Sentences with phrase «long run the company»

Buffett also said that two investment managers who recently joined the company, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, «will be handling a few billion dollars in 2012, but they have the brains, judgment and character to manage our entire portfolio» when he and Charlie Munger, Berkshire's vice chairman, are no longer running the company.

In the long run companies must create enough cash flow to pay expenses, invest in the future (capital expenditures), service their debt (if any), and return money to shareholders.

Hyman said over the long run companies that have grown their dividends have outperformed those that haven't.

I would rather invest in a commodity business where I know the company is a low - cost producer as, I believe, in the long run the company will best its competitors and eventually produce a market beating return.

Not exact matches

Andurand, who runs oil hedge fund Andurand Capital Management LLP, wrote in a string of tweets on Sunday that companies may be less willing to risk investment in long term oil projects because of low crude barrel prices and a predicted peak in electric vehicle demand.

People who are invested in building a career, however, are much more focused on finding ways to learn and gain experience in their work as a way to go further toward fulfilling long - term goals, which might be running a company or starting one of their own.

Do your homework and pick the stocks of companies that are doing well and could be doing better in a stronger environment, and your portfolio could benefit in the long run, Cramer said.

If you're looking to build companies in the long run, you really need to have a contrarian perspective.

The celebrated railway executive officially retired from Canadian National Railway Company (CN) in 2009, after a long career running railways.

Systems are important to growing your business and a requirement if you want to make sure your company stays around for the long run.

Do you want to see your company grow even if you're no longer running it — or do you want to remain in control at all costs?

Says Bapty: «If a CRO is nimble and can evolve technology that can enable its clients to get a drug approved faster or to reduce the risk of a clinical study, or even save them development money in the long run, that company will find it has a long - term business plan.»

Sometimes what your audience wants isn't what's best for you and your company in the long run.

Entrepreneurs like Richard Branson (who's started over 400 companies) have long known that regular physical activity, be it running, lifting, or yoga, can provide you with up to four extra hours of productivity every day.

When you're starting a business or running a company, working long hours will sometimes be unavoidable.

«Even if Uber can get 10 percent of that market, in the long run that still gives them a revenue of $ 200 billion [a year], which will make them one of the biggest companies in the world,» says Sundararajan, who didn't divine when he thought this might happen.

His book, «Let My People Go Surfing,» is a kind of living will and testament to his wishes for the running of his company when he is no longer at full capacity.

A spokesman for the prosecutors in the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) told Fortune that recent disclosures suggesting that chief executive Martin Winterkorn was aware of the long - running deception of U.S. regulators already in May 2014 — over a year before the company finally admitted it to the world — weren't enough by themselves to justify opening an investigation into the former boss.

The crackdown is part of broader and long - running attempts by Silicon Valley technology companies to track and limit what information their employees share publicly.

Tim Cook has now run Apple for five years, long enough for this to be his company rather than Steve Jobs».

The problem is that, in the scramble to create the requisite impeccable customer experiences needed, these same companies run the risk of building on long - established myths promising, but failing to deliver, great business returns.

The good news is that companies that provide excellent customer experience will stand out in their industries, attracting new customers as well as retaining existing ones over the long run.

The tastes and quirks and «spirit» of Reddit and Redditors have been a matter of intense, long - running discussion that has touched every department of the company, and have greatly influenced design choices, which were finally unveiled this week.

But, what about the traits of business owners who start a company and run it for the long - term?

For the Phelans, who had long threatened to take the company private again, that presented an opportunity Though they ran into opposition from institutional investors who criticized the initial offer as too low, the Phelans won out after slightly sweetening the bid.

Metals X looks set to succeed in its long - running battle for control of Aditya Birla Minerals, with the takeover target recommending shareholders accept an increased offer that values the company at about $ 103 million.

Some companies» statements range anywhere from two words to one long run - on sentence, but either way, they perfectly capture why the company exists.

Henderson - based shipbuilder Austal's long - running relationship with the US Navy has generated more work, with the company receiving a $ US13.9 million ($ A18.1 million) addition to a previously awarded contract.

That might seem unfair to judge the company and its flagship conference on a single flopped product, but the fate of Glass is just the most high - profile in a long list of disappeared or disappointing products ranging from Google Reader to Google Wave to the Nexus Q and Android Wear — a platform that still exists, but I usually forget to wear my devices that run it.

Though companies that do not pay taxes sometimes profit from their crime, the decision to cheat can hobble them in the long run.

According to Reuters, the company is going to pay between $ 10,000 and $ 35,000 for videos that run five to 10 minutes long, and as much as $ 250,000 for any video that is 20 to 30 minutes long.

But as Jobs points out, that's not going to help the person — or the company — in the long run.

In the run - up to Apple's recent announcement of the latest iPad, there were fresh hopes of news about «iTV,» the company's long rumoured entry into the television market.

This is remarkable because, not so long ago, Google looked like a company that was running out of gas.

«In the long run, other companies will respect you more,» she says.

Facebook's China whisperer bows out Wang - Li Moser, Facebook's lead liaison with Beijing has left the company in December, complicating the social network's long - running effort to gain greater access to the China market.

«In the long - run we'll make or break this company based on focus,» Systrom told Scoble.

Any veteran business owner will tell you that, in the long run, what saves the most money is having the right people working in your company and keeping your turnover rate low.

The company said it expects another low single - digit decline in the current quarter, which it largely attributes to the company's strategy of cutting ad loads, or how long commercials run during its shows.

That move, added to the hiring of Todd Combs last year, is aimed at preparing investment - rich Berkshire for a day when Buffett, who just turned 81, will no longer be running the company's investments.

You'll be asked to give up between six and ten percent equity in your company, which may hurt you in the long run if you're not one of the startups to gain from your accelerator experience.

The third thing is that Founders Need to Run the Company Longer Today, we take for granted new mobile apps and consumer devices appearing seemingly overnight, reaching tens of millions of users — and just as quickly falling out of favor.

First, the San Francisco - headquartered company, which has long run its bread - and - butter sales software on internal data centers, recently said it is moving more new products and services off - site to Amazon Web Services.

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that record companies and music publishers that once formed part of EMI Group could pursue additional copyright infringement claims in a long - running lawsuit over defunct online music storage firm MP3tunes.

Analyst Brian Nowak says eBay's move away from PayPal could juice the company's numbers in the long run.

The company also closed the door on a long - running anti-bribery case involving contracts with Aluminum Bahrain, and faced up to a $ 243 million after - tax charge stemming from settlements with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Has this hurt the company in the long run?

Having their votes no longer in the mix could prove to be one of the best uses of funds in the acquisition deal structure, because it's an easy way to close out their positions (which includes all their comments, questions and opinions on everything pertaining to running the company).

Much has been written about the connection between corporate culture and branding, and it should be thunderingly obvious by now that hiring people who don't share a company's values is, in the long run, a recipe for disaster.

Taking on debt is also cheaper in the long run than the time and consulting fees involved in selling equity in a company.