Power's 2015 Vehicle Dependability Study ranked 31 2012 - model - year car or truck brands according to the number
of problems owners experienced.
Solving the Problem
of Problem Owners The spay or pay ordinance in Springfield, MA, offers owners of intact animals picked up by animal control a financial incentive to alter animals most at risk for breeding, biting and health issues.
Not exact matches
As entrepreneurs and business
owners, the questions
of whether inequality is a
problem and the steps the U.S. should take to stamp it out are obviously murkier.
That's a far cry from the monthly payments that most business
owners are accustomed to making for other types
of financing, and for some entrepreneurs the daily debits could pose a cash flow
problem.
While lots
of entrepreneurs or small business
owners have no
problem charging what they're worth, some
of them don't want to pay others well for their services.
This one kind
of imposes itself, and it's not exactly a new
problem business
owners face when trying to keep their best workers.
«The percentage
of owners citing the difficulty
of finding qualified workers as their most important business
problem increased and is now third on the list, behind taxes and regulations,» Bill Dunkelberg, the chief economist for NFIB said in a press release.
«A big source
of the
problem is the company
owners haven't forced themselves to sit down and say what their expectations are for the sales function,» Sunde says.
This is a
problem in both the United States and Canada, where about 40 %
of smartphone
owners use iPhones.
Tim Hortons has suffered from intense competition,
problems with its annual «Roll Up the Rim» promotion and negative media coverage generated by a group
of dissident franchise
owners, RBI chief executive Daniel Schwartz told analysts.
Suddenly a
problem that has harassed restaurant
owners for years has found its way to the desks
of hospital CEOs around the country.
Of course the
problem is that most people are busy, especially small business
owners.
In my NYT bestselling book, Killing Sacred Cows, I warn people
of the 15 major
problems of the 401 (k), including: you're not the
owner but only the beneficiary
of your 401 (k), the government can change the rules at any time, you can't get to the money until 59 1/2, and the fees are typically much higher than most investments out there because you've added complexity and layers
of administration and legal fees.
That's why smart business
owners set up a formal mechanism for employees to report
problems, whether the complaint happens to be with one
of their managers or co-workers, or regarding a broader systemic issue.
Founder and CEO Social Capital LP and Golden State Warriors
Owner Chamath Palihapitiya has a mission which is, «To advance humanity by solving the world's hardest
problems including the advancement
of human capital, the eradication
of disease, solutions to global climate change, and other really difficult things that are non obvious.»
Brand
owners and marketers must think
of a way that can provide a new solution to a same - old
problem of customers or address a whole new issue that consumers have yet to resolve.
Xapo —
Owners of bitcoin have the
problem that it's a virtual currency, therefore it can be hacked and needs a secure storage solution.
Following the 2017 documentary The
Problem with Apu by comedian Hari Kondabolu, the show's writers decided to address the growing criticism
of racial stereotyping associated with the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian
owner of Springfield's Kwik - E-Mart.
Leaders in the SAAS industry highlighted the
problem that small - business
owners need massive amounts
of new skills to survive in the digital age.
Mozilla, however, declined to fix it, arguing that it's Apple's
problem to solve: «it is sadly the responsibility
of domain
owners to check for whole - script homographs and register them».
«When there is a
problem [with the work], I am often the one to blame, as my instructions may not have been clear enough,» says Jeremy Belcher,
owner of FoxyMelody.com, who has hired numerous contractors through eLance.
While part
of the
problem is the sheer volume
of competition in industries such as law, health and construction, the other half
of the
problem is that many business
owners are afraid
of standing out.
The
problem is, a number
of legitimate reviews wind up in this filtered section, and negative reviews that business
owners think have been deleted actually have only been relocated here.
And for me as a business
owner, I'm out there a little bit, but I'm not going to go to a TED Talk and tell people how to solve the
problems of Detroit.
That third - party support could also be endangered if Switch
owners spend their money primarily on Nintendo titles, like «Mario» and «Zelda,» a
problem that came to haunt the Wii at the back half
of that console's lifespan.
