If the design firm misses a milestone by a day, the knives are sharpened and the whips made ready; if the client misses a milestone by a month, it's a mere shrug of the shoulders.
Tablet-makers can look forward to shipping 15% more devices in 2015, according to IDC, a research firm, marking a milestone: tablet sales volumes will at last exceed those of personal computers.
The firm hit the milestone on October 26 when 66 concurrent trips from across its seven markets took it into ten-figure territory.
The big lesson for me really was that I would need to set firm timelines and milestones for myself for all future endeavors, whether in the corporate world or as an entrepreneur.
However, a competing firm, IDC, said this milestone had already been reached in the first three months of 2013.
(Third-party analytics firm Aladdin mentioned this milestone in a June report).
He sees most new startups before anyone else, and an investment by his firm is a serious milestone.
Last March, when Chicago-based True Value Company made the decision to shift ownership from its shareholders and sell a majority stake to a private equity firm, it was a milestone that marked the end of a 70-year tradition as a cooperative.
In announcing the $1-billion 1-billion, the firmilestonedentheParker Jackson, recalled that the company had started out by representing John Hancock Mutual Lifirmnsurance Co. as its mortgage correspondent, a relationship that still continues.
They also support firm policies of including milestones.
Mike Murphy, Knowsley council's cabinet member for regeneration and economic development, said securing the firms was "a significant milestone in the development of the playhouse, which reiterates our commitment to delivering this in Prescot".
