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 |