Sentences with phrase «few companies ever»

Only a few companies ever received licenses, and most applications are still in limbo years later.

Few companies ever made ebook readers, but these days the number has dwindled to just three serious competitors.

The remaining 60 % will essentially be loans for industrial R&D, even though few companies ever apply for them.

Then you can do a little bit of research and find out that very few companies ever achieve this valuation in a trade sale so you're clearly gunning for an IPO.

It's the sort of rapid gearshift that few companies ever experience, much less master: over the course of about five years, FouFou Dog (FFD), a Markham, Ont. - based dog apparel firm, has seen its revenue grow by more than 800 % — a steep growth trajectory matched by the company's shift from providing very specialized boutique goods, like jewelry and booties for small dogs, and to a far wider range of products suitable for mass merchandisers and large offshore customers.

Not exact matches

Thanks to Microsoft and a few other companies that are following the software giant's lead, the spotlight on accurate worker classification is more intense than ever.

Within a few years, the company said, the suburbs will be just as connected as cities, with riders able to pay one monthly price, hop in and hop out as needed, and easily get to metro areas without ever needing to drive.

There are ever fewer barriers to small and medium sized businesses using technology and data as effectively as the largest companies.

To Andreessen, Skype was a potential gem — one of the few great network - effect tech companies ever created.

And with a simple Google search of a business often yielding reviews of a company within the first few results, businesses need to be paying attention more than ever to what consumers are saying about them online, Caver said.

For Rogers, a partnership with Vice may be seen as the solution to a particularly vexing problem for cable companies: more young people than ever before are consuming video, but fewer and fewer have cable subscriptions.

Few, if any, boxing fans will have ever heard of NeuLion, (and, the company's name still won't be very visible on Saturday either) but the company's technology and manpower will play a pivotal role in getting the stream of the Mayweather - McGregor fight into the homes of millions of people this weekend.

In order for companies like UniQure to make money on these novel drugs, they'll have to be priced at an exorbitant premium, which few if any patients could ever pay.

Customers are talking more than ever — review sites, social media, or on a company blog's comment string — but few business owners are listening and taking it to heart.

Ever since Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that the company is working on «autonomous systems» for cars, details have trickled out as well as a few public sightings of the technology Now, thanks to the co-founder of self - driving car startup Voyage, we're getting an up close look at — and some expert insight on — Apple's Project Titan.

The company sent over a pair of the Epic React shoes a few weeks ago, and I've been testing them out ever since.

Today's talent shortage is making that more challenging than ever, but companies in the consumer products industry can take a few strategic steps to possibly make things easier.

In the realm of acquiring ownership in individual businesses, it often includes avoiding a trap many investors find tempting: Namely, overlooking what one famed economist has called the «tried and true» companies that rarely change, are highly profitable, and pump out ever - increasing sums of free cash flow for the stockholders despite being so ordinary few give them a second glance.

The reason everyone has heard of Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway is because they have done something amazing that very few companies have ever done before.

While there were few bombshell revelations, Zuckerberg did answer a far - reaching and diverse set of questions ranging from whether Facebook is a monopoly to whether the company would ever consider an ad - free paid version.

Its smartphones were once carried by millions of executives and professionals all over the world, and ever since then the company has faltered over the last few years.

CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, there are very few companies that have ever been similarly advantaged.

Companies today are attempting to make themselves relevant to buyers who are radically evolving their buying behaviors and have more buying choices than they ever dreamed of in just a few short years.

The stats of the company show that fewer than 9 percent of the citizens in developing countries have ever taken a loan from a financial institution.

Megan is a whiz with granola (she actually owns a company called Marge: it's seriously the best granola I've ever tasted) and you'll be happy to know she shares a few takes on granola in this book.

Votto Vines, one of the few wine importing companies ever to earn placement on the Inc. 500/5000 list, marks a new milestone by achieving this honor two years in a row.

Few thought it would ever happen after the «Montreal Screwjob,» but the Hitman finally returned to the company more than 12 years after that event and buried the hatchet with Shawn Michaels, who admitted to being in on the plan, in the middle of the ring.

