What if
a small upstart company comes out with the best eBook reader device on the planet, built around open standards, so you are not tied to buying content from their store?
Not exact matches
Viva Aerobus, the
smallest of the
upstarts, is backed by Mexican bus
company IAMSA and Irelandia Aviation, the investing arm of the Ryan family of Europe's Ryanair.
This tactic has been recommended by previous blue ribbon panels, but is opposed by the CRTC and big industry players, since it gives
small upstarts a chance to get easy financing and shake up the wireless sector, where three
companies control about 95 per cent of the market.
This allows you (and other
small like - minded
upstart companies) to collectively compete against much larger brands, despite having much lower advertising or distribution resources.
The names in this battle range from giant tech
companies like Apple, Amazon, Samsung, and Alphabet, to
upstart competitors focusing on
small niches within the home.
Now,
upstart commercial
companies like World View are launching
smaller balloons that can remain in place by surfing stratospheric winds.
Mike Lazaridis still thinks of his
company as an
upstart, a
small Canadian firm taking on the established players.
The manufacturing base once represented by such legendary firms as Analog Devices, Polaroid and Lotus is being replaced by
smaller software and biotech
upstart companies, including ITA Software and Akamai.