Sentences with phrase «many indie»

Talking to indie developers across Canada elicits a common theme: the games themselves are the reward.

Almost three decades after launching the company as an indie film production house with little more than $ 300 and a lot of youthful enthusiasm, he and co-founder Seaton McLean and a few other early shareholders had all become rich beyond imagining on the strength of a handful of lucrative properties, including HGTV, the Food Network and the spectacularly successful CSI franchise.

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Thankfully, parent companies have learned to leave a good thing alone and let indie brands do what they do best — innovate through active listening.

The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the Massachusetts - based indie folk singer who teaches at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and rose to prominence as Morrissey's last - minute opening act on his 1991 tour.

Since Daly began working on crowdfunding campaigns in June 2012, she has consulted for everything from indie documentaries to journalism startups — funding all 26 campaigns to or past their goals.

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Regardless of size, companies can maintain their relevancy by following the lead of the more agile and engaged indie brands who are in lockstep with customers» wants and needs.

Multichannel shopping has turned most industries upside - down, making way for indie brands that are agile and more in tune with their consumer because they are social media savvy and engaged.

In the true indie spirit, though, none of the company's principals are much interested in making the big money through getting bigger or selling out in an acquisition, like many of their forebears did.

After an excellent performance in sci - fi indie «Ex Machina,» he will also star in HBO miniseries «Show Me a Hero», and a little movie called «Star Wars».

At first glance, Catbird looks like your typical indie jewelry boutique in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

While larger companies rely on their popularity, indie brands are attracting customers by using more focused approaches.

Beyond the big guys, as a gamer myself I'm more excited about the smaller indie games that are popping up.

Telecommuting isn't just a cost - saving measure, it's an incentive, and one that's being used by everyone from indie video game designers to the Bank of Canada.

They were a year or two ahead of me and they showed me what was the indie scene back then.

Speaking with friends in the industry, it feels like a few years ago there was such a move by indie developers to build apps and put them up in the smart device stores.

There are lots of partnerships in place with indie developers that are doing really well or are in the works for our platform, both on our 3DS platform and Wii U.

Dunn Brothers Coffee This St. Paul, Minn. - based franchise is the ninth - largest coffee chain in the U.S., but most of its 92 locations can be mistaken for indie coffeehouses — beans are roasted daily in the store, local music and art are the featured decor, and owner / operators are encouraged to make their stores hubs of neighborhood activity.

That changed yesterday when Netflix acquired Millarworld, an indie comic book publishing company founded by Mark Millar.

Before Brie Larson became an Oscar - winning actress, she starred in this critically acclaimed, little - seen indie that looks at a twentysomething supervisor at a treatment facility as she tries to get through to troubled youth and deal with her own problems.

It launched in 2008 and started out as a cool, indie platform for people interested in discovering the latest and greatest new music.

«Once I got on their website, it solidified me as an indie designer,» says the former Be the Buyer contest winner.

Now BookFunnel delivers half a million ebook downloads each month on behalf of 3,000 indie authors, who pay $ 20 to $ 100 a year for the service.

Whether you're an aspiring artist, indie label owner or even a music journalist, successful networking is indispensable to working your way into the biz and realizing your dreams.

Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn says indie authors drive 20 % of the platform's ebook sales.

Dancing, jumping, exploring the world — nothing can stop them when the indie - pop plays,» their profile says.

A few examples named in a recent NYT article were Burton Theater, an indie foreign movie house; Good Girls Go To Paris, a creperie; Curl Up And Dye, a hair salon; and Breezcab, a rickshaw company.

It could be anything from indie pop to hip hop.

Part of the reason for the rapid growth is that it's much easier and cheaper to set up an indie game - development studio than it used to be.

SoundCloud started for techno, but self - consciously pushed the conversations on the platform to indie rock and then beyond.

Today, they are comers on New York's indie fashion scene.

If it involves the business of music, Allan Reid has done it — having worked as a major label A&R exec and an indie artist manager (among other gigs) before becoming president and CEO of Canada's music industry association, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

They were great, although the gaming conference is mostly about indie games.

A few yards away, just on the other side of a giant black curtain, Australian indie rock band Tame Impala shreds through a set.

SxSW should beef this up considerably, skip the indie gaming expo and replace it with something that matches up with the «interactive» theme.

So far, Drone MVP has completed projects for real estate and indie film jobs.

That means indie production firms must negotiate numerous deals in different markets.

Exiled from Alliance Films, Patrice Theroux helped build Entertainment One into the largest indie film and TV distributor in the world.

The trio behind the crowdfunding site bonded when they learned they each had faced trouble raising money in different industries: Ringelmann for indie films, Rubin for a charity, and Schell for a theater company.

The demographic that MySpace has excelled at courting revolves around music — indie bands and Top 40 acts alike, who maintain MySpace pages where music is easily posted.

I'm curious if there is any consensus around lighter pop music or indie rock.

His genres of choice include indie rock, bubblegum pop, and dreamy electronica; he has featured songs by Goldroom and Strange Talk in Snapchat's promotional videos.

Isn't it interesting, then, that Wind and small indie Internet provider Teksavvy just the other day announced a partnership of sorts?

In 2003, OkCupid co-founder Christian Rudder formed indie rock band Bishop Allen with a friend.

Nestled between an organic - food market and a sushi restaurant in the hip Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, the door is plastered with peeling stickers for obscure punk and indie rock bands.

He arrived as other capitalists — indie and traditional — made their own investments in Detroit.

When I stopped by the Horseshoe, he was buying drinks for everyone who showed up — friend, acquaintance or media — urging people to try out a bike or enjoy a complimentary taco and then settling in the back of the club when the music started: a couple of little - known local indie bands played, and Broken Social Scene member Brendan Canning — dressed as if he'd just arrived from Wimbledon's centre court — did a DJ set.

In a deal rumored to be worth just under $ 10 million, Etsy has acquired Grand St., an online marketplace where indie hardware makers vend cutting - edge tech.

There are blockbusters, indie games, adventures, and even some horror games you'll need to play with the lights on.