Sentences with phrase «local business people who»

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As a European entrepreneur, I've seen firsthand the importance of having great people who know our business inside and out working face - to - face with clients throughout the U.S. Customers respond most positively to local support and expertise.

He and a staff of half a dozen people who work for his latest company, the Downtown Project, have been corralling local business owners, drafting development plans, and giving tours to entrepreneurs to try to persuade them to relocate to Sin City.

The only people local businesses are concerned with are those who are able to buy their product or service, so there's a reason why many haven't seen social media marketing as the most valuable use of their time and money.

The trio was motivated not only by a desire to start their own business, but to create jobs for other locals who had skills and ambition — people like Nicholls, who joined in 2007 when the Cookes acquired a previous employer.

«We know that one in four people in the U.S. have searched for or found a job using Facebook, so we're focused on helping those who want to work for the local businesses they love,» Facebook's Himel tells Inc..

«As cynicism deepens, people are going to seek out local financial providers - people who they can look in their eyes when they are doing business with them,» says Fine.

Theoretically, the entrepreneur is a person who creates any one of these companies (local business, high growth business, startup, scaleup, gazelle, unicorn, but not a peppercorn.)

This would apply to people who run businesses out of their homes, operate local shops or sell their products exclusively on sites like eBay and Etsy.

Known quantities, people with pull, guys with deep pockets, entrepreneurs with proven track records, members of prominent local families — the list of people who would find it easier than you to get support (and money) for a new business could be longer than your arm, depending on how connected you are.

Michael said it is important to have local Chinese people in your company who can interact with the government and who understand the ins and outs of the business culture.

«[We'll provide immediate and permanent help for Canada's hard working small business people, who are the backbone of the local communities and the creators of 80 per cent of all new jobs in this country,» Mulcair said, in announcing the nearly 20 per cent tax reduction.

Some of the highlights to this package are real time exclusive leads every month for the first 2 years of your business, Network Referral building whereby we actually set up local appointments for you with people who can refer you business in your community and marketing for the life of your business!

According to the study, people who are conducting research on local businesses are not using social media very much in their research, despite the fact that almost half of Americans are on Facebook, and a half of them are using it daily.

«It's kind of recession - proof because of the great value and all the different types and backgrounds of people who eat here — business people, tourists, locals, seniors and college students.»

Well I get up on stage for the awards and I realize that a local politician who was presenting for business person of a year had a full two page speech written out... well shit.

Sometimes cloth diaper co-ops are run by people who have no other purpose than to undercut their local retailers and are thrilled beyond words when that retailer is impacted to the point of having to shut down their business.

I want to take that money and put it in the hands of smaller people who aren't trying to make a killing but just do the job right, build up their own businesses and build our local community.

A business in Suffolk county that employs people from the local town is exactly who you don't want to tax.

«People have concluded the stakes are too high to mess around with the governance system,» Wylde, who has led the local business sector's support of mayoral control, said in an interview.

Local businesses are being asked to help fight the drug epidemic by supporting people who are in recovery.

«Everybody is hungry but I will urge these complaint miners who businesses have been curtailed also look at the people's heath first» he appealed on a local radio station

«I looked at the numbers and I looked at the people who gave to me and its 90 percent local people — local business owners, local merchants local residents, who've known me for many years.»

Increasingly, people who are heading back to England, having spent time in Scotland and found themselves in possession of Scottish banknotes, are going to local banks and businesses and asking to have their Scottish notes changed to Bank of England notes, for fear that they will run into difficulty with the use of the Scottish notes back in England.

«These kinds of meetings that bring in the local municipalities to speak to the people who are doing business here are so vital,» she said.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - New York, attended a roundtable discussion in Ithaca on Monday with about 20 people who represented local businesses, start - up companies, and higher - education institutions.

OWEGO (WBNG)-- Local businesses are being asked to help fight the drug epidemic by supporting people who are in recovery.

«We appreciate the good work of our benefit committee and the many generous people and local businesses who contributed to making this event a success for so many children in our community.»