Getting lots
of money from Spotify may be great for music labels and
owners, but it's not doing much for Spotify: The company lost $ 200 million last year, and the massive payments it makes to record companies (which amount to more than 85 %
of its revenues) are a big part
of the
problem.
These production numbers still don't do justice to Lady Ada because financial
problems of the then -
owner Viceroy Australia brought a premature end to the mine.
It's way weirder than that, detailing Lindell's rise from a 47 - year - old crack addict with a
problem so bad even his dealer cut him off to the
owner of a sprawling pillow empire that pulled in $ 280 million last year.
«Affordable housing has been quite a serious
problem for us,» says Philip Souza,
owner of Century 21 Smith / Ring Inc. «The people who don't earn as much have a difficult time remaining close to work.»
He's also a sought - after speaker and the founder and resident legal guru
of The Law Firm For Businesses, a boutique law firm that helps business
owners creatively solve their business and legal
problems.
Customer and vendor financing also are viable options, though business
owners are often uncomfortable asking customers and vendors for funding out
of fear
of highlighting capital
problems.
Though Tesla may seem like a perfect fit for a country with the second - highest number
of millionaires in the world, as well as a notorious smog
problem, many
owners in China complain
of being unable to find charging stations, according to The New York Times.
It's a rarely mentioned
problem of entrepreneurship, and many new business
owners aren't prepared for it until it happens.
If you as a business
owner and solve a client's
problem for free, you will have succeeded where 99.9 percent
of others have failed.
The
problem then is that the realtor is relying on information provided by the
owner, says Keith Braun, president
of Re / Max Real Estate Mountain View in Calgary.
And those
problems only deepen when other investors, including mutual fund managers and
owners of ETFs that imitate hedge funds, join the stampede in and out
of the stocks.
Since launching in Pakistan earlier this year, the high costs
of car ownership and low cost
of wages have thrown up unexpected
problems for the company, offering captivating insights into the prevailing political economy and the role
of capital
owners in a sharing economy.
Prompted by a local magazine article addressing the
problem, city councilor Steven Leal arranged a meeting with a group
of local business
owners, including the magazine's publisher, John Hudak, and Don Luria,
of Cafe Terra Cotta.
With small - business
owners already telling surveyors from the National Federation
of Independent Business that poor sales are tied with taxes as the single most important
problem they face, the gross domestic product forecast isn't going to bring much good cheer to the
owners of small U.S. companies.
«Counterfeiting is a huge
problem for us,» Jay Farraj,
owner of Sream Inc., told the Associated Press.
My boss, the
owner of a small LLC, is having
problems getting a loan for the LLC because he has credit card debt, and a credit score between 650 and 700.
Another
problem that comes with using outdated technology is that it is both time - consuming and tiring and yet as a business
owner, you understand the priceless value
of time.
«We knew that this is part
of a bigger
problem, which is the inequality that black people face,» Quarles tells me, noting that he's helped some
of the next generation
of small - business
owners to reinvest valuable savings into their bottom lines.
Reuters reports that Spotify was valued at $ 13 billion earlier this year, but whether it can sustain that valuation is far from clear, given the recent
problems of companies such as Snapchat
owner Snap Inc (snap) and meal kit delivery firm Blue Apron (aprn).
One
of the great challenges for business
owners is being «top
of mind» exactly when prospects either want the product or service you offer, or have a
problem that your product or service can solve for them.
In fact, 50 %
of small businesses have experienced cash flow
problems, and 1 in 5 business
owners experience recurring cash flow
problems.
«This is the first time in 35 years where the fewest number
of small business
owners have told us that taxes are their number one business
problem.
According to the NFIB survey on credit access by small businesses, «four percent
of owners reported that all their borrowing needs were not satisfied, up 1 point and historically very low... only 1 percent reported that financing was their top business
problem.»
You want to classify your business expenses correctly, so you can take advantage
of any deductions for small - business
owners and avoid basic accounting
problems so audit risk is minimized.
Until Bitcoin came along, computer scientists working on digital cash were bedeviled by the double - spending
problem: how to ensure that the
owner of a digital coin didn't defraud the system by spending it twice.