Sentences with phrase «as upstarts»

Since starting CALM as an upstart, bicycle - mounted weed delivery service 17 years ago, the 41 - year - old has served roughly 4,000 customers and become one of Toronto's biggest ganjapreneurs.

The purchase could allow Verizon to bid in the next wireless auction as an upstart player — despite being the second largest carrier in the U.S.

For a peasant woman's child in occupied territory in an out - of - the - way corner of the Roman Empire to have become the man he did, attracting what looked like flash - in - the - pan attention during his brief years of ministry, unknown to most of his contemporaries and viewed as an upstart, a wonder - worker, or a fanatic by most of those who knew about him, dying a felon's death deserted by most of his close and trusted friends with the incredible rumor then circulated that he had risen again — what chance had he of any lasting fame?

The next three chapters document the history, with recipes, of the two major chili cook - off sanctioning organizations, as well as the upstart chilis from states other than Texas and California.

What began in 2011 as an upstart preserves operation quickly spawned a sliver of a café serving breakfast and lunch in Silver Lake, Los Angeles's neighborhood du jour.

Most impressively, he remained cool under pressure in the Stanley Cup Final as the upstart Edmonton Oilers came back from a 3 - 1 deficit to force a Game 7 in which Ward made 22 saves while protecting a 2 - 1 lead until Justin Williams» empty - netter with 1:01 left nailed the win and the Cup.

There has been a tendency among some of the rifle fancy to look upon this newcomer Weatherby, this insurance man turned riflemaker, as an upstart.

The «Sex and the City» actress, who's billing herself as an upstart outsider candidate to the left of the Democratic governor, let go of Nicole Aro for Hayley Prim, of Hilltop Solutions.

The speech comes at a time of flux in Washington as the upstart White House shakes up the federal government.

Tech industry giants unveil their latest plans at the annual CES in Las Vegas, as upstart companies try to make their mark

The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival began with another Netflix controversy, as the upstart studio pulled its films (including Alfonso Cuarón's Roma and Orson Welles» recently completed final feature, The Other Side of the Wind) from the competition in response to Cannes banning any film that does not get a theatrical release in France.

Hayden Christensen stars as the upstart journalist with Hank Azaria, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny and Steve Zahn.

His legacy as an upstart graffiti artist, clothing designer, painter and musician is on view in this informative and perfectly rendered (director / writer Sara Driver) retelling of his early years.

A sci - fi space jam that features some of the most unusual applications for a guitar solo ever seen, The Artful Escape was picked up by Annapurna Pictures as part of the film studio's initial foray into games — and as far as upstart indie offerings go, this one's a hell of a light show.

In 1994, he released his first studio album «Peep This,» and then, in 2000, Oliver Stone cast him as the upstart quarterback Willie Beamen in the football drama «Any Given Sunday.»

Most importantly the X3 shows confidence in its ability to stand toe - to - toe with notable rivals like the Audi Q5 and the Mercedes GLC - Class, as well as upstart hotshots like the Jaguar F - Pace and the Range Rover Evoque.

Mike Lazaridis still thinks of his company as an upstart, a small Canadian firm taking on the established players.

I recently had the chance to interview the CEO and Co-Founder of an interesting and successful company known as Upstart.

From the beginning, Anna's concept of company culture — «It's about taking great care to hire the right people» — has shaped the very core of her business as Upstart takes great care in loaning to the right people — «We're looking for a diamond in the rough.»

Best Egg offers almost the same terms as Upstart; however, you can only borrow up to $ 35,000 with this lender.

Party: Nicky Siano at Good Room Nicky Siano goes back to the days when disco was still finding its form, as upstart DJs began playing R&B records together and abstracting them to accentuate grooves that could roll on longer and with more directed purpose.

Users who've grown up accustomed to more capable tools are the real malcontents who, as upstart professionals, will be most keen to adopt solutions that work best to serve their ever - evolving business landscape.

