Sentences with phrase «first big client»

That's when we got our first big client: McDonald's.

Then — eleven months into my full - time solo practice — I landed my first big client.

Nikki Farquharson is a freelance illustrator — she's worked with big brand names from Malibu to MAC, but where did the courage to go it alone come from and how did she get her first big client?

Are you a newer business looking to land your first big client, Small Business Trends has some tips to help you out.

IKEA was one of the first big clients of Metaio, an augmented reality startup quietly acquired by Apple back in 2015.

Not exact matches

Aaron Draplin: First, who am I to tell some big agency that's just spent six months toiling with a tough client how to do their job?

Wealthfront Inc., one of the biggest with more than $ 800 million in client assets, doesn't charge an advisory fee on the first $ 10,000 of assets under management.

Many startups have an indirect relationship with their first big - name client: They often play the role of subcontractor to another vendor who originally sourced and secured the deal.

Despite that distinction, President Barack Obama is one of her biggest fans: In his speech last year pushing the Department of Labor to press on with its fiduciary standard rule, he pointed out Garrett by name as an FA who puts the best interests of her clients first.

Tricia Hobson, the first female Chair of global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, knows big law must prioritize diversity at all levels and across all departments if it wants to remain relevant to clients.

The smallest of Singapore's big - three banks reported record net income for the first quarter of 2018, bolstered by more fees and commissions from wealthy clients.

Ziad Makkawi, CEO of Qatar First Bank (QFB), which listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange in April, says: «Our focus as an institution is not on competing with the larger banks for big corporate clients, but rather on the private client sector.

The firm, called the DeMoss Group, took Falwell as its first client and quickly added business from big Christian groups like Chuck Colson's Prison Ministries, Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse and Christian Crusade for Christ.

Mr. Kwatra left his post as the attorney general's chief of staff — to near - unanimous cheers from staffers The Observer spoke to — and one of the first things he did after setting up his own political shop was to recruit a big client, his old pal the Hotel Trades Council.

By removing the biggest culprits — including gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, corn, peanuts, and sweeteners — my clients typically lose up to 7 pounds in the first seven days!

My biggest advice to new business owners would be to try and not get discouraged the first year if you aren't booking the ideal client or making the income you want.

I'll never forget the first time a big idea I had was approved by the client, and my company looked at me to lead the way; it's the little things.

Instead, it's a riff on the same tropes that gave Dwayne Johnson his first big hit in The Game Plan — in this case the workaholic father [Murphy] who only begins to bond with his daughter [Yara Shahidi] when her imaginary friends give him astoundingly accurate assessments of companies in which his clients might wish to invest.

Since 2015, when the hashtag first became a rallying cry for inclusion, most, if not all, of the big studios have reinvigorated or created diversity initiatives, agencies have taken a more active role in supporting their clients and film festivals have continued to be entrees into Hollywood for traditionally marginalized folks.

You have a big meeting with a potential client, but you only have a few minutes to make a great first impression.

The first model is selling pretty well according to some analysts, and a bigger version of the tablet along with an update OS that includes an email client, BBM and more could really hit the sweet spot.

CC i'm surprised tdw did this for you since generally the big green will apply the no - shorting - against - the - box rules, which mean a client can't go long and then short the same stock... although the reverse is OK (ie short first online in a margin account, then instantly buy long online, then phone when convenient for the journal.)

One of the biggest success points for most advisory firms is our incredibly high client retention rates — which means if we can just get the clients in the first place, and survive long enough, most financial advisors will be financially successful in the long run.

For the first time ever, Rail Europe Inc., the largest distributor of European rail products in North America, is offering agents the chance to save big for their clients with the Revolutionary Offer: 20 % Off First Class France Rail Passes Promotion between April 9 through April 30, first time ever, Rail Europe Inc., the largest distributor of European rail products in North America, is offering agents the chance to save big for their clients with the Revolutionary Offer: 20 % Off First Class France Rail Passes Promotion between April 9 through April 30, First Class France Rail Passes Promotion between April 9 through April 30, 2013.

The left sidebar of the Battle.net desktop client will have a big fat logo for a non-Blizzard game on it now, for the first and potentially last time ever.

