Sentences with phrase «digital companies focus»

We don't think that enough digital companies focus on it enough.»

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The new focus in on managing talent, delivering services efficiently, and positioning companies to succeed in the digital environment.

Discovery invested $ 100 million in a new holding company, Group Nine Media, that combines millennial - focused online publishers Thrillist, a food, drink and travel brand; video news creator NowThis, and animal video site The Dodo with its own digital assets, the company said in a statement.

Though upfronts have traditionally been focused more on television advertising, the rise in digital viewing has forced media companies to come to the ad market with a more holistic approach and sell TV and digital inventory together.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

The idea was to highlight six areas of focus to drive growth: making innovation a «core Canadian value,» establishing nationwide scientific excellence, creating world - leading «clusters and partnerships,» growing Canadian companies, developing a digital - first economy, and making Canada a top location for foreign investment.

OSCAR HEALTH SURPASSES $ 3 BILLION VALUATION, DRIVEN BY EMPHASIS ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS: US - based insurtech Oscar Health secured a $ 165 million funding round led by Brian Singerman and Founders Fund, with participation from 8VC, Google's health - focused sister company Verily Life Sciences, and Fidelity, among others.

But while his current company is focused on entertainment in the digital age, Donovan's career started when B movies were still playing in local theatres.

«Every company's focus right now is digital,» says Dave Bartolini, principal of Toronto retail advisory firm Bartolini Consulting.

I began working at Coplex five years ago, back when that company focused primarily on digital product design and development services for small businesses, enterprises and startups.

As Starbucks focuses on improving its digital app and selling more food, the company is stepping back from its tea business.

A thorough corporate reorganization and a renewed focus on business - imaging needs kept the company from repeating its mistakes and gave it a fighting chance for success in the modern digital era.

The service recently created an Olympic - themed channel that is filled with short - form content created by BuzzFeed, the millennial - focused digital media company that NBCUniversal invested $ 200 million in last year.

Other companies with world - class R&D groups built radical innovations only to see their company fumble the future and others reap the rewards (think of Xerox and the personal computer, Fairchild and integrated circuits, Kodak and digital photography, etc.) Common themes in these failures were, 1) without a direct connection to the customer advanced R&D groups built products without understanding user needs, and 2) the core of the company was so focused on execution of current products that it couldn't see that the future didn't look like the past.

The company has said it's focused on improving its product offerings and investing in its digital and e-commerce operations.

Over the past few years, many digital media companies have focused solely on building scale, scale, scale, scale.

It's not where our big bets are as a company for pursuing digital transformation — the basic areas where we're focused, either on driving top - line revenue or reducing bottom - line cost — we don't see Microsoft enabling that.»»

How can a small B2B - focused company get back into the discussion in this age of digital selling?

For example, I have my main digital marketing company (that is spinning out a sister company that focuses on experiential marketing, guerrilla marketing and publicity stunts).

• PureCars acquired certain assets of S howroom Logic, a Miami - based automotive focused - digital advertising tech company.

As part of our re-positioning as a technology platform - based digital interactions company, we are selling this business so we can focus on our large enterprise and government customers,» said David Amoriell, president, Conduent.

The partnership between the two companies will focus on product development and design, specifically digital products that can be prescribed alongside Novartis» medication.

With a lot of marketing focusing on the «behind the scenes» of companies, organizations are increasingly having to think about developing digital marketing expertise internally.

Although Yahoo says it wants to focus on its strategic growth plan, as mentioned above, chairman Maynard Webb (great name for a digital enterprise like Yahoo) confirms that the company is also «exploring strategic alternatives,» which is code for «Please acquire us at a reasonable price.»

The SEC statement marked an expansion of scrutiny to companies involved with trading, in contrast to previous publications that focused on the digital coins and their developers.

Crossense is the first company to emerge from Nielsen Innovate, a $ 25 million fund established to incubate and invest in early - stage software firms that are focused on measuring consumer behavior and the effectiveness of digital marketing and advertising services.

