But to take a company to the next level, it is often essential to shell-out big bucks on such things.
The colors provide a stark contrast to the dark burned-out shell of a house that sits in the distance -- and offer a painful reminder of the tragedy that befell the people who lived within.
But this, indeed, I have now managed to put myself forward a little bit and I am looking right now at this totally destroyed and burned-out shell of an armored personnel carrier of the U.S. -- United States Marines.
Until recently there were two ways to visit Apo: you could shell out for a live-aboard dive safari operating out of the town of Puerto Galera in eastern Mindoro, or out of Coron town in Palawan province south of Mindoro.
And their fans, who tend to be younger, can't or won't shell out for Streisand-priced tickets.
Slowly, several shell-shocked residents began limping out onto the streets, dazed and dehydrated after enduring nearly three weeks of fighting.
And just how consumers shell out on e-commerce sites like, Amazon.com.
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To reassure oilmen, Mr Putin told a group of businessmen that they should have nothing to fear if they pay their dues and shell out for much-needed new infrastructure.
Owners of luxury and high-performance cars can expect to shell out more money for repairs over time not necessarily because these are lower-quality cars, but because labor and parts cost more for those vehicles, explains David Wurster, president of Vincentric.
But now cash-strapped consumers are often less willing to shell out for extras like French fries and fountain drinks -- items which traditionally receive a lofty markup, says Evan Hackel, a franchise management consultant in Reading, Mass.
McClaren sat shell-shocked in his dug-out as England looked to be throwing away the life-line handed to them by Israel after their win over Russia -- and they left the field at half-time to a chorus of boos.
Hovering close to the ground, each of these thin-shell dwellings is made entirely out of a single concrete slab stretched out to create an energy efficient structure that is environmentally greener than traditional construction methods and cheaper and faster to produce.
The Gunners looked shell-shocked but eventually regrouped and, out of nowhere, Arshavin exchanged passes with Chamakh before drilling a magnificent first-time finish past Carson.
Advertisers are willing to shell out big bucks for e-mail newsletters, since reader engagement is much higher compared to the passing attention paid to blogs or Web sites.
Lacey writes: Because of its dual revenue stream from advertisers and subscribers, ESPN has been able to shell out exorbitant fees for long-term rights to dominant sports packages where ad-supported broadcasters have not.
Wayne Rooney emerged from his first-half shell to bring a first save out of Petr Cech and tested Chelsea's back line with a couple of bursting runs.
He founded Geely in 1998 without a government license, then bought out a Hong Kong-listed shell company, giving him access to capital markets and the flexibility to grow as he wished.
Before its 2003 retirement, the Concorde was long the shuttle of choice for executives eager to spend as little time as possible en route to Europe and unafraid to shell out thousands for a 3.5-hour trans-Atlantic flight.
On the other hand, an insurance company that is on the hook for an accident in which a 20-something is killed may have to shell out the millions that he or she would have earned during a lifetime, or the wealth they would have created, to support a family, send kids to college, and so on.
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She insists that the entire bridal party -- especially the maid of honor -- is expected to attend all parties and shell out for a gift each time.
Ogoniland is just a sliver of Shell's onshore oil fields, and the out-of-court settlement is unlikely to end the company's longstanding troubles in a volatile part of Nigeria that is even more violent now than it was back in the 1990s.
Then shell out lots more dough marketing the album and cajoling--some studios even bribing--radio stations to play a single.
If the answers are elusive and Columbia doesn't launch by mid-August, the shuttle shell game may take this mission out of the flow for another year.
But for those not yet willing to shell out thousands of dollars for their own home 3D-printer, Shapeways offers another path to bring software models into reality, asking consumers and retailers to upload their designs shipping the results back to them, printed on high-end machines with a level of precision and in materials that no consumer 3D printer can yet achieve.
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It gives turn-by-turn spoken directions, something that users had to shell out considerable cash to get before.
But unlike other viral video creators, Slate and Fleischer-Camp have not scurried to make fans of Marcel shell out.
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Hussey, who was threatening to come out of his shell, was now caught between two stools - and his decision to leave a Harbhajan top-spinner was fatal.
Thus was Royal Dutch Shell (nyse: RDSA - news - people ) squeezed out of its majority stake in the Sakhalin oil bonanza for pennies on the dollar.
Schools will have to shape up: even the priciest private ones offer part-time education with no guarantee that siblings get offered the same shift meaning that families often have to shell out for both school fees and a nanny who works full-time.
They e-mailed Bruce Marks, the Australian anesthesiologist, who agreed to shell out for two more shares.
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