Sentences with phrase «little less business»

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As it grew, «it became a little less cool in the eyes of some core boarders,» says Mike Lewis, who covered Potdevin for years as the editor of Transworld Business magazine.

If you get the strategy and the values of the business right, the execution, while no less challenging, is at least a little easier to pull off.

If your business depends on attracting more web traffic, consider this a sign that you should worry a little less about search engine optimization and a little more about developing your social - media strategy.

A little less than one in three small businesses were found to offer health insurance benefits to employees, for example, as compared to the national average of 96 percent of larger firms.

To critics who say that small businesses will lose out if people can compare prices online, and that the businesses may be forced to charge prices that are too low just to compete, Mason said: «Even if a business might make a little less on each hamburger, they'll sell enough additional hamburgers to far outweigh the reduced margin.

There are a number of excellent plans that cost as little as $ 300 per month — that's less than many small businesses» monthly telecommunications bill.

Reading about the Elon Musks and Jeff Immelts of the world leads us to assume that business greatness means little sleep, and even less time with loved ones.

More than 80 % of members of a U.S. business lobby in China say foreign companies are less welcome than in the past, a survey released on Wednesday showed, with most saying they have little confidence in China's vows to open its markets.

And while Sears Holdings CEO Eddie Lampert, a hedge fund manager who controls about half of its shares, has repeatedly said in recent years that he has been trying to transform the business into a retailer focused on members and less reliant on physical stores, the sales declines are only getting worse and suggest little customer attachment to the brand names.

The tailored men's business is appreciating a little more sophisticated, less theatrical environment.

«There is little or no evidence to indicate that daily deals are working less effectively for businesses than they did last year,» the study concludes.

We chose five cloud accounting service options available cost $ 20 or less per month and are easy to use — even for small business owners with little or no experience with accounting tasks.

Essentially our offer is that we handle the production & distribution and then share revenue with the people who help create the works for a period of time (12 months) in exchange for their work at half pay — As shoots only last a day or two max, there is very little risk for people to participate as it's a good deal and we already know everyone in the business so there is little downtime building any of the infrastructure or much less cold calling anyone

If venture investors across the spectrum could pull back just a little — resist investing in that marginal deal, maybe not stretch quite as much on valuation or perhaps provide a little less capital to a financing (giving the entrepreneur a chance to build a business with more capital efficiency); it certainly would be of significant help.

Here at Little Dragon Media, we know content marketing is a «win win» for any business: it costs 62 % less than outbound marketing and drives three times more leads.

While the big - picture finding that more than four in five small businesses are planning growth in 2017 is encouraging, the numbers are little less rosy when we look at them by gender.

Measured across all loan products, and taking into account changes in customer risk margins, however, it seems that interest rates paid on average by small businesses have increased by a little less than the rise in interest rates directly due to the tightening of monetary policy.

Jason Schmitt, the current head of the ArcSight division, said the product makes up a little less than half of the $ 800 million in annual revenue Micro Focus expects to get from the security software business purchased from HPE.

You can invest as little as $ 1,000, even less, in startups or small businesses that catch your interest.

Buying an existing business may take a little less time, but not much.

Arguably, perhaps, as little business as many churches have paying a pastor, they have less reason to take on a mortgage.

The lowering of the tax code for businesses does make it less painful to show profit however, the reductions in business writeoffs may make teams a little less predictable.

«I could care less about the business, I could care less about the million dollars worth of product I've sold in this business in just a little bit over a year,» Turley says.

Pearce urges Labour to reject a business as usual path in which the government «would tax a little more and cut a little less, leaving the architecture of the state untouched and the current framework of services and social security in place».

A new governor will appoint people who are more attuned to the needs of the state — more interested in preserving the environment rather than selling it to developers, more interested in finding alternatives to the ever - expanding road building, more interested in serving the little guy rather than big business, and less interested in legislating social policy than planning economic development.

In an interview with Crain's New York Business earlier this year, Ms. Glen said that one of the impacts of her group's work was making big banks seem a little less evil.

After China officially cut off imports, much of the business shifted to less developed countries with little or no regulation, including Pakistan and Nigeria, but legal loopholes still allow some shipments to make it through to China, according to Lo Sze Ping, communications director for Hong Kong — based Greenpeace China.

I stayed in on the weekends to nurture my little business and slept less so I could write to the women I longed to help.

Teachers & business professional ladies — if you need something a little less casual try for a lightweight blazer.

The jacket makes the skirt feel a little less sweet and keeps the shirt from feeling too business like.

It has its moments of visual beauty, but a little more poetic daring and a little less in the way of safe artiness might have made this one something more than an expertly conceived business proposition.â $ After a second viewing of the film recently, I still find myself feeling that way.

The authors seem to believe that board members spending «little time on district business... might not be an altogether bad thing: limited time on district business could mean less opportunity to micromanage or engage in petty politics.»

A little company named Cisco figured this out and wiped out IBM's multi-billion dollar networking business in less than 10 years.

Even though I found another car the same model and year for a little less from a private seller, they were more than happy to provide me their cards and welcome me back for future business.

If we don't, we'll start on your sample chapter, which you'll get to approve after five business days, then the formatting, which takes 12 business days (a little less than three weeks).

Some writers can find that sitting at their desks with just their laptops and fictional characters for company is a lonely business, but it's a little less so if you have a network of fellow writers on sites such as this one, or even by following other writers on Twitter.

And, as much as I like their team, I think this is a time for us to say back, «Great, we love that you're so focused on books and our community, and because you are, we think you should handle something like this a little less like a store de-listing P&G and a little more like the network of small - business authors these books / products represent.»

Several years ago, when I was green as lettuce and attended the Kris Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith workshops on fiction writing — which made me a little less green, if nothing else by providing a much needed wilting — they kept saying the same puzzling phrase «Treat it like a business.»

Amazon could care less if one little publisher refuses to sell through them; that publisher will just go out of business and it won't affect Amazon one bit.

One thing is certain going into the holidays, those discount brokerages not willing to give deals or promos are also those less likely to receive the business of self - directed investors looking for a little holiday cheer.

For potential home buyers over the next few years, the silver lining to higher rates is that with less refinancing business available, mortgage lenders might become a little more eager to make new purchase loans.

A little over a third of those who took the quiz had been in business less than six months.

I have a little room for Shell, but I view them as a much less attractive business than Exxon.

If you are operating a small business at home then their tolerance for six digit stated income is a little less likely.

But even if your business requires a little less roaming, you can still use a travel rewards business card to earn points or miles on your business purchases — rewards that can reward you with free travel when the work is done.

It took a little more than three weeks to finish the course, but less than one week after receiving my Florida home inspector license to start my own business down here and inspect my first home.

With little experience, and even less cash, anyone can start a doggie daycare business.

But even if your business requires a little less roaming, you can still use a travel rewards business card to earn points or miles on your business purchases — rewards that can reward you with free travel when the work is done.

After departing the First Class lounge to find somewhere a little less isolated we went directly to the business class lounge through the connecting door.

That's why premium economy class is growing in popularity with passengers and airlines alike, since it offers a little bit more room and other goodies for much less than upgrading to business or first.