Sentences with phrase «point of value in»

Not exact matches

In other words, you value friendliness and empathy, even when you're just getting your oil changed... Above all else, always be nice, and make an effort to understand and empathize with your buyers» and sellers» points of view.»

But a number of these entrepreneurs point to family backgrounds in which immigration played a huge role in developing their families» values.

Hone in on the central values and identity of your company and craft a straightforward narrative that emphasizes those points.

«Many experts are pointing to the South China Sea dispute as the eventual outcome to China's Arctic involvement, but the strategic value of the Arctic simply does not make sense for China to engage in confrontational behavior,» Zhang said.

His question to them: «If I'm completely stupid in a world that is changing beyond recognition, in ways that we can not imagine at this point in time, and we do not take account of it in our decision - making, what is the likelihood that I will end up with value at risk?»

«These changes will reflect the relative value Canadian employers place on foreign work experience, and redirect points to language and age factors, which are better indicators of success in the Canadian labour market.»

One way to do this is to have a bullet point list of core values but expand upon each one in a brief paragraph.

Valued at just US$ 12 million six years ago, Twitter had a market cap of over US$ 40 billion at one point in December.

And remember - whatever «ask» you make with your call to action should be in direct proportion to the amount of trust and value you've built up to this point.

«Third Point believes that a separation of the Aerospace unit via a spin off transaction would result in a sustained increase in shareholder value in excess of $ 20 billion,» a letter from the fund said.

You can trade points or miles on sites like Points.com, but you'll generally lose some of the value in the process.

The card earns Membership Rewards points, the currency in Amex's loyalty program, which can be exchanged for statement credits or cash back, used to book travel through Amex's travel website, or, to get the most value, transferred to any of 17 airline and three hotel transfer partners (transferable points are among the best).

That meant that, after factoring in those taxes and fees, each Chase point we redeemed for the flight effectively got us 13.3 cents worth of first class value.

The point is that the nation has received zero value from trillions in quantitative easing, and so if even 10 % of the 130 million households do something useful with their $ 10,000 in cash then that would be one heck of a lot more than we've gotten from the trillions thrown down the rathole of a venal, corrupted, insolvent banking sector.

Put another way, the investment would lose almost a fifth of its value in 30 years if the fees were only 0.65 percentage points higher.

In the meantime, this week brought fresh evidence of China's rising prowess as the country's two tech giants, Alibaba and Tencent, reported record quarterly earnings, prompting the New York Times to point out that the two companies now rank alongside Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon as the world's most highly valued companies.

His last open letter to shareholders makes the point clearly about investing in creating value — «Berkshire's gain in net worth during 2016 was $ 27.5 billion, which increased the per - share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 10.7 %.

In running their fashion line Mestiza New York, Alessandra Perez - Rubio and Louisa Rechter say they value the opinions that will challenge their point of view.

Part of the enormous value of the napkin talk isn't that you are necessarily going to paint a crystal - clear picture of your employee's future; the point is you are expressing to your employee that you want them there, you see them in your company future and, most significantly, you care.

Pointing to examples such as seeing «moral equivalence in Charlottesville» and treating women «like they're pieces of meat,» Comey explained that Trump's inability to «respect and adhere to the values that are at the core of this country,» most notably the truth, make him unfit to be president «on moral grounds.»

«In responding to this incident — indeed in responding to this election — we need to hear each other's stories, not slogans, we need to work towards understanding, not scoring points, and we need to find a way to move forward that respects and values each and every member of our community,» Superintendent Shawn Lewis - Lakin said in a statemenIn responding to this incident — indeed in responding to this election — we need to hear each other's stories, not slogans, we need to work towards understanding, not scoring points, and we need to find a way to move forward that respects and values each and every member of our community,» Superintendent Shawn Lewis - Lakin said in a statemenin responding to this election — we need to hear each other's stories, not slogans, we need to work towards understanding, not scoring points, and we need to find a way to move forward that respects and values each and every member of our community,» Superintendent Shawn Lewis - Lakin said in a statemenin a statement.

Case in point, independent research conducted by the Capgemini Digital Transformation Institute confirms that 51 percent of consumers already utilize voice assistants, with 81 percent of those users primarily accessing the voice assistant through a smartphone, citing convenience, multitasking enablement and speed as value - adds from the voice assistant experience.

The biggest turning point in my life happened when I declined the security of a 9 to 5 job and decided to build a digital business on the simple principal of adding value to the lives of others.

Assessing the value of the position and the ways in which it will benefit you as an employer can point you in the direction of ideal employees and the best practices for compensating them.

The larger point Wolfers seems to be making with his response to Trump is that looking at the number of record - high closes in a narrow period is not a particularly good indicator of economic performance — particularly for a president who inherited a stock market that was already relatively high in value.

