Sentences with phrase «done for the first year»

I had a hard time picturing myself nursing before my baby was born, but because of the health benefits, bonding and cost my husband and I both felt strongly that breastfeeding was something we would do for the first year.

Just doing it for the first year or two alone will save you hundreds (and in some cases thousands) on a bed, bedding, and decor.

We weren't so great at doing it for the first year we had the twins but these past few months we've been a lot better at getting out even if it's just for an hour date to -LSB-...]

SMITE did it for the first year of their Smite World Championship and raised $ 2.3 M which was nuts for its time, but then HiRez stopped doing that which is probably part of why the hype has increasingly died down for that event; instead they scatter out the money to all of their esports events which in theory is overall healthier but definitely loses out on the excitement of supporting the esports scene.

I did this for the first year but as you grow this quickly becomes unmanageable, not to mention your accountant will not like this.

Not exact matches

If HR does nothing in this case, I will consider leaving this company for real for the first time in five years.

Ulukaya also prides the company's success on its small - town roots and dedicated employees, who he said didn't have a holiday off for the first five years.

Crabill says they fall into three categories: disgruntled 35 - 45 year olds (like me) who see cable as a fundamental rip - off and now refuse to pay for it; low - income or penny pinching folks who decide they can't afford $ 100 cable bills; millennials who like TV, but don't understand why people would sign up for a cable contract in the first place.

And for the first two and a half years, she did it without taking any money from her company.

The economists who did the research for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York concluded that average workers see most of their earnings grow during the first 10 years of their career and begin to stagnate after age 35.

«But really, what you need to do for the first six months or even a year is to observe the behaviour of the group, to see how happiness ebbs and flows across time.»

I did that for a couple of years and during that time I worked on Everyday Shooter, which was my first commercial game and the first that actually came out and made money.

And as for his relationship with Seacrest all those years back, Dunkleman admits that they didn't get along and that they hadn't spoken since that first season.

We're very good at launching Mario Party - type games — that's one franchise that does better in Canada than other markets, for example — but when it comes to launching new IP it's a huge challenge in today's world, where consumers are just bombarded with entertainment options that didn't exist when we first launched Mario 30 years ago.

Talk of rate hikes are in the air Wednesday after minutes from the Bank of England's last meeting showed two out of nine board members voted for a rate hike as early as this month, the first time in three years that policymakers have done so.

«While I don't have the exact figures, I estimate that cutting back for 2 years, before buying my first home, I was able to save about $ 25,000 that I invested in 2011 and 2012, and that «cutting back» is now worth more than $ 100,000 in my investment accounts.

The trial was one of three scheduled for the first half of this year over claims that Volkswagen deceived customers with the deliberate rigging of emissions controls to perform differently when being tested than they do on the road.

He claims to be «the first individual in the whole entire world» to own a personal computer: «I've been saying that for five or 10 years and my kids keep saying, «Don't say that — people will think you're crazy.»»)

While Mia is perhaps 18 years away from her first vote, Gail's son Sean is 40 and doing advisory work for the company.

Solace Technologies» first year of business was about what you'd expect from a startup — funds were tight and the company's founders, who didn't take a salary for 12 months, worked from a basement in an office building in downtown Los Angeles.

Not only did the vast majority Americans» net - worth tumble during the recession, for 93 % of households, it continued to slide during the first two years of the recovery as well, a recent study by the Pew Research Center found.

For the first year and a half, Hardwick ran the blog alone, doing all the coding, writing and photoshopping himself, until, awash in TV work, he had to hire writers and an editor to help keep the content fresh.

«Each morning for the past 15 years, I've carved out the first 15 minutes of my day to hand write my «top five» for the day — the things that I need to get done to move my larger goals forward — on a new page in a bound notebook.

Marijuana became legal for recreational purchase and use in Colorado on the first of this year, and adult - use facilities are doing a booming business.

For March 2014, the national house price index was flat — which doesn't sound particularly alarming, until the authors point out that this is the first time in 15 years that house prices haven't increased in March, typically the kickoff of the important spring buying season.

Esther and I didn't talk business for nearly a year after first meeting, which allowed us to develop a strong personal relationship.

After her first D Pets Hotel was a success in Hollywood, franchise owner Kerry Brown — who had previously done US marketing for Lululemon for eight years — saw an opportunity to grow her business in New York.

After we've met a few times and they've done some homework that I've given them, I ask them to come up with projections of sales and expenses by month for the first year.

Don't consider this a full review, because it isn't intended as such, but the first game for Nintendo's new console is one of Nintendo's best games in years.

On July 12, the central bank finally did so, raising interest rates for the first time in seven years.

Astronauts are a popular choice for children this year, according to Angel, who said this has a lot to do with Tim Peake becoming the first British astronaut to walk in space.

«For the first two years I ran the business, I didn't take a dime,» Kyra says.

James Hahn, who won his first PGA TOUR event last year, was looking for an edge when he jumped to PXG in January: «I didn't feel the need to switch (from TaylorMade) but a small part of me was thinking, «I can't compete with a guy who hits 30 yards longer than me and one or two clubs longer than me.»

It did first move to what it described as a more «guarded» view in 2015, which proved prescient with 2015 being the worst year for stocks since 2011.

But the first thing I recommend you do when you receive a windfall is to take a «money break» and not increase your standard of living for at least a year.

«Don't quit your day job,» Daymond John, founder of FUBU and one of the most iconic Sharks on Shark Tank, told Inc.com recently, recounting that for the first five years he ran his company, he was supporting himself by working full - time as a waiter at Red Lobster.

Jao says the law firm that counsels Retention Science provided it with discounted advice that the company didn't have to pay for during the first two years of getting off the ground.

Richard Swart, who directs research into innovative entrepreneurial finance at the University of California, Berkeley, does not forecast sharp growth for crowdfunding, at least for the first few years, partly due to regulatory costs.

And for the first time since the final quarter of 2011, China's debt - to - GDP ratio didn't increase and stayed unchanged at 255.9 percent in the second quarter this year, latest data by the Bank for International Settlements showed.

Only a surprisingly successful month of August (when the usual stream of summer blockbusters often turns into a trickle) has helped the industry recover from a month of July that did not reach $ 1 billion in total gross for the first time in a dozen years.

We had a lot of fun doing it, certainly for the first few years that I was in that role.

Apple is always good for a surprise or two, but other than the expected incorporation of fitness trackers, a larger screen and / or some sort of mobile payment technology, it's hard to imagine the company doing anything that will generate the same buzz as its first few iPhone models did just a few years ago.

For example, if you decide to approach your business in a certain way that makes it a two or three year process to get to your first product, you can do that, versus being rushed into it by investors.

I first wrote about the company back in 2011 for New Scientist, but just happened to find myself sitting next to some of the principals on the flight down to Vegas this year, which was a great opportunity to catch up on what they've been doing.

The death rate in the United States rose last year for the first time in a decade — do you think loneliness is partially to blame?

First, if you haven't already done so, take those simple low - and no - cost steps that security experts have drummed into our heads for years: Choose hard - to - guess passwords and change them often.

In the first several years, the Freys did all the selling in person, tapping their contacts for «warm introductions» to decision - makers and officials.

«We bootstrapped for the first two and half years, and we didn't actually pay ourselves anything,» says Austin, adding that the company's first employees were two interns who started with three - month gigs but then never left, even though GiveForward couldn't pay them until the year - and - a-half mark.

For the first time in three years it does not include North Dakota, which falls to 10th place overall from third last year and fifth in 2012.

STANLEY FISCHER: Well, I mean, seeing inflation taking hold when, for the first time in how many years, I don't know, but a large number years.