Sentences with phrase «one has a leg»

While Tradiv was riddled with problems, this group of its former employees felt the original idea — a wholesale marijuana brokerage software platform to connect sellers and buyers — still had legs.

If extroverts didn't have a leg up due to their more outgoing nature, we wouldn't need bestsellers like Susan Cain's Quiet.

But would Trump have a leg to stand on legally?

Traditionally, Burkeman points out, news organizations had a simple way to do this: they waited awhile before publishing a story to see if it had legs.

That way, when the time comes, you will have a leg up on the competition.

«A lot of people are banking on it to make up for the first - quarter number, it needs to deliver... I really think that that number might be the trigger point on does this market have the legs to go higher.»

Legrand does have a leg up on his predecessor, though: He's trilingual.

A then -27-year-old named Jeff Bauman, for example, had both legs blown off below the knee.

In business, if you wait for the perfect moment, you're too late — the competition has the leg up on you.

Out of 2,000 negotiations videotaped by Gerard I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero, the authors of «How to Read a Person Like a Book,» there wasn't a single settlement when one of the negotiators had their legs crossed.

Every product that knows how to streamline shopping, ordering, using, and learning a new product already has a leg - up on products that are hard to use and learn.

Despite the run up, 83 % of analysts who cover the company still think the stock has legs.

That way when she does have that million - dollar idea, she'll have leg up on learning how to build it.

Now you have a leg up on the competition so take strategic action in order to achieve your desired outcome.

I wondered if Amazon, the company's biggest competitor — at least in the U.S. — might have a leg up there because it has more user data to draw on.

«Tacit knowledge can be quite important to corporations,» Spulber observes, «as this «asset» has legs.»

The idea had legs, but was logistically challenging.

In essence, building a complete and credible plan is the final test of whether your venture has legs.

A Bibra Lake - based transport company has been fined $ 30,000 in relation to a workplace incident where a mechanic had his legs crushed under the wheels of a truck trailer driven by one of the directors of the company.

Use this process to determine whether your company idea has legs, advises «Lean Startup» pioneer Steve Blank.

Making the right food choices is not a fad — this thing has legs all across the country.»

And it has a leg up on Apple Pay, which is limited to working only at retail locations and outlets with the necessary equipment to process NFC payments.

While the iPhone 7 Plus performed better than its smaller counterpart in Consumer Reports» still image testing, the iPhone 7 had a leg up when it came to video.

It's a subject most of us could benefit from studying up on, but in an interview Vanderkam explained that when it comes to thinking about personal finances in a constructive way, entrepreneurs generally have a leg up over salaried workers.

Like other researchers before them, Wong and Penner found that go od - looking people have a leg up in the workplace: Attractive individuals earn roughly 20 percent more than people of average attractiveness.

This wasn't because he thought the company had legs (he didn't), but because «Noah and Calvin are great minds.

As digital natives who grew up with computers, those under 35 have a leg up when it comes to mastering new technology compared with the fusty, creaky oldsters who came before them, says this common understanding.

Students at California schools have a leg up when it comes to getting hired by the top tech companies.

From all - terrain adventure seekers to workplace warriors, you'll have a leg up over the competition this year and beyond with these nifty gadgets.

Canadians are still out of luck when it comes to Chromecast, meaning that Roku's device may have a leg up here when it's released.

The companies that figure this out first will have a leg up — and some may even be able to build new businesses around people - tracking.

By understanding the needs and demands of their target audience and buyers, marketers have a leg up in planning marketing campaigns and initiatives this year.

Royal Caribbean sees the Perfect Day experience as having legs elsewhere in the Caribbean and beyond, including Asia and Australia.

Unlike large companies with many stakeholders, a focused entrepreneur in a niche market has a leg up in building community by virtue of their common bond around a narrow topic.

Optimism is protective — we all know that confident people have a leg up in realizing their ambitions, and «fake it till you make it» can often be a successful strategy.

«I'm really excited to start experimenting with it to see if it has the legs to be another great spot for cool stuff to live,» he said.

Burger King, the fast - food chain operator, has a leg up on McDonald's when it comes to letting customers order and pay for...

When checking out an industry, «meet with people who are already involved in the space and see what they think of [your] concept and whether it has legs,» says Rex Falkenrath, the regional director of the Miller Business Innovation Center, a business incubator based in Sandy, Utah.

Does the Japanese stock market rally have legs?

The ROI conversation continues to have legs because historically, B2B marketers have not had access to clear social media metrics, which are necessary to begin the framework for marketing program evaluation.

Before you make any life - altering changes that can't easily be undone, take some time to first evaluate your business idea to see if it has the legs you hope it does.

While the rally may still have some legs, the challenge now is how to gain the right exposure.

One of the biggest questions in the foreign - exchange market — whether the US currency's bout of strength has legs or will fade as sellers emerge at key technical levels — could be resolved in the coming days.

Not all writers create outlines, but I believe they make writing the content easier, and in most cases, better quality, and they help me figure out whether the idea has legs.

The first surprise when analyzing the survey is that Millennials (18 — 35 years old) seem to be sophisticated investors who actually have a leg up on the older generations, the Gen - Xers (36 — 52) and Baby Boomers (53 — 71).

And while Otezla's competition may have a leg up in the efficacy department — England's cost watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, last month declared that Celgene's product was «a less effective treatment» than existing rivals — it has its own distinguishing feature.

Geopolitical concerns aside, rising gas prices and a weaker dollar, the market has legs and it wants to run.

«The unemployment rate has some leg to go down even further,» Satyam Panday, senior economist at S&P Global Ratings.

And we believe the current economic expansion has legs.

Amazon's free delivery options surrounding the holiday are likely to compete with fellow eCommerce retailers like Walmart, which has a leg up on the online platform because of its buy online, pick up in - store options.