Sentences with phrase «of whether things»

And regardless of whether these things were good or bad, you're going to another restaurant or seeing another movie soon.

Most of the reason for this is that the question of whether a thing is or is not a security is a highly fact - dependent and, sitting from my perch on the East Coast and not in the offices of the issuers of these coins, I am in a very bad position to ascertain what is going on behind a company's closed doors, what's in their private correspondence and what intentions lay behind their issuances.

Not exact matches

One of the most difficult things I saw as a youngster was my parents arguing over whether my dad had an extra dollar to give to my mother.

Then I have a few wide - ranging product meetings at which we review things like whether we're running into any problems on the factory side, and whether we're happy with the action of the zipper on our new hoodie — is it catching at all?

Mr. Schneiderman is looking into whether the schools and their recruiters misrepresent their ability to find students jobs, the quality of instruction, the cost of attending, and their programs accreditation, among other things.

The right thing to pay attention to depends on what the goal of the content is, where it appears, whether it's a video or a photo or a news article, and how the network or platform it is on functions.

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.

In effect, it's an almost scientific approach of checking to see whether the thing being measured is actually the thing that is most important.

The scientifically - validated questions address traditional things like the communication skills of the physician, but will also take into consideration how the telemedicine technology worked, whether it was effective, and how it impacted the patient experience.

The last thing he wants is to have to spend the next few years publicly defending legislation that takes away health insurance from tens of millions of Americans and raises the premiums for tens of millions more (whether he believes in the merits of that legislation or not).

I wanted to get a sense of whether or not these sneakers were as comfortable and easy to fall in love with as other cult - favorites (Allbirds being the most obvious)-- specifically because the greatest indicator of a shoe becoming «the next big thing» is generally whether or not people actually like wearing them.

You have no idea of whether they are actually visiting any of their own stores and energizing their own employee base... I think investors appreciate having the visibility into the thing that he's doing to energize the employee base and to attract new customers, moving the overall company to profitability.»

«Part of that is things like decorating and celebrating that, instead of questioning whether or not it's a good use of office supplies or time.»

If you have all of those things, you can work when it's feasible for you, whether that's in the middle of the day during rush hour, or in the wee hours of the night on a weekend.

A healthy skepticism toward the traditional ways of doing things is crucial for an entrepreneur — whether with medical devices, my own field, or for that matter, with any other field.

Whether you are a master negotiator or think negotiation is a necessary evil, one thing holds constant — if you don't understand the basic components of an offer to buy a business, you'll be at a disadvantage.

I often had to say — whether I was talking to one of the 10 % or to a nonbeliever — «Well, I understand this isn't going to help out your bonus, but this is something we need to do, so you do it and I'll take care of the bonus thing.»

Probably the thing I'm most proud of is that this company over the years, and especially today more than ever, has enabled a very, very large segment of women who, whether they knew it or not, were passive beauty consumers.

South of the border, by contrast, the White House seems to be undecided about whether or not ramping up LNG exports is a good thing.

Going PC by PC to retrieve e-mail in the event of a lawsuit is time consuming and expensive — and if you can't produce relevant e-mail because it was accidentally deleted, the other side could use it to raise the question of whether you maliciously deleted things you didn't want them to find, Larrivee says.

In all, Consumer Reports reached out to 17 automakers to find out, among other things, how often they've heard from their customers about exploding sunroofs, whether they've detected any telling patterns, and if they would support a standard of glass that would make shatterings less likely.

Among other things, it reveals nothing about the distribution of debt, which is crucial for understanding who has done the borrowing, why, and whether we should worry about it.

Whether it's a new product or something as benign as a store layout, you don't have to look hard to find examples of (largely white) men at tech companies siloing themselves off to develop The Next Big Thing, only to discover a major, avoidable flaw after the fact.

One of the things I've probably been most inconsistent with in my journey as a startup founder is whether to raise funding or to bootstrap.

And as I suggested recently with regard to the Ray Rice scandal, cases involving famous men doing awful things don't necessarily help us understand the ethical subtlety of the more general problem of whether to fire employees who do bad things off the job.

Which is exactly the kind of thing Buffett does so well, whether it's showing up at a football game in essentially a costume, playing a ukelele at the annual meeting, or explaining how he'd gotten his investment idea by sitting naked in a bathtub.

While it's become somewhat out of style to talk about whether someone has «power» or not, the truth is that there are people using power to get things done.

Having some standard to get to, whether it's a word count you'll write or just a number of days for which you'll do a thing, sparks that tiniest bit of competitiveness and energy.

Too many companies get used to doing things a certain way, sometimes to their detriment — and your questions force a healthy re-examination of whether the old way is the best way.

The first thing to decide is whether you want to alter or expand your business to accommodate the requirements of ecommerce.

Whether that task might be answering emails or holding meetings on the progress of a project, block - scheduling helps leaders to focus on one thing at a time.

«Almost everybody in the labour law business — whether they are on the union or management side of things — views this recent run of events as highly unusual.

And that appetite depended a great deal on investors» thinking on a lot of different questions, including things like whether Facebook still has room to grow or not.

However, they hedge their bets ever so slightly, whether that means cultivating their networks and looking for additional opportunities, even when things seem to be going great — or even launching a full - blown side business or second (or third) source of income.

Productivity — the ability to eke out sustained gains in wages and profits — is the thing that determines whether you have a better standard of living than your parents, whether your children live more comfortably than you.

The bitcoin community is divided on whether or not this fork of bitcoin's blockchain is a good thing.

But privately, officials debated whether this was a proper use of the legal defense fund, which was originally intended to help pay for things like vote recounts, according to news reports.

Whether they're for your physical condition, emotional outlook, or level of productivity, the things you repeatedly do every day define your quality of life.

Whether your company has too much of a good thing and is falling behind, or it isn't ready for such large changes, premature scaling is something to be aware of.

Whether they're tackling world hunger, improving education or helping people rent out the things they aren't using, companies of all sizes are seeking ways to make positive change in the world.

One of the things I have to decide is whether my work justifies being away from them for periods of time.

Things happen and whether by a force of nature or our own fault, we've got three gadgets to prevent your worst travel nightmares.

With all that in mind, here are three things you should consider regarding the case, whether you're at a tech company whose bread and butter is consumer data, or a startup that merely collects it in the normal course of business:

There's nothing wrong with eliminating information from your résumé that you don't think will help strengthen your candidacy (whether it's an unrelated master's degree or a job outside your field), but having a bachelor's and five years of experience isn't the type of thing that is going to make people think you're shockingly overqualified for and unhireable for a tutoring job.

«It basically replaces a lot of things you have, other communication devices, whether it be credit cards or keys.»

«I think part of that is the customers are buying other things, whether the electronics, cable services, Netflix, whatever,» Hoguet said.

I've already mentioned some of the things that you need to plan for, such as global expansion and what systems you need to integrate with, but you should also think about whether you will be supporting multiple brands and products over time and whether your customer support solution can scale as you grow.

I wish I knew earlier on that by sticking with an idea after failing, you are forced to find your own way forward and get back to what inspired you in the first place — whether it's addressing a hole in the market or thinking about a different way of doing things.

The firm's investigation seeks to determine, among other things, whether the Company's Board of Directors failed to satisfy their duties to shareholders, including whether the Board adequately pursued alternatives to the acquisition and whether the Board obtained the best price possible for the Company's shares of common stock.

How attractive or useful it is in the grand scheme of things really depends on whether you're a gearhead or not.