Zappos has ordered a pizza for a hungry customer:
Whether businesses do something thoughtful, reward loyal customers with a simple thanks or give away free products, they — like the NFL — need to keep fans at the edge of delight and deliver something unexpected.
This freedom is key
whether your business does extremely well or you struggle to keep up with payments.
Not exact matches
As soon as they see a roaring success in the city, they want to put you and your
business on the road and have you build copies and clones throughout the state or the country -
whether it makes the slightest sense for you to
do so or not.
But if you expand enough, you'll end up with employees,
whether they're drivers or a bookkeeper or a scheduler or whatever peripheral duties need to be
done to keep your
business going.
Don't worry
whether you're «qualified enough» — most of the ideas are about building
businesses in landscaping, car detailing or graphics design -; all
businesses designed to cashflow.
Most people don't fully trust someone they just met, regardless
whether it is a
business relationship or a personal one.
I have a pretty simple test for determining
whether whatever you're
doing has the makings of a real
business — or
whether it's just an expensive hobby or a solution in search of a problem.
During the question period it was clear that the results from Madsen's study didn't take into consideration
whether some family members involved with the
business could have been studying or working abroad.
«I've spent some time thinking about
whether or not the feds knew what they were
doing when they created these regulations, because it really
does spark a lot of
business interest in marijuana more generally.»
If you're going to be
doing driving of any kind,
whether it's transporting horses or driving a taxi or getting behind the wheel of an 18 - wheeler, it all starts with a valid driver's license, preferably in the state in which you plan to conduct
business.
Depending on where you're located (for example, a medical transport
business in downtown Boston where there are numerous large medical facilities opposed to a small town in southern Indiana) will dictate
whether you can
do this
business yourself or need employees.
Whether you recognize it or not, all successful small
businesses — regardless of what they
do or sell — have one thing in common: their owners know how to build and maintain relationships.
Many small -
business owners are stressed about cash flow because they don't understand how banks assess
whether they're a good bet.
You'll need a
business card — so if you don't already have one (regardless of
whether you're actually in
business yet), create one.
Whether in my
businesses or in football, it's hard to tell people, «Wait, it's Monday, when I don't deal with this.»
Mueller writes that
business owners have to reevaluate their advertising tactics and decide
whether or not they actually
do justice to the brands they're trying to sell.
While you may not get to
do much sightseeing while on a
business trip, you can still get an idea of a place and determine
whether or not it may be worth revisiting for leisurely purposes.
Whether you like it or not, your employees will increasingly use their own phones or tablets to access
business data, so start to formulize what they can and can't
do.
But the fact that the brightest minds in the oil
business must concede they don't know
whether the inflection point will come in the 2020s or the 2040s — or exactly what might take oil's place — is even more discombobulating for them.
When the time comes to expand your
business into new markets,
whether this is through geographical expansion or consumer expansion,
do your research and really consider what is going to work best for your
business.
Do whatever you have to do to make your business succeed, whether that's making sales calls or emptying the tras
Do whatever you have to
do to make your business succeed, whether that's making sales calls or emptying the tras
do to make your
business succeed,
whether that's making sales calls or emptying the trash.
«It was like a rite of passage, and
whether he would decide to
do business was dependent on how the dinner would go and
whether I appreciated the wine and the conversation.»
You don't get to pick and choose, and you've got to make sure that there's a place for everyone (including many who don't speak, act or look like you) in your
business whether or not they believe that bathing is optional or prefer working all night long to showing up before the bell rings in the morning.
Whether you are a master negotiator or think negotiation is a necessary evil, one thing holds constant — if you don't understand the basic components of an offer to buy a
business, you'll be at a disadvantage.
«The way we operate our
business is, we are going to
do everything we can to have the best listings franchise, and we're going to look at what competitors are
doing, and
whether they may or may not be competing for our listings
business, and respond in a way that enables us to protect that,» Farley said.
If you've been
doing it alone or aspire to become a solopreneur, let me share with you five reasons to not be a solopreneur — and why the myth of any singular hero,
whether in literature or
business, is a misnomer and will only hold you back from having the most significant successes.
