Sentences with phrase «what basis the company»

You also should know what basis the company will use to determine a new rate of interest.

Not exact matches

The new feature allows them to get a broader picture of what potential consumers are interested in, and to target ads towards them based on data from what the company calls its Topic Engine.

What it does: Builds cloud - based platforms that transmit live videos for media companies

«Of course, no one can say precisely what they'll do,» says Santosh Rao, the managing director and head of research for Greencrest Capital, a New York City - based boutique advisory firm that follows emerging companies.

He also bet on the product being successful and priced it based on what it would cost in the future if sales increased, instead of factoring in the high input costs that the company had to face at the onset.

For example, on Wednesday, Joe Schoendorf, partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners, and Mike Stankey, vice chairman of cloud - based human resources company Workday, will discuss what the plethora of private companies valued at $ 1 billion or more, known as unicorns, are doing to markets and marketplaces.

What makes the company special is that it makes its mattress based on your comfort preferences.

Following last week's purchase of Vancouver - based web - enabled sports eyewear maker Recon Instruments by chip - maker Intel Corp. for a reported $ 175 million, I spoke to Recon co-founder and CEO Dan Eisenhardt about the deal, what it means for both companies, and the opportunity in the wearables market.

But what caused the big oilsands and power companies to support the plan is that it primarily takes the form of a broad - based carbon tax.

Netflix doesn't go out and actively look for new series based on what executives think subscribers will want, Friedlander said, but the company does use viewer data to decide on which incoming pitches to accept.

Typically, what happens is you take a really nominal base salary and you get a bunch of equity that would get liquid and realized in years 5, 6, or 7 of a company's life cycle.

The company says the new features were added based on research into what kinds of content creation and sharing tools users wanted the most.

Check out the Case Study from our current issue about about Able Planet, a Colorado - based audio technology company that had to figure out what to do when its bank suddenly changed the terms of its $ 2.5 million line of credit.

Now you might be thinking, Sure, it makes sense for technology - based companies to recruit on the Web, but what about my business?

Problems usually arise when companies haven't fully considered the target they're trying to reach and what could go wrong, says Atlanta - based marketing consultant Laura Ries.

It notes: «Entire companies now base their model on what might be called the Bochco School — basically, the idea of a narrow phenomenon.»

Berg wrote that while his team understands Salesforce's interest in MuleSoft's technology, he believes «the purchase price to be too rich,» and questions what Salesforce — which exclusively sells cloud - based products — will do with MuleSoft's on - premise license offering, which makes up a substantial portion of the company's revenue.

CEO Randy Eresman noted in the Calgary - based company's 2011 year - end results: «For the industry as a whole, near - term natural gas prices are at levels below what it costs to add most new production, and in some places, may even be below what it costs to produce from existing wells.»

And then, critically, the company began using Instagram to build mini focus groups and quickly create products based on what they learn.

«In reality, the majority of organizations don't necessarily understand exactly where their profits are coming from, where their key missions are being driven from, and the key things they would need to be able to do and in what timeframe if that was disrupted,» says Lyndon Bird, international technical director of the Caversham, England - based Business Continuity Institute, which provides business continuity certification and guidance for companies around the world.

The Los Angeles - based company has developed technology that transmits ultrasonic waves (at a register well beyond what's audible) that are translated by devices as a microscopic quiver; this vibration is converted back into an electrical charge to power anything with a battery, no wires or wall plugs required.

«It's clear that the buyer wound up with something not quite what it thought it was buying,» says Kip Witter, a vice president at The Brenner Group, Inc., a Cupertino, Calif. - based financial management and advisory firm that works with Silicon Valley tech companies.

The situation is reminiscent of what happened to Fisker Automotive, an electric - vehicle company based in Anaheim, California, which earned scathing comparisons to the now - defunct solar panel company Solyndra from the Romney camp this summer during one of its campaign stops.

This means that we should make our buying decisions based on price, quality, and what we know about the basic «commercial integrity» (i.e., trustworthiness) of the person or company with whom we're dealing.

You may be familiar with Wix as a leading cloud - based web development platform, but what you might not know is that this company isn't even 10 years old.

