Sentences with phrase «measure your progress more»

-- You can convince your VCs of reviewing on a monthly base only those metrics that will measure progress more accurately at this stage, instead of all the financial data which is not relevant — You can set up the right financial systems / software to help measure basic financial information, and allow your VC access to additional financial figures every quarter or by request If none of these work: — You can try convincing your VC of using the right metrics as well as the financial ones, and to be measured by a mix of both — You can hire a seasoned part - time CFO who can at least free you of the hurdle of putting the numbers together

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In a panel discussion in Silicon Valley Saturday, however, Musk took a more measured tone on AI, encouraging members of the audience to think about how to prevent it from progressing along a potentially apocalyptic path.

The longer you benchmark or measure your progress to an irrelevant or outdated standard, the more time you waste and the more ground you give up to the competition.

Everyone needs to know how their progress will be measured, and (more importantly) how to get back on track if / when they find themselves distracted and off - mission.

I've recorded my progress on daily goals for more than 470 days and measured the results.

The story of the growth of open source use in Canada has been far more a matter of evolution than revolution, so quiet in its pace that its progress has been difficult to measure.

More to the point, we are encouraged by the progress apparent in the measures that these companies can control.

Erik Henau, Concepta PLC's (LON: CPT) chief executive, believes a more measured approach to its entry into the Chinese market will make progress smoother in future.

Twenty years ago I became convinced that one major source of the commitment to policies that often do more harm than good is the way economic progress is measured.

Sometimes the progress of reason is more easily measured by the discernment of unreason and by the struggle that it is destined to undergo in order to prevent the fruitless death of its possibilities.

In 2015, The Consumer Goods Forum, which represents more than 400 of the world's largest retailers and manufacturers from 70 countries, adopted a resolution for its members to reduce food waste from their operations by 50 percent by 2025, with baselines and progress to be measured using the FLW Standard.

I will suggest measures to help your labor progress smoothly or make labor more comfortable for you.

I will suggest measures to help labor progress smoothly or make labor more comfortable for you.

While many questions persist about more sophisticated diagnostic measures, rehabilitation and long - term effects of injury, we continue to make great progress, remain current on research and new techniques and provide the best possible care for our patients at any level of sport or activity.»

While great progress has been achieved in recent years in preventing child occupant deaths and injuries, and increasing the correct use of child safety seats, booster seats and safety belts — thanks in no small measure to the tireless dedication of NHTSA and its many partners in the child passenger safety community — more work needs to be done to protect child occupants who remain at heightened risk.»

Use the checklist below to measure your child's progress toward readiness, and keep in mind that starting before your child is truly ready doesn't mean you'll finish sooner — it's more likely that the process will just end up taking longer.

Use the checklist below to measure your toddler's progress toward readiness, and keep in mind that starting before your child is truly ready doesn't mean you'll finish sooner — it's more likely that the process will just end up taking longer.

One extension of the socially inculcated materialist bias is a certain view of novelty and change as both a telos and measure of social progress: the valorisation of consumption and accumulation, and the acceleration through advancing technology of ever more transactional forms of relating to others, has left a legacy of insatiable desire, and a need for permanent «churning» activity aimed at meeting it.

More recently, the study of happiness furthered the debate in public policy, as many governments brought up the necessity for new measures of social progress.

And in 2016, there will be more elections to measure the continent's progress in its pursuit towards a more democratic future.

«The NASUWT has always stressed that progress measures are, in general, a more effective and equitable indicator of the contribution schools make to the achievement of pupils than those focused on assessment.

To correct this, many economists have begun searching for more comprehensive measures of economic progress that reflect the overall state of a country.

But its progress on the ages of the rings is more promising: By precisely measuring Saturn's mass during its finale, the probe is also refining mass estimates for the rings.

We measured the levels of Tregs in patients with ALS, and we found that the disease progressed significantly more slowly in patients who had higher numbers of Tregs in their blood.

To measure progress we monitor plastic debris deposition rates at isolated shore stations which is far more accurate than oceanic sampling.

For people starting their fitness journey or a new training program, measurements can be helpful so you can gauge progress — but weight is not a good measure as muscle does weigh more than fat and weight loss isn't necessarily good if it's mostly muscle.

So, if you want to keep track of your weight more precisely, include some other tools to measure your progress.

