Entrepreneurs who succeeded by investing in a good industry and year (e.g., computers in 1983) are far more likely to succeed in their subsequent ventures than those who succeeded by doing better
than other firms founded in the same industry and year (e.g., succeeding in computers in 1985).
Not exact matches
Some researchers have even
found that
firms owned by and named for their heads are 21 percent less valuable
than others.
A study from Montreal media
firm Influence Communication
found that in 2014, Canadian media outlets devoted 229 % more coverage to the weather
than the 160
other countries in the study.
Researchers
found that after adjusting for
other variables, assets (not including IP) increased the chances a
firm would hire more
than revenue.
If you
find a
firm with seriously lower prices
than the
others, that might be a red flag in and of itself.
Founded in 1946, the
firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and many
other financial products and services to more
than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary
firms.
«In our research of high - growth sales and marketing organizations, we have
found that buyers want predictive analytics applications to deliver fast access to their target accounts and transparency into the account insights that make an account more valuable
than others,» said Craig Rosenberg, co-Founder and Chief Analyst at TOPO, a leading analyst
firm for sales and marketing organizations.
Even if one of these companies went bankrupt each year (something I
find highly, highly unlikely), the earnings per share growth from the
other firms should, in aggregate, still allow you to become richer
than you were at the beginning of the previous year.
If you've made the commitment recently to get your baby to be on a
firmer sleep schedule, you may be surprised to
find out that there are benefits to this
other than getting you back to a more sane state of mind, and out of the sleep - deprived haze you have been living in!
The budget office
found the payment could not offset a lower -
than - expected number of public sewer system workers hired by the
firm or moving to
other county jobs.
I have
found that while the ride may be
firmer than most it is also more nimble and sporty feeling
than most
other CUV's I have driven.
Other exclusive chassis features include sports suspension with spring rates, bushings and antiroll bars — all of which are stiffer
than those
found in Focus ST, and two - mode switchable dampers, which offer a
firmer setting for track driving.
Having only experienced book markets who were completely and utterly dominated by the U.S.
firm, he
found attitudes in Canada to be friendlier and more productive
than he'd experienced at
other publishing conferences.
iOS was
found to have led Android on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday in generating online traffic and sales, latest data from analytics
firm Localytics shows that new iPad Air activations were far greater
than any
other tablet sold during this period.
Financial research and analytics
firm Cerulli Associates
finds managed account programs are more resistant to fee compression
than other commonly used qualified default investment alternatives.
«We
find that ARPA - E-funded
firms, on average, raise more money
than other clean energy startups,» the authors said.
As new research reveals lawyers are
finding their jobs more stressful
than ever, Georgina Stanley asks whether law
firms are doing enough to combat work - based anxiety and
other mental health issues Statistics on mental illness speak for themselves.
In what
other ways do you think law
firms could
find appropriate expert witnesses, rather
than instructing agencies?
Other than finding ways to shorten the sales cycle to law
firms and to help build credibility in the eyes of law
firms, what is Wilson's advice to budding legal tech companies?
So what I did is started talking to
other solo practitioners and
other small
firms and
finding people who had different levels of expertise
than I did.
A story in The New York Times this past June noted, «While demand for
other white - collar jobs has grown substantially since the start of the recession, law
firms and corporations are
finding they can make do with far fewer in - house lawyers
than before, squeezing those just starting their careers.»
However,
firms are a bit different
than many
other businesses in the sense that — at least from what
firms tell us — they
find it more difficult to measure their current processes, the amount of resources required to perform certain activities, and the speed with which they get things done.
Though, I do
find, because we are very selective in the cases we take, that we can make our cases go much more quickly for our clients
than most
other law
firms.
Our
firm's
founding attorney, Dana Watts, is a board - certified civil trial lawyer by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education and has more
than 30 years of experience protecting the rights and interests of individuals and small - to mid-sized businesses in contract disputes and
other complex civil litigation matters.
- Walk you through the frantic moments after an accident by telling you what to do (and just as importantly what NOT to do)- It records photos and witness statements from the scene - Includes a click - to - call link to our 24/7 Accident Injury Hotline - Helps you
find the Sink Law location nearest you - Alerts medics and
other first responders to you allergen and important medical info - Makes speaking to a lawyer easier
than ever - Puts an entire law
firm in your pocket!
Business development is
finding creative ways to work with
other companies
other than law
firms, trust officers, financial advisors, senior housing,
other professional associations and trade organizations.
For example, procedural questions may turn on unfamiliar sources of enacted law — such as court local rules or judges» administrative or standing orders — that may be more conveniently
found on a given court's official website
than on Lexis or Westlaw, if they are available on subscription databases at all.60 And for practicing attorneys, jurisdiction - specific forms and the previous work of
other attorneys who have done similar things can be valuable resources.61 So legal blogs,
firm white papers, and actual filings available through PACER or Bloomberg Law can be valuable tools — at least as a jumping - off point.
In the mainstream, London mid-tier and hybrid
firms, failure rates range from 15 - 25 %, which is certainly expensive enough.The most interesting
findings of the research this year are that US
firms are worse hirers
than UK
firms, that hires from in - house directly into partnership suffer much greater failure rates
than from
other law
firms, and that hires into transactional areas such as corporate and finance are markedly more likely to fail
than those into specialist areas or litigation.
Most
firms that place a premium on revenue from partners» personal production
find that partners tend to hold their client relationships too close to their vests; they frequently hoard client work rather
than spread it around to
other partners — because the former wants to receive full credit; partners perform work that could be performed by associates because the former wants to receive full credit; partners do billable work when their higher and better use for the law
firm is to generate additional business from existing and potential clients; and lawyers may perform work outside of their principle areas of expertise that
others in the
firm could perform more effectively and efficiently.
With more
than four decades of experience, we have expertise and practical skill that you will not be able to
find in many
other firms or law offices.
This brings us back to a point we've raised numerous times in the past, which is that with major law
firms always moving in «lockstep» in terms of compensation,
firms need to
find creative ways to distinguish themselves from competitors in areas
other than compensation when recruiting attorneys.
Whether the opening involves a legal assistant, legal secretary, bookkeeper, paralegal or courthouse runner, or any
other administrative position,
firms are struggling harder
than ever to
find suitable candidates.
The problems is that most
firms (and, indeed, most
other businesses) use little more
than guesswork to
find their keywords.
One large piece of news this week comes from Huawei, who has been mentioned as trying to
find an alternative to Android Wear because, in a Samsung representative's words, «Huawei was looking for an operating system (OS)
other than Google's Android as the US
firm had not been very collaborative.»
Founded by an award - winning investigative journalist, the
firm takes an investigative approach to search engagements, uncovering top talent
others miss and delivering candidates faster and more cost - effectively
than traditional search
firms.
In a Zillow report earlier this month, the real estate data
firm explored the connection between homeownership and the «American Dream» and
found that Hispanics (70 %) put a higher value on owning a home
than any
other demographic.
Founded in 1919, Guarantee Real Estate has held the No. 1 market share for more
than 20 years and has represented more homebuyers and sellers
than any
other real estate
firm in the Central Valley.
«Institutional Advertising» refers to television, radio, and
other media advertising, the benefit of which insures to a multitude of
firms or offices which are not commonly owned or not commonly managed and which may be
found in more
than one Member Board's jurisdiction or in different states.