Not exact matches
In
making its case to cities, Uber can
start by
better explaining the benefits it can bring to municipalities, says Jui Ramaprasad, a professor
of information systems at McGill University's Desautels faculty
of management.
The agreements — don't gossip, don't take things personally, don't
make assumptions, and do your
best — help me
start from a rational position
of trying to understand the issue at hand, without bringing any negative mental baggage that may come along naturally if I weren't aware
of them.
One
of his sayings I now pass on to every
start - up we fund: that it's
better, initially, to
make a small number
of users really love you than a large number kind
of like you.
If you want to
make the most
of whatever intellectual horsepower you have, it's
well worth a read in full, but here are a few
of his ideas in brief to get you
started.
In fact, in an effort to
make sure he feeds his mind a steady diet
of good books this year, he has vowed to read something new every two weeks,
starting an online book club to keep himself on track and inspire others.
Dig Deeper: The 10
Best Slogans
of All Time How to Create a Company Philosophy: Hire People Who Match the Culture Understandably, many companies don't think about their principles until they
start making hires.
Since the
start of this year, the company has sold 50 million pints,
making it the
best - selling pint
of ice cream in the U.S., surpassing long - time industry leaders like Häagen - Dazs and Ben & Jerry's.
It's much
better to read and absorb the spirit
of what each paragraph
of transcript is trying to say, and then
start fresh with sentences that
make sense on the page.
For me, one
of the most important, and surprising, discoveries over the last few years has been that choosing the
best approach to balancing business and social concerns
starts with a decision to
make shareholder interests the higher priority.
We've collected and organized the
best business tools and articles to help guide you through many
of the decisions that you will need to
make when
starting and running your own business.
This means that if you choose to
start a business, thinking that it would be a
good source
of funds, you could very
well make less money than your friend who works a minimum wage job.
One
good place to
start would be following the lead
of one suburban community outside
of St. Louis, where they have
made creating a culture
of STEM education a priority.
If Twitter is serious about being a force for
good in the world and a haven from harassment for its users, it will have to
start by
making it harder to tweet without any sort
of accountability.
While nobody has a crystal ball that can predict the future, a
good financial model will help you understand the key elements that
make your business tick and help you avoid the kinds
of problems that can doom your business before it even
starts.
Its value touched $ 900 at the
start of the year, but sits around $ 300 today — a price drop that
makes the Russian ruble look like a
good investment.
That's why it is extremely important to know the numbers
of «The Game» before you
start playing it, so you
make the
best decisions you can.
So if you
start losing that commerce for want
of not
making those investments — so that's the «why» piece there as
well.
But when you break «innovation» down to what it really means in a corporate setting — essentially, finding new ways to
make money — it can
start to seem like a much
better idea to have someone in charge
of that process.
Get outside your own head, your own view
of the world, think about
making someone else's life
better, and they promise yours will soon
start feeling that way too.
Better yet, think
of other opportunities for
making great first impressions — an all - company meeting before the new hire
starts, a company party or a departmental outings.
Samsung recently
started making its «deep sea blue» option available in the US, but as
of right now, that color is only available at
Best Buy.
You might think that with all their resources, large companies should be able to win all the
best candidates, but they can't begin to offer the benefits that
make small companies attractive: a
well - carved niche, a fresh
start - up story, a culture free
of red tape, a ground - floor opportunity.
«If you haven't
made the jump yet, and you're
starting early on your holiday wish list, I have
good news — we're dropping the price
of the PlayStation 4 system in the U.S. and Canada,» Sony Computer Entertainment America vice president
of platforms marketing John Koller wrote in a blog post this month.
It doesn't matter where you are or what kind
of business you're
starting, you can learn to be a
better entrepreneur by looking at what
makes Silicon Valley tick.
Whether it's
starting the process to grant the island statehood (which island residents are now if favor
of), or granting the island's government the ability to go through the Chapter 9 bankruptcy process, Congress doesn't seem ready to
make policy decisions on Puerto Rico's future based on what is
best for Puerto Ricans themselves.
Smith
started Vice as a print magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes in Montreal more than two decades ago; with Smith at the helm as CEO, it's now a multi-platform content mill with a reported audience
of between 250 million and 300 million people a month, many
of them members
of Generation Y. Smith
made his money by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials
better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake
of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million partnership.
