Sentences with phrase «a precursor»

Plus, the company has yet to test and fly its Falcon Heavy rocket — the precursor to its BFR.

It wasn't until 2014, when Coinbase launched its secretive Project Moonbase — the precursor to Coinbase's institutional - grade exchange — that White dove into the world of market structure and heavy - duty trading technology.

Eniac Ventures and Crosscut Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Precursor Ventures, SV Angel, Accelerator and FJ Labs.

Though a battle that featured pre-dreadnought ships, the Battle of Manila Bay involved massive steamships with large turrets and guns that were the precursors of those that would be seen on battleships in WWI and WWII.

In addition, there has been a recent pick - up in insider buying, often a precursor to a rebound in stock prices six to 24 months down the road.

SoftTech Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Maven Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Core VC, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator.

Artis Ventures led the round and was joined by Summit Action Fund, Precursor Ventures, Nucleus Adventure Capital, C2 Ventures, and Transmedia Capital.

After decades of political unrest, recession and high unemployment, Ireland was the fastest - growing economy in the European Economic Community (the precursor to the EU), with annual growth of more than 5 %.

Yet he struggled to integrate the two cultures — and, in a precursor of things to come, took over as CEO.

As a growing competitor, it's clear that the battles we've seen so far might only be a precursor to an all - out war down the road.

Curiosity takes me into new worlds, becoming a precursor to creativity.

Two years later as a 26 - year - old MBA student at the University of Virginia's Darden School, he launched the precursor to LendingTree.

At the same time, House Speaker Paul Ryan has also signaled the legislation may be a precursor to larger attempted cuts into America's social safety net — including Medicare and Social Security.

Since then, longer rates have come closer to being overtaken by short rates, a phenomenon known as yield curve inversion, which has been a reliable precursor of past recessions.

That year Maine, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania outlawed debt adjustment, an industry that included «debt poolers,» the precursors to modern debt settlement firms.

The most common complaint was grayout, the blurred vision that is a precursor to blackout, which occurred in more than two - thirds of the volunteers.

These and other recent earthquakes could be precursors to a much larger, more damaging event, according to some scientists.

It was the precursor to the Doritos Loco Taco, and many fans of the so - called «Frito Burrito» were upset when the chain said it was discontinuing the product in 2011.

It was the precursor to Snapchat, which was founded by Kappa Sigma brothers at Stanford University.

Low energy is a clear sign that something isn't quite right, and it's often a precursor to bigger problems like depression or anxiety.

Crosscut Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including KEC Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and CoVenture.

But high - tech militaries are developing or have already deployed precursors that illustrate the push toward greater autonomy for machines on the battlefield.

This logarithmic chart of the S&P / TSX Composite Price Index (and appropriate precursors) goes back to 1920, adjusted to October 2015 dollars.

The launch, which will initially see Chobani yoghurts sold in 200 Tesco stores, aims to be the precursor to a yoghurt manufacturing venture in Britain that could create up to 300 jobs.

By the end of the war, a precursor to the woodland battle dress uniform pattern, known as ERDL, had been introduced.

For the first time, customers trusted products they couldn't examine in person on an extraordinarily wide scale, an early and obvious precursor to the world of online shopping.

Cricket, the precursor to baseball, was popular in early America.

In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved BLINCYTO for the treatment of adults and children with B - cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first or second complete remission with minimal residual disease (MRD) greater than or equal to 0.1 percent.

And experts and entrepreneurs in the space say the growth and chaos to date is no more than a precursor of what will come.

Taking a look at Niantic's Ingress, the technical precursor to Pokémon Go, only drives this sense home — with its black and neon colors and cyber-punk storyline, it's like the raw and energetic basement tape to Pokémon Go's washed - out compromise of a major label debut album.

These aren't the kind of hacks that mean tech - savvy folks need to change their login credentials, but precursors to something far more serious: potentially devastating and life - threatening infrastructure disruptions that could leave thousands or millions of people without electricity or other utilities.

Of course, Ross's sabre rattling could be the precursor to some gunboat diplomacy (although the White House claims that President Trump was just joking about sending in U.S. troops in his call with the Mexican President).

His family was prominent and wealthy: Orr's great - grandfather owned gambling houses, the relatively modest precursors to the mega-casinos that now blanket Macau.

Some data indicated that those who consumed artificially sweetened beverages had double the risk of metabolic syndrome (a precursor to diabetes) compared to non-consumers.

They all worked together at Go, a doomed company that made a precursor to the iPhone.

Rich in zinc, which can help boost memory and cognitive function, pumpkin seeds also contain plenty of magnesium, B vitamins and tryptophan, which is a precursor to serotonin, a mood - boosting brain chemical.

«You're bound to come up with a lot of oddities, but that's the precursor to getting good ideas.»

The aged egg, which may have had damaged mitochondria that wouldn't work as well, then has fresh mitochondria from the egg precursor cells to generate energy.

In many ways this was the precursor to the MVP philosophy our era espoused by Steve Blank and the ideas we discuss around product / market fit.

Ryan Gilbert, partner at Propel Venture Partners, which is indirectly a minority investor in Coinbase, said the SEC's statement «could also be a precursor to some enforcement actions.»

Lovelace excelled, and worked with Charles Babbage in the development of the Analytical Engine, a computer precursor.

American inventor Chester Carlson made his first xerographic image — a precursor to the modern photocopy — in Queens, New York, in 1938.

The surprising announcement comes just six days before Kim is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae - in, a precursor to a historic summit between Kim and President Donald Trump.

Investors include Bloomberg Beta, Rethink Education, Precursor Ventures, Uprising Ventures, 500 Startups and WTI.

An inverted curve, where the 2 - year yield rises above the 10 - year, is viewed as a precursor to a recession.

February gifts to the NRA's political action committee provided a precursor to the Political Victory Fund's March windfall.

As I like to say, government policy is a precursor to change.

Zoellick recalled how hard Canada fought for the inclusion of that chapter in the original Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA's precursor.

The shift to more meaningful content has just started rolling out, but the company made other changes last year as a precursor to the latest moves, including cutting down on viral videos.

Sales letters sent through the mail were the precursor of email marketing and Kennedy's is the classic tome on the tactic.