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Fifty - nine percent of respondents ages 30 to 49 said they looked at their phones a few times an hour.

Thiel's substantial donation to Trump doesn't come as a surprise — he did have a prime - time speaking slot at this summer's Republican National Convention — but the billionaire has been largely silent about his chosen candidate's many controversial statements of the past few months, which had caused some to wonder if he had abandoned his support for the Republican nominee.

Zymeworks had a payroll with 25 names on it, many of them with advanced degrees, and was even trying to hire a few more people at the time.

It's even more important than how good you are at picking yourself up off the floor and getting back in the game after getting punched a few times by a client or a competitor — or one of your own folks.

After you write a few notes, keep track of the time and make sure you allow about one minute at the end to debrief.

When you're early in a startup, a founder or one of the first few people to join, you will at times realize that new information from customers or a smart mentor shows that what you were working on for the last weeks or months is the wrong thing to do.

In 1993, Conlon joined one of Chicago's top real estate firms at the time, and within only a few short years, he had made a name for himself as one of the most prolific sellers of residential real estate throughout not only Chicago and and the Midwest, but also the entire U.S. with sales approaching $ 200 million annually.

A third of respondents to polls by various American and Canadian health organizations report getting a good night's rest at best a few times per month; more than one in 10 — some studies say almost 50 % — suffer from insomnia.

«This is only a few billion below the figure at a comparable time last year, and above the figures reported for some earlier years (almost 60 % of the full year's refunds are typically received by this point in the year).»

But taking that kind of time off from your career is a luxury few have, especially if it comes at a cost.

Muzak amassed a collection of roughly 5,000 songs within a few years, more than any record label at the time.

At the same time, the misadventures of a few networks are heightening concerns over users» privacy and safety.

At the time, Business Insider reported that the closing of the fund could «raise a few eyebrows» in the so - called «Startup Nation» and lead to questions about the calibre of the young tech companies that are coming out of the country but it turns out that the move may have been motivated by different reasons.

In a sport rooted in the hard - partying fringe of Southern California, Hawk was something different: While he was still in high school, he used his winnings to buy a house in Carlsbad, and a few years later, he started his first company — Birdhouse — even though the skateboard industry was tanking at the time.

On a warm spring afternoon, Phil Knight found the time to meet up with me at the Le Germain Hotel in downtown Toronto while in Canada for just a few hours promoting his book Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike.

The divergence in policy between the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada is happening: the Fed likely will raise interest rates at least a few times in 2017, while the Canadian central bank likely will do nothing at all.

«A few years ago,» wrote Cook at the time, «users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you're not the customer.

A few key tips: remember the power of connections, focus, know that you will fail at times and successful entrepreneurs have mentors or coaches.

From Vox, citing a study at the University of Texas: «If 10 percent of the vehicles... were self - driving cars, the country could save more than $ 37 billion a year due to fewer deaths, less fuel, more free time, etc..

The time to think about tax season isn't at the first of the year — it's all year long, and these five strategies can help any small business plan for a simpler tax season with fewer headaches.

He bought a Blackberry and at the time Wills was one of the few people in his circle to have one.

Still, some worry that viewing the workplace through a gender - specific lens just leads to new stereotypes at a time when the world needs fewer of them.

For Obama, the trip to Orlando is an unwelcome return to one of the most difficult roles a president must fulfill: comforting the nation at times when few words seem capable of providing much comfort.

Richard Branson, founder of no fewer than 400 companies and one of the world's foremost overachievers, has said of his morning exercise routine, «Getting up and at it early gives me time to get on top of things, and chart my day effectively.»

The 39 - year - old president, a newcomer to international diplomacy, will meet many of his counterparts for the first time over the next few days at the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital followed by a G7 summit in Sicily.

So try my approach and allow yourself a few days a week to buy coffee at cafés, and make it at home the rest of the time.

While spending time with family, I'd stare into a small screen on my lap instead of engaging at a level I would have a mere few years back.

That summer, at a time - share they split with friends in the Hamptons, their relationship just a few tender months old, Mia brought a dozen of her jumbo - size vanilla coconut cupcakes to the beach — and Jason smelled an opportunity.

The reviews go back a few years, but there were more than from the last week at the time of writing, which indicates the product is rather popular.

«Here was this guy with this heavy Swedish accent» preaching the gospel of the global markets at a time when few others were.

As one of the few women in a top job at a major U.S. tech company, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty did not have an easy time getting there.

«I was here visiting just a few days before the visit of President Obama, and I remember at the time there was much talk about Cuba strengthening relations with both the European Union and the United States,» Mogherini said, when asked by reporters about the Trump administration's partial rollback of a fragile detente between the old Cold War foes.

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The New York - based business has grown to 130 employees (at the time of the application the company had fewer than 100 employees) and works with clients that include big name businesses like Lufthansa, Microsoft, Hearst and Comcast, all while its core values have remained the same.

While sales of the company's Banana Republic and Gap brands have been falling for some time now, recent declines at Old Navy — the sole bright spot in the past few quarters — pose a bigger headache for the 46 - year old retailer.

The confrontation that followed lasted just a few minutes, but it was long enough to spark a class - action lawsuit, a criminal investigation spanning at least three states and a major regulatory crackdown in the U.S.. Now, for the first time, Canadian officials have confirmed they too are investigating the issues at the heart of the dispute.

And this is, after all, the company that in 2000 «accidentally» sank the world's largest oil platform at the time just a few months after taking ownership of it.

There are few things more aggravating at work than being kept stagnant with the same routine responsibilities over a long period of time, especially after you've voiced interest in expanding your level of contribution.

«Good programmers write as few lines of code as possible, and it is one of those professions which pays well, while at the same time, encouraging laziness, he says.

Few adults get to play video games at the office, but if you're Jade Raymond, managing director of Ubisoft Entertainment SA's Toronto office, you can expect a lot of time in front of a screen.

«What happens most of the time is that we show up at the event, deliver our speech, hand out a few business cards, and cross our fingers that it turns into something more,» says Dixson.

The company is set for growth for the next few years at least, with the only question now being how many times can it double its existing base of 70 million subscribers.

When people want to give a car a closer look, they must stare at it for a few seconds to get a list of real - time information about the vehicles including the number in stock and their price.

Since selling textbooks is largely a seasonal business, our demand spikes at a few different times of the year.

Still, it does have a few things going for it: The «fast delete» button lets you quickly scrap whole words at a time; there's a one - handed mode that lets you crunch the keys over to one side of the screen; and, when your phone is in landscape mode, it splits apart like an ergonomic keyboard, making it feel a little more natural for your thumbs.

And there's a good chance that at least a few of those times, you should've kept it in your pocket — especially when you're with others.

Soon after the advent of e-commerce, he registered the domain name mattress.com, and derived significant online sales at a time when few retailers were thinking about the Web.

It's not too hard to understand why workers might like this plan; it offers them the ultimate flexibility: Instead of running out or cramming vacations into the last few weeks of the year, vacation days can be taken at any time.

A few years later I was working a full - time job as a marketing and brand manager at a toy company where I got a lot of product development experience and realized I had gained enough knowledge to give this idea a shot.