I am not so concerned that you showed up in an obviously brand - new suit (though I'll tell you that other members of the panel do make... IMO... too much
of a big deal out of that).
Not exact matches
In the wake
of the Dollar Shave Club
deal, I reached
out to my own business advisers, at Commerce Business Advisers, and asked them what are the three
biggest mistakes that founders make in the early days, that eventually hurt their exits.
When Brad Keselowski made a comment about other teams having more resources, the media made a
big deal out of it... but you basically responded it was a non-issue and you want your guys to be themselves.
Sunbeam makes a
big deal about the «EliteStyle II Controller,» but it isn't necessarily more impressive than any
of the other controllers
out there.
«Given the scope
of the issues
out there, it seems like this is a
bigger deal than we had originally thought.»
Jonathan Crandall, who runs J.C. Landscaping in Danvers, Mass., is a
big believer in holding
out for financing
deals that pop up at the end
of a model year.
Next time you order take
out, take a moment to register the delivery driver — they could just be kind
of a
big deal.
Although there's a pretty
big catch — most
of the flights are based
out of cities in Asia, so you'll have to get yourself over there first before you can enjoy these sweet
deals.
As
big a
deal as Salesforce's planned acquisition
of MuleSoft is, it may be just one small chapter in what turns
out to be an epic year for tech mergers and acquisitions.
And while they highlight celebrity endorsements for
big companies (with the exception
of Rebecca Minkoff, who was making clothes
out of her studio apartment at the time), the good business lessons learned from setting up and cashing in on such high - vis endorsement
deals can easily be applied to small companies.
These perceptions on the part
of your customers may not seem like a
big deal to you but in competitive markets, small business owners must utilize every advantage to make their company stand
out among the competition.
It was the
biggest deal in the company's history, but last February it announced a $ 2.49 - billion writedown after finding
out that the gold at Red Back's Tasiast mine was
of a lower grade than previously thought.
They've already been priced
out of so many
big deals.
One
of his
biggest deals — the $ 41 billion buyout
of XTO Energy in 2009 — was called by Tillerson himself ill - timed because it was done before natural gas prices bottomed
out.
«We make a
big deal about the controversial nature
of our business and market around it,» explains Biderman, pointing
out that the thousands
of user profiles on Avid's various international sites represent, in the aggregate, a vast sociological study
of human infidelity, an area that has traditionally attracted little in the way
of sociological scrutiny.
ESPN president John Skipper maintains that cord - cutting isn't as
big a
deal as some industry critics make it
out to be, insisting the network is having some success retaining subscribers by being part
of skinny bundles, such as Dish Network's SlingTV package.
Here are six businesses that walked
out of the Tank with a
deal and have been scaling up ever since, generating a handsome return for their
big fish investors.
We're getting into the technology space, so we've been
out and about working with them, we just signed a
deal with HP (hpq) so we're in the space, and we like the dynamic
of all the
big technology companies right now.
One thing that helps Roku stand
out is the fact that, unlike many
of its
biggest rivals, the Los Gatos, Calif. - based tech company relies solely on
deals with outside content producers.
In the case
of food trucks in the USA, helping
out local farmers has been a
big deal.
Last year, December 23rd trumped Black Friday as the
biggest shopping day
of the year; this year, major retailers like Amazon and Wal - Mart have been rolling
out Black Friday - caliber
deals since November 1.
It's also end
of days for startups whose
big idea is to raise a mountain
of money now and figure
out a business plan later, and for investors who think clever
deal terms or the wisdom
of crowds is a substitute for diligence and judgment.
Thailand's third - richest man is set to take control
of Fraser and Neave (F&N) in Southeast Asia's
biggest M&A
deal after a group led by an Indonesian tycoon bowed
out of a two - month bidding war for the $ 11.4 billion Singapore company.
But you can do that in the exact same way that you would with any other co-worker; there's no need to make it about the fact that she's transgender or to bring it up on your own or otherwise make a
big deal out of it.
As some retailers push their holiday doorbuster hours into Thanksgiving Day — or in RadioShack's case, the Wednesday before — figuring
out a plan
of action can create a
bigger headache than
dealing with your bickering relatives.
And in many ways, by trotting
out bigger deals earlier and diluting Black Friday (it's not dead yet — 87 million people still came
out to shop), retailers have deprived themselves
of important market intelligence, in terms
of trends, projections, and customer reactions to promotions, making it harder to re-adjust their strategy in these final weeks before Christmas.
Put yourself
out of business, and let them get on and run your business day to day, and then you can start
dealing with the
bigger issues, and you can take the company forward into
bigger areas, and you can — maybe if you're an entrepreneur, you can start your second business or your third business.
Missing a utility payment or skipping
out on a library fine might seem like no
big deal, but if you don't take care
of it, and let it sit, the end result can be a lower credit score.
A few
big oil and gas
deals have come
out of the price rout — Royal Dutch Shell's acquisition
of BG, worth $ 70 billion, is the largest by far — but more will likely take place in the near term.
Berkshire shareholders will be glad to see Buffett making
big deals and not sorting
out messy personnel problems like the 2011 resignation
of top executive David Sokol.
Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer
out huge bilateral
deals with all the provinces for their slices
of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like
big public transit expansions.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid
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of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think
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of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story
of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story
of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance
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Old news, you might say, and no
big deal, but remember that these kinds
of problems when they arise tend immediately to be suppressed, and only become public when there is no way to prevent information from leaking
out.
You know, this trade discussion around how it works
out with China is a
bigger deal than people give credit to because they are literally 50 %
of the demand in the world for commodities: iron ore, nickel, aluminum, zinc.
Most newsworthy in this year's edition, the 87 - year old billionaire pointed
out that Berkshire Hathaway now has a $ 116 billion war chest to spend on a
deal, but that prices were too high for him to spend any
of it in a
big way last year.
However, taking
out any kind
of loan is a
big financial decision and should be met with a good
deal of caution.
Should you, as an investor, make a
big deal out of this development?
A trillion dollars
of liquidity coming
out from the Fed just in a loan is going to be a
big deal as we deeper into the year.
Warren Buffett believes his best
deals during the economy's
biggest belly flop since the Crash
of 1929 may well turn
out to be the ones he didn't do.
If it has a
big enough impact, it could even give Verizon a way
out of its $ 4.8 bln
deal.
For Dell, a $ 24.4 billion
deal to take itself private is a bold move
out of Wall Street's harsh spotlight as it tries to remake itself in a world where personal computers are no longer the
big business in technology.
And whoever buys Yahoo has to also
deal with SoftBank and its desire to get
out of large annual payments it makes to the company, which owns a
big stake in Yahoo Japan.
If you can make it economical for people to get
out of their cars, or sell their cars, and turn transportation into a service, it's a pretty
big deal.
Carney makes the Obama inspiration explicit when Carney writes that if Obama can make a
big deal out of tax breaks for corporate jets, libertarian Republicans can make a
big deal out of the Export - Import bank.
And I was really freaked
out about it because, when you're writing about the end
of the world, how you end your story is a
big deal.
It's not National Day
of Prayer to «God»... stop trying to make a
big deal out of nothing, dumb article.
Making a
big deal out of nothing.
What if everywhere you looked, there were gay people and images
of gay people, and the only straight characters in ads, TV and movies were there solely to point
out and make a
big deal of their sexuality?
The fact that they make such a
big deal out of being AGAINST sexuality in any but the most tightly Churchian - state controlled circumstances, i.e., marriage, PROVES their attachment to the issue, not their «freedom from sin.»
Why do you make a
big deal out of it, call me names, and then ask for my qualifications?