Sentences with phrase «of building the thing»

But Vess missed the early days of building things from scratch, so in 2015, he hired Thomas Swalla, a formerly COO of Savings.com, to be the company's president and he became chairman.

It's the total experience of building the thing and then seeing it work well that made for a fun and rewarding time together.

Autoconstrucción is a philosophical concept Cruzvillegas uses to describe his improvised method of building things.

You may turn out to be totally wrong once you have gone to all the trouble of building this thing.

Engineers are tasked with the unenviable duty of building things that actually work and are safe.

«The risks have increased because they've taken on the risk of building these things, owning them, worrying about budgets and overruns,» Bauer adds.

And I'm lucky enough to have a guy that gets great joy out of building things and trouble shooting.

Not exact matches

If you haven't done any of these things during your employment gap, then she says you should get to work on building your skills immediately.

Of course, successfully testing an engine is one thing — building and launching an entire rocket is another.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«I mean there are so many things I would've loved to experience including the building of the pyramids,» she told the magazine.

We have no shortage of ideas, of people who want to build things, or have directions we could go.

And when I say procto - parents, I mean parents who are totally into minding their kids» and everyone else's business, but don't know the first thing about effective education, or how to build the kind of self - sufficient, self - starting students that we actually do need to compete in the global marketplace.

Whether you recognize it or not, all successful small businesses — regardless of what they do or sell — have one thing in common: their owners know how to build and maintain relationships.

«He said, «Do you want to see what we can build with this thing I'm running out of your bedroom?»»

There is an army of young people like Bosche waiting to build things.

Built for the «move fast and break things» world, WeWork serves a new kind of company, one that is willing to pay a little extra to avoid commitment.

Of course, the greatest paradox in building any business is that the things that are easy to do are also easy not to do.

Joe Fresh has tried to stay on top of things as the story develops but statements like this, particularly after reports of ignored safety request — the building had illegally added storeys — raise more questions about the audit process than it answers.

He is also the author of Smart People Should Build Things.

«This enables me to get things done on the same day instead of allowing the guilt pile to build up.

«One of the things that was really important to us was to have better tools and better space for building, prototyping, and testing,» Chapin told Business Insider.

In his new book Smart People Should Build Things, the founder of Venture of America Andrew Yang offers up advice on how aspiring entrepreneurs can begin getting their startup dream off the ground.

The energy - industry veteran built and exited two companies and was leading her third: «Creating is one of the coolest things in the world»

Among other things, the founders have donated portions of online orders to nonprofits, organized volunteers to help the homeless during frigid winters, and built a well in Nigeria to increase clean water access for hibiscus farmers.

Zuora is also building a following among manufacturers such as Schneider Electric and Honeywell, which use its software to manage new services such as predictive maintenance enabled by the Internet of things (IoT).

And so for us, it's still about focusing a certain portion of our budget on just pure brand building: creating that emotional connection, disrupting, and doing things in an interesting way.

One of the best things about the Wacom Slate is that you can use any paper you want because the pen stroke tracking tech is built into the clipboard - style holder.

The daughter of Cuban immigrants whose relentless career trajectory has included, among other things, running the network Telemundo, building her own television empire and appearing as a contender on The Celebrity Apprentice, she is a devout advocate for women taking control of their own destinies («I built my career on being loud and brave,» she said).

Take care of the «business side» of things — planning products, sales, customer service, marketing — and build your financial modelling around that.

«This is a matter of, How do you actually build a whole new industrial complex where electricity is the main way of doing things?»

You'd think that, after a few years, it's a time that even a first timer starter - upper would get used to suffering through, but that's not how things work in the business of building new businesses.

And, while in some cases, there's nothing wrong with a two - way street, when that's the only way you build your network, it's a sure thing that one day you'll wake up at the short end of the stick.

That is the No. 1 most important thing in building a company, as I truly believe a company is only as good as what is made up of.»

For one thing, he has the build of an amateur wrestler, not a yogi.

With wide - ranging accolades, Seth and Noah Goodman of Northstar Recycling know a thing or two about building a great business by investing in culture.

While you might understand the basics of personal branding, such as building a blog or connecting with people on LinkedIn, there are a few things you're forgetting to include.

And the third thing that needs to happen is that VCs need to start making it a priority to build broader networks and make sure they are meeting a wider range of entrepreneurs.

The moral of this story is that the ideal situation could be to study and learn the things you desire in a higher education institution while still pursuing, scheming and building your entrepreneurial ideas.

Given the natural skepticism of leaders who have been doing things one way for a long time, your success or failure will come down to the relationships you build.

«The value of most businesses,» the study says, «is secured within things that generate income, such as buildings, machines and wages.»

You've had a lot of support systems build up, things like Idea Village, Launch Pad.

You can't buy culture or values, and when you have control of your company you can ensure that those things are built they want you want, to last.

Like many tech entrepreneurs, all three grew tired of the conventional way things were built — in this case, space products.

Over the years of building the Female Entrepreneur Association, I've come to realize that there are some key things we must focus on in order build the business success we desire.

Trimming back those items that aren't working is an important part of building towards things that are.

Then stupid things — like, we had taken the cups out of the building for coffee.

A few years ago he went beyond critique and created the Thiel Fellowship, which gives a US$ 100,000 grant to entrepreneurial young people who «want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom.»

The Omani - based company leads many different initiatives in a variety of sectors, ranging from higher education to solar energy to core testing for oil and gas, and even trying to build a «smart city» which may enable citizens to pay utility bills automatically, amongst other things.

«I have a much better sense now of how long it takes to build things.»