As an upstart home insurance provider with a focus on online quotes and paperless service, Square One has little option but to embrace social media, but Mirkovic says legacy insurers and brokers would also benefit from getting over their fears and engaging with their customers, even unhappy ones.

But there is plenty of other tinkering by those firms as well as upstart sites and Move Inc., now owned by News Corp. and operator of realtor.com

Not exact matches

Omada has hired former Sanofi chief medical officer (CMO) Dr. Paul Chew to serve as the company's new CMO and Tom Schoenherr, who helped lead genomic sequencing upstart Counsyl to the $ 100 million threshold, as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).

The 3 - D printing market's other big names include 3D Systems and upstarts such as Shapeways.

Whereas Apple's old logo connoted the free spirit of an upstart that was taking on staid tech giants, its current position as one of the most valuable corporations in the world calls for the sleek, futuristic logo it has now.

Six years as a small, closely held, well - funded upstart haven't helped Square solve this problem.

Traditional European automakers are prioritizing the development of electric cars as they seek to gain market share from U.S. upstart Tesla.

Some see the upstart Philadelphia 76ers as the Cavs» biggest threat, but doubts remain about how such a young roster will handle the playoffs.

Hackett has focused on streamlining Ford's core vehicle business while also recasting the company's message for investors who are captivated by self - driving cars and the arrival of upstart competitors such as Tesla.

It's hard for a company that is already decades old to grow as fast as a fresh upstart, but this engineering firm with 14 offices across the country can keep pace.

It seems only licensed users will cash in until rec use is legal — at which point upstarts will likely be competing with such giants as Shoppers Drug Mart.

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.

Unlike many upstart pharma companies that must turn to the financial markets for expansion dollars, Prollenium's sales volume provided the cash it needed to finance new research and development, as well as a major capital project.

Then, of course, there will also be the usual spate of product announcements as EMC seeks to retain its leadership in data storage, fending off upstarts like Pure Storage (pstg) and Nimble (nmbl) on the one hand, while it also seeks to prove its relevance in the emerging cloud computing era as Amazon (amzn) Web Services rents out computing capability, storage, and networking from a massive bank of shared infrastructure to companies of all sizes.

This approach is now common among athletes that sign endorsement deals: don't just serve as an ambassador for an upstart brand, but get ownership, too.

Many traditional car companies are testing this technology including Ford, Audi and Daimler's Mercedes - Benz as are upstarts like Google (GOOG) and Tesla (TSLA).

Entertainment One Group, the Toronto - based upstart that had rapidly grown into Alliance's only real competitor, was immediately mentioned as the likely buyer.

He was most recently covering commerce for AllThingsD.com and, before that was a reporter at Advertising Age, where he covered legacy digital media companies such as Yahoo and AOL and upstarts such as BuzzFeed and Gawker Media.

With virtually no experience in the world of hardware, Facebook is taking on deep - pocketed competitors like Apple, Google and upstarts such as Snap, in a cut - throat business defined by thin profit margins and complex logistics.

At New York Fashion Week: Men's, upstart designers as well as brand name fashion houses unveiled their hottest looks for the coming season.

As Spotify seeks to stave off competition from upstart streaming platforms like Apple Music and Beats Music, the co-branding effort provides competitive differentiation and gives Spotify access to a large pool of likely subscribers.

Whether Red will be able to hold on to its position as the hot upstart is now an open question.

The federal agency alleged TREB, which represents 35,000 agents and brokers, unfairly blocked its upstart competitors» access to crucial data, such as the previous selling price of a home.

Online brokerages, such as Ameritrade and E-Trade, were born in the»90s as innovative upstarts, offering low - cost alternatives to traditional brokerage houses.

And yet, as much as I condemn Pizza Time, I've got to admit that for a young upstart like me, I had a lot of freedom.

Some of the blogs are even written by upstart VCs themselves, who see a no - holds - barred online diary as a cheap and easy way to build a name and market their services.

Together over the course of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.

It's hard not to view such a statement as a bit of gamesmanship — a polite dig at an upstart.