open the kimono informal

In other words, you can't actually sell stock to the public without opening the kimono.

"Open the kimono" is used in business speak to mean sharing information with an outside party.

But in some cases, after a technology runs inside Google for several years, the company will open the kimono.

"I think we can open the kimono a little bit without talking about the computer science behind it.

Yes, you will have to open the kimono more than Enron ever has to restore confidence.

Slowly, Remo opened the kimono where the deep red stain was.

Not just opening the kimono on Fed funds forecast but…

But judging by the lack of specificity on the call, Romney isn’t about to open the kimono too wide.

Open the kimono Meaning: Let's share information, only much creepier.

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, he opened the kimono just a bit.

He released her obi, and dropped it on the floor, then opened the kimono to look at her.

The other man knelt before her, released her obi, and opened the kimono.

The banks approached wouldn’t open the kimono.

I inwardly shudder if anyone talks about an "all-hands meeting" or "opening the kimono."

First, the contract opens the kimono and details A.I.G.’s share of profits from the company’s financial products division.

If everyone agrees and open the kimono and decides to net off then it removes one level of uncertainty.'

From today's hearing it appears that DWR will come under increasing pressure to open the kimono and have its numbers scrutinized.

The EFSF has opened the kimono a little on how it would work as a sovereign bond insurer.

He said at that point he urged Mr. Lay to "open the kimono" and "get the information out" about Enron.

It took me a while, but I began to find a balance between sharing a bit more of my personality and learning how not to open the kimono too far!

It is an aggressive purveyor of celebrity news that has been known to uncover (or pay for) scoops that open the kimono on the world of Hollywood.

“If you open the kimono, a lot of good things happen,” says Don Tapscott, a management consultant and author: it keeps the company honest, creates more loyalty among employees and lowers transaction costs with suppliers.

They even provide you with open source, their own open source that allows you to browse and download your software, I mean, they're really opening the kimono and saying, look, this is how we're doing this.

Open the kimono - A marvelous phrase of non-Microsoft origin, probably stemming from the rash of Japanese acquisitions of American enterprises in the 80's, that has been adopted into the Microspeak marketing lexicon.