Sentences with phrase «big independent company»

That makes it hard to grow a small AI business into a big independent company.

1.30 — 2.30 pm Simon Graham, Environmental Strategist at Commercial Group, one of the biggest independent companies in the UK; Olivier Lawder, Creative Planner at Futerra, working to deliver sustainability campaigns; Bioregional Programme Manager, Tom Hill and Daniel Turner, Head of Disclosure at CDP.

Not exact matches

«It took me seven years working at a big company to build a clientele,» says Michael Nunziato, a now independent hair stylist in St. Charles, Illinois.

After being turned down by big companies such as TD and Scotiabank, Schaefer started work as an independent broker just two months after arriving in Canada.

But the biggest companies in Canada and single independent contractors had enough in common.

Amgen, the biggest independent biotechnology company in the world, said it bought back $ 10.7 billion worth of stock last quarter — seven times bigger than its 2017 buyback and an 8.5 percent decrease in its total share count.

Just when economic bullying by big corporations threatened the whole idea of independent small business, company builders nationwide did the last thing anyone expected — they turned to one another for help.

Business observers say independent companies that have hit the big time always make their customers feel like they're still working with a small, personal operation.

Big industry players have already made strides in research, and some of the largest tech companies in the world have been investing in building their own AI framework, making it accessible not only to enterprises but also independent developers.

However, Astro Teller, X's leader, insists that cybersecurity has been on the backburner for several years at X. Creating research projects to tackle the planet's biggest problems that can be spun into independent companies has always been the goal, not just creating out - of - this world technology for the sake of grabbing headlines.

I'm a big believer that location - independent businesses are the future of work and that most companies can benefit from building a remote workforce.

Big Idea: Likely to be looking for a new role now that she will be stepping down from Shine, the independent TV production company she founded after a successful but tempestuous spell as No. 2 at her father's U.K. satellite broadcaster BSkyB and then sold to 21st Century Fox in 2011; now being merged with Big Brother - maker Endemol and American Idol producer Core Media; seen as more business - proven than Lachlan and not phone hacking - tainted like James.

In December, Sacks reveals, Zenefits hired one of the Big Four auditing firms to conduct an independent review of the company's licensing procedures following reports that the company let unlicensed brokers sell insurance through its service.

The company's biggest independent competitor, Betterment, also charges 0.25 % for its digital service.

HOUSTON ConocoPhillips, the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, posted a bigger - than - expected first - quarter profit on Thursday, helped by rising crude prices and cost cuts.

Smaller, independent brands are seen by many consumers, especially younger ones, to be more hip and healthy and rather than compete with them many big food and drink companies have looked to buy into and learn from startup innovation, a leaf straight out of Silicon Valley's playbook.

«With a stellar team of big data and open source veterans from companies including Hortonworks, MongoDB and MapR, Dremio is the first company to solve this challenge by empowering data consumers — business analysts and data scientists — to be independent and self - directed in their use of data, from any source and at any scale, using their favorite tools.

You don't have to stick with the big boys in the industry, though; there are hundreds of independent oil & gas companies that participate in drilling and exploration, equipment and services, pipelines, and refining and marketing.

A $ 9.2 billion merger led by the holding company of the country's biggest conglomerate helps the ruling Lee family plan its succession at the expense of independent shareholders.

In the same way that the energy industry today is mistakenly identified with «Big Oil» (Exxon, Chevron, et al.), when it is in fact conducted predominantly by smaller independent companies most readers will have never heard of, modern capitalism is not largely the purview of Apple and Walmart, but rather of small, privately owned businesses with less than one hundred employees providing services or products the public wants or needs in order to support the families of the owners and provide jobs for their workers.

The two biggest changes in the craft beer industry are the proliferation of players in the market and the continuing pressure from big brewing companies as they buy up independents to have more play in the space, Ottaway says.

Independent companies can't match those big names on volume, so to survive they must provide service, quality and specialty products that larger competitors can not match.

Small, independent retailers often fear for their business when a big box giant moves in, but this is not a huge concern to Thomas Balistreri III, vice president and co-owner of Sendik's Fine Foods Inc. «New competition always presents its challenges, but company profile it also helps us stay focused on our mission, on what we Sendik's Fine Foods Inc. do best — providing customers with an unparalleled shopwww.sendiksfinefoods.com Annual revenue: $ 30 million ping experience,» he says.

