Sentences with phrase «of chances taken»

@FFF — nice reply and on the whole I agree but as regards Walcott, whatever about his movement off the ball when he doesn't have it, but when he does have the ball his decision making has always been poor and his finishing in terms of % of chances taken is well below the level required for a top team.

We are all the beneficiaries of those chances taken more than thirty years ago.

Risk can be rewarded, in direct correlation to gravity of the chance taken.

Not exact matches

So, there's a tremendous amount of standard business wisdom about how you need to have an elevator pitch, a small nugget that will encapsulate what it is you do with the amount of time it takes to pitch your business to a theoretical once - in - a-lifetime investor in a chance elevator encounter.

If you inform them immediately of any concerns you have, the chances are that they can quickly deal with something that would have taken you days.

Some think the chance of sitting near a noisy child is part of the risk one bears when buying an airline ticket, but others think airlines need to take action and separate children from adults by creating child - only or child - free seating sections.

The more that business owners take such points on board, the less chance they have of doing damage

We were interviewing suppliers for each of the components when one of them took a chance and said, «You don't know anything about this market.

Maximize your chances of profitability by taking a minimalist approach to overhead costs.

Still, the Bank of Canada isn't taking any chances — it favours a weaker currency.

You create a habit of taking chances on yourself and making bold choices in service to doing what you love.»

The better care you take of your target audience, the better chances you have to keep them hooked on what you private them on a daily / weekly basis.

But that was what we started off with in 2002, and really, I thought maybe we had a 10 % percent chance of doing anything — of even getting a rocket to orbit, let alone getting beyond that and taking Mars seriously.

The company, which sells exclusively through its website, takes its promise of individualized formulas seriously: The chance of answering the 12 - question hair quiz exactly the same as another person is 1 in 24 billion.

Supporters of the move say that having CBS chief executive Les Moonves take over management of the combined company would also help its chances of success.

The 32 - year - old Ramaswamy has been able to sway a slew of biopharma vets to lead his companies and take a chance on his audacious, risky approach to drug development.

Plus, there has been significant criticism of the test by psychologists for years, including a significant chance that taking it twice could show different results.

The retailer devotes so much of its space to toys — rather than the few aisles at Walmart and Target Corp. — it can take chances on new items and smaller suppliers.

The year after a baby is born is, also «a unique time,» and a chance to take care of yourself and your family during a period of a mind - bending life changes.

I feel so lucky that I had the chance to take my kids here when they were so young because it's what memories are made of, right?

«Thanks to the globalization and Googlization of the world economy,» writes Economist correspondent Vaitheeswaran, «clever ideas from every corner of the world now have the chance to be taken seriously — even if they come from people without fancy credentials.»

If you go to an Ivy League school, «there are prestigious companies that will take a chance on you even if you majored in classics or medieval history,» he writes, but «the problem is that while we need lots and lots of people with humanities and social science backgrounds, in today's increasingly anti-intellectual climate, majoring in philosophy is becoming a risk that fewer and fewer people can afford to take.»

Don't let fear of failure keep you from taking chances in your business.

For one thing, Netscape's deal proved that Wall Street would take a chance on something unproven but with tons of potential.

There are several preemptive measures corporate sponsors can take to reduce the chances of being hit with ambush marketing.

«It creates workplaces where taking chances and being creative while risking failure is subsumed by an ethos of mistake - prevention at the cost of daring and innovation.

Taking chances comes with the risk of embarrassment, but without the risk you're not going to be noticed.

We have a methodology called «design thinking» that results in innovation from a human point of view, and the companies that were willing to take risks gave us a chance.

As red tape, regulation and economic uncertainty leave firms reluctant to take on the responsibility of training new permanent staff, it has fallen to temp agencies to offer workers the chance to learn on the job.

«There's a secret sauce in hiring a person who knows that I believe in him enough to take a chance,» says David Williams, CEO of Fishbowl, an inventory software firm near Salt Lake City.

They suggested taking out part of my thyroid; it could be cancerous, they said, but there was a chance they would be taking out a perfectly good part of the gland.

and a host of other startups, told Business Insider he took part in Kik's $ 50 million (# 39 million) token presale, where investors were given a chance to buy the messaging app's new digital currency «Kin» before the general public.

Airbnb didn't start out trying to take market share from hotels: Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky started by giving designers a chance to rent a sleeping mat in their loft and threw breakfast in as part of the deal.

«My best piece of advice is look at what your organization needs and don't be afraid to take chances, but balance risk with success, only increasing the former when the latter goals are being met.»

Take a chance In 1991, Just Desserts CEO Elliot Hoffman turns a corner of his bakery's backyard into a garden staffed by ex-cons; he later hires several as full - time bakers.

There's also a huge chance that Google will take this opportunity to tell us more about the next version of Android, called Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

The move could be a sign of investors» increased willingness to take a chance on other companies that haven't yet posted profits.

Taking too many chances in terms of innovation can be costly, and can negatively impact the budget, while playing it too safe can put you behind the curve in relation to your competitors.

Without that plan, your chances of taking meaningful steps toward your goal are slim to none.

The flip side of entrepreneurial risk is the chance you take working for a corporation.

Israel had been born into fabulous wealth — the scion of a dynasty of commodity traders who hobnobbed with heads of state and captains of industry — but this fund was the chance to strike out on his own, without family baggage, and take his place among the titans of Wall Street.

The idea — that an ability to understand and manage emotions greatly increases our chances of success — quickly took off, and it went on to greatly influence the way people think about emotions and human behavior.

If you live in a first world country, you more than likely have a chance to take advantage of these various high - tech services.

When looking for financing to take your business to the next level, you can increase your chances of success by setting your sights far beyond the traditional business loan.

Most applicants already have headshots, which shelters take hoping to boost their chances of getting adopted.

Many banks will take your business credit score into account, but if your small business still is in its early years, your chances of securing a loan from a traditional lending institution are notoriously slim.

Regardless of how 2011 plays out, one prediction will certainly hold true — businesses that take the proper steps to prepare for a potential sale will have a much better chance of achieving a successful exit than those who don't.

Either way, in order to increase humanity's chances of survival, Musk is taking a decidedly proactive stance in championing interplanetary travel.

However, if you sit people down once a year, take out a well - thought - out PowerPoint that you've been practicing for two weeks, and passionately lay out your goals and objectives for the next year, you have a good chance of getting people's attention.

Part of being an entrepreneur is having a healthy appetite for uncertainty and the ability to realize that even if the results aren't perfect the first time around, it's ok to take the chance and see what happens.