Sentences with phrase «like table stakes»

«Dataminr feeds are like table stakes right now: Most hedge funds need to have it,» says Santo Politi, a founder of Spark Capital, a venture capital firm that was an early backer of Twitter and has a majority stake in a two - year - old hedge fund, Tashtego, that trades on signals from social media and other nontraditional data.

«It's more like table stakes.»

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Like it or not, two - way, consultative conversations are considered table stakes today.

It has staked its future on doing so through devices like its Google Home smart assistant device, a competitor for Amazon's Echo, which sits on a table and responds to voice commands like «What is the weather like today?»

They've grown up in the world of digital shopping and can shop the way they want at the price they want, which means that things like free shipping are now table - stakes, not premium offerings.

Labour's tournament felt like a game of Snap when the four players at the table would slap down policies at an endless round of hustings, but now it's high - stakes Pontoon time.

Here's an example of the high stakes: During the last election cycle, controversial initiatives like Common Core, charter schools, alternate route programs, vouchers and teacher tenure have all been on table for elected boards to consider in Louisiana and other states.

You will find some slots (up to $ 100 high - stakes machines), but most gamers like the intimate poker room with almost no wait times, and $ 5 minimum table games.

Making sure your website, social media, blog and advertising are working in harmony to deliver new prospects may seem like a lot, but it's basically table stakes for firms that want a spot on the winner's podium.

Goertz said that while he likes the new infinity displays of the phones, large screens are today simply «table stakes» and are normal for flagship handsets.

Full HD displays are table stakes for any high - end Android phone released in 2013, and while the Note 3's screen doesn't blow me away like the LG G2's or HTC One's, it's bright, colorful, and viewable outdoors.

That's aside from table - stakes things like water resistance and a screen that looks great outdoors as well as indoors.

Overall, then, I'm generally pleased with the OnePlus 5, though I'd question the focus on vanity specs like 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage over features increasingly seen as table stakes in the high - end world, like water resistance and a bright 2K display.