I pointed out, among other things, that a large portion of Tesla shareholders own the stock because they believe in Musk's mission, i.e., part of their value comes from the idealistic goals.

But you squeezed your employees to the breaking point so they would cheat customers and you could drive up the value of your stock and put hundreds of millions of dollars in your own pocket.

««Admire people» is one of our core values,» he says, «so we're looking for someone who will point to the top person in the room and honestly say why they would hire him.»

Angel investors normally provide capital for start - ups or businesses in the early stage of growth in exchange for equity, or in some cases, convertible notes, that converts into shares or cash value at a point later on.

You may well hear people point out that there's no evidence that splitting the roles of CEO and chair is beneficial, in the sense of increasing long - term shareholder value (or in terms of any other outcomes, for that matter).

Yet, however flawed third parties may be as they play their role in regulating the marketplace, the Theranos story points to the value of such institutions.

Simple example: A value of mine is to pursue non-violence; therefore when I get mad at somebody, I express that anger, but I also make a point to not punch them in the face.

After devoting a solid 15 pages of his letter on how the U.S. should slash regulations, Dimon made a point to single out a single area of government oversight that has undeniable value: «Some regulations quite clearly create a common good (e.g., clean air and water),» Dimon noted, in a sentence that went on to catalog the ways regulation is otherwise bad for the economy — making it all the more striking that he chose to highlight environmental issues.

In most deals with convertible notes or value - added co-investors who «want into the round» the negotiation re-opens after the term sheet and this is a source of frustration at a point where the founder and the lead investor should be feeling great about each other.

«Point S has 40 years of experience with a value - added concept that we had less of in North America.

The company wanted to offer value - added services as a means of establishing a point of differentiation between itself and the hundreds of low - cost software testing factories in south - east Asia.

Well, research shows that on average, people tend to talk about themselves during 60 percent of a conversation — and when there's something being sold by one person in the conversation, a less experienced salesperson could be tempted to fill a void of silence with a laundry list of more selling points and value propositions.

To make sure you cover all the important points in your ad or letter when describing the new product you want to market, create a worksheet that spells out the important facts about the new product: packaging, benefits, features, perceived value, colors, special features, options, pricing, warranties, method and speed of delivery, service and support.

Likewise, there's value in asking if you're missing anything after you lay out your own point - of - view,» writes Olds.

Without taking the time to think carefully about where your notions of achievement and purpose come from and what success means to you, you're in a terrible position to decide if this week's hot «how to be successful» advice applies to you or only to someone who thinks the point of life is something you actually don't value much at all.

As I pointed out in this post about the changing structure of the VC industry, private tech companies are delaying IPOs and thus privately held tech investors are reaping more of the value prior to an eventual IPO so public investors must have felt compelled to respond.

I should probably note at this point that I have been a staunch (and somewhat lonely) supporter of comments and the value of reader engagement since the days when I was the «communities editor,» or social media editor, at a major national daily newspaper in Canada in 2008, when anti-comment opinions and emotions in the newsroom were just as heated as they are today.

But family lawyers and women's rights workers believe the legislation represents a turning point in the freedoms of Russian women, a dark signal from the very top of government that their lives are losing value.

Entrepreneurs in the field say that focusing on the price of Bitcoin is missing the point — its value is as proof of concept for a new kind of payment system not reliant on third parties like governments, big banks or credit - card companies.

Doing this requires establishing a clear point of view on the trajectory of the health - care segments in which they compete, a candid assessment of the assets and capabilities they would need to win in those segments, and, most importantly, a detailed plan for how they could uniquely add value to any potential targets.

In this regard, most applications of gamification are missing the point; they focus on peripheral or secondary mechanics instead of the ones that really work, motivating people to use the product in a way that highlights the product's benefits and adds real value along the waIn this regard, most applications of gamification are missing the point; they focus on peripheral or secondary mechanics instead of the ones that really work, motivating people to use the product in a way that highlights the product's benefits and adds real value along the wain a way that highlights the product's benefits and adds real value along the way.

Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run - rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.

I still believe in the model of leadership I learned at West Point, which is about values, which is about choosing the harder right rather than the easier wrong, about homogeneity of character, about a leader's character is their identity.

4 Sarao traded a ton of E-mini futures during the flash crash — «62,077 E-mini S&P contracts with a notional value of $ 3.5 billion» — and made «approximately $ 879,018 in net profits» that day, or a profit of about 2.5 basis points on the notional amount, which I guess isn't bad for one day's work.

To calculate your value of a Facebook Like, you can easily answer these questions using your Facebook Insights and your closed - loop marketing analytics (in the calculator, click the question mark next to each question for an explanation about how to acquire each data point).