Shares in car parts and bicycle retailer Halfords were hit after it posted a big drop in annual profits.
This allowed him to learn enough from all his early mistakes to hit it big with a global beauty tools company called Tweezerman.
The strength of sterling has hit them as it has hit all manufacturers with Europe as a big export market.
Delicious, a bookmarking service that hit it big during the "Web 2.0" era, relaunched recently with a Pinterest-like interface, but has failed to attract the same audience.
The notes often come with valuation caps to protect early investors from being diluted should a company hit it big.
If the Surface ships with the keyboard -- and if Microsoft markets the device as a tablet that will let you get some work done -- it could be a big hit.
Yet Ebay would take a big hit if it did away with those fees.
If Genentech were to take a big hit, it would probably cause already-shaken investors to flee the sector.
"Aircraft carrier show nation's might" fireworks are also a big hit, it adds.
But despite that, it took a big hit from Sony's "Gran Turismo, " probably the greatest racing sim the PSX had seen.
It had a big hit with Ribavarin, an anti-viral drug that is packaged with Schering-Plough 's (nyse: SGP - news - people ) hepatitis C drug, PEG-Intron.
He said one former employer had reacted badly to a previous study he carried out on the subject as it had "hit international press in India which was a big market for the university".
He notes that it has been a big hit for smaller and large developers.
"It was a really big hit and a very big surprise to me, " she says.
That said, he is not convinced it will be a big hit.
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It is the first time the prestigious art prize has been held in Northern Ireland, and hopes are high in next year's City of Culture that it will be a big hit.
While the portable video player may be a big question mark for adults, it has already become a hit in the children's market.
Indeed, judging by the hype machine and media coverage, you might think it's already a big hit.
The PlayStation2 was a big hit from the day it hit shelves in part because of strong support from software developers.
If you win the lottery, win cash in a game show, or hit it big at the casino, you must pay tax.
But when cell phones hit it big, the world no longer needed a device that beeped whenever your best friend needed to chat.
To make a big splash in an already competitive market totally dominated by a single product, Microsoft needed to hit it out of the park.
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"I think it's a little bit like a fire that hit a very big neighborhood, " El-Erian says.
The new section will open in 2012, so it would help if the new film is a big hit.
With sales staying consistent, is it safe to say that the Kinect is a big hit for Microsoft's gaming division?
Aqua, like America's Backstreet Boys and Denmark's Michael Learns to Rock, first hit it big in Asia where there is less competition and where a little touring goes a long way.
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