Sentences with phrase «as a marketplace of»

Our role as a university is to serve as a marketplace of ideas and by allowing this talk we are protecting the civil liberties of our students, faculty and staff.

Classical liberals refer to it as the marketplace of ideas.

It should also go a long way in enhancing OpenBazaar awareness as a marketplace of the future.

Not exact matches

The move comes at the start of the time of year known as the annual upfront marketplace, between March and May, when many major U.S. media companies sell the bulk of their ad inventory for the next year.

KnowledgeHound has a pretty basic solution with two compelling attributes: (1) it can save its customers (and their clients) millions of dollars, as well as enormous amounts of valuable team time, while increasing productivity; and (2) it has all the makings of a powerful platform both in terms of its basic service offerings and its ability to morph into a marketplace as well.

The company also made waves as part of the insurer exodus from the individual insurance sector (including Obamacare marketplaces), which led to almost $ 700 million in losses between 2014 and 2016, according to Aetna.

But while Saunders» resume may ultimately be defined by his role in several massive mergers, his reputation in biotech is rooted in a rock»em, sock»em approach to deal - making which has led to his reputation as one of the industry's biggest boosters — especially in a year when biotech has been hopelessly floundering in the marketplace, with major sector indices plunging by 20 %.

For example, on Wednesday, Joe Schoendorf, partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners, and Mike Stankey, vice chairman of cloud - based human resources company Workday, will discuss what the plethora of private companies valued at $ 1 billion or more, known as unicorns, are doing to markets and marketplaces.

On Amazon, the user is always just shopping on Amazon; the marketplace sellers might only be seen as Mechanical Turk workers for the procurement and delivery of goods that Amazon has not (yet) cornered.

I think you have to hope that... they step up, as Bell has done and make these kinds of investments that triggers a response from their competitors and that other people are at least prepared to look, even if it's on a limited basis like Beanfield has, at coming into the marketplace.

You see that Orphan Drug Act (and a confluence of other factors as well, both regulatory and economic) helped set the stage for the Wild West marketplace we have now, in which gun - slinging drug makers can charge into town and charge whatever the heck they want for their wares.

«If your approach is to just buy a bunch of reports to see what's going on in the marketplace, that's not as likely to get you a return on your market research dollars as a specific need,» says Robert Rubenstein, who spent three decades in the market research business at Canadian corporate heavyweights Molson Breweries and TD Canada Trust before recently founding his own startup, Horizn.

If you're like Ryan Marien, who as CEO of online consumer goods and services marketplace Buytopia has brokered deals with such behemoths as Best Western, you counter aggressively.

Another Stanford Graduate School of Business alumna is Mariam Naficy, founder and CEO of Minted, a design marketplace that sells crowdsourced creations (such as greeting cards) from independent artists.

But as Johnston noted, the changing character of business structures and the marketplace are making it increasingly necessary for business owners and executives to pay greater attention to the human resource aspects of operation: «Tasks that were once neatly slotted into well - defined and narrow job descriptions have given way to broad job descriptions or role definitions.

Poulin and Medline were ousted within a week of each other, and Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Willis linked their departures as proof that «there's little tolerance for a boss who lacks a smart strategy for an increasingly tech - driven marketplace and even less patience for a leader who fails to deliver on digital promises.»

He officially took over the reins in June 2014, an appointment that Adidas has touted as a display of its commitment to the North America marketplace.

Shoppers can compare prices across a crowded marketplace with the click of a button and they want their products delivered to their door just as quickly.

As a speaker, consultant, and executive coach to Fortune 500 companies and beyond, Glenn guides leaders and organizations to embrace a new type of thinking that helps them evolve and stay ahead of the rapid changes in the workplace and marketplace to drive growth.

Samantha Godfrey, CEO and co-founder of San Diego - based Pharmly, a pharmaceutical bidding marketplace that graduated from the program in June, says her company benefited from mentors who gave guidance for which she would have paid top dollar had she been working on her own, as well as from $ 60,000 in credit for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

As a result, innovation is the rule, not the exception for your firm and you can, therefore, meet the needs of a dynamic marketplace.

That surge has been the result of moves such as buying Jet.com (which Lore sold to the company in 2016 before becoming Walmart.com CEO), expanding its marketplaces, further integrating stores and e-commerce, improving its mobile shopping app, and equipping more stores as pick - up points for online grocery orders.

The CFO profession has acknowledged its rising importance in the business world and is taking steps to address demands of the marketplace - as well as recruit new members to the ranks.

The reality of the current TV landscape, of course, is that virtually everyone is competing with everyone else in some way or another as all the major players scramble to stake a claim in the new digital, streaming marketplace.

Dollar Shave Club established itself as one of the top players in the monthly - subscription box marketplace back in 2011.

