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 | |