Sentences with phrase «said the business of»

Cyber-security experts say businesses of all sizes can be vulnerable to attacks and hackers can manoeuvre their way into any site if the proper controls aren't in place to detect their snooping.

As Sørensen puts it, «I would change that to say the business of business is business — but with a long - term perspective.»

Not exact matches

«We see a lot of companies come in with a lot of capital — really good business - minded people — but they're not enthusiasts or enthusiastic about the product they're selling,» says Cobb.

«We are acting with a renewed sense of energy and purpose to turn our business around,» Steve Easterbrook, the company's newly appointed president and CEO said in a statement on Wednesday.

And then (perhaps more commonly) there are more complex cases, in which lack of business skill (say, at providing high - quality service) results in a desire by some employees to engage in compensatory wrongdoing, and that wrongdoing is made easier by ongoing incompetent accounting.

«Microsoft and Apple are similar in that they're global companies with the same ruthless pursuit of monetary goals, but the perception of Apple is still very different,» says Marcus Giesler, a marketing professor at the Schulich School of Business.

«It's about bringing the resources of Google to bear to build the digital assistant ecosystem,» says Nick Fox, a vice president in Google's Search and Assistant business unit.

«With our daughters, I never raised them how I was raised [with the assumption they'd join the family business,]» says Oddo, who has written a book on the principles of parenting.

While a lot has changed in the business world over the past several decades, the fundamentals of building a strong business have not, he says: «Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur.

«I went from running a $ 100 million business at Fiskars to a $ 2.5 billion business at UP,» says Fritz, who, after all the businesses he'd seen sold, appreciated the tradition of long service at UP.

As a business, it's your job to track your reputation on social media — to be aware of who is talking about you, what they're saying and when.

«What has upset business owners more than anything are the comparisons made between the income of small business owners and that of employees,» Dan Kelly, the federation's president, said in an op - ed published at the Huffington Post on Aug. 25.

The U.S. Treasury Department also said the ruling could «threaten to undermine foreign investments, the business climate in Europe, and the important spirit of economic partnership between the US and EU.»

Let's say after paying all its costs, advertising, payroll, taxes, and more taxes, a small business has a margin at the end of the day of 10 % (that's pretty good nowadays, especially for a smaller business); that means your 3 % credit card fees are costing them 30 % of their profit!

The goal is to make more small businesses aware of SBA services, an issue that Mills has said ought to be her successor's primary focus.

«There are a few wineries setting up very large recreational grows right now,» said Brent Kenyon, of the marijuana consulting business Kenyon & Associates, based in southern Oregon.

Here are eight steps that Marina says that you should be taking to harness the power of big data for your small business.

-- Critics have accused Business Insider of basing much of its growth on unfair «aggregation» of content from other media outlets, but both Blodget and Springer CEO Matthias Dopfner said smart aggregation and curation is part of the new - media model.

That's partly because 94 percent of investing partners at venture firms are male and, female entrepreneurs say, less likely to understand the potential of a business that specifically targets women as customers.

The Swedish tax structure is favorable to businesses, especially when compared with that of China and the U.S. Sweden has a corporate tax rate of 22 percent — far higher than, say, Ireland's 12.5 percent, but lower than the United States» high - end rate of 35 percent.

Said Connie Steele, director of Network Solutions: «Social media can be the best friend for small business owners who constantly seek new ways to attract new customers and retain the ones they have at a relatively low cost.»

Think about how few people seem bothered by Donald Trump's business failings — in fact, some voters say that just shows he's a risk taker and a dogged pursuer of the American Dream.

Despite not doing traditional business development in the form of cold calling, Mark, in fact, monetizes his business through what he refers to as «authority,» or being viewed as an industry expert through his own blog and social media content which he says creates an emotional connection with potential clients.

«In order to meet the growing challenge of a tough market last year, I was forced to consider alternative options to keep my business viable,» said Dr. Alan Glazier, the company's founder and CEO.

«Often, as an enthusiast who decides to make a business out of it, you may not be exposed to all the laws and regulations,» says Cobb.

«I don't want people to think this is only a land of big business,» says Scott Carlberg, manager of the Carolinas» Nuclear Cluster.

It's part of the traditional Republican canon to say that too many federal and state regulations put the kibosh on business growth.

«SMBs are businesses that behave like consumers,» says Bastin Gerald, founder of Apptivo, a developer and provider of CRM and related solutions.

Allbritton, whose Twitter bio notes that he is also a jet pilot, says in his memo that after VandeHei leaves, «I expect that I will take a title I have historically held with my businesses, that of chief executive officer.»

Mr. Trump said he created the university in 2005 to impart decades» worth of his business acumen to the general public.

«In Catalonia, to be on the board of FC Barcelona is more than an honor,» says board vice president Manel Arroyo, also a business executive.

DowDuPont's agriculture business could get hurt if the government pressures Brazil as part of its anti-steel dumping campaign, Cramer said.

Such services, are ill - defined in the bill, Erickson says, and could be a doorway to offering tiered levels of service, based on a consumer's or a business's willingness to pay.

Among businesses that have never used a CRM solution before, a big misconception is that its primary function is to organize your contacts — «the whole «glorified Rolodex» thing,» says Joe Malcoun, CEO of Nutshell, a B2B CRM solution designed with small businesses in mind.

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Apache said Thursday it's getting out of the LNG business, with plans to also sell its stake in the Wheatstone project in Australia.

Expanding coverage for small business owners is one of the main reasons for passing the legislation, its supporters say.

Beyond this sense of optimism, seven out of 10 business owners said they fared the same or better than they did a year ago in the fourth quarter.

A noted decrease in job growth is less of a concern if it's accompanied by signs «that manufacturing activity is starting to rebound, that businesses are spending more on investment, and that consumers are continuing to spend,» he said.

With this kind of service business, 90 percent margins is within the realm of possibility,» Cramer said.

In this installment of AskJZ, the advertising guru says that you must build and trust a team in order to thrive in any business.

«In a deadline business, where every bit of missed communication can have an impact on the final product,» says Josh Tyrangiel, editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, «open plan is pretty spectacular.

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«Prison is so ingrained in our society,» says Buari, who wears a black fedora and diamond studs in his ears, «that it will never go out of business.»

A 2015 report from Deloitte found that 34 percent of U.S. workers are contract employees, and 51 percent of the 3,300 business leaders surveyed said their need for contingent workers will only grow in the next three - to - five years.

«Businesses have made the case that they need to be able to treat their employees equally, and they need to retain the best employees,» says M. V. Lee Badgett, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.»

«Outsourcing to a trucking firm would allow UPS to enter into the final - mile business without committing its own capital up front to expand its fleet or acquire end - of - line, final - mile infrastructure such as terminals,» R.W. Baird analyst Ben Hartford said.

The company, which has been looking to sell the business since April, said it would return 245 million pounds ($ 371.6 million) of proceeds to shareholders through a special dividend, and use the rest for bolt - on acquisitions.

«If you ask how they're doing,» Will says, «most entrepreneurs will say, «Things are great,» or, «We're crushing it,» and maybe for 1 percent of businesses, that's true.

We think that we're in the business of selling beer to young people, so we should listen to what they have to say.»