Sentences with phrase «operated models if»

Avoid teen - operated models if the car appears to be driven hard.

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Founded in 2007 by Zimmer and co-founder Logan Green, Lyft's business model is fairly straighforward, even if it operates in a legal gray area: The company recruits and (background - checks) city car owners to become become part - time taxi drivers, who set the hours they wish to work.

«You should not be building a business if the model does not lead to sustainable operating income and cash flow out of which a salary can be taken in a reasonable period of time,» says Frances Spark of Spark Consulting LLC, a New York firm that provides business consulting, operational restructuring and interim CFO and COO services to entrepreneurs and small to mid-size companies.

The company operates on a «freemium» business model, meaning the service is free of charge, but users must pay a subscription if they want premium services such as expanded audio - upload storage and analytics.

It's a proven model that's been around for over a decade, operates on the notion that if you can find and curate the best content on the Web, you can build a profitable, scalable business with low overhead.

At the time, Ben and I had been investing and operating in the city for over a decade and we were consumed by a belief that we could make a real difference if we stepped away from the traditional model - a model that we felt was dominated by lip service about «hands - on» investing, but that was sorely lacking in GPs who were willing to spend real management company resources to build capabilities that mattered.

Even if a company doesn't meet best practices, this approach by investors gives the firm a chance to explain how it operates — more along the lines of the «comply or explain» model often seen in Europe, he explains.

Operating on an all - or - nothing model, if a project fails to sell the total sum of solar cells, the initiative does not launch.

A kind of rational intuition is needed to perceive the general principles which are there ready - made in actuality.6 Or if patterned on the genetic - functional model, the generalizations have as their subject - matter «distinctions that arise in and because of inquiry into the subject - matter of experience - nature, and then they function or operate as divisions of labor in the further control and ordering of its materials and processes» (DWP 175).

Nevertheless, as we have seen, there is a small but growing number of scientists, both in physics and biology, who operate with a relational model, who see some correspondence between the constructs of the mind and reality itself, however inexact, and who also see the possibility of restoring the experience of meaning if the non-human natural world is perceived as dynamic, creative, full of life and purpose, whom process thinkers have engaged in conversation; together they have attempted to explore new visions of reality better suited for adaptation to the urgent needs of the contemporary world.

If we took more of an interest in the making of our foreign policy, usually for the profit of our corporate overlords rather than for the safety of the American people, maybe we would know why, when bringing the lamp of liberty to the darker places of the earth, the United States invariably chooses for its allies the despots who operate their countries on the model of a prison or a jail.

Mr Pelle pointed to The Coca - Cola Company annual report for 2012, which states that if requirements like «beverage container deposits, recycling, eco tax and / or product stewardship» are adopted in any major markets in which Coca - Cola operates, «they could affect our costs or require changes in our distribution model, which could reduce our net operating revenues or profitability».

Sometimes I wonder if people get so defensive about the «rightness» of their choices because they * do * feel as if they are operating under a perfectionist model of choice, where every choice HAS to be what's best / the best / and so on.

The long answer is that, it is true that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) initially decided in July 2013 that modification of helmets with third - party after - market add - ons, such as impact sensors installed inside a helmet or to its exterior, would be viewed as voiding the helmet manufacturer's certification, and that the certification could only be regained if the helmet was retested by the manufacturer with the add - on, NOCSAE later issued a press release clarifying that position: Instead of automatically voiding the certification, NOCSAE decided it would leave it up to helmet manufacturers to decide whether a particular third - party add - on affixed to the helmet, such as a impact sensor, voided its certification of compliance with NOCSAE's standard, and now allows companies which make add - on products for football helmets to make their own certification of compliance with the NOCSAE standards on a helmet model, as long as the certification is done according to NOCSAE standards, and as long as the manufacturer assumes responsibility (in other words, potential legal liability) for the helmet / add - on combination.

Definitely add one to your baby registry; as a bonus, add the battery - operated model so there are no risks of a soundless night if there's a power outage!

Lorigo also said he intends to research how water providers in other counties operate to see if the county can adopt a different model for providing clean, safe drinking water to county residents.

We operate on a revenue sharing model so we only make money if our partners do.

If we transitioned to a wholly owned and operated model, we would lose what makes KIPP what it is today.»

Additionally, a charter school operating prior to January 1, 2015 is eligible to expand its model, if the charter school received an academic accountability performance rating of a C or higher and the campus or site expansion is approved by the commissioner.

The upshot is that, even if you operate with an extremely naive model in which only student achievement outcomes matter, it's not obvious that tenure reform2 will have large net benefits:

The UTLA report suggests that L.A. Unified would save money on special education costs if all charters reverted to the «schools of the district» status, which is the old model for how charters used to operate regarding serving students with disabilities.