The CFIB argues
businesses should be able to make their own decisions as to
whether a PRPP makes sense for their employees, and president Catherine Swift expects many of them to
do so, if there are clear benefits.
A White House official told
Business Insider on Tuesday that «we don't know»
whether the information in the memo Comey gave to his friend was classified.
Swiss financial regulator, FINMA, announces that is looking into specific Swiss banks, including
whether they
did business with 1MDB.
«A lot of us joined this administration thinking we could bring to it the experience and expertise that the president didn't have an opportunity to gain in his
business career, and to encourage some restraint in what he says publicly and to our allies,» said one senior official who is contemplating
whether to resign.
Whether the employee simply has a knack for always saying the worst possible thing or the behavior puts your
business at risk for a sexual harassment claim, it's important to
do something about the employee as soon as possible.
Do your homework, study your industry, and determine
whether or not a price match policy is right for your
business.
Whether it's meditation, a bubble bath, or even snuggling up with a new
business book (hey, for me, that's relaxing),
do whatever you need to recharge your batteries.
«Yelp has never
done this and individuals making such claims are either misinformed, or more typically, have an axe to grind —
whether businesses upset that Yelp will not remove reviews they don't like, or unscrupulous internet marketing «experts» trying to make a buck off of honest
business owners with dubious reputation management schemes.»
This was evidenced by a 2016 survey that found that almost half of small
business owners are unsure
whether they are marketing effectively — with 14 % admitting that they aren't
doing enough.
The analysis,
done by Millennial Branding and analytics company Identified.com, was created by a team of data scientists crunching raw information from 4 million Facebook profiles of young people to uncover how they are representing themselves on Facebook — and
whether they're using the social network for
business purposes.
If you don't know for sure that your start - up can «hang» on its own for 18 to 24 months with little or no new revenue streams, you need to consider
whether you should be in
business at all.
There's actually a pretty good answer to this question — one that's especially relevant for startups — and a pretty simple guideline that can help you determine exactly (a) when is the best time to start hiring some qualified sales managers and (b)
whether the time is right for the CEO to take a step or two back from the front line, hand off the ball to the sales team, and focus on
doing more valuable things for the
business.
Whether it's your first time delivering a
business pitch or your hundredth, it's always daunting to stand up in front of potential stakeholders and explain why they should be
doing business with you.
«
Whether that is because of what the company is
doing, or what the Chinese regulators are
doing, or the general Chinese
business environment, that's something that is up for debate.»
The question is, when faced with your particular challenge —
whether it is researching in a new field, starting a
business, producing a film, securing a mentor, advancing an important cause —
do you seek the respite of talk or
do you face the struggle head - on?
Whether you're working a traditional nine - to - five from an office or turning a passion project into a lucrative side
business from your garage, there are some days where you can't seem to find enough time to get everything
done.
And, if you work in any kind of
business, audience engagement is something you
do daily,
whether you realize it or not.
Any Canadian —
whether an individual flying in their backyard or an employee of a company using it for
business purposes — would
do well to study up on the
do's and don'ts first.
Regardless of
whether you need to communicate new policies to your team or product specifications to shoppers, your small
business can
do the job faster and better than any giant - sized company.
It doesn't hurt that Trump has friends with relevant
business interests that would benefit from the protection of the status quo,
whether those are ownership stakes in steel mills or shopping malls.
As noted above, we don't generally care
whether companies can stay in
business.
No matter what stage you're at in the entrepreneur journey,
whether you just launched your first startup or have started several successful
businesses, you can always use the advice of people who have «been there,
done that.»»
But
whether you are inventing something completely new, creating a new
business model or merely shaking up the status quo (and aren't we entrepreneurs always trying to
do that?)
The other issue that faces all companies is, as you get to a large enough size, there are people whose job it is to protect
business lines — they're just
doing their job — but this is the classic case of «The Innovator's Dilemma,» the famous
business book, which says that when companies ultimately fail,
whether it's Polaroid or whoever, it's not because they were big and dumb; it's because they were actually really smart.