Sentences with phrase «n't traditional companies»

So, if the technology exists to guess mortality that closely, why can't traditional companies use it to determine mortality risk for those to whom they won't sell traditional insurance.

When it began, Irvine was not a traditional company town, since most residents did not work at the Irvine Company, a real estate developer.

(«This isn't a traditional company, which is wonderful because I don't consider myself a traditional worker.

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In fact, the company that has played a staring role in the Dow's outperformance does not actually employ a lot of traditional middle - class Americans: Goldman Sachs (gs).

«Digital profits in Europe exist but are taxed very little or not at all,» said the European commissioner for taxation, Pierre Moscovici, who blamed traditional rules designed for companies with a physical presence in the countries where they offer their services.

For a company that has a theoretical market value of about $ 1.5 billion, BuzzFeed doesn't get a lot of respect from the traditional media industry.

But Theranos hasn't published peer - reviewed studies comparing its tests to traditional ones, and the company hasn't allowed independent experts to publicly assess its labs, citing the need to protect its intellectual property.

Other times, the terms set out by a traditional lender might not be agreeable, or a company could require a little more guidance than a bank would provide.

This quest has captivated not only traditional players like Aetna and CVS, but also virtually every major tech company around, including Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon.

The average snowboarder doesn't like big companies or traditional approaches, and Switch could use its counterculture mentality to its advantage.

Not long after the Supreme Court deemed Aereo's service «for all practical purposes a traditional cable system,» the company, in a desperate last bid for survival, pulled an about - face and argued that it should be allowed to operate like one.

«The traditional exam with a single examiner doesn't work anymore,» said Pedram Sameni, president and CEO of Patexia, a crowd - based intellectual property company.

On top of the risk of federal prosecution, IRS targeting and asset seizure, cannabis entrepreneurs have to cope with the hazards of conducting a business that deals mostly in cash, since a majority of traditional financial institutions — banks, credit card issuers, and payment transaction companies — won't provide services to the industry.

The epiphany, as McClurg described it, was that Dell not only had to transform the company from a traditional computer seller into an IT services company, but that security would play a key role in that metamorphosis.

«In traditional quick service, the focus is on value and speed and not necessarily the interaction with the workforce,» says Sharon Zackfia, an analyst at William Blair & Company.

Winnebago is also moving away from the traditional concept of model years — if consumers have complaints or find ways to improve their vehicles, the company won't wait until the next model comes out to fix them.

It will not fall back on the «traditional» methods, said the CEO, who took the helm last May and has turned it into a slimmed down, more profitable company.

If you're interviewing a candidate from a traditional top - down company for your new and growing business, don't gloss over the specifics of his experience.

While most companies focus their promotional efforts on the web, you shouldn't neglect traditional public relations.

Vice had not provided updates on its offline intentions until today, but rumours of a takeover attempt by conventional broadcasting companies Time Warner and Fox served to keep the news channel - speculation alive, because being absorbed into a traditional media conglomerate would give Vice easy access to their cable networks and partners.

As the market for traditional digital advertising continues to decline, many media companies have turned to «native advertising» or sponsored content — and not just digital - native outlets like BuzzFeed but traditional players such as the New York Times.

Clearly the data obsessed company knows the dismal statistics on traditional training, so when it wanted to nudge their managers to provide more psychological safety for their teams, they didn't call in an expert for a seminar or send everyone to an expensive but useless class.

While the traditional pension of the 20th century is rapidly disappearing, companies haven't stopped caring about the later - in - life success of their employees.

The company says it can charge less than traditional payday lenders because of its underwriting software and because it saves money by not opening physical branches.

For example, most companies have an informal dress code... at Nielsen you will find the CEO in jeans and a client service rep in more traditional jacket and pants — it really doesn't matter, and people are respected for the work they do.»

«(The hire) implies that the company is not unwilling to look outside Intel's traditional core strengths for growth,» writes Berenbaum.

Unlike traditional startup funding, however, HPE does not plan on directly investing in the companies, which presumably means it will not take any equity in any of the participating startups.

According to the company, there are about 28 million small businesses in the country, and the overwhelming majority are hidden from investors; they're too small for private equity firms to take notice, but not right for a traditional bank loan either.

Traditional car companies simply don't understand technology.

Nothing about the way Woolverton and Bouton run the company is traditional — not its product, its marketing, or even its workday.

The digital company's decision to enter the brick - and - mortar space is a «pretty big deal,» and «suggests stores are in fact important and not just some defensive point of view that traditional brick - and - mortar players have taken,» he added.

It's not to create distance between the traditional service rep title; it's a clear - cut way to show how the company values support and what they expect this department to achieve (not placating customers, but truly making them happy).

Rockmount's adherence to traditional western style doesn't mean the company is stuck in the past.

The loss of Starz hit Netflix's share price hard, since investors were concerned not just about losing access to the company's library of movies and TV shows, but about whether the move signaled that distributors and traditional networks were going to start playing hardball with the streaming service.

Home Hardware's folksy reputation is due in large part to the fact that it's not a traditional top - down franchise operation; its dealers collectively own the company and have more latitude to respond to the particular demands of their home markets.

Netflix is a classic double - edged sword for traditional TV studios and networks: Most of them would much rather not sell their content to the company, but in some ways they are forced to do so, in order to reach a growing audience of millennial cord - cutters.

Investors and companies in the space are not nearly as protected by the regulatory frameworks that are in place in traditional financial markets.

However, the contemporary offices are not restricted to the traditional definition of workspaces, rather they have become an extension of brand ethos, work culture and the principle for which a company, an establishment or a unit stands for.

The case is important not only because Hogan wants $ 100 million, which could ruin Gawker, but also because it highlights how Gawker is alone among new media companies in waging the sort of public interest legal fights that were once second nature for traditional media.

More traditional investors say Elliott's swoop on a company does not necessarily mean better returns for long - term shareholders.

Both companies insist that they're not media companies — they don't want to be — and by traditional standards they aren't.

The insurance that a traditional IPO and its underwriters provide can be important for stability — especially if the company isn't a household name.

While Microsoft is not the only big company to adopt this more agile approach to strategy — Google and Amazon have always done it — what makes Microsoft interesting to me is that it's changing from the more traditional approach to strategy.

One bank exec who oversees US IPOs said this was «not a replacement for an IPO» since Spotify wasn't raising any money, one of the traditional purposes of an offering — to sell a portion of the company to the public to finance more growth.

It's not a great time to be a media company with a big stake in traditional television.

Scientists can be recruited from the traditional biotech and energy companies, but these individuals may not survive in the world of the start up.

After months of denying that Facebook is a media company, Mark Zuckerberg admitted in a recent one - on - one interview with his COO, Sheryl Sandberg, that the social network actually is a media company — although not a traditional one.

Additionally, the company's iPad Pro detachable tablet that works with a physical keyboard doesn't seem to be a breakout hit; IDC said for every 10 traditional iPad that Apple ships, it only ships one iPad Pro.

Smith said that the rise of Facebook as a distribution force and the impact that has had on media is «the real story of media right now, not the comings and goings at traditional media companies in New York.»

Theranos also faced allegations that most of its tests were in fact performed with traditional lab machines, not its proprietary Edison device, prompting potential sanctions against the company's CEO, Elizabeth Holmes.