Sentences with phrase «resources businesses spend»

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Yes, there are good reasons why some startups should put working day - to - day on growing their business aside and spend the time instead looking for outside investment, including: gaining the financial and other operational resources they need to move forward; to increase their financial stability, focus (plus peace of mind) in the short - term if they've been growing on revenue, founders» savings and credit cards; and to quickly accelerate their growth in order to capture a massive market.

If he wants to hire people, he will need to persuade Mayer that spending on his business is a better use of corporate resources than on other Yahoo businesses that generate actual revenues and profits.

By virtually every measure, prohibition of cannabis with high THC commonly known as marijuana and the variant with no recreational drug potential commonly known as hemp has cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars in missed business opportunities and wasted resources spent unsuccessfully fighting the so - called war on drugs.

For midsize businesses (those with more than 50 employees and less than 1,000) getting their arms around their total cost of ownership (TCO) in human resources — what they are actually spending on employees and the cost of managing them — can be easily overlooked.

For decades, businesses have spent considerable resources trying to discover ways to maximize the productivity of employees in the office.

While businesses are starting to hire again — a recent poll found three - quarters of Canadian human - resource professionals plan to add staff within the next six months — companies can't afford to spend months training an employee only to find the relationship won't last.

Instead of spending weeks and valuable resources trying to gather and crunch data to support a project, employees can put a machine to work for them, accessing insights in seconds and returning their focus to moving the business forward.

We see this as a positive development for issuers that will hopefully result in reduced financial cost and management time spent on the listing, so the resources can be focused on running the business.»

Dekkers emphasized that Britain remained very important for the company, which will have two of its business units based in London and will continue to spend 1 billion pounds ($ 1.4 billion) a year in resources in the country.

As it is a business based on speed, companies spend vast amounts of time and resources on getting the fastest equipment to execute their trades.

Then and only then should resources be spent to build a company to support the business model.

It's why I spend time early with great partners like Byron who have deep SaaS skills and global practices because as you scale a business you need different skills, different resources, more and different relationship.

However, business investment continues to be weighed down by cuts in resource - sector spending.

The best investors know that unnecessary speeding causes unnecessary equity dilution but even more importantly they know that founders who spend money on frivolous things wastes precious resources that may determine the difference between life or death for the business.

Marketers and businesses will always want to justify the time, energy, and resources they spend on social media.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Employment and Social Development Canada (formerly Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) has increased its spending on external «Business Services» by61 percent since 2006/07, equivalent to 7 percent compound annual growth — a total increase of $ 140 million per year.

Find out what similar businesses spent to get started, and look at trade journals and other industry resources to determine average annual sales for the type of business you have or plan to start.

The support of these fellow small businesses helps me to carve out the time I love to dedicate to this space, and I'm honored they choose to spend their resources here.

«Too much time, energy and resources were spent in the past in my view, without a deliberate conscious assessment of the impact on jobs and whether or not we were spending wisely to improve the lives of the people, communities and businesses.

Instead of pursuing an anti-small business agenda that spends millions of dollars each year that we don't have, the County Executive should be focusing on managing Erie County with the resources already given to him.

There is also far too little resource being spent on investigating these pressing issues — from the under - funded Electoral Commission to the few journalists who are making it their business to find out more.

«Fantastic if you can reduce spending and taxes,» enthused legislature Chairman Ken Ronk after Hein's presentation at the Business Resource Center last Friday morning.

Even though I spent the past two and a half years working at a Saratoga County manufacturer, I truly missed spending my days out in the community, meeting with businesses, connecting them with resources, and working in partnership with the community to help create jobs, investment, and tax base for Saratoga County

DeScioli points out that the finding translates to many situations in which people need to divvy up resources such as family members dividing an estate, business partners dividing profits, citizens deciding how tax dollars will be spent, or nations dividing territory.

Spending a little to prove a commitment to sustainability can help tourism industry businesses such as hotels inspire customers to conserve resources — and save money in the process, according to new research from SFU's Beedie School of Business.

Prior to studying acupuncture, he spent over 40 years in business, specializing in support services for individuals with developmental disabilities, business development, human resources and management.

Businesses should recognize that success in their local schools will benefit them, eventually giving them better - trained employees or a populace with the resources to spend more, said Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.

Running a training company can mean spending a lot of time on administration tasks, such as emailing students, updating course information, and organizing resources for your classes, as well as managing and reporting on a lot of important business data.

Garrett also spent time as a social worker in her native city of Detroit, a human resources specialist and recruiter for the U.S. Department of Defense in Indianapolis, as well as a strategic consultant to the DC Small Business Center, Howard University and SPG & Associates, all in Washington DC.

Now is the time to tap these resources so that your days in Las Vegas can be spent capturing the tremendous business opportunities available at the SEMA Show.

You'll also want to spend time looking at other options — studying how other authors have built their own platforms, how they interact and utilize that network, and how you might be able to implement those same resources in your own business.

Many people spend countless dollars on entertainment, sports or hobbies, but finding resources for an online business seems to elude them.

Dr. Wendy Patterson spent more than 20 years working in the fields of human resource management and business management.

Once the decision was made to go the franchise route, the Dee - O - Gee owners teamed up with expert consultants and spent the better part of two years developing a business plan and the necessary resources.

After spending several days interviewing its senior leadership for this month's cover story announcing the chain as Pet Business» 2016 Retailer of the Year, it was clear that this is an operation with vision — and the resources to back it up.

While not technically a charge card, the Business Gold Rewards Card has no pre-set spending limit, with your available credit line varying depending on your payment history, credit record, and financial resources.

Spend less time juggling your resources in clunky spreadsheets, and more time on your business.

Just imagine if Enron's Ken Lay had used the time and resources spent on climate alarmism and forced energy transformation on accounting, risk control, and the real things that promote business sustainability.

Instead, New York is beginning to understand that by distributing resources more equally among different transport modes, and by designing dedicated, well - thought out infrastructure for everyone, you can free up the arteries of the city to flow more freely; you can create pleasant spaces for people to spend time in, and you can boost business as a result too.

Sometimes it is easier and more effective to spend your resources on increasing the business you already receive from existing and former clients.

Prior to joining FindLaw, I spent the previous 2 1/2 years working as a Human Resources Business Partner advising leaders on company policies, best practices, and legal requirements.

As a compliment to her practice of law, Alicia served as adjunct professor of Employment Law at the University of the Pacific where she spent several semesters educating undergraduate and MBA students on the pitfalls and perils attendant to Human Resource component of running a business.

[133] Resource allocation obviously also addresses where the firm spends its money: lawyer support services (including professional support lawyers, libraries and knowledge management systems, research lawyers), business development budgets (including large marketing departments), professional development staff and programs (including internal programs within large firms, which may be delivered by outside consultants, as well as sending associates to various programs), as well as art and office furnishings.

This is not only a cost saving, but means companies can focus on their core business instead of spending both time and resource on establishing and maintaining an IT infrastructure.»

When firms are able to track their income by case type, it can open new business opportunities by creating valuable business intelligence around different case types, enabling the firm to spend its marketing dollars and resources more effectively.

The idea is to streamline the process by reducing the time, energy, and resources spent on the business and administration and focus more on the practice of law.

Again, legal ops is multidisciplinary — it includes leveraging business intelligence, managing outside spend, allocating internal resources, and creating technology - infused, scalable solutions that can bend the legal cost curve.

At Goodkin & Lynch, LLP, we understand that prodigally spending resources on unnecessary legal fees can easily undermine any business.

Spending hours searching for resources is time that could be spent developing other areas of your business.