The only thing I ever heard was that Chris was upset a few months later — because he put him over and the company did nothing to follow up on it

Only in a relatively few select cultures (Western, industrialized societies) have infants ever slept outside the company and presence of their breastfeeding mothers.

Given the recent economic turmoil and the fact that patent protection on many successful drugs is set to expire in a few years, maintaining innovation is more essential than ever to a company's survival.

The company first launched NO2 Platinum which was one of first few nitric oxide supplements ever introduced in the market.

However, around the beginning of 2012, that brand that I had loved so much since 1995, the one that had given my skin just the perfect moisture and made it look flawless all of a sudden got the brilliant idea to change their ingredients and started using junk ingredients like hydrogenated oils instead of all natural oils which they had been using ever since I was a customer (this company it seems was bought out by another company who also bought a few other «all natural» skin lines and ruined those as well).

Few outside of England had ever heard of its developers, Steamforged Games, a company that's been quietly growing over the last few yeaFew outside of England had ever heard of its developers, Steamforged Games, a company that's been quietly growing over the last few yeafew years.

Landmark, Emmy - winning satire from an ever - changing company of «Not Ready for Prime Time Players» who rode the variety show to fame, including (to name just a few of its celebrated grads) Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Al (more...) Landmark, Emmy - winning satire from an ever - changing company of «Not Ready for Prime Time Players» who rode the variety show to fame, including (to name just a few of its celebrated grads) Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Al Franken and Mike Myers.

Landmark, Emmy - winning satire from an ever - changing company of «Not Ready for Prime Time Players» who rode the variety show to fame, including (to name just a few of its celebrated grads) Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Al Franken and Mike Myers.

From its debut, with Andy Kaufman's memorably bizarre rendition of the «Mi (more...) Landmark, Emmy - winning satire from an ever - changing company of «Not Ready for Prime Time Players» who rode the variety show to fame, including (to name just a few of its celebrated grads) Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Al Franken and Mike Myers.

This week, Julia Rohed of Mercy Street Theatre Company joins us to squeak about the 2003 remake of Willard, starring the ever - creepy Crispin Glover as an eccentric mama's boy who starts doling out his own brand of justice against those who wrong him — with the help of a few friendly rats.

If you have ever seen Neil LaBute «s first few films (In the Company of Men, Yours Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty and The Shape of Things), you will have learned Read More →

And he loses the dead - weight ensemble company of pals, only a few of whom were ever funny and all of whom depend on him for a paycheck.

If you have ever seen Neil LaBute «s first few films (In the Company of Men, Yours Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty and The Shape of Things), you will have learned to expect certain things from him — tons of flashy, quick dialogue, despicable characters and at least one crushing gut punch to set you spinning for hours after the film concludes.

No sane - minded or financially aware production company would ever dream of missing the opportunity to boost a few more zero's on their bank accounts.

A few days ago, the aftermarket company unveiled the result of their hard labor by introducing a better - than - ever Volkswagen Polo with an upgraded suspension that H&R says will drastically improve both the car's handling and stability.

But, ever thinking of the company's welfare, the rep quickly offered to print a few hundred copies of the book for the author.

Ever since Microsoft got a new CEO a few years ago the company has been bringing all of their key software to the mobile platform.

Ultimately, this is all good news as far as Sony is concerned: after a few product fails, the company is back doing what they've always done best (and not a moment too soon, with more consumers than ever embracing smart - TVs and a highly anticipated update to Apple TV likely to fall sometime this year).

Minecraft Pocket Edition was released officially for Android a few weeks back, but Mojang, the company behind the popular indie game, had been ever silent about the iOS version.

To illustrate, understand that very few «term life policies» ever pay a death benefit because the insurance company has determined that the policy will likely expire before the death benefit is ever paid... and most do.

There are few companies that ever do that.

Because new insurance companies are always entering the market and the insurance industry is always changing, you'll want to review your insurance policy ever few years to ensure that you still have the best coverage available.

With a market cap around $ 89 million, very few investors have ever heard of this great little company.