| dress code | set of rules for what you can wear |
| entrepreneurial | przedsiębiorczy |
| do things by the book | obey the procedures |
| demand | żądać |
| cut-throat | do not care about any harm caused to others |
| back-up | support |
| get-together | informal meeting |
| sink or swim | fail or succeed without help from anyone else |
| red tape | paperwork |
| publicly accountable | responsible to government |
| streamlining | making more efficient |
| dotcom | Internet company |
| yardstick | standard by which you can measure the success of sth |
| rat race | struggle of individuals in a competetive environment |
| start out | begin |
| talk things throug | discuss thoroughly |
| come up with idea | produce idea |
| stick to | obey |
| turn up | arrive |
| get ahead | make progress |
| it boils down to | the essential thing is |
| bottom-line performance | whether the company make profit or loss |
| revenues | money earned from sales |
| make sb redundant | fire employee |
| shareholder | sb who owns shares in a company |
| return | the amount of profit on an investment |
| shifts | set periods of time when people work |
| get down to the nitty-gritty | przechodzić do konkretów |
| awkward | niezręczny |
| trouble-shooting skills | skill to get out of trouble |
| roll up the sleves | zakasać rękawy |
| get sth across | manage to make sb understand or believe something |
| founder | sb who establishes an organization |
| venture | new activity which involves risk |
| underlying | real but not immediately obvious |
| flamboyant | very confident in behaviour |
| from the scratch | from the beggining |
| lavish praise on | say a lot of things about |
| slip up | make a mistake |
| dismiss | fire |
| immersed | completely involved in sth |
| stake | share |
| ins and outs | detailed or complicated facts |