For starters, Dr. Michos points out, measuring waist circumference may provide a more vivid indication of weight - loss progress.

Now, I just see my weight as just a number that will help me figure out other numbers (or signs) that are more important in measuring my progress.

Still, this study highlights the importance of balance: Weighing yourself once a day may be encouraging as a useful tool to measure progress, but any more than that and the weight - loss journey may simply become an obsessive numbers game.

The slant board type are good for being a bit more scientific about your stretching in that measuring progress is easier.

TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY - SCALES VERSUS PICTURES — My nana always says a picture tells a thousand words - well here's one for you - same weight, three years apart - Feeling healthy is THE number one measure of a healthy body, and I know that whats the mirror, and in my progress pics like this one, are 100 % more accurate measure, and I'm so glad I've documented my whole weight loss journey - My weight has shot up to 68kgs again in the last while, and my minds been playing tricks on me ♀️ The last time I was 68kgs was 2015, I was just 12 weeks into my first ever training program and I had lost a massive 7kgs already!!

«Feeling healthy is THE number one measure of a healthy body, and I know that whats the mirror, and in my progress pics like this one, are 100 % more accurate measure, and I'm so glad I've documented my whole weight loss journey,» @fat2fitdotie captioned her side - by - side photos.

Due to the 169 targets that collectively make up the 17 SDGs, progress can also now be much more effectively measured.

My own view is that these kinds of measures are fine, but unless we can make progress in affecting the home environments of today's children, any progress will be modest at best, and the job of the schools will only become more difficult.

As advocated by the 22 - member panel chaired by former Gov. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, both bills would expand the Congressionallymandated National Assessment of Educational Progress to provide state - by - state data, measure learning in more core subjects, include out - of - school 17 - year - olds, and provide a larger sampling of private - school students.

The Gates folks are using science to improve the measures of student progress and to identify what makes a more effective teacher.

Results from annual standardized tests can be useful for accountability purposes, but student progress must be measured on a far more frequent basis if the data are being used to inform instruction and improve achievement.

As outlined in the iNACOL Quality Assurance Performance Metrics, states, authorizers, and researchers should adopt more accurate measures of individual growth, such as the pre - and post-assessment measures typically used by national online learning support organizations (for example, the Measures of Academic Progress [MAP] or the equimeasures of individual growth, such as the pre - and post-assessment measures typically used by national online learning support organizations (for example, the Measures of Academic Progress [MAP] or the equimeasures typically used by national online learning support organizations (for example, the Measures of Academic Progress [MAP] or the equiMeasures of Academic Progress [MAP] or the equivalent).

To cross the chasm between grades and true preparation for college and beyond, our systems will need to do more than eliminating the doomsday «F»: they must move away from measuring progress in instructional hours and instead embrace competency - based approaches.

Removing seat time from state regulations certainly stands to open up more opportunities for students to move at their own pace, and for educators to measure progress in terms of authentic learning rather than hours and minutes.

When schools test on more than one occasion they can measure the progress — or growth — of students over time.

EW: What dies the NEA recommend, instead of high - stakes testing, to measure student progress and show more accountability?

According to Schools Week, Cath Jadhav, associate director of standards and comparability at Ofqual, said that more pupils in lower ability sets were likely to have been entered for the English Literature GCSE this year, so they are counted in Progress 8 measures.

Using the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) as our measure, we found some states had raised the achievement of economically disadvantaged students the equivalent of a full grade level or more in just eight years, 2003 - 2008 — this at grades four and eight and in reading and math.

More worrying are longtime test vendors, not just commercial firms like Pearson and McGraw - Hill but also veteran nonprofits like ACT, Measured Progress, and Northwest Evaluation Association.

Ironically, however, it is not clear that these growth models would fulfill the more simplistic federal requirements for adequate yearly progress, which dictate that the performance of students at each grade level be measured against a fixed standard of proficiency.

More and more, we will see such measures of competency replacing seat time as the indicator of academic progrMore and more, we will see such measures of competency replacing seat time as the indicator of academic progrmore, we will see such measures of competency replacing seat time as the indicator of academic progress.

Targets have also led to students thinking more about what they need to do to improve, instead of waiting for the teacher to hand them a grade to measure their progress.

The logic behind the Common Core was not just that we'd be getting lower scores; it was that we'd be getting common and more accurate measures of student progress.