Sentences with phrase «start sizing up»

So get out your measuring tape and start sizing up the living room for that 1.5 x 2m (5 x 6.5 ft) minimum.

Now that we're officially done honoring the movies of 2012, it's time to start sizing up the cinematic products for this year.

With the full Academy Award nominations due January 16, 2014, the time has come to start sizing up favorites for the Best Picture Oscar.

Maybe I just need to start sizing up?!

While it may seem premature to start sizing up potential playoff opponents («I like our chances against the Cardinals,» one Braves player said last weekend, «but the Cubs scare me to death»), it would take a historic collapse at this point for Atlanta to miss the postseason.

Last week I started sizing up the new GTA Online update, Import / Export.

Not exact matches

In the beginning that approach worked out well, but eventually they had to start paying for those endorsements and the size of the company didn't match up.

With a population of under 3 million, the capital of Taiwan is relatively modest sized in comparison to other start - up cities in the region.

In an effort to build a creative economy, the South Korean government has invested heavily in its start - up ecosystem and last year appointed its first start - ups and small and medium - sized enterprises minister.

With 2,000 to 3,000 start - ups currently in the city, Shanghai lags behind Beijing in terms of the relative size of its ecosystem.

«What we've had to do at Harry's is actually think out multiple years ahead and say, how big do we want to be, in 2018 and 2019 and 2020 and start buying equipment today so that it gets put in place and we can train people on it and we can have them up and running by the time we're that size.»

In the case of the CIB, he says the type and size of projects it finances will be more telling than its start - up capital pool.

Crumbs emerged just as the craving for a decadent individual dessert in a bite - sized portion was in vogue and cupcake shops started popping up in major cities across the U.S..

Start putting a plan in place now to make sure each department can scale up in size to meet the anticipated expansion.

However, in terms of absolute size, start - up funds did seem to play a role.

The partnership invests in start - up companies and buyouts of small to medium - size firms in which Bain feels it can add value with its advice.

The Bear mattress starts at $ 500 for a twin size and ranges up to $ 950 for a king, which is pretty decent for a mattress of this caliber.

«This insurance policy for small companies now enables RPX to offer insurance for any sized company, from the smallest start - up to multi-billion dollar enterprises.»

Lucid offers a number of mattresses in the $ 500 range, and its 12 - inch Memory Foam mattress starts at about $ 200 for a twin - sized mattress, ranging up to about $ 400 for a California king.

The company has signed up more than 40 Fortune 500 size customers, including Hewlett - Packard and Intel, since it first started offering courses, in January 1999.

In the lengthy post, the two describe their experience with tradeshows from the start — beginning with their first booth built with a modest budget — all the way up to their Taj Mahal - type booth that was 10 feet above regulation size.

«It is a smaller city than a lot of other start - up hubs in the rest of the world, but like the Bay Area, size isn't the only thing that matters.

A New York start - up tries to mobilize every small - and medium - size business in America.

The company sizes vary from freshly founded start - ups to global giants with revenues up to 60 billion euros.

Nonetheless, given the size of the terms of trade rise, and the fact that the economy started from a position of reasonably low unemployment, it was thought that underlying inflation was more likely to start to go up than to keep falling.

The size and breadth of the deals are not clear because start - ups and their backers are not obligated to disclose them.

Ironically, business start - up costs have declined dramatically in the last 10 years due to advances in technology and communications while venture capital fund sizes have increased.

By Jason Zweig So we write 2,000 books on how Buffett sizes up management teams when the biggest and most practical takeaway from his success is, «Start investing when you're in third grade.»

The objective of the exempt market reform initiative is to facilitate capital raising for start - ups and small and medium - sized enterprises and to modernize Ontario's exempt market regulatory regime, while adequately protecting investors.

Factor Funding Company is dedicated to providing cash flow to young and growing small to medium size businesses including start - ups, minorities, and women - owned businesses.

Our commercial finance training course and finance entrepreneur start - up program has been established in a time when banks are lending less to business owners and alternative funding businesses are emerging to fill the lending gap that exists among businesses of all sizes.

Having 10 - 20 equally sized holdings now (in my late twenties) and scaling down as I gain confidence is a better path than starting with an extremely concentrated portfolio now and blowing up while I gain valuable experience.

In that role she led an organization committed to economic and community development through financing, training and coaching to small - and medium - sized enterprise start - ups and expansions.

It would be nice if there was a «one size - fits all» follow up process for Inbound Leads, but this provides a great framework for you to start increasing your success with turning Inbound Leads into Sales Qualified Leads.

Sandler's hedge fund started new longs in: AON Coca Cola Enterprises Raytheon Monsanto TD Ameritrade Research in Motion Avon Products Dollar Tree Stores American Eagle Outfitters Beckman Coulter They also added to existing long positions in: JPMorgan Chase Google Charles Schwab Fidelity National Information Services They reduced their position size in: Reed Elsevier CSX Ross Stores Carnival Abbott Labs Hasbro Nintendo And lastly, they sold completely out of: Nestle General Mills Northrup Grumman Eminence was up 1.7 % gross for the first quarter as noted in our hedge fund performances update.

Our clients range across industries, from the world's largest companies to medium - sized businesses and entrepreneurial start - ups.

Parenthetically, here's how they entered the market: they started with a maximum loan size of # 250,000; upped it to # 500,000; and just recently, they raised the ceiling to # 1 million.

He blames the failure on Reno's relatively small size: We keep trying to start groups, but we can't keep a critical mass built up.»

Start by cutting up all of your vegetables into bit sized chunks, then place them in a baking tray along with the drained chick peas and a good drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper — give everything a really good mix to ensure all of the vegetables are coated then bake in the oven for 35 - 40 minutes.

* You might end up with more chicken mixture than needed, it all depends on the size of the squash you have so you might start with half the amount and see if you need more.

To make the whipped cream: Heat up the cream in a medium sized saucepan over medium heat just until you start to see steam rise up (don't bring it to a boil) then crumple the basil leaves and add them, cooking for 1 minute more, then remove the pan from the heat, cover, and let the mixture steep for 30 minutes.

, and then use a spatula to start breaking it up into bite - size pieces.

For this miniature size, they bake for 9 minutes, or until the edges are starting to firm up.

What girl didn't start planning her dream day when she was 5 years old, would dress up in pearls, her mother's heels and in an over sized white gown only to pretend saying «I Do?»

Using several dollar - matched funding schemes, we help Australian start - ups and small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs) locate the right research expertise and capabilities to develop new products, improve processes and increase their competitive advantage.

The scheme ensures that these start - ups or organisations in their infancy find the right suppliers and products at the show, enhancing the brand and taking the packaging to the next level, no matter the size of company.

They offer excellent air venting characteristics during plant start - up and during normal operation, and have large discharge capacities for their size.

Starting with my pork loin, I trimmed off any huge honkin» pieces of fat, then cut it all up into little bite sized cubes.

To assemble the cookies, start by matching the cookies up by size (doing this before you start filling makes the process go much smoother), placing one cookie bottom side up on top of its match.

My suggestions would be 1) start by making the patties smaller (approximately the size of a flattened golf ball) 2) leave them in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to firm up and 3) make sure the pan is very hot when you cook them so that a crust is quickly formed, you can then turn down the temperature once the outside has been seared to ensure the middle is cooked.