No business this year, might very
well mean no business next year too.
Not exact matches
Let's say after paying all its costs, advertising, payroll, taxes, and more taxes, a small
business has a margin at the end of the day of 10 % (that's pretty
good nowadays, especially for a smaller
business); that
means your 3 % credit card fees are costing them 30 % of their profit!
It is earned, which
means as a small
businesses, you'll need to do some work to get noticed, but once you do, the payoff will be
well worth it.
This
means that the creditor will examine the character of the borrower as
well as his or her ability to run a successful
business.
Within a few weeks, Mr. Bezos said, «I started receiving letters from
well -
meaning folks saying that perhaps you don't understand your
business.
For
business leaders, increasingly this
means balancing two very different perspectives: shareholders who expect executives to deliver
better short - term financial performance and stakeholders who want more attention paid to the longer - term human and environmental consequences of
business.
This will
mean your
business is accessible to anybody, at any time all over the world; Therefore, it is essential that your
business has a
good online presence that is easy for consumers to find in search and on various platforms, in order to be successful.
«It seems like you are no longer interested in talking about
business and it seems like getting to know each other
better may
mean something different to me than it does to you.
Economic growth has been
good for snowplowing — new
businesses and storefronts
mean more parking lots and walkways that need to be cleared.
The influence of such titans has created the expectation that to be successful in
business, one must be able to be, for lack of a
better term,
mean.
This
means that if you choose to start a
business, thinking that it would be a
good source of funds, you could very
well make less money than your friend who works a minimum wage job.
By getting to know the community manager or a
well connected employee of the center, you'll be poised to make the connections that may ultimately
mean business for you.
As Irving Burstiner commented in The Small
Business Handbook, «Hiring the right people -; and training them well -; can often mean the difference between scratching out the barest of livelihoods and steady business growth&r
Business Handbook, «Hiring the right people -; and training them
well -; can often
mean the difference between scratching out the barest of livelihoods and steady
business growth&r
business growth» ¦.
I experienced this from the other side during the two years I spent at Conde Nast Portfolio, when the great Graydon Carter made it his mission to render Vanity Fair's new sister title irrelevant by publishing the
best longform
business journalism in town, even if that
meant hiring away Portfolio's writers, like Michael Lewis.
Good morning one last time from Davos, where the U.S. president just finished reading a speech wholly from the teleprompter, declared America open for
business, and asserted that «America first does not
mean America alone.»
Better sleep means better bus
Better sleep
means better bus
better business.
In the post-recession
business landscape where
good jobs continue to be hard to come by, more and more employees across all industries are working harder than ever, even if it
means sleeping a lot less.
Radio personality Alan Cross has a
good summary of what the chain's closure will likely
mean for the Canadian music
business.
The
best business app for... increasing sales Organization is important at every level of your
business, but when it comes to sales it can
mean the difference between sealing the deal and watching it sail on by.
Look at what your
business already does — no matter how mundane or insignificant it may seem at first — and then focus on a byproduct that provides more
meaning, happiness and even a
better bottom line.
By this I
mean don't refer bad customers to
good business connections.
West points out that while it helped to know that both her agent and publisher are from large,
well - known firms, she maintains that if
business owners
mean what they say, say what they
mean and are who they say they are, they can't go wrong striking a deal online.
Every company is a technology company now, which
means that in every kind of
business, candidates with digital skills will increasingly get the
best jobs.
It
means there's a
good chance you're wasting precious time, even years of peak earning potential, focusing on the wrong things to build your career and grow your
business.
Just because you have a successful apparel
business doesn't
mean you'll make a
good restaurateur.
However, just because I'm an entrepreneur, it doesn't
mean the highest and
best use of my time right now is building my own
business.
This is a battle Facebook desperately wants to win, and it boasts a history of competitors
bested (or bought) as evidence that the social media giant
means business.
So it
means more money and a
better business communication phone system.
The CFO is also focused on the long - term finances of the company in terms of forecasting as
well as how the
business might fund, say, an acquisition by borrowing or other
means.
Well, generally, it
means adopting
business software.
Banks use them when pitching for new
business, and a
good ranking
means serious bragging rights.
Until now,
business — or capitalism, really — has been a
means of making money for directors and shareholders, and rarely about doing
good.
They've built in a $ 3 - billion reserve, lowered their revenue expectations by about $ 3 billion and then there's room on the upside which is
good for
business because it
means there is a serious plan to get back to balance.
Managing your
business well means measuring your progress regularly.
In
business, this
means thinking critically about the implications of any overarching objectives as
well as the purpose behind daily procedures.
This
means it is time to take a
good hard look at your painful clients and work out which ones are toxic to your
business and your team.
The scheduled attendees of the conference encompass a wide variety of experts, ranging from medical professionals, hospice advocates, scholars, religious and spiritual leaders, as
well as entrepreneurs and
business men and women interested in learning how an understanding of death and dying can help them live lives of greater purpose and
meaning.
«As long as someone apologizes
well, it doesn't
mean they're taking responsibility,» says Lynn Gaertner - Johnston, founder and
business - writing specialist at Syntax Training who has worked with REI, Microsoft, and Russell Investments.
Creating a PowerPoint presentation, or deck, for your
business plan is a quick, to - the - point
means of revealing your
best selling points to those reviewing it, while still sending over your more detailed plan.
To me, that
means figuring out the
best way to spend time with my husband and children and also run my
business without feeling like I'm compromising on either.
Then make it very clear to
well -
meaning visitors that you maintain regular
business hours and that the computer is off - limits to the kids.
It's
good for
business, they say: Adding «neurodiversity»
means bringing in employees with particularly coveted skills.
While that's
good for entrepreneurs, it
means the investors whose
business it is to profit off of fledgling startups will have to work harder to woo top - notch entrepreneurs.
«Just because I own the
business doesn't
mean I am the
best person to lead the company,» says Claudia.
The entrepreneur must also tap the minds surrounding him or her while trying to transform an idea into a reality: That
means reaching out to the tech minds, the
business and financial wizards and the marketing experts — all the players who can plug in holes in expertise to help a founder create a
well - rounded, sustainable and successful
business.
«If you didn't have very
good accounting skills when your
business went under, that doesn't
mean you will always have poor accounting skills.
Boosted posts have worked
well for my
business — a content site — but that doesn't
mean they're the
best option for every company.
Once you have between 20 to 40 clicks, choose the one that's getting the
best results, which
means the highest click - through rate, the highest conversion rate, or the lowest cost per acquisition (CPA), depending on what makes the most sense for your
business.
A Harvard
Business School working paper «Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather
Means Good Productivity» discovered a similar trend, claiming dismal weather makes for busy workers.
After all, your goal should be to hire the
best people for your
business, and that may
mean people who aren't the world's
best résumé writers.