Sentences with phrase «year challenge by»

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Potdevin's years at Burton were dominated by two interrelated challenges that will sound familiar to Lululemon watchers: he had to grow the business.

Being young and fresh out of school, it was definitely a challenge, but after six months, a year, 18 months went by, I started to realize that this felt more like home to me than anything I'd done before.

Scorpio and co-founder Sam Zaid were members of Singularity's first class, in 2009; they were challenged by Google co-founder Larry Page to come up with a plan that would, in 10 years, impact a billion people.

Two years ago, at the Venture Capital Challenge organized by the famous Silicon Valley VC Draper Fischer Jurveston, the hands - down winner of the $ 250,000 prize was a new sleep - monitoring gizmo called NeuroVigil.

Apple's Dominance In Tablets Ends This Year (IDC via ValueWalk) Smartphones and tablets powered by the Android operating system will challenge Apple's dominance in the tablet market, according to the latest analysis released by the International Data Corporation (IDC).

But as Virgin grew through the years, so did our ideas about how to treat employees well, and how to take environmental impact into account, and by 2004, I had come to realize that we at the Virgin Group had a chance to tackle the challenges our society faces in a new, entrepreneurial way.

Although upstart mattress companies are challenging brick - and - mortar incumbents like Sleep Country by offering lower prices and a hassle - free experience, the company plans to open up to 12 locations annually for the next five to seven years.

But the company was also contending with other challenges: the takeover of its pharmacy business by CVS Health (cvs) last year has not gone smoothly and the retailer's grocery strategy is confused, two ongoing problems that have hit store traffic.

I was especially touched by Moglia's story because my 4 - year - old son is currently challenged by stuttering.

Co-organized by E11 Global, a global startups support platform, and Dubai's Step Group the challenge is being kicked off to celebrate the Year of Zayed, and aims to «empower Emirati youth with an entrepreneurial drive and prepare them to successfully contribute to the UAE's startup ecosystem.»

The giants are being challenged by four - year - old Call Home America (CHA), which contracts to buy 800 numbers in discounted bulk from AT&T, MCI, and Sprint, then resells them relatively cheaply.

A five - year - old lawsuit against the Ivy League school, filed by its neighbors, is challenging its tax - exempt status, Bloomberg reports.

I was 18 years old, surrounded by men, and it was a challenging work environment for me.

Its U.S. sales were up a staggering 23 % last year, driven by newly aggressive advertising and, perhaps, neophyte drinkers» desire for lighter, less challenging whiskey.

Despite its flaws, however, the program has paid off — at least according to a 2010 study by Queen's University economics professor Roger Ware, which concluded it contributed roughly $ 2 billion a year to Canada's economy and helped ease economic challenges.

So when Moment heard last year about an opportunity to work on an airport that could calm its passengers, they were intrigued by the challenge.

Tesla's biggest challenge, going forward, is to avoid being such a disruptive upstart in a 100 - year - old business that it gets clobbered by the big, slow carmakers that just happen to be able to flip a switch and build hundreds of thousands of Tesla - like vehicles much faster than Tesla can build actual its cars.

The growing, multibillion - dollar fantasy sports industry dominated by DraftKings and FanDuel has drawn increased attention from state regulators over the past year, with the attorneys general of New York, Illinois and Nevada challenging their legality.

Earlier this year, the Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the use of the mortgage law by a payday lender named Cashland.

«With the modest economic recovery of the past few years, finance functions are preparing the enterprise for challenges that could materialize at any time by working to preserve margins and by sustaining a strong focus on working capital management,» said a Protiviti managing director in a release.

After spending 10 years behind the camera watching survivalist Bear Grylls overcome challenging conditions and teach crucial survival skills on shows like «Man vs. Wild» and «Running Wild with Bear Grylls,» Paul Mungeam, who goes by «Mungo,» has learned how to stay alive in the wilderness.

For years, I defended the position challenged by my first question.

Once a year, there is also an optional six - week fitness challenge led by a personal trainer, whereby participants don FitBits and report their eating regimens on a private Facebook page.

He sees Transcontinental growing Coveris» business, which had been hurt by the challenges of spending US$ 140 million of capital spending on new equipment over three years.

