Filmmaker Kirsten Dirksen
of Fair Companies gets a closer look at one of these compact units, sharing the story of how one student feels, living in this small space:
Now Price gives filmmaker Kirsten Dirksen
of Fair Companies an insight into his simple but profoundly self - determined life, based on a philosophy of freedom, while staying interconnected with nature and living as light as possible.
The project, known as Silo City, is bursting with creative inspiration, and as a home that can move, it is surprisingly ergonomic and well - designed, as we see in this in - depth video tour via Kirsten Dirksen
of Fair Companies:
Not exact matches
«In determining
fair values for our private investments, we continued to follow our long - established process
of considering a variety
of company - specific and market - based factors,» the statement said.
This creates jobs — a sign
of a functioning economy — and provides opportunities for others through paying a
fair wage and bettering the surrounding communities in which the
company operates.
The
company will find you a mechanic also to accompany you to a used - car dealer; again, it seems like the mechanic would have a
fair amount
of discretion in offering his or her services.
In general, under the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), individuals can't volunteer services to for - profit, private - sector
companies unless the activity benefits the employee, such as in the case
of an unpaid internship.
«You have survival
of the fittest going on between these A.I.
companies,» he said, «until you reach the point where you wonder if it becomes possible to understand how to ensure they are being
fair — and how do you describe to a computer what that means, anyway?»
When helping
companies shift their sales culture, I spend a
fair amount
of time listening in on sales meetings.
The complainer has probably been running his
company for decades and has had to deal with his
fair share
of swindlers, con men and cheats.
I lack the direct experience with the world's largest retailer to fairly say I don't like it, but still — a
company that has both a taste for hegemony and a reputation (
fair or not) for driving profit out
of supply chains is something any marketer should be wary
of.
I'm a free enterpriser so this might be me saying, well look, I don't think it is
fair now to say to people that have made those investments — it's a number
of companies not just Bell and Rogers, it's Telus and so on — that the city is going to facilitate more competition or invest in it.
The potential deal, while still unconfirmed, has already attracted its
fair share
of skeptics who doubt it will go through due to Tsinghua's low offer price and the fact that U.S. regulators are likely to be cautious about a large takeover by a Chinese state - owned
company.
While some
of these operations appear expensive, trading around 20 times cash flow (compared with eight times for miners), Nagle figures it's a
fair price considering that all these
companies do, basically, is collect cash.
He said its co-founders had a
fair amount
of luck in getting the
company off the ground, stumbling unexpectedly into filling a common need.
The
company has had its
fair share
of attention as
of late, as it was revealed this week that Sean Rad is stepping down as CEO, but staying on at the
company as president and board member.
Since it's a technology
company, it's no surprise that Stack Overflow employs a
fair share
of Mario - loving developers.
«The magic is making sure you are getting a
fair deal upfront for what you think the vision
of the
company will be.»
It just doesn't seem
fair that tech
companies are born coated in the glitz and glamour
of Silicon Valley.
But in today's business environment, small
companies have embraced sponsorship
of everything from local softball and volleyball teams to festivals,
fairs, and park cleanups as an effective means
of increasing their visibility in their home community.
To be
fair, Buffett himself isn't responsible for picking all the stocks that Berkshire owns, as his two deputies, Ted Weschler and Todd Combs, are now managing large portfolios
of their own at the
company.
As president
of Evolving Systems (# 205),
Fair has seen his
company grow 1,088 % from 1990 to 1994, so he has experienced his share
of corporate velocity.
As well, the
company's gross margins before
fair value adjustments shrunk from 58 per cent
of sales or $ 12.5 million, compared to 64 per cent
of sales or $ 6.2 million in the fiscal third quarter a year ago.
In 1991, it became the first U.S.
company to officially adopt theTransFair internationally recognized standards
of fair trade as guiding principles for itsbusiness.
«We presented
fair and compelling offers to unions on both coasts, and we hope they will reach timely agreements with us on behalf
of their members,» the
company said.
When time was up, our engineers presented their projects to the rest
of the
company, old - school science -
fair style.
The
company follows «
fair trade» practices, meaning it pays some growers a guaranteed minimum base price regardless
of the world market price.
Dorsey's onto a new
company, Square, which is the subject
of a very nice Vanity
Fair piece.
Earlier this month, that fuse got significantly shorter once the President weighed in on the issue, as he publicly shamed
companies that are not collecting their
fair share
of local taxes.
This is how Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway make money — by consistently finding outperforming
companies and acquiring them, or part
of them, at
fair costs.
It aims to arrive at the
fair market price
of a
company by calculating anticipated future cash flows at the present value.
I still do primarily claims relating to motor vehicle accidents and I do a
fair amount
of statutory accident benefits, defending those on behalf
of the insurance
companies.
While the term «mompreneur» has earned its
fair share
of eyerolls in the business world, there's no denying the entrepreneurial savvy
of women who launch their own
companies on the back
of unique answers to common parental problems.
The number
of founders» shares is an arbitrary number that's set formally when the
company's founded, based on the ownership share your
company determines to be
fair.
That increases the shares outstanding and dilutes the stake
of existing shareholders, since shares issued by the
company through the exercise
of options are not sold in exchange for cash at
fair market value but are exercised at a discount.
With SpaceX hoping to make its rockets completely reusable, the
company has been upgrading its payload
fairings — the nose cone at the top
of the rocket — as part
of these efforts.
«At some point, big wireless
companies made a decision for you that you should have to wait two years to get a new phone for a
fair price,» said John Legere, moved attribution up president and CEO
of T - Mobile U.S., in a statement.
Does the
company code
of conduct have
fair, impartial, credible investigation procedures that employees trust and actually use?
The
company said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that it is committed to
fair and equitable treatment
of its employees.
But given the complexity
of the tax code, the number
of loopholes, and the size
of some
companies» accounting departments, a commitment to paying your
fair share is probably non-trivial.
Fair enough, but if you prefer to meet your streaming needs with the likes
of Spotify, Pandora or Apple Music, the 15 - year - old
company's throwback rebrand could seem somewhat perplexing.
Given the
company's crunchy Vermont roots, it should not come as much
of a surprise that Ben & Jerry's would use Twitter to support a cause promoting sustainability and
fair treatment
of food producers.
«I would think that if they did start to sell, there would be a
fair bit
of demand from other countries and U.S.
companies, especially as rates slowly increase, which makes them more attractive holdings.»
That criticism is a very
fair one, because if you build a
company to the size
of TOMS that's able to do real good and create jobs then why not do it?
After garnering feedback from more than 80 Kaplan executives and technology experts, and tinkering with their revenue models, design plans and presentation speeches for three months at Kaplan's New York City offices, the teams behind these disruptive education technology
companies have learned their
fair share
of business lessons.
Many customers, especially universities (which order a lot
of sweatshirts for silkscreening), are part
of a «clean clothes» campaign: they order only from
companies that are perceived to run safe and
fair offshore facilities.
It's probably
fair to say that Tom Shine owes his
company to Bart Starr, the great Green Bay Packers quarterback
of yesteryear.
And the Kraft Heinz
company is betting that means there were a
fair amount
of people who would have been fine not going into the office the next day.
That said, Sanders has been critical
of Apple, saying last month that the
company should pay its «
fair share»
of taxes, a barb that Apple has faced in the past over claims it doesn't pay enough taxes in the United States.
A
fair number
of workplace complaints regarding inappropriate conduct have an origin at the
company holiday party.»