The story documents his perseverance in overcoming obstacles, some stemming from being African American — a school aptitude test that indicated he was not cut out to be an engineer, the prejudice he and his high - school
team experienced while winning the 1968 University of Alabama science fair, and professional doubts concerning his abilities.
Not exact matches
While it's more likely a
team like this will have the
experience necessary to expand your company, the reality of the situation is that this project isn't their baby.
While the head of diversity at Apple shared her view that even a racially homogenous
team can be diverse because of their life
experiences, embracing cultural diversity and minimizing bias are still the primary goals of most innovation oriented companies.
So,
while managers of sales
teams give lip service to learning
experiences derived from failure, that speech isn't going to help the low - earning salesperson who's on probation (or worse, fired) or even the whole
team.
While team chemistry seemed to improve, they didn't
experience much of an uptick on defense, by far their weakest side of the court.
Dwyane Wade,
while congratulating James for scoring his 30,000 th career point in the loss to the Spurs, referred to the Cavs» recent stretch as «the darkness we're
experiencing as a
team.»
While the Gen 2 is not revolutionary for the industry, Harry's believes that its product - development model — beginning with its customer -
experience team and ending on the factory floor — will be.
While there, Ellingson was courted as a sponsor with game - day VIP
experiences from a number of sporting events and
teams.
A surreal guiding
experience: «
While doing mountain safety and rigging on the Discovery Channel's Eco Challenge in Fiji's mountain rainforests, I rescued the Playboy Bunny
team from hypothermia.»
While experience is an important consideration, if you're looking for long - term additions to your
team, passion can't be substituted.
And
while everyone on the
team had a pretty solid
experience with their new pairs of underwear, there was one item in MeUndies» catalog that stood out to all of us as worth mentioning in its own post: the MeUndies Lounge Pant.
While Cohl and Harris insisted that director Julie Taymor would remain part of the creative
team, Philip William McKinley, a director of Broadway musicals and circuses with
experience mounting productions in Las Vegas, has effectively replaced her.
While the inexperienced
team can do big mistakes because of the lack of
experience, they still can produce great results with the energy they have and the dynamic leadership.
Loyalty was and is still central to the Bond strategic vision (it's right there in the name), but Macdonald and his senior
team were increasingly taking the company into customer
experience and live brand events, for example,
while Maritz in the U.S. had chosen a more conservative path, staying focused on sales services.
«
While we've been focused at Waymo on building the world's most
experienced driver, the
team at Jaguar Land Rover has developed an all - new battery - electric platform that looks to set a new standard in safety, design and capability,» Waymo CEO John Krafcik, who was on hand in New York to reveal the initiative, added.
On Forbes, Kare Anderson has drawn on her personal
experience navigating a fraught but ultimately successful project with a very diverse
team to offer tips to those working with colleagues from very different backgrounds,
while Management Today has rounded up advice for managers overseeing these sorts of diverse work groups.
In the front office, demand for quants will increase significantly,
while technology experts such as user
experience (UX) specialists will need to be aligned with business
teams to enable agile proposition development.
While there are exceptions to this rule, chances are such anomalous funding only happens with serial entrepreneurs who have already returned significant capital to their earlier investors or very
experienced founding
teams that can hit the ground running in a particular industry very quickly.
Nearly a quarter of our investment
team have endowment backgrounds at some of the top universities and foundations in the country (Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Stanford, Ewing Kauffman Foundation and Vulcan Capital),
while other members of the
team have institutional and private wealth investment
experience.
Team members use their knowledge,
experience and the tools they are given to satisfy the needs of our vendors and customers,
while achieving our company goals as defined in our mission and vision statements.
Our tailored, world - class services for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), state Medicaid programs, employer groups and unions — blend state - of - the - art technologies with
experienced and talented professional
teams to optimize your return on investment
while enhancing your competitive stance in the market.
Our customized, world - class services for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), state Medicaid programs, employer groups and unions — blends state - of - the - art technologies with
experienced and talented professional
teams to optimize your return on investment
while enhancing your competitive stance in the market.
Our tailored, world - class services for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), state Medicaid programs, employer groups and unions — blend state - of - the - art technologies with
experienced and talented professional
teams to optimize plan sponsors return on investment
while enhancing organization's competitive stance in the market.
This founder, whom we'll call Tom Green, said that
while exact dollar amounts and percentages fluctuated slightly based on how many founders a company had and how
experienced those founders were (younger founders lost 1 percent or 2 percent more in equity for the same amounts of money), most of the deals were structured to favor Y Combinator with the assumption that most of the
teams were just starting out and were likely to fail.
