Sentences with phrase «than a fair business»

Buffett has repeated often that it is better to buy a wonderful business at a fair price than a fair business at a wonderful price, and Greenblatt tried to capture this mathematically by screening for companies that generated high returns on capital («ROC»).

From Munger, Buffett learned that it is better to buy great businesses at a fair price than a fair business at a great price.

«It's far better to buy a wonderful business at a fair price than a fair business at a wonderful price»

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The business world probably has more than its fair share of narcissists running around.

Spearheaded by more than two dozen lenders and small business advocacy organizations, including Lending Club, Funding Circle, the Aspen Institute, and the Small Business Majority, the bill requires transparency about pricing and fees, fair treatment of borrowers and responsible underwriting, as well as clear language and easy - to - understanbusiness advocacy organizations, including Lending Club, Funding Circle, the Aspen Institute, and the Small Business Majority, the bill requires transparency about pricing and fees, fair treatment of borrowers and responsible underwriting, as well as clear language and easy - to - understanBusiness Majority, the bill requires transparency about pricing and fees, fair treatment of borrowers and responsible underwriting, as well as clear language and easy - to - understand terms.

Once you understand what the market is paying, you need to build an argument for why you offer create more value for the business than they expect in an entry - level hire, said behavioral scientist Matt Wallaert, co-founder of fair - pay site GetRaised.

After garnering feedback from more than 80 Kaplan executives and technology experts, and tinkering with their revenue models, design plans and presentation speeches for three months at Kaplan's New York City offices, the teams behind these disruptive education technology companies have learned their fair share of business lessons.

There is strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis (or SWOT thinking) and more than a fair share of theoretical or academic quadrants within which you can plug your business challenge and find a solution — in theory anyway.

Though it has come with its fair share of difficulties, running a business which has operations in more than one country gives you a unique perspective.

I look at each firm that wins M&A business and Goldman has won more than its fair share.

While APRs start higher than at other lenders, Kabbage has no minimum credit score requirements to apply, so it can be a good source of funding for small business owners with poor to fair credit.

The plan also leaves some decisions up to Congress, such as imposing restraints on wealthy individuals benefitting from the 25 % rate for pas - through businesses and the possibility of a fourth individual tax rate, higher than 35 %, to ensure that the rich pay their fair share of tax.

Considering that WMT already has more scale and margins nearly 4x higher than Amazon's margins, it is fair to say that Wal - Mart has a strong competitive advantage over Amazon as it does over all other firms in the general retail business.

Orange County Convention Center — Orlando, FL --- More than 3,500 executives from the nation's leading corporations, government entities, and women business owners will converge in Orlando, FL to generate business opportunities and stimulate economic growth at the 2016 Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) National Conference & Business Fair from June 2business owners will converge in Orlando, FL to generate business opportunities and stimulate economic growth at the 2016 Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) National Conference & Business Fair from June 2business opportunities and stimulate economic growth at the 2016 Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) National Conference & Business Fair from June 2Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) National Conference & Business Fair from June 2Business Fair from June 21 to 23.

As I weighed the options, a strange series of events led me to Denver, where I found myself coordinating several cannabis projects, including the execution of a career fair boasting more than 2,500 attendees and forty cannabis businesses.

Attendees enjoy three days of nationally acclaimed speakers, executive workshops, and vital MatchMaking and networking opportunities, including the WBENC Business Fair, the largest of its kind with more than 300 exhibitors.

One of the first successful businesses on the bitcoin blockchain was Satoshi Dice, a provably fair gambling website that at its peak accounted for more than 50 percent of all bitcoin transactions.

Similarly, the owners of the smallest businesses surveyed are more likely to say the income sprinkling changes are fair than unfair, while majorities of those with larger numbers of employees say such changes are unfair:

Proposed changes to passive investment rules are seen as unfair by a margin of more than two - to - one over small business owners who think it is fair (55 per cent versus 22 per cent).

«We would rather earn a fair return and grow our businesses long term than try to maximize our profit over any one time period.»

The other major problem that Johnson & Johnson faces is that although its pharmaceutical segment has continued to pull more than its fair share of the load of helping the conglomerate stay in growth mode, other businesses have fallen off.

To do so, we invest only when we believe we can a purchase a business at less than fair value.

And then years later, I was teaching business in a Christian College (adjunct faculty)... and had finally studied the Bible on income... it was far more complex than I had thought... and much more fair.

Celebrating all facets of the Australian beef industry, it will feature more than 4500 cattle from over 30 breeds, cattle competitions, a trade fair of more than 500 businesses; a symposium, seminars, property tours to deliver new research information to producers, and restaurants, celebrity chefs and cooking demonstrations to appreciate the quality and flavour of Australian beef.

