cut-throat	fierce, not involving consideration or care about any harm caused to others
back-up	support
get-togethers	informal meetings
sink or swim	succeed or fail without help
red tape	paperwork
publicly accountable	responsible to the governmet
streamlining	making more efficient
dotcom	internet company
yardstick	standard by which you can judge the success of something
rat tace	struggle of individuals in a competitive invironment
start out	begin
talk things through	discuss throughly
come up with ideas and solutions	produce ideas and solutions
stick to the rules	follow
get ahead	make progress
it boils down to	the essential thing is
aims	goals
autocratic	demands total obidience from staff
do things by book	follow the rules exactly
vision	view of how company will be in future
board	group of people appointed to manage a company
bottom-line performance	whether the company makes a profit or not
revenues	money made from sales
make workers redundunt	dismiss workers
shareholders	people who own shares in company
return	the amount of profit on the investment