I first learned of the project when it was presented by architect Anthony Thistleton at the Wood Solutions Fair in Toronto a few weeks ago and now Dezeen is showing it with a big team of professionals contributing, including the client Vitsoe and and yacht designer Martin Francis.

When Aaron first launched his practice, he faced the same big problem that so many new attorneys face, finding clients.

I wouldn't want to be the first lawyer to have a Wikipedia article accepted as evidence... big risk for a client.

There's no doubt it can be hard to attract clients bred to look first to the big - name national, and increasingly international, firms across the country.

Sam Glover: Yeah, I'm a big fan of trying to find win wins when it comes to anything but often when you're trying to control for diversity or inclusion, when you're trying to make sure that your firm is friendly to disabled clients and lawyers or women lawyers or mom lawyers, one of the first things to look for is things that are not just going to make it better for moms but everyone and that toxic environment of competition in publishing hours and fostering competition among associates probably isn't healthy for anyone.

We've had clients come in to us and say, «Well, we talked to one of the big guys first and they said it was going to be $ 150,000 minimum,» and I said, «Okay.»

With experience at two of the «Big Four» accounting firms, Josh dealt with first - hand the pressure points of the client - advisor relationship and constantly envisaged how the client experience could be made remarkable with a tool like Consensus.

First, choosing the right legal practice management software will play a big part in streamlining your practice by increasing your efficiency, which will free up time for you to focus on what truly matters: representing your clients.

At the client's first appointment with a pain specialist he complained of severe pain in his neck and low back radiating down his left leg into his foot and into his big toe.

No matter how big or small the matter, we are always accessible to all of our clients, placing their financial realities and long - term interests first and foremost.

First, in the big scheme of things, the whole «personal touch,» approach isn't working from the perspective of whether clients are going to adjust the invoice in question.

The idea was for the firms to keep the pipeline to law schools open, address the concern clients have about paying big bucks for inexperienced first - years, and deepen relationships all around.

There are many ways to develop and build a new law practice from the ground up, but the biggest challenge you will face will often be getting your first clients.

Working in a lean, collaborative, creative environment, absent the distracting white noise of big firm bureaucracy, allows us to put our clients» needs first and focus exclusively on those needs.

San Francisco, CA (Law Firm Newswire) September 8, 2017 — Law firms want to know how and why a client makes first contact, and Bigger Law Firm magazine has the answers.

I have seen this first hand — a law firm will offer to assist their big corporate clients in identifying and collecting relevant ESI for a litigation matter, only to have the client decline the help.

I had to include that since so many lawyers seem to buy into the first rule of (in Latin) «Clientium turnoffium big - time - ium» which says, «we don't return client calls because, frankly, you ain't that important to us.»

When I first started practicing law (at that time with a big firm), I felt sheepish to even broach the topic with clients.

With my consulting clients, the clients or matters that cause them the biggest headaches are those that, in some way, knew they should not have taken on in the first place.

Berbay is the first to combine big agency competence with utter dedication to and focus on smaller clients like HMS.

One of my first engagements was to sit on a patio in Scottsdale, Ariz., and interview clients at a big client event for a U.S. firm, and they said to me — and it really struck me as a young consultant having not done that before — it struck me when they all said this is what makes a difference between this firm and everybody else.

The first thing a potential client saw while opening advertising resources was reference about «Sojuzpatent» and few years later into nineties we would meet newly formed IP mammoth «Gorodisskiy and the Partners» which was hatched out of «Sojuzpatent» and few Moscow offices of Big Legal companies from abroad.

And the first one is, I think the lawyers who are actually part of the system, that get the work and the clients from these companies don't want to wave a big giant flag to their bar associations, because a lot of the bar associations don't like what these companies do and you get in this whole fee - sharing thing and it becomes a big issue.

Pretty much the same thing that got him noticed in the first place: carrying on a tradition of excellence, fighting big insurance companies and corporations with a bull - dog tenacity, winning large settlements for those needlessly injured or lost, and earning the trust and respect of his clients and peers.

Unquestionably, the biggest hangup we have with this offer through the mail is the fact that most clients should not be buying a guaranteed issue policy in the first place.