Sentences with phrase «time of opportunity for»

This could be a time of opportunity for businesses built on a sound foundation that are able to take advantage of the space left behind where others may retreat.

«This is an exciting time of opportunity for education in our state,» said Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson.

Above all, the Bologna process makes this a time of opportunity for students, Deca says.

Alas the time of opportunity for choice is now past and they must for eternity live with the decision they made in those few short years of temporal living.

«This has been a tough time for Tennessee, but it's also been a time of opportunity for us with some major investments,» said Bredesen.

Tough times are not times to despair, but times of opportunity for our faith and thankfulness to grow.

Not exact matches

Further evidence of the decline can be seen in the decreasing rates of first - time patents since the 1980s, as well as increases in demand for professional licensing, which could further restrict new business opportunities by requiring expensive (and often unnecessary) credentials.

The licensor - seller of the business opportunity will supply a sales or marketing program for the licensee - buyer that many times will include the use of a trade name or trademark.

But for the time being, he wants to make sure he's taking advantage of the entrepreneurship resources and networking opportunities on campus.

With people increasingly strapped for time and concerned about nutrition, she says, «there are huge opportunities for us to provide products that consumers haven't even thought of yet.»

The time between graduation and the first day of work is a crucial opportunity to get ready for the rest of your life.

In recent years, an increasing number of tech startups have turned into big - time investments opportunities for VCs, and as a result, these funds have wanted to get in on the action to bolster investor returns too.

Sounds a bit like the sci - fi thriller In Time (lLOL), but in order for on - demand companies to move past the «Uber of...» era, a huge market opportunity will consist of consumers looking for DIFM options.

At the same time, it's important to be aware of the above personality traits that can severely damage your opportunity for success in business.

If the meeting lead spends the majority of the time talking AT participants instead of WITH them, it creates opportunity for background email checking, solitaire playing, and coffee brewing.

Royal Bank economist Paul Ferley says now is the time for Canadian exporters to aggressively pursue opportunities to sell in the U.S. «[Where] they may have found they were getting outbid earlier on... they may find now that they're more competitive, given the weakening of the Canadian dollar,» he says.

But The Irish Times editorialized in favor of attending, saying, «no matter how gratifying to our sense of moral superiority, a boycott will be seen as a lost opportunity for face time with the world's most important leader.»

The Democratic former Secretary of State worries about ride - sharing service drivers making ends meet, but also praises the company for «creating exciting opportunities,» the Times reported.

Instead of focusing on how marketers can create great content for social media, this class more focuses on how exactly to measure your social investments in terms of time, cost and opportunities.

Those stuck in any kind of silo risk missing opportunities, not only for growth, but also for quickly raising funds in times of emergency, finding the product idea that will turn your company around or hiring a leader with a different perspective who can pull your organization out of the mud.

While Turkish protests have captured the world's attention in recent weeks, talk of business opportunities in the developing nation has been picking up for some time.

«This was the first time we saw self - publishing turn into an audition for commercial prime time,» says Nathan Maharaj, director of merchandise at Kobo, which recently launched Kobo Writing Life, a self - publishing e-book service for aspiring writers that Maharaj's team closely monitors for «opportunities that are worth mainstream attention.»

And I think, over time, as there has been certainly — there are more of us in the management ranks as there is more understanding of the value of diversity, I think the opportunity to be able to express ourselves and approach business in a way that makes most sense for us.

That means schools across the country will, for the first time, be giving students a uniform education and uniform assessments, which Muhammed Chaudhry, CEO of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, says is a major opportunity for entrepreneurs to get a foot in the door.

The good times don't stop on the red carpet: The $ 830 billion economy of the Los Angeles metro area is chock full of opportunities for the entrepreneur.

«We do well in the Northeast Corridor in the peak times, but we have a lot of trains that run off peak, which is an opportunity for people traveling on leisure,» McKelvey said.

It's possible to spend so much time planning a startup that you miss your window of opportunity or to schedule such frequent updates of a plan for an established business that it becomes difficult to administer its other details.

For the fall of 2016, UPEI is offering students a one - time opportunity to take a special focus in public sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and Evaluation.

Ackman's Pershing Square Capital teamed up with Valeant to mount a failed hostile takeover of rival pharmaceutical company Allergan, and at the time, the famed fund manager credited Pearson for being able to spot opportunities where others couldn't, much like business legend Warren Buffett.

With all of these challenges in mind, here are three strategies you can use to turn your virtual meetings from a block of time for your team to catch up on their «real work» to an opportunity for participants to feel engaged, involved, connected and committed.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

«A rounding error» Proponents of legalization have long claimed that taking marijuana out of the black market and putting it on store shelves would lower prices and at the same time provide tax opportunities for state and local governments.

In many ways, it is also the ideal opportunity for first - time entrepreneurs, giving them the help they need to avoid common pitfalls of start - ups, guiding their business plans and helping them succeed.

Senators also spent a significant amount of time reading letters from constituents about the effects of the scandal on their own lives, which not only looks bad for Stumpf and Wells Fargo, but also allows the politicians an easy opportunity to prove that they are working for the people who elect them.

Do you want all of your employees volunteering together (for team - building purposes), or are you more interested in them finding opportunities that matter to them at a time that is convenient for them?

They are devoting the bulk of their time traveling the world searching for opportunities to make a difference with their funds.

«A lot of times, women are offered opportunities that they don't necessarily think they're ready for and they'll pass it up, rather than taking advantage of those opportunities and growing into them,» she says.

Other opportunities will take an incredible amount of time and effort like collaborating with your engineering department on creating an interactive site widget that can be used for link building purposes.

The recent opening up of Myanmar to foreign investment has now created an opportunity for ASX listed Myanmar Metals to unlock Bawdwin's potential for the first time since it was held by Herbert Hoover's Burma Corporation almost a century ago.

So the next time you have the opportunity to reach for the magic rectangle in your pocket or purse -; consider mastering the skill of staring into nothingness.

The release of the If iPad app comes at a time when schools are increasingly experimenting with giving tablets to students, a trend that could be a major opportunity for education technology startups.

«They're making it really easy for us to fill tables during off - peak times, which generates more revenue for the restaurant and gives us more opportunities to attract new customers and turn them into lifelong fans,» Rick Bayless, owner of Frontera Grill in Chicago, said in a statement released by Groupon.

Instead of offering employees the opportunity to work on a contract basis, the blue world rewards workers who stay at an organization for a long time with job security.

According to a report in the New York Times, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had been working behind the scenes for weeks, looking to took advantage of a golden opportunity.

«We must never return to any semblance of that time -LSB-,] America must be a land of opportunity for everyone.»

In college, whenever Iraq or Afghanistan came up, I missed out on a lot of opportunities for personal growth because I was in too big of a hurry to toot my own horn to my civilian peers, rather than take the time to hear what they had to say on the topic.

The last Friday of every month is Hack Friday, an opportunity for Wattpad staff to execute projects they've been itching to do but haven't had the time.

Rather than offering a meaningful opportunity for dialogue, management «acts as if, as a shareholder, you are an imposition, a waste of their time.

The cost of treating skin cancer exceeds half a billion dollars a year in Canada, so there's an opportunity for significant cost and time savings.

But from knowing the right times of day to post to dealing with complaints and finding time to do it all, social media can create as many headaches for business owners as it does opportunities.