The May 11 meeting, part of the Inwood NYC Neighborhood Study that launched last year, is meant to bring together «community board members, heads of local nonprofit organizations, social service providers and small business owners and people who have invested and put their effort in the community,» said Russell Murphy, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's interim chief of staff.

«A lot of people are interested in seeing these desolate blocks develop,» said Peter Psathas, who works in the neighborhood and whose family owns a local business in Inwood.

The billionaires who run Uber want new laws that give their loosely regulated business model a clear path to passengers and profits — and a bypass route around local attempts to help drivers and people with disabilities.

For graduate students who are interested in applying their research to the commercial sector or moving into the business side of technology, Edwards recommends turning to people in the business school or connecting with a local entrepreneurship networking group.

Having strong relationships with local governments, nonprofits, businesses and banks keeps the academic experts working on questions that matter and gets answers into hands of the people who can use them.

This event is also a great opportunity to meet with local and regional business owners, new and social media people, and of course, those who are «in the know» about all - things marketing!

Together with a friend they registered on a local dating site, and got the same type of bait: The man of her dreams, who requested she contacted an agency, since he was too busy, and this was the way business people did it those days, by hiring an agent.

You've got all your own local people who are in the business of assessing.

They are the local business people, the backbone of the area who grow their businesses, create jobs, attend the local chamber of commerce meetings every week, and who understand and appreciate the economic engine of this race.

We're starting to do collaborations with our work with the ABA (American Booksellers Association) where we're doing local self - publishing nights with the local bookstores, bringing together the local self - publishers and having them run clinics for other aspiring self - published authors or people who are trying to get a handle on what this space is... The catalog keeps growing with new authors all the time, new languages all the time, and even as the total business grows, that percentage of self - published sales remains shockingly consistent.»

While you can do all your business with Scottrade online, including trading stocks, ETFs, buying and selling mutual funds, transferring money back and forth, and researching, you can also get help from Scottrade in person when necessary because, unlike many other discount brokers who operate entirely online, Scottrade has more than 500 local branch offices across the country, making getting help with either trading or general question about account much easier and convenient.

Over the following year Siobhan joined the local small business community and built a network of people, like her who were running small businesses from their homes.

Four Your Paws Only also cross-markets with other local businesses — for example, the store runs a promotion during which it offers discounts to people who bring in their room key from a participating hotel.

We have a page on our website with pet - friendly lodging in the valley, so when people come into town they know where they can stay with their dog,» says Kathy, who having noticed that people were increasingly traveling with their pets, has long encouraged the local businesses to be as pet friendly as possible.

We're thankful for the people throughout the industry who understand this necessity and put in the time to make a difference: the small business owners who joined their local Chambers of Commerce and got to know their elected officials; those who've gone the extra mile to lend support in jurisdictions and on issues that didn't affect them directly; and especially those who invest their time, talent and treasure in support of the entire industry through PIJAC — our members, consultants and tireless Board of Directors.

(In fact, if a business can pay for an ad in a sports stadium, why don't some of them support an ad for adopting at their local shelter??? And isn't it true that many of the people who can't even AFFORD a decent ticket to that staidum — are still the ones who donate to their local animal shelter?!)

Be the person who opens his or her local business to people with animals seeking shelter during a hurricane.

Retired couples, young people, families, recent graduates who bought food with their gift money, local businesses, MANNA FoodBank... and so many more.

This business was started to provide a needed, local service to people, who were working hard and feeling guilty when they had to leave their canine and feline kids at home.

We need to donate directly to local shelters, not to national organizations who line their own pockets and try to get new, subjective, and deliberately vague laws in place so they can force good people out of business until they are the only source of pets.

Regardless, I'm not concerned about online retailers affecting my business, because I'm confident people who walk through our doors are choosing to shop local.

• Arrange a food drive challenge at schools, your office, churches, civic groups, your condo building or among your friends • Set up donation bins at businesses, schools, your office, church, temple, a local grocery store • If you own a business, offer discounts to people who bring food donations

Casa Ridge is also the perfect place for the business person who needs to relax and unwind after a stressful day's meetings have been completed, as well as a home away from home for local and overseas visitors.