Sentences with phrase «as scrappier»

«We view ourselves very much as a scrappy start - up.

But the question is whether T - Mobile would still have the incentive to be as scrappy after the merger — when it would look a lot like the big telecom providers it was forced to contend with as an aggressive upstart.

Facebook, Google, Netflix and Zynga all got their start in business as scrappy, small, startup companies, and it's this kind of ingenuity that the recently passed Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act is intended to stimulate.

As a scrappy entrepreneur, you can barely afford to pay for AdWords campaigns, much less put up a billboard for your company in Times Square.

Seeing as how we don't actually know one another and personal letters don't generate any blog traffic, I've decided to publicly air my grievances against you in a format that positions you as the powerful elite and me as the scrappy underdog willing to take you on.

In spite of all this, many Christians like to imagine themselves as the scrappy underdogs, bullied and oppressed for their faith yet bravely standing for their beliefs.

Most of us like to think of ourselves as the scrappy, beleaguered underdog for whom success is the result of hard work and a strong will to beat the odds.

These guys are as scrappy as it gets and every Team in the League knows they are in for a hand full when taking them on.

Last year they made the Elite8 but as a scrappy 14 seed and took some Teams by surprise..

Team Lutz had shown themselves as a scrappy squad that came up big when necessary while Team Saltzberg really found their stride midway through the Season (and after their ridiculously tough schedule lightened up).

It started as a scrappy grass - roots protest movement against Trump, but now the so - called resistance is attracting six - and seven - figure checks from major liberal donors, posing an insurgent challenge to some of the left's most venerable institutions — and the Democratic Party itself.

DatePerfect is a global startup — as lean and as scrappy as they come.

Since the company's beginnings as a scrappy dating app startup, Plenty of Fish has been dedicated to helping single people all over the world converse and connect.

Up in the flak - filled clouds, Louis (English actor Jack O'Connell) flashes back to his childhood in the 1920s, as a scrappy immigrant kid (played by C. J. Valleroy) in Torrance, Calif., heading for a life of violence and petty crime.

Indeed, it is so vague that is able to recast Barnum himself — a fascinating real - life figure — as a scrappy visionary fixated on «what the world could be.»

Sometimes the movie strays into Wag the Dog territory (especially in scenes with Alan Arkin as a scrappy L.A. producer thrilled by the game); elsewhere, it has some of the big - budget period vibe of Spielberg's Munich.

Nevertheless it's a strong opener as this scrappy pup is taken in by Apollo's widow Mary Anne (here played by Phylicia Rashad) following the death of his mother and subsequent institutionalisation.

WHY WE»RE CRUSHING: While Temple owns it as scrappy young talent scout, Jamie Vine, we can't help but admire the seventies glam including the makeup, the nails, and the hair.

Swank as a scrappy fighter, though, is pure gold:

Everyone here is adequate, but the only actor who really stands out is McKinnon as a scrappy goat training Ferdinand (Cena) for his big fight.

Alas, they soon find that they have merely abandoned one war zone for another, as their scrappy new Maison Mumbai, with its open - air seating and free - wandering chickens, is soon locked in a fierce competition with the classy Michelin - starred establishment located just 100 feet across the road.

I would have preferred the Sonata Sport's more compliant ride on the bumpy trek down California's I - 5, but the Accord Sport is the one I'd want as my scrappy daily driver.

Overall, I'd describe the driving experience as scrappy.

Going after the bad guys and fighting a good fight on the home front, Faye is as scrappy and endearing as any character Sandra Scoppettone has ever created, and This Dame for Hire's period setting is rendered so real you can hear the big band music, see the nylons and fedoras, and feel the rumble of the Third Avenue El.

First sculpted as a scrappy, small bull - terrier type, Boss — voiced by Bill Murray — was eventually changed.

Well, Kefka was a rather crap villain in Japan, perceived as a «laughing idiot» that many saw as the scrappy.

Yukimura is one of the few characters to properly age across the time period presented (something reserved almost exclusively for Sanada clansmen) and the first few times players will take control of him, he'll be as a scrappy young kid with a stick rather than the Crimson Demon he's more famously known as.