Bigger than ever before, the 16th LogiMAT — the International Trade Fair for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management — will reaffirm its importance as a world - leading information platform and «working exhibition» where the intralogistics sector can do business directly.

«Last year in the UK more people than ever before got behind Fairtrade and, together with many well - known businesses, indicated they want more fair trade and less exploitation in their goods,» said Mike Gidney, CEO of the Fairtrade Foundation.

Wicked Joe Organic Coffees, the family - owned, 100 percent organic certified, Fair Trade ™ coffee roastery known for its single origin varietals and blends such as «Wicked French,» has rolled out new packaging after more than 12 years in business.

After two weeks of action, it is fair to say that it has been business as usual in the NFL — that is to say, highly unpredictable and filled with more surprises than the ending...

Further, while it's entirely fair to say that Arsenal dinked around with resolving Alexis's situation last August, it's completely unfair to say that you need any more context than what's been laid out everywhere regarding the changes the club has made within its footballing operations side of the business since last summer's Deadline Day.

In the new world politics, where people matter more than bankers and businesses, and a fair, equal society is the order of the day, there is once again a place for trade unionism at the heart of politics.

More than 700 certified Minority and Women - owned Business Enterprises (M / WBEs) attended the city's 10th Annual Procurement Fair late last month...

Career Fair featuring more than 170 businesses offering more than 7,000 Capital Region jobs, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany.

«New York City residents and businesses already pay more than our fair share at 75 percent of the MTA's regional budget, and yet in a transit desert like Queens, most of the subway stations we do have are still structurally deficient.

The first Bronx H.I.R.E. job fair at Hutchinson Metro Center Wednesday night went off without a hitch, drawing more than 400 Bronxites in search of employment among the Bronx - based businesses who were interviewing and hiring at the event.

Frankfurt am Main, Germany About Blog The Techtextil is more than just a trade fair: it is a tailor - made business solution for the entire industry.

«Proof of Life,» which was inspired by William Prochnau's Vanity Fair article «Adventures in the Ransom Trade» and the book «Long March to Freedom» by Thomas Hargrove, is much better dealing with the business of kidnapping than with the attendant emotions.

The book business turned out to be no different than the game business only this time, instead of Toy Fair, the big show was Book Expo America.

I think it's fair to say that's what a fiction writer is most often drawn to — tumult of one kind or another; and in that sense the family in the last quarter century seems to me to be among the most fascinating of human social or economic inventions — more than business or real estate, no matter what Tom Wolfe says, more than the church or the law or the hospital.

«Whatever the internal politics and business issues within publishing, young people won't care: all they want is a price that seems fair — or better than that,» said Luke Mitchell, head of insight at market analysts Voxburner that published the report «Buying Digital Content: Research on spending habits, needs and attitudes among UK 16 - 24s».

The Frankfurter Buchmesse is also an important international platform for educational media of all kinds: More than 1,000 publishers, technology suppliers, service providers and other player from the educational field gather here to do business, to network, to find new trends at the many publishing events around the Fair days.

Interview (Starts at 6:03)-- Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of The Idea Logical Company in New York, spoke with me on April 23rd by Skype about why there was so much hand wringing at the recently concluded London Book Fair, what's ahead for authors and readers if Amazon's dominance of the book business grows, and how his father, the late Leonard Shatzkin, who also had an illustrious career in publishing, probably would have been more inclined to applaud Amazon's disruption than is Leonard's son.

And, like lots of businesses, it seems they're more interested in protecting their own short - term profits and salaries and bonuses than in working on a long - term, sustainable business plan that's fair to readers, authors, and publishers in the new digital world.

Some businesses can continue to generate high returns for a period of years, but often times an undervalued stock reaches fair value sooner than later, and then subsequent returns are mediocre.

This also means that if you buy a great business at what appears as a «fair price» then you will still end up compounding your money at far more than the discount rate you use to arrive at that «fair price.»

This is because National Funding places more emphasis on your business's ability to repay its debts than its credit profile, which helps applicants with fair to average credit scores qualify for funding.

There are many fair and honest advisors in Canada, but this business will always attract more than its share of bad apples.

While APRs start higher than at other lenders, Kabbage has no minimum credit score requirements to apply, so it can be a good source of funding for small business owners with poor to fair credit.

However, I think it's fair to say it's now priced for a blockbuster bid (from a larger acquirer), rather than the value of the business based purely on today's revenues / profitability.

If a business is trading for lower than its historical average price - to - earnings ratio, it is likely trading at fair value or better.

As always, I'm more than happy to pay a fair price for a great business.