Sentences with phrase «things big things»

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People who look for shortcuts on the big things in life never fare well.

Before you spend a lot of time an energy creating the next big thing, use a patent search to make sure it hasn't already been done.

The best entrepreneurs, just like the best assassins, know that while a personal desire to do great things drives them, the professional side is the one that needs to be in charge and make the big decisions.

The reality: while you're at CES with hopes and dreams of being the next big thing, so are hundreds of other companies and entrepreneurs.

We'd like to see companies like General Mills really stepping in, in a big way, to do even more things that would make a difference.

Mauro Porcini, the chief design officer of PepsiCo, argues that true innovation isn't about creating the «next big thing» to capture their fleeting attention.

Anticipating big things on National Pancake Day, the company set up a social war room, with a staff of 15, to handle the traffic.

Entrepreneurs dream of bringing to market the next big thing but you can do very well just by recognizing the next big thing and improving it.

Among businesses that have never used a CRM solution before, a big misconception is that its primary function is to organize your contacts — «the whole «glorified Rolodex» thing,» says Joe Malcoun, CEO of Nutshell, a B2B CRM solution designed with small businesses in mind.

The only good news about the big guys is that there is another group of them (think AOL and Yahoo for starters) who are so lost, so behind the curve, and so desperate to deliver something for their shareholders that they are constantly running around and throwing money at the shiniest new things in a panic.

The biggest thing I learned was how entitled people felt about what used to be a luxury.

When negotiating, the biggest thing to consider are the pain points on each side, which could be personal or professional.

Chamath Palihapitiya, the CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, says he's a big fan of Bezos» letters because they serve as a reminder to keep a long - term view, while keeping things simple.

On new risks to big tech: «One thing I do believe is that the FANG stocks, I personally believe, there's more regulatory risk in those stocks than there has been.

Today, while big retailers know a great deal about their customers, they add rules to their backend software so people don't receive offers regarding things which might be sensitive, Globant's Murphy explains.

And MacArthur certainly agress with Krishna on one thing: «We need to step back and ask the big picture questions regarding our tax system as a whole,» says MacArthur.

The one virtue of startups that these big companies do seem to value and appreciate above all (and one that makes acquisitions so attractive rather than internal R&D efforts) is the freedom we have to embrace rapid change, the ability to adapt and pivot, and the understanding that things may never be perfect at the start, but that you'll never get started at all if you wait until they are.

«However, when it feels too big I really try to step back and take a couple minutes to put things back into perspective.

I'm not a big fan of the whole lean startup thing or even minimum viable products (MVPs) unless they've been previously market - validated, but there is a clear virtue in representing an initial solution which a company can quickly buy and bring to market — even if it's not comprehensive, industrial strength or the whole enchilada on Day One.

Little things can make a big difference in reducing customer workload.

Production quality is a big thing.

Still, Flynn is focused on the next big thing.

«The things that work when you're at smaller scale, may not work when you get bigger, and that includes the way you acquire customers, the way you deliver your service, and in this case, the way you park your service,» Behr said.

While there are a lot of things you can't plan for, there were certainly a few big traps that I could have avoided in my journey had I made better decisions.

«One big theory is that women are asking for just as much as they need — same thing that women in the workplace do,» she says.

Instead, keep things simple and reduce stress by focusing on the daily process and sticking to your schedule instead of worrying about big, life - changing goals.

A topic that is often, if not altogether, missed in my entrepreneurship reading is what to do when things go wrong, particularly when you are the one who made the big mistake.

Ask Aubrey Hearn, vice president and senior portfolio manager for Sentry Investments, about his investing philosophy and the first thing he'll tell you is that he's a big fan of Warren Buffett.

When Lyft first launched, recalls the company's director of marketing strategy & operations Gina Ma, «it felt like really asking people to participate in this really big sort of social experiment almost — the idea of doing these things that your mom always told you not to do.»

A lot of things have to be taken care of and it might turn out to be too big of a burden.

File this one under simple but powerful ideas most people never think of: «Draw all the things you need to do on a big piece of paper, and find out which things depend on other things.

Last year, for example, the two biggest winners — in terms of viewership and online engagement — were Netflix's Stranger Things trailer and Budweiser's commercial, which featured a young adult Adolphus Busch emigrating from Germany.

And that is fine — if you are buying the Surface Pro to replace a laptop, you will lose some things (like a bigger screen) and gain others.

One of the big trends at this year's CES is «The Internet of Things.»

Once you start networking with new people and getting clients, those connections can often lead to big things in your career down the road.

«But it's a bigger deal for lower - income families, because a bigger share of their budgets goes to things like gasoline.»

The biggest hits are often things people don't see coming.

Coffee By Design Entrepreneurs: Co-founders Mary Allen Lindemann and Alan Spear Headquarters: Portland, Maine Again, so many things over the years: Choose to be great Instead of big.

• Fenox Venture Capital and AsusTek Computer Inc formed a $ 50 million venture fund, which will focus on AI, big data, Internet of Things, cloud, and AR / VR.

They can talk about neural pathways and neurotransmitters as if those big words definitively concluded anything, which they don't, at least with our current understanding of such things.

I would take a couple of big things I want to get done like run a marathon, lose 30 pounds, and put it at the bottom of the page.

Benchmark has a very big problem: a winning net position valued at around $ 8 billion, but no way to get off the sinking ship and liquidate that position before things get even worse.

Little things make a big difference.

The two biggest concepts in the book are not taking things personally and not making assumptions.

The truth is, I feel a stronger sense of family, a bigger sense of permanence, which is a nice thing for me.»

«The biggest thing we've landed on Mars is the one - ton Curiosity rover in 2012,» Jones says, «and that was at the limit of what we could do technologically.»

The New Jersey — based company has a recent history of anointing the next big thing in biotech.

On the other hand, if you're interested in staying the course, there are a few things to keep in mind in building your business among the big guys.

When Reynolds first started out in the sales training program at IBM, one of the biggest things he learned was to make sure you listen to your customer.

«The biggest thing that would be helpful is just general support and encouragement and goodwill,» Musk said.