And in South Carolina last weekend, some voting machines didn't start up on time.
It didn't start heating up until early last year when the order backlog jumped and sales growth accelerated.
Or it means maybe you can't start up that business right away that you've got this great idea for.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on Student Loan Interest Rates in Colorado | The White House
"You mustn't start fixing up the closets and taking Aunt Lucy to the doctor because you're the only one at home, " she says.
And worst of all, the upgrade is not completed, so my phone has been bricked--it's stuck in emergency mode and won't start up.
The stock fell for months after that and didn't start heating up until early last year, when the order backlog jumped and sales growth accelerated.
Kurt Hellstrom , CEO of Sweden's beleaguered wireless concern Ericsson (nasdaq: ERICY - news - people ), has thrown a temper tantrum, threatening to bail out of the company's joint venture with Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) if sales of mobile phones don't start picking up soon.
"If no crime has been committed, no activity has come up on the radar screen, we can't arbitrarily start rounding people up, " he said.
Facebook confirms its legal team flagged certain CrowdRally uses as inappropriate, but says it didn't shut down the start-up.
Some start feeling they can't keep up like they could when they were younger or become more worried about injuries.
The scrappy start-up mentality isn't necessarily encouraged, either.
If you can't afford to grow your start-up to the next level, angel investors may be able to fill the gap.
Kicking things back off is a simple, albeit crucial question considering the dearth of time remaining before vacation kicks in, family members you didn't even know you had start showing up and offspring of all ages begin to clamor for a little high-definition movie action.
ENGADGET: Ask Engadget HD: Which HD DVD player should I pick up for the holidays?
General manager Buddy Nix said at the team's predraft luncheon that the Bills are hoping to sign Byrd to a multiyear deal, but Nix doesn't know when talks will start to pick up.
The big ace hadn't been himself to start the season, giving up nine runs over two starts against Tampa Bay and Baltimore.
It's now called a "Start Tip" as it isn't a proper button, but you can click on it and bring up the tiled Start Screen interface.
And now, thanks to instant-reading technology, you don't even need to wait 15 seconds to start up the device: "I press, I read, it's instant... it's a book!"
ENGADGET: Bookeen's upgraded, colorful Cybook Opus to debut on May 7
"If I don't pick up something soon, I may have to start bartending, " says the 22-year-old college student.
Daily announcements of start-up closures, mass layoffs and postponed IPOS aren't helping.
After the initial start-up costs of a freshman season, most shows don't spend heavily on new sets and locations.
When Todd McKinnon tried to get funding for his business-oriented tech start-up in 2009, he says many potential investors wouldn't even return his calls.
WSJ: Revenge of the Nerds, the Sequel: Silicon Valley Wallflowers Now Hot
There are wireless microphones for folks asking questions, and I see lots of hands up over here, so why don't we start right there.
Voice chat start-up Vivox is powering a new service called Bobsled for partner T-Mobile that enables people to talk with their friends on Facebook.
FORBES: Vivox Launches T-Mobile's Bobsled For Voice Chat On Facebook
Some start-up entrepreneurs say super angels have thrown them lifelines they couldn't secure from venture capitalists.
To start, we faced up to some particularly tough questions: Why weren't more students from traditionally underrepresented groups succeeding?
There's still too many entrepreneurs who can't get the loans they need to open up their doors and start hiring.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Announces New Small Business Lending Initiatives | The White House
For four years he presented Start the Week on Radio Four before deciding that he didn't like getting up that early in the morning.
Tax breaks for alternative power are good, short term, but remember: Once the Internet was up, eBay didn't need a tax break to start exploring the wealth of information and productivity out there.
应用推荐