So one weekend he rounded up a few pals, and they used saws to cut a big new door.
In 2007 Mr. Okada chose to build on the current piece of land because he liked that there was a traditional house across the street and a shrine next door with a big cherry blossom tree.
It used to be that a startup could only get in the door at a big IT shop with significant connections (like a venture backer who golfs with CIOs every week) or by piggy-backing on a partnership with some other, much larger firm.
It used to be that if you walked in the door of a Cleveland industrial pump distributor, the guy at the door would lug you a big catalog in a three ring binder and let you spend 15 minutes flipping through it to see which ones you thought you might like to buy.
As soon as a big club knocks on the door with a good offer, I don't think they'll prevent me leaving.
They're going door-to-door - a big push to try to identify their supporters and do everything they can to get them to come out, especially on the Democratic side, that's a big commitment.
For a Beta right out of the door, Steam's Big Picture mode is a pretty smooth experience.
Products are still rushing out the door, and a big deal takes months to sell.
Small firms have long struggled to get a foot in the door of big companies which have lengthy bureaucratic processes and specific vendor requirements.
When those of a certain age think of the Publishers Clearing House, they tend to remember TV ads featuring Ed McMahon knocking on a door while holding a big check.
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Off the living room I notice a door partly open, a big bed just beyond.
"I won't make a hat so big you can't get through the door to the facilities, " said Ms. Singer, the Lexington, Ky.
Building a reputation through smaller projects can even open the door to the big ones.
But in opening the door to helping them the commission seems to have created a loophole big enough for farmers and industrialists to drive their tractors and forklifts through.
The program keeps a door open to any employee, but it is clear about seeking really big ideas.
Crystal Lancaster, who lives next door to the tan, stucco home, said it was "a big shock" to hear Dorner was the subject of a manhunt.
Just look at HP, which announced its TouchPad tablet and other new webOS devices to much fanfare at a big event in February of 2011, but didn't get them out the door until that summer (with the Pre 3 not even making it to the US market).
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Big Al stands at the door of the Green Mill cocktail lounge, rapping a wad of dollars against his broad knuckles.
She's expecting a big boom in customers during the World Cup and is planning to rent the place next door to expand her business.
But stepping through the front door took you into another world - high ceilings, big bright windows and a sense of history - a third-floor home that would not look out of place in Paris.
"The first incident was when the big, wooden cross, wrapped in ham, fell into the house after a knock at the door, " said Mr Alam.
The wind was a black punishment, and his bones were rattling by the time he reached the back door of the big house.
Mr Blair himself works from a sofa in a cosy study next door, which would be rejected as too small by the personal assistant to any corporate big hitter, let alone by the boss himself.
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