Sentences with phrase «leading the company then»

If thee is someone I can trust leading the company then I know they won't produce products that are potentially harmful to my child.

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Then IBM hired its first outsider to lead the company, Louis Gerstner, who came from RJR Nabisco.

Woodman would announce that whoever yelled the loudest would get free cameras, and then he would lead everyone in a chant of the company's name: «GoPro!

That product recall led to the firing of Lululemon's chief product officer and after only a few months, the exit of the company's then - CEO Christine Day.

Trading my uniforms for a pair of jeans and sneakers, then going to work for Amazon, Etsy and other leading technology companies, I realized just how applicable are the lessons I learned while in the service to the constant, joyful struggle of running a business.

In 2010, I was traveling the world, leading the sales team of a company that had exploded from launch to almost 10 million a month in revenue in less then three years.

The chain then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, saying in court filings that «unprecedented» drops in mall traffic led to the company's latest collapse.

Barak Eilam, a first - time CEO who leads $ 1.3 billion company NICE, explained it this way: «When you manage a company of six thousand employees you need to understand that in order to shift this large boat five degrees to the right, you need to invest a lot of energy and power, and sometimes overshoot and then correct to the left.»

The leading companies that are dominating their markets make it a major priority to find their niche and then operate solely within the confines of that space.

Such a scenario would lead to the creation of a swath of companies known as Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), who effectively buy discounted minutes and data from network owners, then resell them under their own banner.

«If a lucky event early in a CEO's tenure is not balanced by an unlucky one is such a short time period, then that CEO could be wrongfully credited for high performance that would have happened no matter who was leading the company,» according to the study.

Those proposals speak less to debt settlement companies themselves, in most cases, than they do to so - called «lead generators» — companies that advertise debt settlement, sign - up potential clients and then sell their information to back - end service providers.

If that CEO leads the company to flourish — or, in tough economic times, even just to survive — then it's at least plausible.

That strategy, which he calls «cigar - butt investing,» is what led him to buy Berkshire Hathaway (brk - a), the company he now runs, in the first place — only to watch its then - core business (textile manufacturing) die slowly until he shut it down years later.

Then there's the tainted meat scandal in China, where several fast food companies — led by McDonald's — had to all but shut down their menus because of contaminated product from suppliers.

(Then we went out and built Netscape and Amazon and Google and thousands of other companies, and created art and won championships, and led troops in war, and pretty much put that silly talk to rest.)

Then the phone company realized that all of Glickman's customers» calls went to the same area code and «exchange» — the three - digit number that leads off the seven - digit phone number.

Then Trump rattled Japan's leading automobile producer, Toyota, and its CEO, Akio Toyoda, by threatening to slap a «big border tax» — which he has referred to as 35 % — on any automobiles the company assembled in Mexico and imported into the U.S.

For chaebols then, it's likely a case of being caught between a rock and a hard place: The companies have to deal with the fallout from the recent scandal, as well as follow through with the promises they had made in the lead up to the Olympics.

Spotify's early lead in music streaming has drawn comparisons to Netflix, which built upon its pioneering role in DVD - by - mail rentals and then video streaming to create a hugely successful, subscription - driven franchise that has produced spectacular investment returns and left the company with a market value of $ 122 billion.

Then there's the cost savings the two companies can potentially see by combining the two firms» headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., consolidating administrative costs related to public company requirements, and no longer having to pay fees to get leads from Kayak, says Fitzgerald.

«If the U.S. does take protectionist measures, then other countries are likely to take justifiable retaliatory actions against U.S. companies that have an advantage... in fields such as finance and high - tech, leading to a tit - for - tat trade war that benefits no one,» it said.

That sale led to another and then another, to the point that, by the end of the company's first year in operation, 100 dealers were using its platform.

If you need a more firm example, Koch also pointed to the work ethic of Michael Eisner who led Paramount movies and then the Walt Disney Company.

You may wish to do some clean up then as sites such as Bloomberg Business news are pointing directly at your current website and business activities in stories about the bankruptcy filing: http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=146030718 This is what leads people to believe that the current company filed.

But then our property management company, after a routine check - up visit, gave him poor marks — which had led to my visit, and then to the two very (overly) friendly agents sitting on my sofa.