As Dr. Jaclyn Kostner writes, «Collaboration can positively impact each of the gold standards of performance — profitability, profit growth and sales growth — to determine a company's overall performance in the marketplace.»

Think through your plan and put it into the context of the marketplace and your personal life as well.

«Those marketplaces are channeling eyeballs and... as that trend continues retailers are going to have to adapt and they're going to have to think about the relationship they have with the customer in a different type of way, more of a shared relationship than ownership,» he says.

The ticket marketplace also had an infusion of new leadership with Scott Cutler, former head of global listings at the New York Stock Exchange, as its president.

More and more of these kinds of problem situations are being created every day as the flow and volume of mission - critical data accelerates and the complexity of all data - driven marketplaces grows exponentially.

As the proprietor of a so - called two - sided marketplace, Travis Kalanick, who resigned Tuesday night as chief executive of the $ 70 billion ride - hailing startup, spent years carefully balancing the interests of drivers against those of passengerAs the proprietor of a so - called two - sided marketplace, Travis Kalanick, who resigned Tuesday night as chief executive of the $ 70 billion ride - hailing startup, spent years carefully balancing the interests of drivers against those of passengeras chief executive of the $ 70 billion ride - hailing startup, spent years carefully balancing the interests of drivers against those of passengers.

Its Messenger service can detect when people are in need of services, such as a taxi ride or a marketplace listing, by scanning their written communications.

As 3DPrint reported, «shareholders of Stratasys... want the company and officers to pay for not only misleading their customers, but also misleading their shareholders by knowingly putting a faulty product into the marketplace.»

Guitar and gear marketplace Reverb.com uses this philosophy even in seemingly mundane functions such as shipping, designing its own boxes, throwing freebies into shipments and packing items creatively — all little gestures that result in repeat business and new fans of the brand.

Dean of Engineering Pearl Sullivan said she's not sure the movement of engineers can be called a «brain drain» any more, as the tech marketplace is global in reach.

He said Airbus supporting the C Series and Embraer working with Boeing isn't necessarily negative as long as a couple of competitors remain in the marketplace that allow smaller aircraft makers to continue innovating.

The partnership with Nordstrom is also a way for eBay, best known by consumers for its marketplaces and PayPal payments service, to burnish its reputation as a retail tech innovator, including in physical stores, where more than 90 % of sales still take place.

«The best marketplace is only as good as its suppliers,» says Evolve co-founder Brian Egan of his company's position in the sharing - economy ecosystem.

Under the current model of equity crowdfunding, companies need to screen for ventures that will meet investors» expectations — such as a strong team and marketplace traction — and usually only a very small percentage of submissions are approved to post.

«As the marketplace grows, so too will the number of opportunities to get involved.»

It ditches the page - turning bezels and auto - adjusting backlight of the Voyage, and it's not as nice in the hand, but its screen is just as sharp, it has access to the same big digital marketplace, and it costs significantly less.

Orbitera's CEO Marcin Kurc previously worked at Amazon (amzn) Web Services for roughly three years as a principal of strategic partnerships and head of business development for its marketplace enterprise unit, according to Kurc's LinkedIn profile.

Or consider outsourcing distribution, as in the example of Walgreens, which recently ran a collaborative promotion with online freelance marketplace TaskRabbit, delivering over-the-counter cold medicines to the doorsteps of people who were sick at home.

They also have a greater awareness of changes taking place in the marketplace, as well as a greater incentive to innovate.

A number of online services such as oDesk, BidModo and eLance serve as virtual marketplaces for contractors and business owners to connect and begin working relationships.

As a result of this freedom, the American marketplace is full of small businesses and locally - owned enterprises.

As CEO of Credible, a marketplace for student loan refinancing which was founded in 2012 and recently secured $ 2.7 million in seed round financing, Stephen Dash has some ideas on how to get your money in order before taking a big leap as an entrepreneuAs CEO of Credible, a marketplace for student loan refinancing which was founded in 2012 and recently secured $ 2.7 million in seed round financing, Stephen Dash has some ideas on how to get your money in order before taking a big leap as an entrepreneuas an entrepreneur.

Although the lack of jurisdiction over Bitcoin and its links to money laundering and illicit marketplaces have raised more than a few eyebrows, the currency offers a simple way for legitimate businesses such as small retailers and professional service providers to accept payments for international sales without facing onerous credit card fees or exchange - rate surcharges.

As Levi King, co-founder and CEO of business financing marketplace Nav, puts it, «Miss payroll and your employees quit.

And health insurers, once considered to be a beneficiary of the Affordable Care Act, aren't really a solid Clinton proxy, as many have been withdrawing from the Obamacare marketplaces, casting shade on the law (not to mention that Clinton has spoken out against mergers between some of the largest players, including the proposed Aetna (aet)- Humana (hum) and Anthem (antm)- Cigna (ci) deals).