Sentences with phrase «up to a good start»

Action on tobacco displays, a review of plain packaging, commitment to stop smoking services and a tough approach to the tobacco industry add up to a good start for the government.

Needs Philadelphia Renters Insurance, renting a house, when a couple of claims who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood.»

Needs Philadelphia Renters Insurance, renting a house, when a couple of claims who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood.»

Not exact matches

In the beginning that approach worked out well, but eventually they had to start paying for those endorsements and the size of the company didn't match up.

If we want things to get better, the first step is to clearly understand the problems and then to start thinking about what we can do to shut down the click - bait con artists, viral vultures, and other BS hucksters who are clogging up the critical arteries of the Internet with their cheap tricks and phony features.

iPad hardware keeps getting better and better, so it's nice to see iOS start to catch up.

The UK capital hopes to lure talent with its East London «Silicon Roundabout,» (OK, a «roundabout» sounds a bit dinky compared to a whole «valley,» but the area boasts a new Google - sponsored space for start - ups as well as 300 innovative companies) as well as measures to boost the city's start - up scene, including # 75 million in funding for high - tech small and medium businesses from the government's new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth and the Digital London summit showcasing local tech talent that's due to be held March 13 to 14.

So if you have a work habit you've been meaning to start with the best of intentions — getting in earlier, whipping your inbox into shape, getting up from your desk for an hourly stretch — the day after Labour Day is a better time to start than most.

«If there were a reputable investor who invested $ 100K on good terms and promised to decide yes or no within 24 hours, they'd get access to almost all the best deals, because every good start - up would approach them first,» Graham said.

The incentive program — consisting of a 90 percent government guarantee on the SBA's flagship 7 (a) loans for start - ups and small businesses, as well as a trim or total cut of the fees on 7 (a) and 504 loans — was set to expire February 28.

Still, even critics allow that having an HSA is better than no coverage, which is exactly the circumstance faced by many start - up entrepreneurs and the people they recruit to come work for their young companies.

As a reporter who covers entrepreneurship and start - ups for a well - known business publication, it's not unusual for me to receive several hundred email pitches every week.

One of his sayings I now pass on to every start - up we fund: that it's better, initially, to make a small number of users really love you than a large number kind of like you.

«The firms that can recognize and attract the best start - ups will do even better, because there will be more of them to recognize and attract.

Every start up business has their own downfall, it's just nice to see that posts like these encourages small businesses ACTUALLY to do something for the better.

With news of both Jessops and HMV closing down just days after the start of the New Year, for people wishing to start up their own business especially, the outlook isn't good.

To create Etsy's API, Dickerson hired Mashery, a San Francisco start - up that has developed similar tools for The New York Times, Netflix, and Best Buy.

Levy suggests the best way to begin if you're doing this on your own is to start by opening up a new Excel worksheet and creating the following columns outlining your competitors:

This principle can be fundamentally applied to all business models and start - ups should prioritize on creating a sustainable as well as scalable solution for their industry.

Toronto is the eighth - best city in the world for start - ups, according to research firm Startup Genome.

It is not good to try to start of without a «start up» budget.

Many start up businesses are opting to use them as their work will be carried out quickly for a better price — and will save them paying a salary, holidays, sick pay and any extra office equipment that they might need.

Shifting the Product to Market fit into the earlier stages of seed money will require every start - up to bootstrap better.

The new version boasts more processing power and storage, as well as a sleeker look from the original version, which the start - up 3 - D printed to save money, Kull said.

If they get to the end of your content feeling no better off than before they started reading / listening / watching it, you not only did a disservice to your business with your weak effort — you've done the entire Web a disservice by cluttering it up with yet more junk.

Start - Up Chile was meant to teach Santiago a lesson as well: how to think entrepreneurially.

And the large companies often lacked the resources to investigate which of the hot young businesses had the best fit or to shepherd fledgling start - ups through the alliance process.

Though she started her career with BarStool Sports, Mourey soon moved into video after posting «How To Trick People Into Thinking You're Good Looking,» which quickly blew up.

Akbar Yungai started as a bellhop, working his way up to the front desk at Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel, and is now on the brand's elite Navigator program — where, instead of standing behind a desk, the 30 - year - old approaches guests and encourages them to leave the well - trodden tourist paths.

We tend to freeze up when it's time to get started because we know that our ideas aren't perfect and what we produce might not be any good.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly advanced and more widely adopted, we'll start to see a lot of companies - big and small - turning to AI in order to come up with better data strategies and win customer adoption, and to better compete against their competition.

«Almost every week there's another rocket launch company that's starting up with a new way to get to orbit cheaper, faster, better.»

«Especially for IoT start - ups, Osaka is a good place to be because everybody respects IoT and hardware.»

«In start - up companies, it's all about «who do I trust» and sometimes nepotism will come in,» Fraedrich says, and family - run businesses have to be especially vigilant against an ethical lapse that could lead at best to employee dissatisfaction and at worst to a discrimination suit.

Funding for start - ups that cater to consumers, well, that's another story completely.

For one thing, I generally had a pretty good relationship with the people they were talking about, and so my first instinct was to warn my coworkers to start polishing up their resumes.

Getting some «grownups» in place and up - to - speed before you really start to scale is a key success factor in your growth and the best possible insurance that you won't stumble along the way.

Bob brings 15 years of digital media and start - up experience to his role of CEO at Gigwalk, a software platform for consumer brands that delivers local visibility of in - store conditions and fosters better collaboration with retailers.

You may as well get used to the long hours now, since operating a start - up often leads to many sleepless nights.

Many insiders — Fortune spoke with 19 current and former McDonald's executives, as well as more than two dozen industry analysts and veterans — are starting to question if Thompson is up to the task and how long his tenure will last.

And they are starting to step up to the give - back portion of the program as well: In 2012 two Endeavor entrepreneurs each gave $ 1 million to their local offices.

«Equipment leasing works well for businesses that start off slow, and [it] protects owners from having to tie up all their capital,» says Bruce Gomberg, a partner at Politziner & Mattia, an accounting and consulting firm that advises small and midsize businesses.

Human resources accosts you with endless forms and pointless videos on ergonomics, IT forgot to set up 16 essential things, and your supervisor, while well - meaning, manages to simultaneously overstuff your brain with details you'll never remember and fail to give you the information you need to actually get started with your job.

The best time to set up an accounting system is before you start your business.

Most of my days are unpredictable and start at different times, so I try my best to keep up a stable morning routine.

Though Graham himself argued that start - up factories (or incubators, or accelerators) like Y Combinator would work best in Silicon Valley, with its large base of entrepreneurs and investors, David Cohen, the TechStars CEO, thought the model could be adapted to other places.

Existing tax laws around equity - based compensation can even drive a company's employees to let their options go, and miss out on the future windfall when that start - up goes public or is acquired at a good price.

The bill's tax cuts, as well as new or larger deductions for start - up expenses, cell phones and health insurances premiums, can give some financial help to most small business owners.

You might think that with all their resources, large companies should be able to win all the best candidates, but they can't begin to offer the benefits that make small companies attractive: a well - carved niche, a fresh start - up story, a culture free of red tape, a ground - floor opportunity.

It's true that to start your own business, you must make the borderline insane decision to risk all your time, finances and mental, emotional and physical well - being to pursue a dream that may ultimately end up as a nightmare.