During this year's Frieze London Week, the New York - based couple — who also help raise up younger artists through their Rema Hort Foundation, dedicated to the memory of their late daughter — toured through the main contemporary art event in Regent's Park as well as the scrappy Sunday art fair, which the two found particularly impressive this year.

Nest initially entered the market as a scrappy startup with one of the first connected thermostats.

The wireless carrier has positioned itself as a scrappy underdog out to right all the wrongs Verizon and AT&T subscribers have endured for years.

Not exact matches

The club has prided itself, since its founding in 1899, as Catalonia's scrappy counterpoint to its bitter rival in the capital, Real Madrid — a living embodiment of Spain's fierce political tensions.

Compared to a gaming company such as Kixeye, Tista Games is fairly scrappy — but its appraoch to gaming is unique.

And, having played ultimate throughout summer camp as a kid (often with Marc), briefly in college, and for two seasons in a scrappy New York City league (yes, I realize I'm officially coming out of the nerd closet here), I was invited to play Thursday.

In the coming years, look for the role to grow exponentially as more established corporations take notes from the scrappier, more flexible startup companies.

In a little over a decade, it had expanded from a scrappy upstart into a thriving outfit with dozens of employees, a database of 1,500 contractors and such industry giants as Lowe's, Home Depot and Canadian Tire as clients.

Almost without exception, exemplars are scrappy young businesses whose brands were born on the same clean sheets of paper as their products were, whose history is measured in months or years rather than decades, and whose founders still show up for work in the morning.

Barnes argues that the smaller amounts, typically $ 20,000 or less, allow students to run their companies and stay in school — as well as boost their entrepreneurial education by forcing them to be scrappy and resourceful.

Though he was surrounded by athletes who were much faster and stronger than he was, the scrappy Plank earned a scholarship as a special - teams standout after his second season.

You have to be scrappy, and you'll spend far more time leveraging soft skills, such as being patient, managing change, connecting with people, and making tough decisions, than doing the accounting.

But we were watching Renaud and his team pivot very quickly — he struck us as creative, scrappy and smart.

Even as it established itself as a leader in home security, Ring retained the same scrappy approach that defined the company as an innovative and tenacious startup.

Attacking Christianity We can say of many of the secondary lines of attack upon Christian dogma drawn from the modern sciences and modern critique that the interpretations offered of the evidence is never necessary, and that frequently the evidence itself is too scrappy and too little evaluated as fact to be worth considering.

I imagined them as cupcakes at first, because I kind of can't stop making cupcakes lately, but on this particular baking day I felt very impatient, and wanted to keep it simple and scrappy.

It emerges blistered and tender from their glowing hearth and then placed atop a tangle of scrappy bread salad that soaks up the dripping juices as it makes its way to your table.

Jack Ransdell put in 19 points, landing in the top 5 scorers of the Week, while Briana Collier and Lauren Evans backed him up with scrappy defense and double - digit nights as well.

The goal was a scrappy one in fairness but he was eventually rewarded for his battling efforts as the ball broke kindly to him in the box to nestle it into the back of the net.

The Grizzlies couldn't carry their momentum into overtime, however, as the Spurs took the period 8 - 4, finishing off the scrappy Grizzlies team to take a imposing 2 - 0 series lead as the series shifts to Memphis.

On top of that, the goal Mason scored was «scrappy» and the type of goal we wouldn't have scored in years past — look at Niki Jackson's opportunity in the second half where the poor dude dribbled a good chance away as a prime example of what we used to do — but a savvy player with a nose for goal, Mason, puts it away.

I don't really blame any of those players at all, first mistake from Wenger was his team selection and secondly wrong players in a wrong position,, its quite sad with all their mouths and boasting of starting the season strongly and aiming for the league just a waste of energy and wishful thinking, am putting the whole blame on Wenger, where is Belerin, why Ozil, Cazorla played out of positions, you should know their weaknesses and strength as a coach, why must we pass and pass to score a goal, many opportunities came from shooting distance but the players will always be looking for the next person to pass the ball to, its quite unfortunate that a big club like arsenal is relying on a scrappy Giroud to lead an attack of a team aiming to win the league.

You're up against scrappy, die hard players who see this as the biggest game of their season, if not career, whilst playing with team members who are finding it hard to get motivated, having just been battling it out with the likes of Real Madrid and Juve days before.