Sentences with phrase «to take on»

Two graduate students taking on the oligopoly of Yahoo, Excite, Alta Vista, etc??)

First and foremost, I'm an actor, and as much as I love content creation, there's something about taking on a different role and playing a different person that I find so creatively fulfilling and fun.

But dissuading households from taking on more debt will be up to others.

Perhaps most remarkable is the collective imagination of students across the United States, who dared to take on a challenge that their parents, aunts, and uncles had all but abandoned: stopping the scourge of gun violence.

The company has about 1,200 employees and has quietly taken on more than $ 200 million in venture funding.

«One never holds people necessarily responsible for their government, but one does have the ability to be very careful in what one does with the government itself,» said Smith, who became Microsoft's president in 2015, taking on a title that had not existed at the company since 2002, when Richard Belluzzo left.

Denton's optimism about this recent investment stands in direct opposition to his previous, and very public, aversion to taking on outside money.

From Facebook to Google to Walmart, every huge company started with a crappy idea (a college student taking on Rupert Murdoch's Myspace??

You'll also be freeing yourself to take on new, less familiar challenges.

Square didn't take on Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.

The goal is not for the CEO to take on more of this work themselves as much as it is to give them the opportunity to assess firsthand what could be done better before actually making any changes.

KordaMentha managing partner Cliff Rocke has taken on a new role, joining the Perth office of the advisory firm that is handling the collapse of residential construction group Builton.

The answer to that question might be, «hard or involved enough that you're not willing to take it on yourself.»

You probably don't want to go out of your way to take on loans you don't need, so don't worry: this factor only accounts for 10 % of your credit score, and you won't be penalized much for not borrowing too much all at once.

On this podcast episode of «School of Greatness,» Gary Vaynerchuk returns for his third time to share his take on business, success and more.

For the same reason you take on huge challenges: because of the words «now» and «then.»

To avoid any regional bias, we spoke to people throughout the beer industry — from brewers to hop farmers — to get their take on areas that are showing a lot of potential, though may still be under - the - radar on a national basis.

Funded by alumni from the McCombs School of Business, where it is housed, Texas Venture Labs will selectively take on projects and provide (student) labor to help the firms get off the ground.

If they work solo or have just a few employees, they can't take on more work.

Cramer thought he could avoid getting hurt by taking on a high - growth deep - value strategy, by only buying the highest quality companies for his charitable trust.

Unfortunately, no one there wants to take it on.

That also means Novartis will be taking on rival Gilead, which is the only other company to have an approved CAR - T therapy on the market (both received the regulatory green light in 2017).

Each industry is going to have its own take on getting stuff done — the hows and whys.

And dozens of startups are working on their own takes on blockchain.

Ferrazzi brings a refreshing take on the importance of networking and the importance of using the power of relationships to become successful.

Giving employees assignments or work that is slightly beyond their skill level is a great way to encourage growth and train them to take on more responsibility in the business.

Altman, by contrast, has advocated for the government to take on responsibility for affordable housing, «instead of letting rich people drive it up to increase their own wealth.»

I couldn't really take on any new clients even if I wanted to because my days (and nights... and weekends) were filled with Susan!

The bulls are finding comfort in sound fundamentals and sticking to a familiar script: So long as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes on the mantle of gradual rate hikes, the «Goldilocks» growth story stays intact and earnings remain robust.

The dispute stems from 2015 when Elliott took on the Samsung Group, Korea's biggest «chaebol» family conglomerate, to oppose the $ 8 billion merger of two Samsung affiliates but lost that battle.

After haggling for Berber rugs in the medina and taking a refreshing dip in the surf, refuel at Salon Oriental, known for its modern takes on local classics like lamb shoulder with candied spices and cockerel cooked with lemon and saffron in a traditional tagine.

Here's her take on the thought lives of the most successful leaders.

«With Medicaid growing rapidly and individuals increasingly receiving care in their communities rather than in institutional settings, effective administration of [personal care services] takes on heightened urgency,» the Inspector General said in the latest report.

People have been conditioned to try to beat the benchmark, but doing that (if it can be done — there's a lot of evidence to suggest it can't) involves taking on too much risk.

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and chief executive officer at Social Capital LP, offered a bullish take on cloud management company Box Inc, predicting the stock could grow 10-fold over the next 10 years.

Investors thought taking on Bell, Rogers and Telus was foolish.

Next, I bought a small, waterproof digital camera to take on a beach vacation.

The Journal report said that Comcast could pay as much as $ 3 billion for DreamWorks, and would combine that business with its existing Universal movie and TV unit as a way of taking on Disney in the animation market.

I think she has the right balance between an astute take on the market and her ability to connect to the consumer.

In this way the assumption of the primacy of efficient markets takes on the air of natural law, when in fact it is illustrating choices.

This illustration picture taken on April 19, 2018 shows the logo of the Itunes app of Apple displayed on a tablet screen in Paris.

Stream Entrepreneur's pitch show and watch contestants try to convince investors — and an audience of potential Indiegogo crowdfunders — that new takes on old products are worth supporting.

If you've ever been frustrated by typos or auto -(in) corrects, Fleksy provides a refreshing new take on typing with an appealing user - experience.

I double - majored in theater in college, so I was planning to take on this challenge through some method acting — but since Musk has been sleeping on the Tesla factory floor and skipping showers as of late, I decided to spare my co-workers.

Always agreeing to take on tasks, meet up with people and increase your responsibilites can hinder your business and hold it back.

It's taking on the tasks and assignments that have a steep learning curve that tend to deliver the key insights and guideposts to helping them build their career of their dreams - even if they didn't always know what to expect when they took it on.

To finish their first year, they're taken on a one - week international trip for a global strategy project.

That idea paves the way for women not to worry as much about what would happen if they needed to take on multiple caregiver roles and / or be financially independent.

Despite her constant worries, she's still game for the wild adventures her husband takes them on.

Meanwhile, as the government takes on more debt to fund its daily operations, the cost to service that debt will take up a larger chunk of government spending as well.