Sentences with phrase «doing this a day early»

We're doing this a day early because I'm going to be away on business this weekend.

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«From the early days, we were trying to do anything possible to get attention, just anything,» Zechory says.

These sort of shows didn't exist in the early days of Shopify, so that wasn't an option for us.

Total, which joined the initiative in its very early days, was the first company to do so.

«The companies that are more comfortable spending a higher amount early are usually rewarded with higher growth metrics, but you don't necessarily get bonus points for being cash conservative in the early days,» she says.

But we also told plenty of clunker stories, made lots of mistakes, and tried bad ideas, especially in the early days, so I don't blame folks for snickering.

«We didn't have big flashy headquarters with food from Michelin - starred restaurants,» she says of the company's early days.

Standing before two dozen hospital staff, he circles back to the argument he deployed earlier in the day, that «if the Senate did change, we could at least confront the President with some difficult choices.»

I have a weekly list of things I create on Sunday (or early Monday) from which I pull my to - dos so I don't have to think through all I need to do each day of the week.

I use it almost like a check list and if some things are more important than other, they are placed earlier in the day so I know I'll get them done.»

«I don't want to say this is a great day — because it will have a negative impact on human beings, and I want to be compassionate,» says Linkner, the founder of Detroit Venture Partners, a $ 50 million venture capital firm that invests in early - stage start - ups in the city.

To do that, fellow panelist Edith Yeung, a partner at Mountain View, Calif. - based early - stage venture fund and seed accelerator 500 Startups, advised venture - seekers to attend so - called «demo days» to watch fellow entrepreneurs pitch, because «it's a good way to get a sense of the language.»

Investing more time and training in your people in their early days doesn't always work out, even when you have the best of intentions.

Meyers was approached early on, but did not commit until just the past few days.

It's not uncommon for established companies to lose touch with the do - or - die, innovate - or - else mentality of their early days.

If those people could only see innovative corporate giants like Apple, Intel, and Microsoft as I do — as I've seen them grow from the early days to now — they would see them as villages raising children with cultures all their own.

Google did something along these lines in its early days; it was called «20 Percent Time» and gave birth to enterprises such as AdSense, Gmail and Google News.

Chris thought back to the man who had died in his arms a few days earlier and knew what he had to do.

Yet in the early days, he says he was making business decisions that didn't align with that mission.

Especially in the early days when you might not necessarily be surrounded by others trying to do startups, I think staying inspired in this way can plant that spark inside to help you make it happen.

In earlier days, kids grew up with machines like the Commodore 64, a box that required you to learn to code if you wanted to do much with it.

When a team member at Windsor Regional Hospital leaves work early to watch their child in a sports meet, for example, they can do so without being concerned about being disciplined or using up a valuable vacation day.

When I worked out early in the morning, as opposed to the days that I didn't, I noticed that my day was markedly better.

Nothing that you do in the early days of a business is as glossy or beautiful or strategic as you'd like it to be.

During the early days when I didn't know much about SEO, I deployed this very same strategy on my own site and secured lots of links, but have since been cringing because my website could easily be penalized by Google for doing so.

But we did, thankfully, build out some analytics capacity in our early days, and since then we have often gone back and improved or fixed our data warehouse and infrastructure.

Even in the earliest days of the business, we focused on doing a lot of partnerships with other brands and influencers.

I would say we're doing fantastically well but we're still in the early days.»

The London, Ont., native doesn't talk much about his early days, but Robert Rosiello, a colleague of Pearson's from his time at McKinsey and Valeant's current chief financial officer, says getting hired straight out of college was an impressive feat.

Among the lesser known discoveries during the early days at Google was the realization that business could grow faster if customers didn't have to spend weeks studying an unduly complicated contract.

We actually considered moving our company there in the early days... but we didn't, and we're thankful for that now when looking back on things.

Productivity hacks such as scheduling your work in time blocks and tackling tougher to - dos early in the day only go so far.

Much easier said than done, but believe me... starting your day even 30 minutes earlier can make all the difference.

What kind of managers were Larry Page and Sergey Brin during the early days, and how did you think about developing your own management skills?

Shkreli didn't resign from his post as Turing CEO until December 18, the day after his arrest on charges of securities fraud related to events earlier in his career.

Whether it is getting up early, going for a run or checking in with a friend about your progress, find the things that give you strength and make sure you do them every day.

«Even though we're 1,200 people it still feels like it did in the early days when we first founded the company,» co-founder and CEO Jenn Hyman told Business Insider.

She does a lot of public speaking, and earlier this year starred in the Oxygen series Quit Your Day Job, a reality - type program that documented her and three friends as they invested in and mentored young entrepreneurs.

Does Line recommend the seat - of - the - pants sales tactics that worked so well in the early days of her business?

In the early days, the tinsmith traveled around with a small cart to do his roofing and waterproofing work by hand.

Starting your day by finishing something and doing it well provides a small self - esteem boost early on.

I was still working on her gift when they decided to do the present exchange two days early, so I told her that I would give her the gift when I finished.

«It was actually back in our early original content days and the red envelope entertainment, it's all we did was produce original stand - up comedy and acquired documentaries and foreign language films.

So far, however, it appears some of the Internet's biggest names — Google and Facebook — have yet to take any prominent steps to join the Day of Action, despite earlier pledges they would do so.

«We'll need tenured people with great experience as the company evolves,» he says, «but in these early, innovative days, we need sharp people who really don't have any preconceived notions.»

Doing the math has helped Piola walk through many a door, especially in his early days in the field.

Even if you're one of many people who do your best work later in the day, you can still make the most of those early - morning hours.

If the US does withdraw from the agreement, the earliest it could do so is November 4, 2020 — one day after the next presidential election.

Cables, in these early days of VR, are unfortunately a problem — and boy does the PlayStation VR have a lot of them.

Things like how you dealt with risk in the early days, how did you overcome barriers, what lessons did you learn and other insights make for a compelling tale.