Sentences with phrase «for getting to the point»

Chamath Palihapitiya has a gift for getting to the point.

I'm proud of our guys for getting to a point, and not just — we're not going to take it anymore.

Now she's 2 - year's - old — happy birthday to her and congratulations to you for getting her to this point happy and healthy.

«But the base and the networks and the foundation for getting to this point [have] built over a couple of election cycles.»

How helpful writing and publishing in a series can be for getting to that point where you earn a steady income

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The best ones make it a point to either speak or visit their clients mid-year to get a sense of what's going on so that they can strategize the best approach for tax savings with enough time to take actions.

These days, I've gotten to a weird point, where — I mean, I've been doing it for like, seven years, so I sometimes feel like I have nothing left to say.

As you chill the methane and oxygen below its liquid point, you get a fairly meaningful density increase — you get on the order of 10 % to 12 % density increase, which makes quite a big difference for the propellant load.

Top - end machines from both iRobot and Dyson currently cost an arm and a leg, but with the two engaged in a battle for consumers» floors, robovacs will presumably get better and cheaper quickly, to the point where they may become something every household is going to want.

It confounds me that in a year of record lending by the Small Business Administration, entrepreneurs still struggle to get the financing they need even when all indicators point to the opportunity for growth.

The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter: «Eric Hellweg over at HBR said on Twitter this is one of their all - time best sellers,» Dickerson points out.

A year ago, the term «unicorn» seemed to get bandied about as if $ 1 billion was the starting point for valuations and not a benchmark of achievement.

There's never been a better medium for reaching so many people at once but with only 140 characters you've got to have a point — and it better be a good one.

You know you're not playing for points, but that continuing to move, learn, and network means getting the high score.

That likely what New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had in mind when he submitted the official proposal for placing Amazon's HQ2 in Newark Monday, getting straight to the point.

At a certain point during an extended stock rally, investors get cocky and continue to pile head - first into positions with little regard for risks.

They're looking for the best price, but if the lawn care company knows the pain point of needing to get this done in one day, they can use that to their advantage when negotiating price.

That's sometimes difficult, because you may know that you're not going to get brownie points for doing that.

Hopefully this exploration of brand tribalism will give you some launching off points — building an open line of communication, providing for your tribe, and getting actively involved in your tribe's interests — for rallying members to your group.

Dig Deeper: How to Build a Culture of Employee Appreciation How to Create a Company Philosophy: School New Hires on Company History Even if you ask some pointed or provocative questions in the interview and get the answers you're looking for, your newest recruit isn't going to be integrated into the company culture on day one.

How did Neil from London get to this point and what can be done for him now?

Not to the point of stifling creativity, but so that roadblocks can be cleared and you can rest assured that you're getting what you're paying for.

In order to get digital to the point where it is compensating for print's decline, the Times would have to add as many new subscribers this quarter as it did in the last quarter, and then do so again in the next quarter, and the one after that, and the one after that.

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

At this point, unicorn companies are starting to look like airplanes waiting for takeoff at JFK — the line is getting longer, the pilot assures you that there is no problem, and you're pretty sure you could have driven to your destination faster.

Analysts point out that the challenge for social media companies, including Facebook and Snapchat, will be continuing to get individual users to generate content at the same rate that advertisers want to sell.

New developments would allow connected cars to link up with smart city infrastructure to create an entirely different ecosystem for the driver, who is simply used to the traditional way of getting from Point A to Point B.

«But it was getting to the point where it was more difficult for him to do that.»

We received several sales inquiries after the article ran, and the article was also a point of pride for our staff who worked so hard to get us to where we are today.

«There is an important shift in the industry that is driven by mobile technology at the point - of - sale, integrated with a finance marketplace that is finding innovative ways to help small business get funding for mission - critical equipment, said CEMC founder and currency CEO, Charles Anderson.

Good decisions are data - driven ones, and tons of raw information is the obvious starting point for getting to know your customers and their preferences.

Kitchener, Ontario - based Vidyard gets points for making a video that carries off a hat trick: It's funny; it's creative, marrying old - school»80s workout gear with Rocky - style training; and — most important — it's useful as a tool for those looking to up their video marketing game.

The MBA team ultimately recommended that Howard get a Square Register, an iPad - based point - of - sale system that will allow his customers to enter their products, calculate the cost and pay by credit or debit card — still checking out without the need for a human cashier.

Word has gotten around about the monthly fete — mostly through E-mail and various newsgroups — to the point where Clark says the gathering has become a «centerpiece for our particular niche.»

There are still plenty of ways for it to fail once it gets off the ground — the structure could be torn apart by supersonic shockwaves or the side boosters may not separate, since that system has never been tested, for example — but at that point, SpaceX could probably launch another Falcon Heavy within a few months.

While email marketing doesn't usually get you in front of millions of people, it's good to remember that for most small businesses, getting in front of millions of people is not the point.

Only one thing is really standing in the way at this point: «The biggest challenge to adopting that is really for [wireless] operators to come up with a good way to manage your plan, because clearly you don't want to pay another $ 50 a month just to get a SIM card.»

But for Gerdes herself to get to that point, she first needed to augment her network of relationships.

«This is somehow the least awkward way for me to get out of it at this point.»

The card earns Membership Rewards points, the currency in Amex's loyalty program, which can be exchanged for statement credits or cash back, used to book travel through Amex's travel website, or, to get the most value, transferred to any of 17 airline and three hotel transfer partners (transferable points are among the best).

With smartphones hitting their maturation point, it's getting harder for manufacturers to distinguish their products from one another.

After getting to know Ehret's work, Jobs became something of a nutritional extremist, subsisting on carrots for weeks at a time — to the point that his skin reportedly started turning orange.

But now the company is getting contracts on the international side for those systems, he says, pointing to a recent $ 10 - billion agreement to sell armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.

From the perspective of many hiring companies, getting top - notch people can be a major pain point, particularly for any business located in a thriving startup scene where there's only so much A-level talent to go around.

The company consistently gets full points for communicating effectively and offering prompt responses to questions and complaints.

My point here is that people are getting lazy when it comes to communicating and I see that as an opportunity for those of us who are prepared to do the work.

There are ways to get around the income caps, but before getting to that point, experts say the first question is whether a Roth even makes sense for you.

People work with those they know, like and trust, and it can take time for a new site to get to that point.

Getting an understanding of what your business is worth is important to do early in the process because this is the starting point for many decisions.

According to Jamie Perry, vice president of brand and product development for Jet Blue, the airline made the short film a comedy because you can't preach to people but you can be irreverent and humorous to get the same point across.