Sentences with phrase «than a platform for»

Social media works as more than a platform for sharing content and promoting your marketplace.

But so many of the apps are little more than a platform for companies to track data on you — they don't do anything to help the consumer.

The Big Sick plays less like a great movie than a platform for its appealing tone, but it's so well acted and dense with insights into the culture clash at its center that nothing about the central dynamic is strained.

The script contains less of a narrative than a platform for being able to observe chunks of a particular person's life, with many scenes that were surely improvised.

Still, Comixology is generally much more stable than those platforms for comics, and is certainly more prevalent, so it's a nice addition.

While Facebook is definitely a more relaxed platform, job seekers would be remiss in dismissing the site as nothing more than a platform for how - to fancy food videos and silly cat memes.

Not exact matches

• Braavo Capital, a New York - based integrated financing platform for mobile app businesses, raised more than $ 70 million in debt and equity.

The PGS platform promised genetic risk reports for more than 250 disease at the time — but, after the FDA smackdown, 23andMe was forced to stop marketing the service and pursue a piecemeal strategy of winning regulatory approval of individual tests.

But I think over time because Hinge is getting better and better, you'll be able to use it for a broad array of purposes and one of them will be if you're serious about finding a specific kind of person, it will actually be a great platform for that and still in a much lighter - weight way then having to fill out a whole profile and just using people's ambient information because there's so much information that already exists about people through their interactions that they already have through Instagram and Facebook and Twitter and all these different kinds of platforms that allow us to match you up probably better than stuff you would say about yourself on an online dating site because frankly its more validated and it's more real.

More than 69 percent of mobile phone users access the Internet daily, according to Google, making it vital for marketers to take advantage of this platform.

With more than 50 apps, Apptivo is able to provide a CEM platform for SMBs, he says.

The more than 100 - year - old company said it used blockchain to create a new platform for digital photography with its own cryptocurrency, called KodakCoin.

As far as elementary school goes, there is perhaps no better platform for innovation than science fairs, which give kids an opportunity to explore a subject they love, and solve problems of their own design.

-- Amy Zimmerman, head of people for Kabbage, a global financial services, technology and data platform serving small businesses which has raised more than $ 1.6 billion in funding and lent out $ 4 billion overall

It is redesigning its deepwater oil platforms and onshore shale - gas projects to simplify them, a major cultural change at a firm that has long prided itself more for engineering prowess than for economic discipline.

Although social media may be an excellent tool for posting simple pictures of your products and hyperlinks sending customers back to your homepage, an email is the ideal platform for laying out a «deal» to your customers — a fully completed invitation to buy a specific product or series of products that includes more than enough information to ensure that they are confident in their upcoming purchase.

Medium's new focus holds the potential for growth, but it also puts the company directly in the path of Facebook, since the giant social network is also busy trying to convince publishers large and small to see it as a home for their content — a distribution platform that can help get their journalism in front of more than a billion people.

The DAO, which raised more than $ 150 million in May, had been intended as a showcase for the potential of Ethereum, a blockchain platform for cloud - based financial agreements.

Why, then, do so many marketers count out direct mail, one of the longest - reigning direct - marketing platforms available, with a higher capability than email for customization and ROI?

So while the «Game of Thrones» season seven premiere was a record - breaking milestone for HBO, it also showed how many viewers are now turning to streaming platforms, and DVR, rather than watching on the traditional linear channel.

Tim Cadogan, CEO of OpenX, a global leader in ad - tech that uses a monetization platform to deliver the highest revenue across all digital outlets, suggests looking for ways to enhance the products and services of other companies rather than compete with them.

The company had to halt operations on Feb. 10 after it was hit with financial penalties for operating as an Internet - based tech platform rather than as a transportation company, which Taiwanese authorities have said was a misrepresentation of its business.

More than just donating money, your company can be a platform for serving others who can benefit from your company's existence, whether it's the efforts and labor of your staff, the distribution of profits (check out Life is Good's Playmakers program), or just spreading important messages to your customers (for example, Patagonia, which has encouraged its customers to repair products, rather than replace them).

But that 20 %, the «whales,» aren't necessarily made up of the largest clients because 15 employees on a platform for 3 straight years are worth more than an account with 250 users that jumps ship in two months.