In our work across dozens of industries, we've found that companies gain the most momentum by focusing their digital activity along a handful of pathways.

Mr. Frederick D. Anderson, Jr. serves as an Independent Director of the Company., Mr. Anderson serves as a Managing Director of NextEquity Partners, a firm he co-founded in July 2015, and Elevation Partners, a firm he co-founded in July 2004, focusing on venture and private equity investments in technology and digital media companies.

He is a seasoned entrepreneur and business executive, having co-founded several startup companies, including Mindful Scientific, a medical device company addressing concussion diagnostics and management (winner in the Medical Device track at the 2015 HealthKick Venture Showcase); abridean (acquired by nCipher PLC), a software company developing application provisioning and identity management solutions; and i - HRx (acquired by Healthconnex), a digital health company focused on chronic disease management.

He will invest in enterprise software and infrastructure, financial services, and industries undergoing digital transformation, with a particular focus on product - centric companies developing new go - to - market models.

We focus on web strategy, digital marketing, sales enablement, advertising, and lead generation for B2B companies.

Today, consumers in China don't associate the Line characters with the Line app — the IP stands on its own, said Alexis Bonhomme, general manager and co-founder of CuriosityChina, a company focused on social customer relationship management and Chinese digital platforms.

Fund I investments include cybersecurity providers Forescout Technologies, Cato Networks, and Exabeam, future of work - focused companies Crew, Gusto, Chime, and The Muse, and digital health startups such as Vida Health, Grokker, and Solv.

Current portfolio companies include cybersecurity providers Forescout Technologies, Cato Networks, and Exabeam; future of work - focused companies Crew, Gusto, Chime, and The Muse; and digital health startups such as Vida Health, Grokker, and Solv.

With offices in Northbrook, Illinois, Santa Monica, California and Ann Arbor, Michigan, MK Capital invests in companies at all stages of the funding lifecycle, with a strong sector focus on digital media, data center automation, software, and education technology.

Ride - hailing company Uber is selling its Xchange Leasing business to Fair, a digital car marketplace, in an effort to focus more on its core business.

And rarely, if ever, should the goal be the fast kind of «hockey stick» growth that is associated with the tiny slice of startups who receive the majority of coverage by tech - focused digital media covering startups: the extraordinarily rare company that obtains backing from a venture fund.

It invests in companies with a global vision, keeping the focus on perceived emerging sectors: technology, digital industries, technologies for industry and life sciences.

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Metamorphic is a $ 20 M venture fund that focuses on digital and transactional media companies providing B2B services.

The company had to rethink the way that merchants accept digital currency and made their focus to help marketers understand the value of accepting digital currencies while teaching to deal with them.

Not long afterward, The Seattle Times reported that more changes were afoot for Amazon, with the company consolidating its consumer retail operations in order to focus on Alexa, AWS, digital entertainment and other growing areas.

His experience will add breadth and depth to the Coinbase board and will help the leadership team as the company focuses on becoming the most popular, and safest place to buy and sell digital currencies.

B22 includes a focus on FinTech (9 companies), Data (7 companies), and Digital Health (4 companies), with other startups ranging from facial recognition to supply chain management to the largest global community of motorcycle riders.

BTCS Inc. («BTCS») is an early mover in the blockchain and digital currency ecosystems and the first «Pure Play» U.S. public company focused on blockchain technologies.

However, the single largest private investment in a digital health company in 2015 went to a Chinese company focused on consumer engagement.

Investments in companies focused on consumer or patient engagement made up more than a quarter of investment in digital health in the third quarter.

Six digital health companies focused on patient treatment received digital health investments in August, but investment in this subsector only accounted for two percent of the total.

MobiHealthNews recently reported that more and more consumer - facing digital health companies are signaling a shift in focus away from unregulated fitness and wellness space and towards clinical applications for their technologies.

«Stan Miroshnik, an L.A. - based banker whose outfit, Element Group, is exclusively focused on the digital token capital markets, said that simply figuring out how to appraise a venture - backed company that has also raised money through an ICO is proving a minefield.»