Launch control is standard on both Viper models and is operated via a straightforward button on the steering wheel rather than buried in a touchscreen menu because, as Erich Heuschele, manager of Viper vehicle development, told us, «If a Mustang pulls up to race, you want to get to it [launch control] fast.»

Things would be different if they practiced surgery out in the garage the way they fix cars — knocking off an appendix with a few buddies, a case of beer, maybe a blunt or two, and a mobile Ted Williams - signature - model operating theater from Sears, Roebuck & Co..

Further quizzed about the model, Kia Motors Europe's former chief operating officer Michael Cole, was asked if the next Ceed variant will be similar to the Hyundai i30 Fastback.

Three, if you take the time to shop around to the smaller sites or if you keep an eye on which publishers aren't operating under the agency model, you can find better prices.

If you are operating an older Blackberry model and are unable to upgrade to the latest version, download the Kobo desktop app.

Each has unique capabilities: Amazon supports international shopping (if you have a model with AT&T Wireless inside) and has text - to - speech; Nook has Wi - Fi, supports ePub, and runs the Google Android mobile operating system, which throws opens the door for customization and future enhancement.

If the operating system is indeed Android 2.3, then the Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet can be interpreted as an oversized version of the smartphone model Galaxy II, based on a similar hardware platform but adapted a tablet format including a high screen resolution.

Creating a rich set of expected return models enables us to create portfolios capable of outperforming, even if the asset models themselves are operating with low accuracy over certain periods.

If you are not operating with an organized plan, using a Model Dog Rescue outline, then you are going to make mistakes that cost the lives of these dogs, harm relationships, damage your reputation, and further contribute to the problems that all rescue operations face.

If the idea is to operate this game like a Crusader Kings 2 style model with new mechanics and major expansions, then that's great.

Bhatia crunch the numbers in his «hypothetical profitability model,» and concluded that if Take - Two, the game's publisher, did sell those units they could income about $ 230 million in operating profit.

If the paintings conjured a massive presence, I thought at the time, the language of modeling would operate as an authority figure attempting to bind the more wildly associative or grotesque imagery, usually referring to the human body.

The next one used a model where it said things like «if you have the thrust at THIS level, operate like THIS if you are in THIS configuration».

Due to securities laws, People's Grocery and our four other beta projects all operate under a zero - interest model, meaning that if you invest $ 1,000, you will get $ 1,000 back in annual installments as the solar pays back.

In other words, do they care much to ask themselves if there really is some tight connection between how their computer models operate and the actual physical processes operative in nature which they are tasked with modeling?

It's also complex because modeling convection is difficult (fluids again) and convection — if it operates — moves more heat than radiation and conduction.

If there is an important cause of variability in the model that is not operating in the calibration / verification period, then that could cause problems.

But if we want to use climate models to predict the weather, that's a lot more like me trying to predict how my difference amplifier will operate given every possible input condition and variable.

You will need more upfront operating capital than if your model has clients paying you before you even begin work.

The 3 Ps presume law firms will continue to operate mostly on a project based (if not a billable - hour) business model.

If this bill were to be passed however, it's almost certain HMRC would introduce a VAT deferment scheme with a similar model to something that currently operates in the Netherlands to help alleviate the cash flow burden.

What if, for example, you have a law firm that operates largely on a contingency - fee model, like a plaintiffs» personal injury firm, as opposed to on an hourly billing rate model?

Still, even if I don't understand it, I'm excited to know that there is a business model driving Canonical, because it gives me hope that it will develop into a viable third operating system for the common international user.

We will try to disentangle the impact of the AIA misjoinder provisions (one defendant per suit) from the rise of the non-practicing entity business model, as well as identify trends (if any) in operating company v. operating company patent case filings.

However, WhatsApp is likely to come under increasing pressure from free messaging apps (if it isn't already) which operate under an entirely different business model: content distribution.

«Change Or Shut Down» «Today's ruling means that Aereo's basic business model will have to change if it intends to continue operating,» Mike Paxton, senior analyst at SNL Kagan MRG, told the E-Commerce Times.

If you're thinking about buying this watch we'd suggest you have a Samsung phone to go alongside... other models and operating systems will work, but won't pack the full range of features.

If the operating system takes a major share along with a bunch of essential apps, it hinders user experience which is what the new Go Oreo edition aims to get rid of and bring the Android experience to majority of users in other countries where flagship phones are of exorbitant rates while budget models are the most preferred choice.

KitKat 4.4.2 is loaded, and that's only a 32 - bit operating system, but if Android Lollipop 5.0 is released for this model sometime next year, well - that is a 64 - bit capable version of Android, so at least the Huawei Ascend Y550 has the future built - in from a hardware perspective.