At Cisco, I made every decision based on what was good for the company, and that pretty much ruined my marriage and my health.

One way to make that clear is by calculating what the trade show costs the company on an hourly basis and then communicating that to employees.

«They build their lives around the knowledge of what we do,» says Tanne, whose company is based in Armonk, New York.

In What Matters Most, Hollender, 49, tells how he and his company, Seventh Generation, a manufacturer of environmentally friendly household products based in Burlington, Vt., fell in with the likes of Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's, and other civic - minded businesspeople — entrepreneurs determined to prove that a progressive, values - based company can make a difference.

What makes the company special is that it makes its mattress based on your comfort preferences, and their pillows are no different.

«You have to know what you're going for, and do it with your eyes wide open,» says Francisco Dao, founder and president of The Killer Pitch, a firm based in Tarzana, California, that helps companies and entrepreneurs refine their message, and former business coach and columnist for Inc. «Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself what it's going to take to achieve your goals.»

What you can do: Encourage employees to tweet with their own personal voice rather than taking on a scripted tone — a strategy Peter Shankman, founder of the New York - based consulting firm Shankman / Honig and author of Nice Companies Finish First (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) calls «shredding the scripts.»

Fortune's ranking of 150 Best Small and Medium - Sized Companies to Work For, based on some 52,000 surveys compiled and graded by our partner Great Place to Work, offers insights into what makes for a meaningful work environment, along with a potential target list of desirable employers (though only some, obviously, will be hiring at any given moment).

What he has rushed to do is increase the company's dividend, which rose to $ 1.74 per share on an annual basis, up from the current annual rate of $ 1.68 per share.

The Chicago - based company raised more than $ 400,000 on Indiegogo this year for what it says is the world's first rideable luggage.

West Perth - based clean energy company Cool Energy Ltd has joined forces with one of Australia's premier geological storage companies to provide what it claims is a total service solution for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide.

When Ned Golterman first thought about what options were available for financing the expansion of Golterman & Sabo, his St. Louis - based building materials company, the solution seemed simple.

Ford's (F) miracle worker saved the company without resorting to bankruptcy or bailouts by doing what previous leaders had tried and failed to do: change Ford's risk - averse, reality - denying, CYA - based culture.

In what was possibly a preemptive move by the company, the Wells board of directors decided to take back $ 41 million in stock - based compensation from Stumpf along with just over $ 16 million in stock options from former community - banking head Carrie Tolstedt.

Athleta was such a bright spot for Gap that in mid-January the company opened a 5,000 - square - foot flagship store in San Francisco, set to sell stretchy shorts and fitted tank tops to what it hopes will be a new customer base.

But to every rule there is an exception, and glad I was to be called out (and called up) by the founder and CEO of one mobile - health company whose entire premise is based on scientific research with repeatable results — the exact study, in fact, I had used as my example of what works better than a health app.

After acquiring more than 65 tech firms in the past five years, the mercurial CEO announced in September that he would be «buying chip companies,» suggesting that Oracle is positioning itself for what Bill Tatham, head of Toronto - based enterprise software firm NexJ Systems, describes as «another level of world domination.»

But Glenn Harrington of Articulate Consultants, a communications company based out of Victoria, B.C., says that if Gap is smart, it will use the opportunity to get people to re-evaluate what the brand means to them.

Well, that's what happened this week with 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU), a Landover, Maryland - based technology company that allows non-profits and universities to deliver cloud - based education to people no matter where they are.

The way your company is perceived by the public is almost always a reflection of what's going on in the inside, says Melanie Spring, founder of the Washington, D.C. - based marketing company Sisarina.

For instance, the company will send subscribers who run a certain number of miles each week items that are also based on the data it gleans from more regular customers as well as on e-commerce data such as what is bought more frequently and gets top reviews.

You will often see companies build design briefs based off of industry «standards», or what they perceive to be good design by other companies.

«Smart companies understand the value of their current customer base, and recognizing what they need to do in order to keep them.

What if the company thermostat could adjust itself based on the ambient temperature, number of warm bodies in a room, and amount of sunlight coming through the windows so everybody's comfortable?

But obtaining patents based on what is interesting to a company's engineers, without consideration of its business goals, often results in patents that do not generate company value.