A highly commended labels specialist and a big player in the industry, this company is one of the UK's fastest growing independent specialist printers.

«With less competition, big companies commonly underpay independent farmers for their products, undermining the economic viability of small, family - scale farms.»

Biggar & Leith (pronounced «Bigger and Leeth») is an independent family owned spirits company producing super-premium spirits at family owned distilleries around the world who are dedicated to innovation and quality.

Distributed widely throughout the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Independent Bottlers and Pepsi Beverages Company, consumers across the country enjoy Big Red Inc.'s beverages.

CROSSMARK, one of the premier food brokers in the world, works with select companies to both market and sell products in a variety of distribution channels including independent grocers, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, big - name grocery chains and mass merchandisers.

He is very independent, intellegent, successful director of a big company.

Sewaholic Patterns are designed and produced here in Vancouver... it's a small, independent pattern company and Tasia, the owner, names her patterns with Vancouver streets or neighbourhoods instead of using numbers like the big pattern companies do.

45 Years, nominated for Best Actress for Charlotte Rampling, was a bona fide independent movie from IFC Films, a distributor with no big parent company.

The movie was distributed by Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, an independent production company that used to work with bigger studios like Sony or Fox to release its films, but is now handling the entire operation itself.

He is the co-founder of Big Beach, a New York — based independent film - production and financing company.

Two territories carved out of that deal will be Germany and Switzerland, where Constantin, Germany's biggest independent production - distribution company, will release the movie itself.

Big Beach Founded in 2004 by Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf, Big Beach is a New York — based company that produces and finances independent films, documentaries and works for stage.

He created his own production and distribution company, tagging it «America's Biggest Independent.»

Borraccino turned to industry powerhouse Jean - Marc Wiederrecht, an independent Swiss watchmaker, who through his company Agenhor develops incredibly complex bespoke movements and complications for some of the biggest names in the industry.

In an interview about the future of digital publishing granted to independent website Scroll.in in April, Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Group CEO — one of the world's Big Five English language publishers, said that he was convinced there was something his company could invent using their content and digital properties beyond eBooks.

The Invitation Programme offers the chance for small independent publishing companies from Africa, the Arabic World, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in the world's biggest book fair.

Whether they were the «Big 6» or smaller, self owned «independent» companies, they generally published only work that was pretty much cookie - cutter - change the name of the author and the cover and send out the same kind of books over and over.

If you are published by an independent publisher that has an agreement with one of the big houses to distribute the books or a deal with a company like IPG or NBN, there will be salespeople representing your book in the field.

I have to say, the last year has been great for independent authors who don't have necessarily the backing and all the money and all the things that a big publishing company might have.

Most big companies and publishing houses have intricate security systems in place to protect their clients from cyber-malfunctions and hackers, but independent authors don't have the luxury of expert support in this matter.

Not only are independent bookshops closing down across the country, but the biggest force in the UK book trade is now almost certainly not WH Smith or Waterstone's but a company headquartered 5,000 miles away in Seattle.

My great colleague at The Bookseller, Philip Jones, had programmed a «Big Ideas» session into the event, and Byng took the chance to tell Europe's largest English - language publishing conference that he had reduced his independent company's output from 55 titles per year to 40.

Should you buy RV insurance coverage from a big name insurance company or through an independent agent?

Despite conceding that «independent fund dealers may choose not to continue to service these households» after commissions are eliminated, the regulators say we need not worry because the masses largely receive their advice from the big banks and insurance companies anyway, and they assume that will continue.

Al and Mark Rosen, who run Accountability Research, a company that provides independent equity research, follows this issue very closely and recently wrote an article for Advisor.ca that flags a couple of key issues; «Two big factors investors need to pay attention to are changing accounting rules and fluctuating interest rates.

The company's biggest independent competitor, Betterment, also charges 0.25 % for its digital service.

In the face of heated competition from big - box retailers, mass retailers and even some savvy independents, Pet Supplies Plus, with annual sales approaching $ 1 billion, is growing at a rapid rate and company officials have no plans to slow down.