Sentences with phrase «take on the challenge of»

The Marketing Director at Braintree, the fast - growing payments platform, Leyden is a technology and fintech marketing pro who, over the past year, has also taken on the challenge of establishing marketing at Venmo, the peer to peer payments platform, where she is working on brand positioning and marketing.

But moving to a platform play requires opportunism, guts, and vision with a commitment to taking on the challenges of tomorrow.

«They should be investing and taking on the challenge of the Amazons of the world.

Looking back on this decision to take on the challenge of reviving a struggling business, Wat tells CNBC that whilst it was challenging, it was something she was willing to take a chance on.

For his part, Williams said he is excited about taking on the challenge of running the New York Fed.

That is why companies are now beginning to take on the challenge of finding their second and third and fourth big idea long before they are at risk of losing relevance.

Jeff agrees, saying he appreciates how his wife took on the challenge of operating her upscale resale franchise.

«Royal LePagers from across Canada took on the challenge of raising $ 5,000 each to support local women's shelters along with preparing for the physical demands of hiking long days at high altitude.»

As Christians we must acknowledge these movements in «progressive» culture, and take on the challenge of encountering them head on.

Undaunted, the literalist takes on the challenge of showing that opposites can agree.

And we see the COACH taking on the challenge of rebuidling an urban Philly team, and he's confident, of course, that is talent and virtue will succeed in their transformative ways once again.

Over and over, one takes on the challenge of observing the contributing causes and conditions of each particular moment.

I'll definitely take on the challenge of making all the things I've been meaning make, but gluten free.

Many small - to medium - sized produce companies are unwilling to take on the challenge of growing, packing and shipping; they typically outsource one or more of those services to third parties — but not Frontera Produce.

I had decided to take on the challenge of making gluten - free samosas as part of the Adopt a Gluten - Free Blogger event, for which I chose another gluten - free blogger's recipe and I made it and now I am writing about it.

In doing so, she has taken on the challenges of helping long - time conventional farmers transition, creating a market for their organic grains, and compressing costs of businesses by helping farmers sell directly to processors.

Lately I have been taking on the challenge of including vegetables at every meal.

IKEA sees transparency around results as an opportunity to inspire and motivate others to take on the challenge of diminishing food waste in their own homes or operations, both within IKEA and outside of the company.

The program will have seven stages, including a culinary arts competition in which teams of high school culinary arts students from throughout the country take on the challenge of creating a delicious, nutritious school meal for $ 1 per meal; a Healthy Eating Crockpot 8 - week cooking course for families, at the end of which participants and / or the individuals will receive a free crock pot; healthy recipe / healthy snack cook book and monthly newsletter by student chefs; and supporting student chefs in developing and growing their own home gardens.

I'm not gluten free, but my friend is, so when I invited her over to help celebrate my birthday, I took on the challenge of finding a delicious gluten - free chocolate cake.

As industry leaders committed to improving our environment and our communities, the members of the Food Waste Reduction Alliance are taking on the challenges of food waste in an attempt to shrink our environmental footprint, and simultaneously address hunger in America.

«More and more Australian women each day take on the challenge of either furthering their education in this field or jumping straight in.

And mother, you better believe I'm going to take on the challenge of creating a coconut CUPCAKE for us to bond over.

Lots of respect to Crowley for recognising that although he has lots of potential, he still may not quite have what it takes, both physically and mentality, to take on the challenge of the Premier League yet.

Each member of the World Golf Rankings» top 25 will be at the Royal Birkdale in England this week, taking on the challenge of one the golf world's most notoriously difficult courses.

Take on the challenge of slowing down Bayern Munich with the distant second - best team in Bundesliga.

Surely it would not be sensible for those clubs to take two weeks off immediately before being asked to take on the challenge of Champions League football as soon as they are back in action.

Brighton have been assessing their options since Garcia left, but have now opened talks with the hope of persuading Hyypia to take on the challenge of getting them to the Premier League.

They get to take on the challenge of tournament outright favourites Atletico to book a place in the final.

Who will Klopp go with to partner Matip and take on the challenge of Diego Costa and class support acts such as Eden Hazard?

I already take really quick showers, but I will take on the challenge of strongly encouraging my husband to keep it under 5 minutes.

Leah Segedie from Bookieboo / Mamavation, who I've known for many years and who has worked on a lot of causes that are close to my heart, has taken on the challenge of organizing a new conference called ShiftCon that is going to be held in Los Angeles, California from October 2 to 4, 2014.

While caring for one baby is an undertaking in and of itself, some people hope to take on the challenge of multiples.

Home educated children are among the most well - adjusted, happiest and best equipped people to take on the challenges of the real world — and we want to help Canadians take advantage of its benefits.

Nighttime nursing is very important to my son, so I don't think I could take on the challenges of night weaning right now.

In addition, the coordinator will take on the challenge of running a new initiative aimed at recognizing youth sports organizations who meet a specific set of quality standards in running their programs.

A babysitting course will make sure your child has the skill set to take on the challenges of babysitting, and give your tween the confidence she needs to make the most out of the experience.

Is your child ready to take on the challenges of kindergarten?

Ever since I took on the challenge of greening up my life, everything had to Eco-friendly.

L'Oréal West Africa has called on corporate institutions to take on the challenge of providing sustainable support for physically disabled persons through the creation of more capacity building ventures to help them become financially independent.

He took on the challenge of becoming Speaker of the House and has been an effective leader of our conference.

«I am privileged to welcome such a diverse group of extraordinary talent to help our Administration take on the challenge of restoring our state government and making it work for the people once again,» Cuomo said via press release.

«I am privileged to welcome such a diverse group of extraordinary talent to help our administration take on the challenge of restoring our state government and making it work for the people once again,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Some also took on the challenge of describing their fellowship experiences in three and a half minutes using 10 slides, while others contributed posters.

On returning to NSF from her 2 - year sabbatical, Olsen took on the challenge of overseeing the funding for the agency's science and technology centers.

the supervisor is someone whose lectures I enjoyed, and I think staying in a familiar place will make it easier to take on the challenges of a Ph.D. (A lot of my friends are going to be doing Ph.D. s or master's there as well.)

This information allows security analysts to take on the challenge of analyzing samples of malware never seen before.

Research and education institutions on both sides of the Atlantic are taking on the challenge of training a new generation of scientists.

«I decided to take on the challenge of developing a system that can see through actual fog,» says Guy Satat, a graduate student in the MIT Media Lab, who led the research.

After conversations with radiation oncologists with whom he collaborates, Ziaie decided to take on the challenge of creating a tumor pressure sensor.