Not exact matches
The
company wanted to take a more data - driven approach to pricing, because it needed a better
idea of what the market would pay
for equipment.
Qualtrics, which calls itself a customer - service experience management
company, is built around the
idea that immediate feedback makes
for a better product.
What we're doing is flattening organizations: SoapBox lets all employees submit
ideas for making or saving money,
for changes they'd like to see in the
company or
for ways to improve the customer or employee experience.
One, it started out as a technology phenomenon: Silicon Valley, high - tech
companies with the fruit - fly incubator
for this
idea.
The
company objects particularly to the
idea that sales were a motivating factor: «Only McKesson's Regulatory personnel have the authority to raise a customer's threshold limit, and the compensation
for these personnel has never been based on revenue or profitability targets
for sales of controlled substances,» a McKesson spokesperson commented.
But when he got the
idea to start making Greek yogurt in the U.S., the
company fixed the factory up and ran with it, and Ulukaya said he practially lived in the plant
for five years to get Chobani off the ground.
Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview
for a series on the year ahead, Big
Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big
Idea» that
companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.
In 2013, after hearing Kraft's
idea for the world's first in - ear computing device, Lanman was ready to write a check and invest in the
company.
As the Miami Herald reports, Ibanez got the
idea for her
company while chatting with a stranger one Saturday at the beauty salon.
Obviously, if not
for my backers, my project, would not have been completed, I would not be writing this article, and most likely, my ReKixx
company would still be floating around in the
idea stage.
The SBA recommends that you project that status of your
company for between three and five years into the future, though it's a good
idea to outline your annual goals, too.
WHILE it's too early to gauge the long - term prospects of subscriber - based online DVD rental
companies, the increasing number of new players entering the market suggests strong support
for the
idea.
And somehow those meetings lead to partnering with a 25 - year veteran of the CIA's Director of Operations, a Lockheed Martin Program Director
for Advanced Systems at Skunk Works, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence to start a
company to explore «exotic science and technologies» and turn innovative
ideas into world - changing products and services.
When she didn't find that
company, she applied to Harvard Business School and started working on the
idea for Stitch Fix during her second year there.
Hint: It's about the people,
for the people, and by the people — and you can translate the big
ideas to your much smaller
company.
The distinction between «free from» the necessity to turn a profit and «non-profit» is important: These
companies are not only willing to experiment with new
ideas for delivering and managing care, they're eager to do so — whatever the time (and presumably, financial) investment might be.
His
company's owners wouldn't go
for the
idea but they funded Schultz's retail chain and sold him their brand — Starbucks.
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has apologized profusely
for the incident, a major black eye
for a
company that paints itself as espousing progressive values and which famously caused a controversy in 2015 when it sought to foster discussions of racial matters between its baristas and customers, an
idea it quickly dropped.
However, the best
ideas are the ones that arise in response to a real situation, problem, or challenge, and
for that you need employees who are constantly thinking of new ways to improve the
company.
But I do worry about the message her pledge to take almost no time off sends about the value of maternity leave, and how it undermines recent efforts by US
companies to offer and normalize the
idea of longer parental leaves,
for both moms and dads.
Idea you can steal: Empower a dedicated team (or, in the case of smaller
companies, a key person) that's responsible and accountable
for the success of your content marketing program.
(The
company declined «
for competitive reasons» to reveal when it plans to equip other outlets with such gadgetry, but the reality
for the chain is that its dealers, who own their stores, have a long history of resisting new, and potentially costly, merchandising
ideas from head office.)
By the
company's name, you can probably guess iDoneThis might have a stake in advocating the
idea, but the book makes a compelling case
for why a done list beats a to - do list any day.
The
idea was to highlight six areas of focus to drive growth: making innovation a «core Canadian value,» establishing nationwide scientific excellence, creating world - leading «clusters and partnerships,» growing Canadian
companies, developing a digital - first economy, and making Canada a top location
for foreign investment.
You see, Spiegel and Murphy were just college students in 2011 when they came up with the
idea for Snap, the
company formerly known as Snapchat.
You have the power as leader to create new and unique incentives
for your sales reps, and to promote the
idea that positive outcomes benefit everyone in your
company.
It might be an
idea for rental car
companies themselves to take pictures of the before - and - after, instead of leaving the responsibility to the customer.
How This Ghostwriter Got the
Idea for a $ 2.3 Million
Company That Allows Aspiring Authors to Write Books in a Castle
Out of that drive
for answers came the
idea for Scherf's 12 - year - old
company, PrioHealth, and a program called MeMoves, which uses music, patterns and movement to help teach children and adults like Rowan to calm their nerves and make connections.
These outcomes are important
for a sound, collaborative
company culture where employees feel safe contributing new
ideas and trying out new approaches: Google,
for instance, conducted a study that found employees who felt psychologically safe in their environments were less likely to leave, more likely to leverage a diverse skill set and more likely to be successful.
For the bays where the glasses are on display, the company borrows an idea from bookstores, with shelves that often go nearly to the ceiling and sliding ladders that staff can use to grab hard - to - reach pairs of glasses for the custom
For the bays where the glasses are on display, the
company borrows an
idea from bookstores, with shelves that often go nearly to the ceiling and sliding ladders that staff can use to grab hard - to - reach pairs of glasses
for the custom
for the customer.
Do you have a great
idea for a new
company?
The Pitch: «We host online competitions that allow
companies to tap customers, employees, or external partners
for ideas.
The trick is in deft brand management: The chain implants a clear
idea of what each level of the
company's hotels offers
for customers.
The
company came up with the
idea after surveying 814 North American professionals, who largely said they didn't find their
company's intranet helpful
for this, and wished they could look
for coworkers based on specific skills.
In fact, that's how I developed the
idea for my
company, RedZone.
Product developer Ryan Diez reveals how he gets in touch with
companies that are looking
for new product
ideas.
The
idea came in part from Alyssa O'Neal, who says in the video she is on the Seattle
company's support team and has been with Gravity
for two years and four months.
The
idea for «Steep Thoughts» had been brewing
for a while as the
company was getting requests from customers who wanted more information about tea.
Weingarten cautions against equating R&D spending too closely with innovation, noting that many oil and gas
companies fare poorly under such measurements because of Statistics Canada's criteria
for research spending, but still frequently develop new methods and
ideas.
Big Bang means getting to an
idea or start - up
company at the beginning, exchanging industrial - design services
for equity at the garage or even the back - of - the - envelope stage.
A spokesperson
for the
company told Fortune that the
idea began organically at a single location about four years ago, and it has since expanded to about 100 of the chain's nearly 2,000 Chick - fil - A restaurants.
You may know their startup story, too: how Alberto Perez, the
company's creative force, and Alberto Perlman, the CEO, met at the urging of Perlman's mother to discuss Perez's
idea for a business that made fitness fun.
After talking about their
idea for a
company with academic leaders, they were connected to Gordon Keller, a senior scientist at the University Health Network in Toronto.
It turns out Anomaly is hardly, well, anomalous when it comes to
companies reaching outside their conventional talent pool
for fresh perspective, new
ideas, and skepticism about business as usual.
After a
company has been in business
for a few months or years,
company leaders may realize their original, brilliant
idea wasn't as great as they initially believed.
«If you are negotiating salary
for a new job, it's a good
idea to let the
company name a number first.
My first
idea, in 1995, was
for companies to bring their customers together in a community.
So instead, Schab and his staff experimented with design possibilities and ended up with the
idea of basing the
company's logo around the initials FWI (
for «FaxWatch Inc.»).
It's not a bad
idea, if Twitter could figure out all the particulars — a big if
for a
company that hasn't proved especially adept at particulars.