Lexus» luxuriousness is well represented even
on the base model with a more opulently designed interior covered in stylish and high - quality materials.
Available in limited quantities
on the base model with automatic transmission, while Kia judges consumer acceptance and interest, is Idle Stop and Go (ISG).
A 5 - speed manual transmission is standard
on the base model with a CVT standard on the top SE trim.
There's 64 GB of non expandable storage
on the Base model with goes upto 128 gigs.
The Infinix Zero 5 boasts of 6 GB RAM and 64 GB storage
on its base model with a Pro model featuring the same specs but with 128 GB of storage.
Not exact matches
Trend Hunter, he explains, is more than a website: It's a market research firm for the digital age,
with a data - driven
model that contrasts
with more traditional «cool gurus,» who identify trends and dispense insightful pronouncements
based solely
on observation and «gut instinct.»
With a listing
on TSXV, an early - stage company benefits from a marketplace — including the exchange, professional advisors, regulatory
model and investor
base — that understands venture companies.
Are reasoning and imagination — the twin faculties that most of us associate
with innovation — enough for Ray Kurzweil to know which of the formulas that he's dreamed up
based on past technological trends will lead to the best mathematical
models for predicting future trends?
The New York -
based pioneer of boxed meals is still very much focused
on its core online subscription
model, but it's also considering selling single kits
on its website and is in «active conversations
with a variety of retailers» to put its meals
on store shelves in 2018, said Louise Ward, a spokeswoman.
Contrast this
with the modern - day retail
model: Brands design an entire season's collection of 10 - 15 styles, do their best to estimate the demand
based on wholesale orders or past seasons» performance, and then produce thousands of pieces abroad.
Companies rise much more quickly, fueled by VC money and
with very scalable business
models based on the internet.
In essence, rule -
based online trading platforms provide tools and tutorials for people to write algorithms
on Web browsers and test their
models with years of historic data.
She then worked for a couple of wealth managers
with «convoluted» fee -
based models based on a client's assets under management, their net worth and their earned income.
The
model, called Lean LaunchPad, is
based on a method of starting new companies that has been largely championed by Steve Blank, a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur who partnered
with UCSF in 2013 to offer the program for students
with ideas for health - related businesses.
The four critical factors are: (a) businesses
with recurring revenue
bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent
on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses
based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade»
model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.
So we operate
on a workshop -
based model and work
with full leadership teams.
So if we go back to the elements of the «alternative»
model I sketched out above,
with its emphasis
on purpose and a stakeholder -
based approach to capitalism, it seems pretty clear that these elements have a natural affinity
with the Asian cultural norms around collectivism and long - term orientation.
Nowcasting
models sometimes fail to adjust for «special factors» or other events that are out of line
with the historical readings
on which the
models are
based, she said.
A few years ago, my work
with the Small Business Development Center put me in contact
with a personality - assessment tool that guides individuals toward specific business
models, all
based on their personal values and characteristics.
The strategy behind TRX's investments is
based on whats called a recurring revenue
model which avoids the volatility normally associated
with the stock market and other investments.
For Tzell, that's been
based largely
on expanding its independent agent
model into a form of consolidation that's really a partnership
with other travel agencies, allowing it to leverage their volume without actually buying the partner's assets.
TrimTabs» proprietary
model, which is
based on income tax withholdings deposited daily
with the U.S. Treasury, projects just 75,000 new jobs added in June, a 40 % drop from its May estimate of 124,000 jobs.
[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone
based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription
model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust
with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale
on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way
Based on Personal Capital's
model portfolio recommendation for someone my age (37),
with my moderate risk tolerance and objective of a 6 - 9 % annual return, here is the recommended asset allocation.
The project is detailed in the contract as a seven step process —
with Kogan's company, GSR, generating an initial seed sample (though it does not specify how large this is here) using «online panels»; analyzing this seed training data using its own «psychometric inventories» to try to determine personality categories; the next step is Kogan's personality quiz app being deployed
on Facebook to gather the full dataset from respondents and also to scrape a subset of data from their Facebook friends (here it notes: «upon consent of the respondent, the GS Technology scrapes and retains the respondent's Facebook profile and a quantity of data
on that respondent's Facebook friends»); step 4 involves the psychometric data from the seed sample, plus the Facebook profile data and friend data all being run through proprietary
modeling algorithms — which the contract specifies are
based on using Facebook likes to predict personality scores,
with the stated aim of predicting the «psychological, dispositional and / or attitudinal facets of each Facebook record»; this then generates a series of scores per Facebook profile; step 6 is to match these psychometrically scored profiles
with voter record data held by SCL —
with the goal of matching (and thus scoring) at least 2M voter records for targeting voters across the 11 states; the final step is for matched records to be returned to SCL, which would then be in a position to craft messages to voters
based on their
modeled psychometric scores.
