Sentences with phrase «idea of people making»

I love the idea of people MAKING ME STUFF I've always wanted while I have lunch and take a nap.

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We believe that in any service - oriented business the idea of agency, of helping people make smart, independent choices is important.

I really loved the idea of being able to make something during the day, because I was such a night owl at the time, and have people watch it at their convenience, in the comfort of their own home.

The idea makes a lot of people nervous.

There's also more than a touch of hubris in the idea that the media has somehow «made» Donald Trump what he is, or convinced millions of people to support him.

The ideas were fascinating fixes that always made me wonder how a person had ever discovered the idea, like using a bobby pin for a chip clip, washing a thermos with coffee grounds and detergent to get rid of strange smells, or adding baking soda to a vase of roses to make them live longer.

It's the idea of only hiring likeable people who would make you want to come into the office and hang out if they were working on a Sunday.

It's always a good idea to meet with the franchisor in person to get a sense of their management style and to make sure you're comfortable with it.

Some of the best companies pivot or excel because of great ideas from their people; why not allow your team members to make waves in your own company?

Brett Berish, President & CEO of Luc Belaire says, «We believe in the power of a great idea and we're excited to support creative projects and the people behind them who are determined to make their dreams a reality.

Blackwell sees a lot of people who never make it to the finish line with their idea because they haven't done their research.

Few people — certainly few Americans — have a better idea of what makes the Kremlin tick.

The idea has people excited, but the founders of the company make some people nervous.

«At the heart of this is the idea that people of all kinds care about status and it effects the decisions they make,» says Savor.

To further motivate people to spend time identifying creative ideas, small businesses can emphasize innovation by making it part of the company's job descriptions and evaluation criteria.

I thought, «wow maybe we could actually build this sort of social magazine idea where we could make it far easier to see the content that people are sharing with you, kind of scan through it flip through it and then when you actually view the content.»

It's easy to discriminate against the minority cobbler down the street by traveling a few extra blocks to buy from «your own kind»; it's much harder to act out your racist biases when buying shoes at a big department store because, well, you have no idea what colour or sex or sexual orientation of the person who made those shoes is.

People have made a big deal about the idea of «binge - watching» as the embodiment of the changing way we consume media.

The idea is to recruit people to your board who align and support the business and who can also help make key introductions for the company and to key users of the company's products or services.

But it is the only system where ideas once scribbled on a cocktail napkin can become multibillion - dollar enterprises, and make a lot of people rich along the way.

Thiel, who also supports the idea of creating autonomous islands on which people could live and create their own laws, said he is in favor of a bi-partisan bill called the «Intimate Privacy Protection Act,» which would make it illegal to distribute explicit private images without a person's consent, and would involve criminal penalties for those who profit from doing so.

Anthony G. Greenwald and his colleagues observed that people make connections much more quickly between pairs of ideas that are already related in their minds than between pairs of ideas that are unfamiliar.

Apple founder Steve Jobs made a remark that stuck with Pearson: «He said, «Look, it's not how much you spend — it's the quality of the idea and the quality of the people.

The companies are made up of people who really, really want the best ideas to get out there.

«Our research shows that if people are standing up in a meeting, they are less protective of their own ideas, which allows other people to build on, extend and modify the contributions that people are making in the group,» Knight says.

The idea of agriculture giants dabbling in what is still a relatively new and radical technology makes many people nervous, particularly when Monsanto is involved.

The second strategy is to make use of what psychologists call the «mere exposure effect,» a psychological mechanism according to which just being exposed to a person, idea, or group tends to result in positive feelings about them.

The Michael Dells and Richard Bransons of the world — very young people with very big ideas — started to make entrepreneurship cool (not to mention, finding fame and millions in the process).

For decades, if not centuries, talking about one's salary has been the biggest taboo in capitalism, which is why the idea of salary transparency — the current «it» strategy among progressive young private companies — makes so many people uncomfortable.

The idea of a group of people pitching in to make something come to fruition is hardly novel, but the way the Kickstarter team leveraged the internet to pitch to millions of people simultaneously — as opposed to a coterie of traditional investors — certainly was.

But this is where most people make a big mistake: They choose one of those ideas and start working on it.

Like any thoughtful person, Saul Griffith has ideas as he walks around: Hey, wouldn't it be cool if... You know, we sure could use... Why doesn't someone make a better... But it's hard to imagine anyone who does this as often, and in such a variety of areas, and — this is the important part — with such acute ability to execute them.

«The idea of «rejecting» capitalism could lead some first - time entrepreneurs to found focus - first companies, where they're more concerned about helping people than making a profit.

Consumers today might experience a gut - level cringe at the idea of an artificial intelligence that can recognize and analyze their Instagram photos, but companies like Google and thought leaders like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are investing heavily in it, making huge bets that people will accept it someday.

They have a small group of friends who share brilliant ideas and may co-invest or make strategic introductions,» Povlitz has witnessed.She says they understand that people and information have as much value as money, and that real wealth involves the right combination and proper use of each.

«The idea that you would deny protection for 50,000 people because there are a few bad apples who wouldn't be eligible for Temporary Protected Status in the first place, makes little to no sense,» Tom Jawetz, the vice president of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal research organization told NBC News.

It's human nature for people to present a good idea and then try to make sure that from that point forward, they're the sole owner and controller of that idea.

With the advantages of youth on your side — a fresh perspective on business ideas, possibly low overhead (if you're living at home rent - free), and the ability to make mistakes early in the game and have plenty of time to correct them — starting a business is a very attractive option for young people who would rather answer to themselves than earn minimum wage.

«Perhaps counterintuitively, getting rid of cubicle walls, which provide the illusion of sound privacy, but actually make people less aware of the noises they create,» is a good idea too, he also tells NPR.

On top of all that, you have to introduce new ideas on a near - constant basis, and make sure your name gets recognized by people both in and out of the industry.

The Berkeley, CA maker of sour and funky beers constantly has a line of 50 or more — and, since the Brewer's Association apparently loathes the idea of smooth egress, they're positioned right next to beer superstar The Lost Abby, meaning people walking the floor will have to make their way through two long lines.

But the idea of putting a price tag on love — especially a bargain price — makes people deeply uncomfortable.

O'Kelley says it was the type of people who chose to make Eugene their home — professors, entrepreneurs and former athletes — that made it «a perfect incubator» for ideas.

To avoid bad but vaguely plausible start - up ideas — what the Y Combinator team calls sitcom ideas, i.e., the kind of ideas TV writers would make up if a character on a show had a start - up — choose something that some people want a lot rather than something lots of people might sort of want a little.

In a field of philanthropies and educational institutions that profess to value inclusion and equality, innovative people and ideas, the data suggest emotional behavior by people who are making decisions to hire only people who look like themselves or whom they've known for a long time.

For example, Reed says that if the employee in question recently «made complaints of racial or gender discrimination, yet the behavior or performance problem does exist, it's a good idea to talk to an attorney about how you might approach that person.»

The idea is to make it easier to share photos from a big event among attendees without the cumbersome process of emailing snapshots to everyone or the awkward end - of - event huddle while six people take the exact same group shot.

The challenge with innovation, she says, is that a lot of businesses will brainstorm big ideas but they don't commit the time or the people to make it happen.

Big Idea: Expanding the Perry production and performance franchise beyond funny and inspirational stories of faith and perseverance among African - Americans that has made him one of the highest - paid people in the entertainment industry.

To allow for a freer flow of ideas through media, in a way that does not degrade quality and that elevates conversation and has impact, requires a new mindset: Business people need to be out there talking about what's happening in their industry without making it about themselves, their companies and their product.