It's true that the cable and satellite companies have been trying to adapt — including launching apps for various platforms — but it's probably fair to say the industry has been pushed rather than leapt on its own accord.

For BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti, the world of content is one where distribution through platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Apple News, Snapchat, and Instagram is far more important than what gets published on a company's site.

Co-founded by Jon Stein in 2010, this startup is an online investment platform geared toward Millennials, offering financial advice for fees that can be less than $ 3 per month.

Both for marketing reasons and pure economic reasons, it's much better to go with a common platform that brings together content from a bunch of different players than to try to go with individual platforms for all the different players.

«The results suggest that Facebook pages are most effective when they are used as a form of traditional advertising rather than as a platform for social interactions,» said Janet Schwartz, a co-author of the study.

In addition to launching the digital coin - trading platform, Byrne said he is in contact with two countries about launching an overseas trading platform for coins that are considered «utility» tokens rather than «securities.»

According to a spokesperson for the company, Gust has facilitated over $ 1.8 billion with more than 200,000 startups having used the funding platform to connect and collaborate with over 45,000 investors.

Sturdy metal side rails add stability and durability, while the platform bed frame is supported with 24 wooden bed slats to provide more than adequate comfort without the need for a box spring.

CircleUp, which has had 120 companies raise more than $ 135 million on its platform, is a goldmine of product discovery for General Mills and will essentially serve as a de-facto research and development arm for the food maker.

Stranger Things led the social - media pack out of 65 different brands, which ran 104 spots in 49 ad breaks on Fox for just under 49.9 minutes of dedicated ad time, according to iSpot.tv, which measures activity from more than 10 million smart TVs and tracks responses to TV ads on social and digital platforms.

These platforms have made it easier than ever for anyone with a message to reach vast numbers of people directly, rather than going through a traditional intermediary like a TV network or newspaper.

While social media certainly allows for more flexibility in content and voice than more traditional marketing platforms, you still have to be careful when publishing a new post.

SecondMarket's online auction platform has more than 10,000 participants, including global financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity firms, mutual funds, corporations, and other institutional and accredited investors that collectively manage more than $ 1 trillion in assets available for investment.

Coincidentally enough, The Players» Tribune has also been criticized by some in the sports - media industry for doing the same thing: Namely, giving athletes and teams a platform for their viewpoint that amounts to little more than a PR offensive.

But he says the state, which has more than 50 post-secondary educational institutions, decided to use early investments as a platform for more.

But YouTube, which like Facebook and Twitter would rather be seen as neutral «platforms» rather than publishers, doesn't take the same kind of responsibility for its content that a television broadcaster is required to.

For more than a year, the AngelList founder and CEO has been trying to persuade institutional money managers to participate on his popular crowdfunding platform, which so far has helped facilitate $ 205 million in investment for 650 seed - stage companiFor more than a year, the AngelList founder and CEO has been trying to persuade institutional money managers to participate on his popular crowdfunding platform, which so far has helped facilitate $ 205 million in investment for 650 seed - stage companifor 650 seed - stage companies.

What began with a simple video for her pilates students has grown into a channel with more than 2 million subscribers and an e-commerce platform that founder Cassey Ho says drives nearly 70 % of the revenue for this multi-million dollar brand.

It can also be confusing for backers and press if you're on more than one platform.

A healthy 42 percent of the more than 5,000 survey respondents said they search and shop for their products entirely online — an encouraging sign if you're a small retailer looking to establish a foothold, especially if you sell through larger platforms like Amazon.

Millennial employees, for instance, may have more ideas on the best places or social platforms to reach today's job seekers than employees from older generations.

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Salma Jafri discusses the one question she gets from smart content creators more often than any other: Can I repurpose my live content for other platforms?

That's according to the Women in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Slack's app already integrates with more than 500 other applications and services, part of the company's master plan to turn its platform into a hub for business processes and communications.

Consumers have more choices, more platforms, and higher expectations than ever before for their information and entertainment.

But Kids Konserve's matching stainless - steel containers and reusable cotton napkins are meant to drive more than just eco-friendly revenue — they're also a platform for education and communication.