A few other pieces compared entrepreneurship to the movie
making business with titles like «How Starting A Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»&
making business with titles like «How
Starting A Business Is Like The
Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»&
Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How
Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as
well as the slightly esoteric «How
Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»»
Cities across the Midwest
made the list
of best places overall for
starting a business, and several ranked high in categories including cheapest office space and lowest labor costs.
Adds Etrit, 28, who was COO
of Detroit - based smart building technology company Hepta Systems before leaving recently to co-found Kodelabs, a software development and real estate technology
start - up, with Edi: «From an economic standpoint, immigrants only
make this country
better, because different minds think differently, and that's what
makes this country amazing.
The duo also scored a lot
of free publicity in Atlanta by playing up the «local boys
make good» angle
of their story as
well as the idea
of a gay couple
starting a company together.
Start being grateful: feeling grateful is one of the most medicinal emotions we can feel it elevates your mood and it fills you with happiness, if we are going to be successful at this thing called, life, we have to start being grateful for the things that happen in our live, no matter how good or bad each of us has it, you have to make to start making it a practice to be grateful for your
Start being grateful: feeling grateful is one
of the most medicinal emotions we can feel it elevates your mood and it fills you with happiness, if we are going to be successful at this thing called, life, we have to
start being grateful for the things that happen in our live, no matter how good or bad each of us has it, you have to make to start making it a practice to be grateful for your
start being grateful for the things that happen in our live, no matter how
good or bad each
of us has it, you have to
make to
start making it a practice to be grateful for your
start making it a practice to be grateful for your life.
One
of the
best ways to do that is to build an audience on social, grow an email list and
start making relationships with online influencers before you need them.
When converted to US dollars, many
of the salaries fall
well short
of the average American teacher, who
makes $ 44,000
starting out and approximately $ 68,000 at the upper end.
With an itchy vagina, your first thought would probably be a yeast infection, and that is a
good place to
start — after all, an estimated 75 percent
of women will get at least one yeast infection in her life,
making it far more common than a semen allergy.
But a handful
of start - ups are
making headway as
well.
Albert Wang, CEO
of PatPat, a manufacturer to consumer brand for moms, shares how his company
started as an effort to
make shopping
better for new parents.
(For a
good explanation
of why people think this, read our interview with «
Made in Chelsea»
start - turned - gold miner Francis Boulle.)
People who
start companies tend to be goal - oriented: They'll set out to accomplish a big «it» —
making a
better product, hitting a huge revenue target, going public, whatever — and then spend all
of their energy (and most
of their waking moments) in its pursuit.
Given that Amazon delivers 3.5 million packages a day, according to the Journal story, if it could deliver a
good share
of those itself, it only
makes sense that it would
start offering delivery to other companies, too.
On Tuesday, Oculus
made good on its promise by announcing that the first batch
of «Oculus Ready» computers would be available for preorder
starting Feb. 16 at 5 a.m. EST..
One: books about how the financial crash happened and why (
Making it Happen, The Alchemists, The Unwinding, The Billionaire's Apprentice, After the Music Stopped) and two: books about the business and culture
of technology (The Everything Store, Smarter Than You Think, as
well as Hatching Twitter, by Nick Bilton and Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and
Started a Revolution, by Fred Vogelstein.)
Using the
best - selling 737 - 8 as the
starting point for a new type
of 737 could pose such challenges, but may also be cheaper to
make because
of economies
of scale in busy 737 - 8 production.
Such policies might include providing more incentives for companies (both large and small) to invest in R&D and capital infrastructure, encouraging post-secondary institutions to
better tailor their programming to meet market demand in terms
of subjects and skills, and
making Canada a more attractive country for foreign or
start - up companies to invest in by deregulating industries that have no business being as regulated or as protected as they are, such as telecommunications, airlines, and broadcasting.
When Theranos opened the first
of 40 Walgreens Wellness Centers in 2013, it should have
started generating revenue and been
well on its way to breaking even some day, assuming the service was as cost - effective and scalable as it was
made out to be.
If you're unsure about how to
make the
best of your dealings with your outside accountant,
start reading 101 Questions to Ask Your CPA, a free eight - page brochure provided by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Making the most
of your professional network is the
best thing you can do when
starting a business.
To plan successfully for your children's education costs,
start early and
make use
of some strategies that can work particularly
well for business owners.
A chapter on the hows and whys
of saving for retirement
makes a
good start for beginners.
Making a new budget, based on an analysis
of your cash flow and spending habits, is a
good place to
start.
Although technically not a retailer, eBay (ebay) is rounding up some
of the
best tech deals from its various sellers and
making them available for the week,
starting Nov. 25.