Sentences with phrase «never gained any traction»

And a lot more of them never gain traction and break significant numbers in income, forever spinning their wheels and never truly taking off.

People pivot when it becomes obvious that their business plan is too complicated, will never gain traction, has no potential customers, or is just a bad idea.

The state floated the idea of combining services at Interfaith and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center during Interfaith's bankruptcy, but the idea never gained traction, in part because it was too rushed and in part because it only solved one piece of a much larger problem.

However, that idea never gained traction in 2008 and 2012, and Otto admits there's no reason to expect it to fare any better in 2016.

«The microchimerism idea and data have never gained traction; I think most individuals do not believe the concept as explaining tolerance,» he sums up.

Given that Airtime never gained any traction as a social networking site because its users can not remain anonymous, it came as a shock to loyal fans when Chatroulette announced multiple changes that have essentially eliminated user anonymity.

The rhythmic assurance of truly bracing screen action, even if it's just a bunch of metal beating up a bunch of other metal, or clobbering humans, never gains traction.

The Lovely Bones never gained traction at the box office, maybe it'll find it's audience on Blu - ray and DVD this April.

It never gained the traction that Lola did, but it deserves more of an audience than it's gotten.

In spite of these promising qualities and Ed Cator's initiative, however, the wiki never gained traction among teachers and was more or less dormant within a month of its creation.

Unfortunately, ATS never gained traction, with only a handful of cars produced, and the firm went bankrupt.

Jeep has faced little direct competition in the 4 × 4 SUV segment since the Bronco's disappearance: the Toyota FJ Cruiser, built from 2010 through 2014, was aimed at Jeep's audience, but never gained traction to steal buyers in significant numbers.

I think it never gained any traction and the vast majority of bestsellers never had proper entries that the decision was made to scrap it.

Many other companies have claimed to be the Netflix of eBooks, but have never gained any traction in the industry.

The console was a marketing disaster and although it had a diverse selection of first - party games such as Pokken Tournament and Xenoblade Chronicles X the system never gained any traction.

Without such an understanding, politically unpopular but absolutely essential changes to our energy policies will never gain traction in a government that is controlled by politicians and policy makers that are largely concerned with self preservation.

His absolute «I am right, period» approach may work in the sort of environmentalist dictatorship described by science - fiction writer Larry Niven in his book Fallen Angels, but it will never gain traction with enough of our population to move us forward to a worthwhile plan of action.

As a result, the envisioned market - based solution, where companies could gain valuable «credits» for steps they would take to reduce emissions while others would face new costs for failure to act, has never gained traction.

The first round of lawsuits never gained traction.

Some prosecutors have tossed around the idea of filing a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality, but thus far that's never gained any traction, Larson said.

Project Ara, perhaps the most compelling of them all, was ultimately cancelled and LG's G5 with «friends» add - ons never gained traction (or third - party support).

While it has always drawn a fair number of cosponsors, the proposal has never gained traction in the tax - writing committees.

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Buchanon paid a team of developers to create Tappish, but the project never matched his vision, took too long to develop, and upon its release, failed to gain traction.

WSJ said that some industry watchers are alarmed enough that they worry the trickle of IPO activity may never gain more traction or volume.

Although there were sporadic efforts at Treasury to do something for homeowners, they never seemed to gain any traction.

They were founded at a time when the efficiency of the traditional industries was low: e-commerce gained massive user number because classical retail was underdeveloped; delivery companies expanded because of the unreliability of China Post; healthcare apps gained momentum because of the inefficiencies of the healthcare system; mobile payments took the population by storm because plastic never had time to gain traction.

In Groove's case, they were never able to gain any traction on Facebook, amassing a following of just under 200 fans that brought almost no traffic to their website.

Unfortunately for us and Frimpong himself, the lad never really gained any traction in making that breakthrough and he was some what of a social media nightmare.

But readers need to know that King has been trying to gain traction on this bill in the last three congressional sessions and it's never gone anywhere.

But that measure never gained much traction in the Legislature before the end of session.

Perhaps the most street savvy politician in the city, save Council President Darius Pridgen, her heart is in the right place, but her campaign never got close to gaining traction.

For every beautifully designed fashion blog that gains traction, an equally compelling site will remain stuck in traffic limbo, never to capture the audience it likely deserves.

The company never gained much traction and Brian eventually went to work for PayPal.

However, it will be interesting to see if the movie will gain any traction with those not familiar with his oeuvre (though if fans of Adam Brody get turned on to Stillman, that can't be a bad thing), but longtime fans will be glad to know that Stillman is back — and it's like he was never gone.

An adaptation of Bill Willingham's popular Fables comic book series has been in the works for quite some time now, but never really gained traction.

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it's time and / or has aged like a fine wine.

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise as Microsoft has never gained much traction in the region, and it's largely agreed upon that their wares simply don't appeal to the Japanese consumer.

The era of high standards and accountability for schools, teachers, and those who train them — an era that never entirely gained traction in New York — was over.

The result: devices born of these partnerships came to market, but they never gained much traction beyond tech enthusiasts.

It almost never works that way, and once an author self - publishes and doesn't gain traction for a book, it's exceedingly difficult to transition that book to a traditional publisher.

These cloud reading apps never gained significant traction because the companies that ran them never really promoted them.

The Jetbook Mini was one of the first e-readers to use batteries and was five inches, but never gained much traction due to its high cost and poor performance.

The company has never gained mass market traction with their devices, as they can not compete with price alone against the juggernauts of the industry like Amazon... [Read more...]

In 2010, e-readers never really gained much traction due to an influx of substandard ones from Cool - ER, Bookeen, and Cybook.

At the time I released Lightning Rider, NA (new adult) was really gaining traction and the publisher didn't know how to market NA (or fantasy) because they'd never had one.

They never really gained any traction in the market and saw a very limited release of an e-reader in Russia.

Onyx has failed to gain any traction in the United States because the main distributer never updated their website with new products or established relationships in the retail environment.

They all respect their readers, do their very best to produce work that resonates with them, in many cases put out a LOT of books before they hit (I think Hugh had 7 out before Wool gained traction, and I know HM Ward had at least a dozen out, Melissa had 5 or 6, Elle had 10 or so, I had 10 or 11, etc. etc. etc.), and kept at it, trying new things, changing gears when necessary, and never wasting their time with idiocy that had no impact on their craft or their sales.

I've also published a couple of Kindle books but never really knew how to market them, so they never really gained much traction.

This namespaced element existed in EPUB 2 and was ported forward, with some tweaks, to EPUB 3, but it's never gained widespread traction in reading systems.