Then there are those of us representing Parkland: Fellow Stoneman Douglas student Nick Joseph lost one of his best friends, Joaquin Oliver, on February 14, and is speaking out in his name by organizing and marching, rising to a challenge no 16 - year - old in mourning should have to face.

Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, 61, is trying to ride out a years - long bond - trading slump that's being compounded by market swings and stiffer regulations — challenges that have forced many competitors to scale back.

Other analysts are challenging that perspective, which they said was colored, in part, by the severe downturn that hit the global economy more than five years ago.

Revenue specific to emerging technology (including app development)- — an area related to the top customer challenges that Anna's team helped identify and address --- grew year over year by 41 % in the first quarter and 44 % in the second quarter.

He won an Apex Award for a book he wrote several years ago called Principled Profit, which was one of the first to challenge the conventional wisdom about the place of ethics and the environment in business successand that self - published book was republished by mainstream publishers in both India and Mexico.

«Last year they were somewhat challenged by the outflow story, so they underperformed peers, but we continue to be very positive on them long - term.»

One of the challenges pointed out by many is the fact that the 60/40 portfolio has been juiced over the past 30 + years by the seemingly never - ending bond bull market.

And that is going to become more challenging than ever over the next few years because of the concentration of Federal debt that is coming due by 2020.

Last year's men's singles defending champion and # 1 seed Georgie Jecminek will have his title defense challenging by 19 year old Kyryll Kryvchun of West Vancouver.

This year's shareholder proposals filed or coordinated by NCPPR ask companies «to protect political free speech rights, but all those that have been challenged at the SEC have been omitted,» Proxy Preview elaborates.

Recognized as a «SBA Lender of the Year» in 2015 by the Small Business Administration, BBVA Compass is proud to do our part to help small businesses overcome their current economic challenges and position themselves for future growth.

Combined with our more than 35 years of experience, manpower, resources and geographic reach, Clean Harbors is well equipped to provide turnkey solutions to handle the challenges faced by government and state agencies, military bases and public officials.

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This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

Compounding the challenge is the fact that people are now living longer — life expectancy has risen by about 6 years since the early 1980s.

If I didn't challenge myself to the $ 200,000 a year goal by 2H2015, I'm not sure I would have even broken $ 120,000 a year by now.

For the past year, Olive Garden has been working on strengthening their value leadership competitive advantage by improving affordability for their more economically challenged guests and on updating and evolving key elements of the guest experience to meet the increasing quality expectations of all of guests, especially more economically stable guests.

For borrowers contacted by a debt collector about very old debt (generally debt you have not made any payments toward for two years or longer, depending on your state), you may be able to challenge a lawsuit from a debt collector on these grounds.

Hopefully by having a sizable nest in 15 - 20 years will allow me the freedom to find a job that I find fun, challenging, continue what I'm doing if I choose, or anything else for whatever reason.

But the optimism around supposedly objective algorithms has been challenged in recent years by evidence that some automated systems amplify bias because they're trained on data reflecting historical inequities.

A new LendEDU survey of Bitcoin investors shows that a vast majority plan to hold their investment for over a year, challenging the assumption that the cryptocurrency is mostly used by short - term investors.

The CEO of Navistar issued his electric challenge early this year, declaring that by 2025 his company would have more electric trucks on the road than Tesla (Navistar has 11 % of the Class 8 truck market and is partially owned by Volkswagen).

Asian auto makers are expected to add the capability to build nearly one million more vehicles in North America over the next six years, and German auto makers could boost capacity by 700,000 in a challenge to the market stability that has helped boost profits for Detroit's three big auto makers.

«The key challenges faced by Cathay Pacific are stiff competition from well - funded, state - owned Chinese carriers, as well as Hong Kong Airlines and HK Express, which have aggressive fleet - expansion plans in the next two years,» said Corrine Png, the founder of Crucial Perspective, an Asian aviation industry consultant.

Is that a behavioural challenge to kinda work with, with your older clients, and particularly older ones that are having children that may outlive even, you know, us by a 10, 20, 40 years?

There is a certain irony that during this particular presidency, one of the most visible legal challenges to Donald Trump isn't being mounted by the House of Representatives or the Senate, but by a 39 - year - old porn star and director.