Sentences with phrase «many stories about»

Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner.

There's the story about how Ben Horowitz, a Rap Genius investor, hosted the cofounders for dinner and invited the rapper Nas and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to join them.

One buyer shared a story about living a life with disappointing dish towels.

Staff writer Rachel Mendleson kicked things off with a great story about how some teachers are bringing a different approach to the classroom.

But this isn't a story about a few guys with a wonderful, seemingly impossible idea that turns out to be wildly successful.

Fortune «s Grace Donnelly brings you this sweet story about the Girl Scouts of Greater New York's Cookie Executive Committee, «a group of the top - selling Scouts who, despite not yet being old enough to vote, decide everything from logistics to product marketing.»

«This is a story about a business executive dealing with serious challenges at work and in his personal life.

I prefer business plans that demonstrate great returns for investors on exits of $ 100 million (or thereabouts), to moonshot stories about billions to be made on some crazy bionic baby food.

He showed him a News Genius story about longtime Detroit activist Grace Lee Boggs.

Over the last decade the newspapers have been full of stories about Ponzi schemes, crooked investment «advisers» and insider trading.

Everyone has a great story about being an entrepreneur, yet it's rare that you find one who talks about the negatives.

«They'd rather have videos of people telling stories about their loved one than maybe a priest just sort of reading just out loud,» he said.

That list is comprised of stories about immigration and overcoming racial segregation and gender inequality.

For media relations in particular, you want to create a series of signature stories about your company, products / services and employees.

Social media posts tell a story about you and your brand.

As a kid, I remember hearing a story about a village that wanted to honor their king with a barrel of wine.

Ken Allen has a favorite story about a man who turned a case of cold feet into a small fortune.

Whether the stories about the Bo family are true or the embellishments of political rivals, neither scenario inspires confidence in China's leadership and system of governance.

This helps you to remember to begin your presentation with an ice - breaking and hilarious story about a fiasco running through the airport to catch a flight, and breaking a heel along the way.

In between all the stories about drug use, police surveillance, and city councillors getting tackled by the mayor, there have been a few reports of otherwise innocent businesses getting swept up in the Ford scandal.

The scavenger thinks Poe's story about crashing on the planet is a humorous lie and agrees to take Poe to a town with another scavenger who might be able to assist.

I've heard some great stories about entrepreneurs who came from meager beginnings only to rise and prevail against poverty.

«Everybody has story about buying on a Tuesday, and I think maybe in the old days that used to be the case,» he laughed.

It might be the most optimistic story about Wall Street published since the end of the financial crisis.

You should send press releases featuring interesting news relating to the world around you (not inside information about your company) to editors, writers and anyone in the media who can do a story about your business.

The recent Bloomberg story about child labour in Burkina Faso is difficult to get through.

Barbara also shares some tips for those applying to be on Shark Tank, some behind the scenes insights and a hilarious story about another shark.

And while that's a great story about the power of branding as a strategic - marketing tool, the truth is Intel would not enjoy the reputation and market share it has today if not for the fact that it designs and manufactures industry - leading microprocessors.

BI's Brett Logiurato and Henry Blodget wrote and published the story about a week after the bombing.

«So in order to stand out, in order to have people share stories about you and to evangelize for your business on your behalf, you need to create these exceptional experiences.»

The glitch gained widespread attention yesterday when Rachael Bale, a National Geographic journalist, tweeted that Google had «frozen» her document while she was writing a story about wildlife crime.

His status as a mere witness is all the more reason to go in prepared through legal counsel — «even if you're telling a story about ice cream, because these are some of the most irresponsible people on earth,» he said, referring to Congress.

David has a remarkable story about how his business came to be and shares his experiences and how his business is since appearing on Shark Tank.

When Northwestern University realized that its rankings were far higher than the public's perception, it decided to develop a new story about the school.

Watch House of Cards (speaking of creeps...) or any old episode of Behind the Music, and the story about power you'll see is simple: a nice, ambitious person, once they can do whatever they want, is quickly transformed into a monster of appetite, running over anyone necessary to satisfy their newly created desires.

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He's got a little story about his pal the ski instructor who knows that the secret to getting a good tip and repeat business is taking students 10 percent beyond their comfort zone, no more.

And as Roberts tells me a story about his first investment — in genetic sequencing company Illumina — the guy in the black tee and blue jeans in a Marriott full of suits is either in mid-grin, or in mid-guffaw, or both somehow, the entire time.

Now, the addition of food adds a layer of detail and helps tell a story about the women I draw.»

Here are some stories about how these resourceful entrepreneurs used what they had to grow their business.

Chip Wilson, Lulu's founder, built his empire on a story about women and yoga and looking really great in clothes that also felt really good.

My colleagues and I share a lot of things — business intel, stories about our pets and kids, leftover Easter candy — but this query felt infinitely more personal.

But don't waste these events as a one - time rush, instead connect each milestone with the broader vision and story about what you are trying to together achieve.

I didn't much care for the 2015 Best Picture of the Year Spotlight; in my view, it was a Lifetime version of the kind of gripping story about journalism that All the President's Men actually was.

A story about putting it all on the line is sexier than a story about a startup founder that worked on his or her idea in the evenings after their 9 - to - 5 job and bootstrapped along without going into debt.

Did you see the recent story about Prince Harry finally seeking counseling for his grief over Princess Diana's death?

Instead, make it a story about the culture of innovation and the many people who have sustained it; giving others role models and the license to have something to strive for.

«While Americans have become less judgmental about working mothers, this is a story about taking one step forward and one step back,» she says.

Often a personal story about the individual who created the product makes for a very compelling sales piece.

As Rubin attempted to tell a story about the problems she was having obtaining a new credit card, Orkin repeatedly cut her off, until a discreet slide - in notification appeared on his computer screen: «Frequent overlaps.»