What is striking about this articulation of «productivity and platforms» is that it is exactly how Nadella reorganized the company last week; the «
Experiences & Devices»
team is focused on end - user productivity,
while the «Cloud + AI»
team is all about building the platform of the future.
Our
team creates a peace of mind
experience for our clients so they can focus on the important things in their life
while we take care of any hassles associated with their rental property portfolio.
We found the
experience provided by the Quantum Binary Signals
team to be very professional,
while offering a process that has limited risks and easily - obtained returns.
While much of the hoopla dies down pretty quickly after customers adjust to the change, sometimes there are legitimate user
experience and design issues that your
team didn't identify during development.
Our
experienced and dedicated
team works hard to find customized solutions,
while providing exceptional personal service and a common - sense approach.
Plank: Many people have commented about the positive
experiences they have had
while working with Full Sail's financial aid
team.
I dealt with 15 or so volunteer - in - mission
teams while serving in the Dominican Republic, and I know from this
experience that career missionaries should try to prepare the way for such
teams and help them become oriented to the situation in which they will be working.
This unique opportunity allows buyers to explore a convenient one - day - only «shopping
experience»
while on the trade show floor, making it easier to browse the latest and most innovative products and services
while being able to chat directly with sales representatives and support
teams.
They continually look for ways to inspire and develop their
team members
while enhancing the guest
experience.
While we are mostly known for our custom processing equipment, our
team has over 10 years
experience designing and fabricating solutions for every part of your plant expansion.
The advantage to working with a boutique branding design agency like Golden Creative, is the ability to leverage our
experience while allowing your
team to focus on the business of building a successful brand.
Our
experienced team processes producer payroll and manages several producer forward contracting programs, providing professionalism and precision
while preserving client resources.
Diaz Foods is led by an
experienced leadership
team committed to preserving the company's values - based culture
while delivering on our brand promise: Performance through Service.
«His intense pursuit of culinary excellence is sure to inspire and motivate his
team,
while his extensive knowledge and
experience in program development will serve him well in taking the restaurant to the next level.»
In addition, she oversees marketing, PR and social media programs
while also working closely with the catering and events
team to create
experiences that exceed guest expectations and translate into memorable moments in in food, beverage, and service.
My favorite quote in the book from Antonia is when she says, «At the end of the day, it doesn't matter if your
experience of family is a mom and her preschooler coloring pictures and telling knock - knock jokes
while they eat or a rowdy gathering of parents and kids, aunties and uncles, grandparents and friends fiercely debating which
team will win the next big game.
Could gain
experience in cup games
while Arteta covers for Coquelin and in 6 - 12 months time Samper would of gotten use to the
team a lot more and be more of an asset.
While both full - backs are
experienced professionals, the centre - backs are the real weakness of Raiola's
teams.
Of those six
teams, four lost at least 50 percent of their defensive line tackles and tackles for loss and three were crushed by attrition at linebacker (only one returned any major level of
experience), and
while five of the six were reasonably
experienced in the secondary, none were vastly
experienced.
Experienced and ever - consistent Spanish right back who is always comfortable in possession of the ball and neat and tidy with his passing,
while the 31 - year - old has created one goal for a Swans
team - mate in the Premier League so far.
It's the first year for both
Teams in the Hoops League and
while Team Sternberg has a tremendous amount of All Sports Series
experience, both groups are learning how hard it is to get Ws in this League.
They are a very good
Team and
while they have a ton of
experience in All Sports Series they are still very young relative to the other elite Hoops squads..
While it was a difficult time, the Club committee can take comfort in knowing that it paid performance dividends; the two Manchester Men's
teams moved up a league — and the committee members have gained invaluable
experience of making difficult decisions and seeing through change.
While teams must always show respect to each other, showing too much is a problem, and England will surely want to use this as an opportunity to make a statement that they're serious contenders next summer, while the younger group will be battling to get a spot in his final squad not coming along for the experience of playing against Br
While teams must always show respect to each other, showing too much is a problem, and England will surely want to use this as an opportunity to make a statement that they're serious contenders next summer,
while the younger group will be battling to get a spot in his final squad not coming along for the experience of playing against Br
while the younger group will be battling to get a spot in his final squad not coming along for the
experience of playing against Brazil.
While this wasn't the most strenuous of defensive evenings, there must be any number of
teams in the Premier League and beyond who could use his
experience and strength at the back.
She delivered, of course, using her
experience and ever - expanding confidence to thwart double - and triple -
teams,
while at the same time making the players around her better.