Sentences with phrase «women get about»

The older women get, the more sensitive women get about having a man ask about their age.

Pay attention to ingredient labels: you want to aim for about 25 grams a day (that's the recommended daily intake level for women; men should get 38 grams), whereas most American women get about half that amount per day.

They have problems with lactose because of the sort of information women get about breastfeeding.

Founding teams that include at least one woman get about 18 percent of venture capital, according to research from Babson College.

Not exact matches

«The high - level women I talk to very consistently say they spend a lot more time than their male colleagues did getting to know people, getting to know about their personal lives,» law professor Joan C. Williams tells Fortune, seconding the idea.

When a woman talks about her big job at Hypermegaglobalcorp, it's too often met with a stare that says, «Oh, so that's why the homework isn't getting done, and your kids look like rug rats.»

«We have men and women who have been helped up Everest,» Will says, «and later they'll reach out to customer service and say, «I'm trying to get in touch with a guy named Dave who helped me up Everest at about 10.30 a.m.. He's the man I'm going to marry.

But while male billionaires» reading choices get plenty of press coverage, we hear relatively less about the books that have been most inspirational for super successful, but slightly less high - profile women — the kinds of books that are most likely to provide similar wisdom and mental nourishment for the generation of leaders coming up behind them.

As he puts it: «I'd like to CHALLENGE every woman in tech who's a) got a nice care, b) owns a nice house, or c) is making over $ 125K a year to start thinking of themselves as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson in the making and commit to investing in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobes.

One 2005 study found that those preferences can play out in how often people approach each other online: women who were 6» 3» tall received 40 % fewer messages than women who were a more average 5» 5», while men who were 6» 3» and 6» 4» got about 60 % more messages than men who were 5» 7» or 5» 8».

Those posts got around: One, about women in tech, received thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, Srinivasan said.

When Kasia Urbaniak first started a new kind of power - training school for women, she had a tough time getting people to understand what the place was all about.

I think for women, we often get tangled up in what people think of us, what's going on and we worry about things that are outside of our control.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

Can you talk about why your mission of giving women the tools to educate themselves about their finances and get that power is so important?

Dagne Dover is the women's handbag company we can't stop talking about — they just get work bags, weekend bags, and backpacks so right.

It's a hoary old stereotype that women take longer to get ready than men, but there are several reasons it might be true that have nothing to do with outmoded jokes about complicated hair care or excessive vanity.

«This is a risky drug about which women and their doctors don't get enough information,» said Cindy Pearson, who heads the National Women's Health Network, which released the report women and their doctors don't get enough information,» said Cindy Pearson, who heads the National Women's Health Network, which released the report Women's Health Network, which released the report card.

She uses her Twitter feed to make bold statements about life, investing, and women in the workplace — all to get you thinking.

The company chose HPV for its flagship efforts, says Kim, because about 25 percent of women who get cervical dysplasia as a result of HPV have immune systems strong enough to defeat the virus without outside help.

Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal play a pair of teens who head on a road trip with an older woman, but come to learn that there's more in store than getting lucky as they learn about themselves and the realities of life.

Confused about whether someone can «identify» as a woman, and get a reality show to boot out of it?

The second was the woman who heard the joke, got highly offended, and blogged about it, complete with a picture of the «offenders.»

It means that when we discuss policies to increase the number of women on boards, we're not arguing about where we're going — we're just arguing about how to get there.

When I did my MBA, I interviewed hundreds of women and spent a lot of time doing digital anthropology... going to chat rooms and getting people to talk to me about things they wouldn't necessarily feel comfortable talking about in person.

And with all of her impressive accomplishments, everyone wants to know everything about her, including not only how she got into «Wonder Woman» shape, but what she does to stay in shape, period.

At Fortune's 2013 Most Powerful Women Summit, Cool said she spends the majority of her time reading and visiting Berkshire's operating companies, learning about their inner workings and occasionally getting involved in the operations — a role that sometimes includes the unpleasant task of firing management.

Last June, the internet giant debuted its Made with Code campaign in an effort to get young women excited about computer science — a field that less than one percent of high school girls think of as part of their future.

FORTUNE — The most interesting thing about Max Levchin's new venture to help women get pregnant is Glow First.

Of course, it'll be a great recruitment tool for the company; the more data women enter about their reproductive cycles — and Glow gets personal: It asks about the sexual positions couples use while attempting to conceive, for example — the better Glow will work as Levchin, Huang, and the team apply machine - learning to the information to develop a deeper understanding of how to advise future users on how and when to conceive.

If Glow is the mobile application that collects copious amounts of information about a prospective mother's reproductive health to help her get pregnant naturally, Glow First promises to help women pay for the science when nature doesn't work on its own.

«You may not have $ 250,000, but my advice is to not even think about opening a store until you've got the right financing,» says Margie P., a successful Redmond, Washington, store owner who sells women's, men's and children's clothing.

I get invited a lot to do speeches to groups, and I'm always asked questions about being a woman trying to make things work today.

«I will say that of the many shows I do throughout the year, Girls Night In was a singular evening that encouraged women to get together, talk and laugh about the things we go through as well as donate some money to Planned Parenthood.

«One of the things in getting this drug to market was about women being able to get it affordably, and because of Valeant, we're able to do it for as little as $ 20 per prescription.

In fact, in the U.K., it's mandatory for businesses with more than 250 employees to publish a report this year, and the legal requirement has got more companies speaking out about how more senior positions need to be filled by women.

Whether you look at straight demographic statistics, listen to the testimony in the recent sexual harassment suit against storied VC firm Kleiner Perkins, or talk to female founders about their experiences fundraising, the picture you get of the industry's openness to women isn't the rosiest.

The cost: about $ 3 million, with about 10 % of women getting a higher pay check.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) even released a statement about the miscarriage study, saying that all pregnant women should still get the flu shot.

He says now instead of being offered rom - coms he's getting scripts about every misunderstood woman from the 1990s.

That's the sort of criticism working women understand — they've endured a double bind for years, facing suggestions that they aren't serious enough about their careers when they get pregnant, and being accused of being heartless when they prioritize work.

Sen. Chuck Grassley argued in an interview published Sunday that getting rid of the estate tax, which applies to about 5,000 largely high - income Americans, would reward those who invest, rather than those who spend their money on «booze or women or movies.»

[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way

It is a challenge to get the company to think about how to bring on more women.

Take federal wire transfer and banking laws, which Cohen may have broken if he lied about the reason he got a loan to pay off one of the women and transferred her $ 130,000.

Natalie is especially passionate about the movement of women out of the corporate world and into their own businesses.I can't wait to get with some of her kick - ass ideas!

While no actual projects have been announced so far, programming could include a TV show around the people the NYT featured in its series «Overlooked,» about women and minorities who didn't get obituaries in the Times but should have, and a TV - version of «The Daily» podcast.

«This isn't a story about a fat, ugly woman who gets beautiful,» she says in an interview.

What Lee is saying about the resourcefulness of a great founder reminds me of a comment that Jeff Bezos made about what he was looking for in a wife: «I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison.»

What's more, when the Boardlist, with the analytics firm Qualtrics, surveyed CEOs and founders about their boards, 39 % said their independent seat — the best hope of getting a woman appointed — was still unfilled.