Since then, Starbucks has joined with nearly 50 leading U.S. companies to form the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative.

If Angel List Advisors identifies and approves ofboth a Portfolio Company and an angel investor (referred to hereinafter as a «Lead Angel»), then AngelList Advisors will form a separate investment vehicle («Investment Vehicle») for the sole purpose ofinvesting in that Portfolio Company.

Total shareholder return was helped by an $ 8.2 billion repurchase made in late 2013 — when the company and a group of investors led by Kotick and Activision Chairman Brian Kelly bought out a stake held by then - majority shareholder Vivendi.

The company earlier operated on a marketplace model and then shifted to a 70 % inventory - led business where it sources products from different brands directly and stores them in its warehouses for delivery.

I did our logo using Logoworks (who was then a nascent company) with the help of our UI lead Jon Levine.

These points are all, of course, interrelated: Apple's organizational structure, focus, and release - focused development cycle enable it to create highly differentiated products, even as the exact same structure, focus, and development cycle underly the company's struggles in iterative services.1 Similarly, Amazon's highly modular structure, varied businesses, and iterative approach to those businesses enable it to create services with itself as its first, best, customer, and then extend those services to developers and retailers, even as the exact same factors lead to product disasters like the Fire Phone.

If, though, they lead to real sustained success, then those values and beliefs slip from the conscious to the unconscious, and it is this transformation that allows companies to maintain the «secret sauce» that drove their initial success even as they scale.

User information is collected (usually through a customer form) and then the lead data is sold to companies interested in marketing to or selling to those collected leads.

«If brinksmanship by both sides does lead to a broken relationship, then we think Viacom shares could see more downside as it would create a much higher probability of future negotiations ending badly for the company.»

If you had done your analysis right then it would have led you to believe that many of the largest companies in Japan, especially the owners of the nuclear power plant, would have seen a decrease in the value of their stock price.

From public pot shots by then chief executive and co-founder Rahul Yadav, directed at the company's investors and board members, which led to his ouster later, to high cash burn, the once revered startup has been struggling to get back on its feet.

For instance, if you know you need 7 new customers next month and roughly 5 % of your leads become customers, then you need 140 leads next month to hit your company's sales goals.

Since then, James has served senior clients as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, led complex digital projects with Boston - area agencies, and built several high - performing marketing teams.

We then looked at average valuations, capital raised, and value (the difference between capital raised and valuation at the time of IPO / M & A) for companies led by founders versus professional managers.

If you have an early stage company looking to develop market leading products, services and solutions, then we can help.

Since then, Emergence has invested in over 40 companies and become known as a leading investor in early and growth - stage enterprise cloud companies.

This led to posting companies who permit a seller to post a property on to an MLS system for a fee, and then the seller for the most part conducts all showings and negotiations themselves.

Shares of leading fertilizer producer Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) dropped 16.1 % last month, after investors received their quarterly distribution in late August and then calmly headed for the exits.

Well as heard in the news that those arriving to the west are being well trained on sophisticated equipment's and combat training and then sent back to Somalia to fight as opposition to prolong suffering for the area and others sent to lead pirate operations in the area and that is all done to give an excuse for the western Navy to be present in the area as well as to cause the raise of the insurance premium against the ships passing the area raising therefore the costs of commodities as well as an opportunity for private security companies to flourish guarding the passing ships?

We who proclaim Christ ought to have enough faith that our Lord is what we claim him to be, to permit such men and women to have, if not full then some limited, participation in Christian life in the community of faith; for we are confident, or we should be confident if we really believe what we say about Jesus, that such fellowship with him in the company of his people will lead them more and more deeply into the true significance of his person.

This trend has been accelerating over the last two decades, leading to almost nomadic companies that move their factories from the US to China, then to Thailand, to Vietnam, etc., seeking ever lower labor costs.

After the company experienced success in the Alabama area, «That led to the addition of government and corporate clients around the Southeast then eventually on a national level,» Barclay explains.

David joined Buffalo Wings in 2009 and since then, he has led the company's initiative to reposition itself in the marketplace.

Both Bibendum - PLB and Convivality are good companies and if the acquisition leads to people buying more drinks then that's great,» he said.