise to unveil a seemingly production - ready car out of the gate, and ahead of CES too.

It's truly refreshing to see a new company come out of the gate swinging with new ideas, and Essential has managed to execute on its vision surprisingly well.

Apple's latest iPhone was barely out of the gate when rumors began percolating about the company's next new phone.

The U Ultra was HTC's chance to burst out of the gate with something spectacular, and to the company's credit, it mounted a valiant effort.

Jeff Holden, the company's chief product officer and the guy spearheading the Elevate project, made that mistake pretty much right out of the gate.

In addition, encourage first day and week training in company technology, procedures, and culture that will help avoid any unnecessary hiccups in administrative tasks right out of the gate.

Sample Glassdoor review: «Leadership gives you the resources and authority to work autonomously (and / or within a small group) to accomplish the company's goals, which frequently means that even junior engineers are given opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the company right out of the gate, which gives you an intense feeling of ownership and responsibility.»

The phone interview is a gating process that attempts to weed out as many job seekers as possible so that the company only needs to spend time and effort interviewing the best of the best.

«The assumption is that the hiring manager reads the resume right out of the gate, but companies aren't paying someone six figures to sit and read through 500 applications,» says Bugni, adding that HR recruiters may not necessarily be experts in the field.

And with more multifamily and commercial development creeping into the area and no other property management companies nearby, Giefer is primed to be the first out of the gate.

Similar to last year, many life companies are being aggressive out of the gate as they look to fill large allocations and lock up the best deals.