The latter re-incorporated themselves as «banks» to get Federal Reserve handouts and access to the Fed's $ 2 trillion in «cash for trash» swaps crediting Wall Street
with Fed deposits for otherwise «illiquid» loans and securities (the euphemism for toxic, fraudulent or otherwise insolvent and unmarketable debt instruments)-- at «cost»
based on full mark - to -
model fictitious valuations.
Zuckerberg responded in an interview
with Vox, appearing to criticize Apple's business
model as
based on «serving rich people.»
The current impasse between the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Government is the result of a clash between the Government's business
model,
based on a lack of transparency, and accountability; non-evidenced
based decision - making; and hostility to public debate and discussion; and, a Parliamentary Budget Officer business
model with the exact opposite principles.
In addition, to create incentives for the attainment of clear performance objectives around a key element of our current business plan — the successful launch and commercialization of the
Model S — the Board of Directors approved additional options totaling an additional 4 % of our fully - diluted shares as of December 4, 2009, or 10,067,960 stock options,
with 1 / 4th of the shares to vest
based entirely
on the attainment of each of four performance milestones, assuming continued employment through each vesting date.
«
Based on the innovative
model from Start - Up Chile, Start - Up Chile launched
with a mandate to attract foreign entrepreneurs to the local consumer market and foment domestic entrepreneurial culture»
The scenario
model is pre-populated
with data
based on a large sample of U.S. public companies (more than 2,500 companies) over a seven - year period (2004 - 2011), as compiled by BoardEx.1 To access the pre-populated
model calculations, click the Calculations / Historical data and Attrition data tabs in the Excel spreadsheet that you can download from this page.
An audience - journey
model,
based on the classic hero's journey, can help you resist that pressure by aligning your content
with your audience's needs.
It
modeled the implications for the company of a requirement for emissions to decline to levels consistent
with a so - called «2 °C world» after 2030 and also looked at a number of alternative scenarios
based on divergent ranges in global growth and trade, geopolitics, technological innovation and responses to climate change.
Rooted in a personal development regiment since 4 years old and
based on Napoleon Hill and Dr. Dennis Kimbro's Think and Grow Rich book
models, Ian is currently conducting interviews
with highly successful people from various industries to be included in his upcoming book
on success for kids (written by a kid) entitled, Dream Hustle Code.
A general application of the
model to the entire sample (see All firms tab) is supplemented
with specific applications to subsets of the underlying sample for which companies were aggregated by company size (
based on annual revenue and inclusion in major Fortune indexes: see F500 and F250 tabs).
Aberdeen Group provides you
with the right kind of leads for the right stage of the sales funnel — from leads
based on predictive
models to machine and human - verified leads.
Based on Apple's data, in real world conditions, any slight difference in battery life between iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
models with a Samsung chip and those
with a TSMC chip would be too small to notice.
Does
modeling gold price relationships
with other variables
based on entire distributions differ from that
based only
on distribution means?
Based on the Dividend Discount
Model (DDM)
with a 10 % discount rate (the target rate of return), if the company grows the dividend by an average of 7 % per year for the long term, then the fair price is over $ 90, compared to the current stock price of only about $ 83.
By: Kimberley Smuts 6th May 2016 The use of multiparametric block
models, which contain more than just geological data, to analyse the risks associated
with the mining process, allow more informed business decisions to be made
on the
basis of risk and exposure to that risk.
BlackBerry altered its business
model from offering phones
based only
on its own OS to
models that run
with Android.
Professor Mojena offers a hypothetical backtest of the timing
model since 1970 and a live investing test since 1990
based on the S&P 500 Index (
with dividends).
The data relied upon is sourced from public records, or statistical calculations («Sources») and that the
model results and other information provided in the Consumer AVM reports are provided
on an «as is, as available»
basis with all faults and defects.
One creative approach from financial professionals is to deep - six the 401 (k) «capping»
model and replace it
with a contribution
model based on the retirement saver's income and needs.
Yumerium is the world's first online gaming platform
based on the blockchain platform
with the «earn - to - play»
model in the gaming industry.
But the TPP will mark the first time that Canada has accepted trade treaty obligations governing patent linkage, which could interfere
with cost - saving reforms.Copyright and trademarks — TPP copyright rules would require far longer terms of copyright protection,
based on the U.S.
model, and could require protection for controversial practices such as «digital locks,» which allow copyright holders to encrypt software in computerized devices.
Growth
models excelled in 2011,
with the Validea Momentum strategy and the
model based on James O'Shaughnessy coming in in the # 1 and # 2 slots for the year.
Frankly there is no right answer — But I found 6 - 8 months is a good period to start
with Below is my simplistic review of two businesses in
model portfolio — If would be foolish to buy or sell any business
based on below discussion I highly encourage you to write your thesis in comments if you...
Loblaw is relying
on a different
model, partnering
with California -
based Instacart to provide delivery services already rather than wait to build a distribution centre.
By 2018, Tesla expects to build 500,000 annually,
with most of those being the
Model 3, which is set to go
on sale late next year
with a
base price of $ 35,000.