Sentences with phrase «of old business»

When I started out I found a lot of old business cards lurking in my handbag and drawer, and I realised that I already had the makings of an email list.

As a result of their old business models falling apart, the industry is contracting.

Until I'm established (and therefore don't need a lot of my old business contacts on social media), I want to keep at least a * few * degrees of separation there.

The big publishers may rage against the dying of the old business models.

After a busy second - season opener that raised and took care of various strands of old business, the story feels life - sized and believable.

A phone call from his sad - eyed but hard - bitten sister, Valerie (Maggie Gyllenhaal), dumps the con of a lifetime in Richard's lap in the form of an old business associate of his who has collapsed in the swank hotel where she toils, elegantly, as a concierge.

Dylan was supposed to start a consulting job in NYC, but we ended up moving to Austin for him to work with some of his old business partners again instead.

This reminds me of that old business adage: Say two positive things before the one negative thing.»

Should it technically be called coworking then, or is it just the next iteration of the old business center room?

Because the goals of older business people are often far more personal, like fulfilling personal fantasies and exploring long and deeply held passions, clearly defining them in advance and incorporating them into your business plan is essential.

The mission of the oldest business school in Alabama is to provide its students an education they can use in the business environment of tomorrow.

Not exact matches

So, people who studied business - production systems or kind of old - school business philosophy maybe are familiar with it.

And Hollywood has had lots of it, what with business models turned topsy - turvy and a new guard pushing out the old.

Cruz, along with Texas Representative Jeb Hensarling, was part a congressional push to end the 81 - year - old Export - Import Bank, which supports thousands of businesses in their exporting endeavors, and which has returned an estimated $ 7 billion to Treasury in recent years.

In a high - energy speech that drew many laughs, the outspoken 65 - year - old said she's found that the ability to bounce back from hurt, rejection and disappointment is the No. 1 predictor of a person's success in business.

In many ways, James Sun is emblematic of today's tech entrepreneur: He's scarily young (21), fluent in business jargon and running a company that's baffling to anyone older than 30.

«Thanks to smartphones we live in a mobile first world, and messaging is the killer app,» he said, «much to the benefit of Snapchat, the mobile messaging app with the rather old - fashioned business model ready and willing to take the place of TV.»

While the business of booking trips through a traditional agency will likely never return to pre-internet levels, there is a growing understanding among travelers that calling an old - school agent could be worthwhile in certain cases.

The act of simplification is great for leaders because it encourages new ways of looking at old problems, and sets a standard of continuous improvement that can (and will) become infectious in your business or organization.

He founded Globalive Communications at 23 years old in 1997 and went on to start, grow and exit a number of businesses.

«Combined with the revenue potential, favorability, satisfaction, and recommendation impact of these interactions, businesses can benefit significantly from investing in helping their customers on Twitter,» the 10 - year - old tech company said in a blog post.

From Bill Gates to Warren Buffett, many icons of business are known to make time for good, old - fashioned reading.

The former chief executive of law firm Talbot Olivier has questioned the corporatised business model adopted by his old employer, after taking up a new role at Hotchkin Hanly.

We need to shift our approach from the old - school «outreach» model to an «in - reach» model, which actively cultivates and incorporates the thoughts of influencers and stakeholders in every facet of business, from product development to content co-creation to crisis communications.

That said, there are exceptions to any rule and — in the case of presenting your business to the big guys — because they bring their old attitudes and ways of doing business to the bargaining table with them — it can be a big deal to look a lot bigger and broader than your business really is.

Then Google's director of local and government markets in Chicago, he was out of town on business one afternoon, and his wife was taking their 12 - year - old daughter to a mall outside the city to meet a YouTuber named Bethany Mota.

Do not make it easy for your business to revert to the old ways of doing things.

Businesses large and small have been making the case that they can't afford paying more for labour going back to when laws were first proposed to curb the use of seven year - olds in coal mines or put an end to 16 - hour workdays.

The 48 - year - old native of Sacramento, California, a mother of two with a business degree and a 20 - plus - year career in the health - care field, recently found a way into the biker life.

Marine insurance is one of the oldest and least efficient categories of insurance, says Shaun Crawford, who leads consulting firm Ernst & Young's insurance business.

Fisher, 38 years old at the time, was regarded as a wunderkind who had quickly risen through the ranks at Target's American command post in Minneapolis, from a lowly business analyst to leader of a team of 400 people across multiple divisions.

You can waste your time with an old business modeling approach — write a lengthy document and include lots of charts and data in it — or you can begin your entrepreneurship journey in a more professional manner and use business model canvas.

After quitting his job, he came across an old colleague who was thriving as a franchise owner of a mobile pet - grooming business.

An old adage of investing in the stock market is that you should never invest money or funds that you can not afford to lose, and this is equally as applicable to investing in a business.

Throughout the decade of the»70s, the old postwar business model was crumbling under pressure from inflation and weak growth.

In 2005, under very similar circumstances, Sears Canada was found guilty of being too liberal in advertising discounts on car tires and was assessed fines and legal costs of nearly $ 500,000; in fact, the recent court filings about the mattress business specifically mention the old tire case.

Not your old table and chairs on eBay, but actually supporting your business by accessing hundreds of thousands of potential customers?

At just 30 years old, Shivon Zilis is making important deals at Bloomberg Beta that are shaping the future of the machine learning business

Instead of going into a conference room, we'll walk around our neighborhood, a mix of businesses and beautiful old houses and apartment buildings.

What's most amazing is how many of our business and marketing ideas have come from our twin 8 - year - olds and our 11 - year - old right at the dinner table.»

The titans of old Madison Avenue may not have been model citizens, but they were smart enough to realize that their businesses — indeed, the whole idea of marketing — depended on cultivating moral authority.

Stopping it only buys you time, it doesn't save whatever it is that you're doing that's out of date or on an old business model.

As a twenty - six year old who partnered with my parents in building our company after college and who is now a mom myself, I am beginning to realize some of the parenting habits my parents consciously or unconsciously practiced in raising my brother and I that set me up for a life in business (whether I knew it or not at the time).

And if he does get there, he'll prove that old - fashioned, low - risk consumer banking is one of the world's best businesses.

And that's the beauty of Uber's strategy: Unlike old - school businesses, where expanding into a new region meant hiring your own dedicated workforce and establishing a huge physical presence, this model leverages temporary labor.

Instead they challenged members of the old guard to defend what they call dated business models.

«I just believe that I've been given a platform,» the 17 - year - old shrugs in a YouTube video announcing a slew of new business ventures, including a national tour, a line of merchandise and forays into acting and singing.

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

«Companies led by older management tend to be very controlling, but when I look at people in the 20s or 30s, they're totally capable of working on their own and being productive,» said Kevin Wheeler, whose Future of Talent Institute researches and consults on human resources for Silicon Valley businesses.

Whether finding a great co-founder, who has complementary skill sets (in my case, an old friend I met at theater camp over 20 years ago), or picking your executive team exclusively composed of «A» players (who you can alternately delegate to — or be inspired by), you need a bunch of great teammates to be successful when creating a new business.»