Sentences with phrase «do bad business»

Yes, there are scoundrels out there in the real estate field; just the same as in other industries where there are those who prey upon the helpless, the hopeless, the aged, the infirm, the young who have no life experience to draw upon, and, even in some cases do bad business among their own peers.

The last thing you want to do is to do bad business.

In no way do I feel they are thieves or doing bad business.

Not exact matches

Here's what's bad about Valentine's Day: Failing to fine - tune your business strategy to that angle or thinking your products don't fit and missing a major opportunity.

Many small - business owners don't pay attention to financial statements or, worse yet, don't even do them on a regular basis.

However, in the business world, there are undoubtedly many sole traders who are doing well, and many partnerships which are doing badly.

In fact, it's extremely important you get customer service right on Fiverr, because if you don't, the customer can write a bad review which leads to less business.

In these cases, eventually you get to a bad result - either because no deal gets done or - far worse - because the entrepreneur grudgingly and half - heartedly accepts a deal that he's unhappy with and angry about for what he thinks is the good of the business.

The first part of the suggestion comprises of obliging the financial sector to write off a certain (not huge) amount of their bad debt, while also driving down the costs of doing business a little more at the same time.

Don't feel bad for these two blokes that are struggling to save their business.

Doing business in less - developed country is always going to pose a range of challenges, from corrupt officials to bad infrastructure to non-existent environmental regulations and shoddy labour conditions.

So Biderman, — the self - described «King of Infidelity» — who just last year told PROFIT 500 researchers that «there's no such thing as bad attention for our business» — did something that would be unthinkable to most entrepreneurs: He fired himself.

Experts predict that business leaders don't have long to make the necessary digital investments to avoid falling behind or, worse, becoming extinct.

If Trump doesn't live up to his deal - making promises we could face another four years of legislative stalemate — which for many businesses may not be such a bad thing either.

Whether the employee simply has a knack for always saying the worst possible thing or the behavior puts your business at risk for a sexual harassment claim, it's important to do something about the employee as soon as possible.

Business doesn't have to be evil — even in a sector with as bad an environmental rap as oil and gas.

«One of the things I am doing is not just lobbying the British government but lobbying businesses to press upon their governments the fact that a hard Brexit would be bad for London and for Europe too,» Khan said.

Good employees may be hard to find, but one bad employee can do major damage to a growing business.

So, don't look at this business «virginity» or your naivety as a bad thing and instead, use it to explore, learn and create your own path.

«In start - up companies, it's all about «who do I trust» and sometimes nepotism will come in,» Fraedrich says, and family - run businesses have to be especially vigilant against an ethical lapse that could lead at best to employee dissatisfaction and at worst to a discrimination suit.

Swinburne, who worked in the City of London before becoming an MEP in 2009, said all the projections were probably the «worst case scenarios» as they don't take into account anything businesses may do to mitigate the impact of Brexit.

By this I mean don't refer bad customers to good business connections.

When you're a 26 - year - old engineer or manager you may do worse than being reactive and not being emphatic, and that acting out is at a very high cost to the business.»

Customers don't trust reviews if they don't see at least some bad ones — businesses with 10 to 30 percent negative reviews actually receive more than 10 times more leads than businesses with nearly all five - star reviews.

Don't worry, it's not as bad as the epic back and forth of the past few years, as Congress decided to impose burdensome new requirements, the small business community fought back, and then Congress (typically) fought childishly among themselves about how to pay for a repeal.

Depending on where your business is and what it does, these changes could be good or bad for you.

Do not be quick to engage family and friends, as bad business deals often lead to bad situations in your personal life.

However, posting your opinion on meaningless subjects — that is to say, subjects that have nothing to do with your business or industry — is always a bad idea.

Projects and deals can fall through, you can have a bad quarter of business, and you can have a few bad weeks with your diet but it's still a temporary thing because you don't have to accept it as a permanent reality.

So take heart, if these entrepreneurs made big mistakes in building businesses, don't feel too bad about those you might have made.

«What Phil was saying is, «If you don't know someone well enough in my inner circle to be brought along to a meeting, then I don't want to know you,» says Godin, who adds being impermeable to the public is generally bad for business.

When HP tapped L?o Apotheker, the former CEO of SAP, Oracle's archrival in business - application programs, as its new commander - in - chief, Ellison charged HP with «[picking] a guy who was recently fired because he did such a bad job of running SAP,» and called for the board's immediate, «en masse» resignation.

Forget Windows: Perhaps the worst thing Microsoft could do is replace Ballmer with someone from the Windows side of the business.

And if you need to pivot your business model do it early, before you waste millions of dollars on a bad idea.

He went on to suggest that Gawker could have withstood the litigation if it weren't «a bad business that didn't make much money.»

Customers want to do business with socially responsible companies and viral bad press can be very damaging.

A bad business development deal can do a lot worse.

Overall score: 1,615 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Education (No. 2), Quality of Life (No. 3) Worst categories: Cost of Doing Business (No. 36), Business Friendliness (No. 33) 2016 rank: No. 4

As Charles Francis Adams put it, his own industry's «method of doing business is founded upon lying, cheating, and stealing: all bad things.»

It's one thing to be a contingent worker in good times and when you're young; quite another in bad times when you're middle - aged... Indeed, America's startup businesses do need better access to credit.

Worst case scenario, sometimes they just don't care about you, their role, or the business.

Most smart people tend to avoid doing business with those that overuse their leverage — you know, the bad people.

Overall score: 1,562 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Workforce (No. 4), Technology & Innovation (No. 7) Worst categories: Cost of Doing Business (No. 38), Cost of Living (No. 32) 2016 rank: No. 3

Even among the general public (who do not own small businesses), 28 percent believe Amazon is good for small businesses and 47 percent say it is bad.

What is worse, by forming your LLC in Wyoming, you probably will have to file a state tax return there (for sales, use and other business taxes) even though you did not actually conduct business in Wyoming.

In many cases, small businesses don't know where to look for SEO specialists, or once they find candidates, don't ask the right questions to separate the good from the bad.

Her approach represents a middle way in which business success doesn't mean ignoring your community or leaving the planet worse off than you found it.

Why, then, do so many business websites (perhaps even yours) still read like books, brochures, or reports — and often badly written ones at that?

Is merely having done something bad in one's personal life any of an employer's business?

If you wanted to understand the rise of women in the business world in the second - half of 20th Century, you could do worse than to study the life and career of Mary Kay Ash.