Sentences with phrase «than no event at»

But a lame holiday event is worse than no event at all.

Hot on the heels of that came something that many brands had talked of but had not really implemented as effectively — the launch of a device through an online broadcast rather than an event at a venue.

Not exact matches

This year, South By Southwest is embracing the gamer spirit with the SXSW Gaming Expo, a three - day affair taking place from March 8 through 10 at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas, with more than 50 exhibitors.

In the article, a man with a red tie at a black - tie event was viewed as being more successful than the others.

To get an idea of its scope, consider that the company sold more than $ 14 billion worth of goods at its annual Singles» Day sales event on Nov. 11, a 60 % increase from last year.

Timely notice is especially crucial with so - called claims - made policies, under which coverage is based on when the claim was made rather than when the event took place, says Jay M. Levin, an insurance litigator at Reed Smith.

As a result, it's fairly easy to bump into a colleague on a night out at the pub — a much more casual atmosphere than your usual networking event.

In other words, it's more than just a figurehead position — it can involve appearing at events, flying to other countries to represent the brand, and meeting with people about potential partnerships.

I found that the problem is deeper than merely who gets to go on stage at a TechCrunch event.

The 2017 edition of Entrepreneur Middle East's Enterprise Agility Forum, presented by du, saw more than 300 people come together for the fourth edition of the annual event, which was held at The St. R...

Many new entrepreneurs spend more time at networking events than on their businesses.

But sitting down for an interview at the event, Waugh warned some of the blunt tools preferred by regulators would do more harm than good.

There are planes flying in from all over, hotel rooms aplenty, amenities fit for the King, and more event space than you can shake a feather boa at.

More than three years and $ 40 million after its closure, the ride reopened at an event attended by Spielberg himself.

At the heart of Google's (GOOG) AMP project is a custom - made version of the ubiquitous HTML code that's cleaner and less bulky than what software publishers typically use, Google executives explained during a press event.

At the press event, Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Instagram now has more than 100 million active members.

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At the center of the study is a new map of the hazards posed by geomagnetic storms of a strength that scientists expect to occur every 100 years — five times more frequently than «500 - year» storms like the Carrington Event.

More than 55,000 people paid between $ 50 and $ 800 to witness North America's largest - ever mixed martial arts event in person, hosted at the Rogers Centre on April 30.

After half a century, it has become far more than just another sporting contest — it's a social and cultural event that eclipses almost anything else, at least for a few hours.

Exemptions and payout caps can save an insurer from paying more than it can, Shey says, but a catastrophic event with hundreds of clients filing claims at the same time is worrisome.

If you want to get paid to speak, what could be better than speaking at your event?

Not only do credit cards have fraud protections in place in the event of theft, but they also offer some of the best currency exchange rates around — much better than you'd get changing bills at a bank or exchange kiosk.

More than 90 startups were represented at the event.

To help connect technology issuers and Canada's investment community, TSX has arranged a series of events at which more than 50 Canadian companies in the technology and clean technology sectors have met with investment bankers across the country.

Spartan Race does not make revenue figures available, but entries to many of the races start at $ 100 and this year more than a million people will enter one of the 200 events in 30 countries the company will host.

This person's networks and resources are likely much more extensive than your own and a mentor's referral or introduction carries more weight than a business card at a networking event.

Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.

The bookseller holds tens of thousands of events nationwide at its stores to give people a reason to come to stores, rather than shop online from a competitor.

Rather than identifying her security costs, IBM lists costs of security under other compensation, which includes ground transportation, an annual physical, family attendance at IBM events, and other personal expenses.

At the iPhone X launch event, Apple product marketing chief Phil Schiller conceded that a person's close relatives might find it easier than others to trick Face ID into letting them into that person's phone or apps.

Starting early next month, Lyft drivers also will be able to transfer their fare earnings directly into their bank accounts, rather than wait for payday, Lyft executive Tali Rapaport said at a media event.

So, it looks as if entrepreneurs and cities are probably better off growing their presences at a perennial event than chasing to import a one - off event every four years, if they can.

She signed up Katie Couric, paying her more than $ 5 million a year, «after the two shared a stage at an advertising event in the Turks and Caicos.»

At that event, Life Is Good raised more than $ 500,000.

Today, she's called on to appear at more events than ever before, while raising the family she and her husband started after she'd spent years hunkered down in the cutthroat real estate world.

Moss founded the more corporate Black Hat cybersecurity conference that year, which quickly attracted attention: By 2012 there were more than 6,500 attendees at the annual event, and last year there were more than 9,000.

«Woz» earlier said at a Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas he «admired» bitcoin from the outset and considers it a potentially better store of value than gold or the US dollar.

«The decision was made at about 6 p.m., two hours before the event, and officers read several dispersal announcements to the crowd of more than 1,500 protesters that had gathered outside of the Martin Luther King, Jr..

SeatGeek has grown to forecast ticket prices for more than 10,000 events at any one time, including professional sporting events, concerts and theater performances.

Profits at ESPN will be squeezed even further because the network's costs have increased so much, he says — it will pay more than $ 6 billion this year for the rights to future sporting events, and the cost of locking up NBA games alone have tripled.

The company has also outbid Netflix and other players for the rights to movie and TV offerings at leading industry events like Sundance, and it recently expanded Amazon Prime Video into more than 200 countries, which puts it head - to - head with Netflix.

The media channels that broadcast sporting events are now able to use technology to share information at a pace quicker than ever before.

But attending a party where you at least know the host is more comfortable than attending a networking event where you don't know a soul.

The social network's much - anticipated business edition — formally dubbed Workplace by Facebook, rather than the Facebook at Work moniker used during its 18 - month beta test — has already been adopted by more than 1,000 companies, according to information that Facebook (fb) plans to share Monday evening during the product's official launch event in London.

Following are some of the ideas discussed at the event, attended by more than 250 chief executives, academics, directors, entrepreneurs, and investors.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Even the pieces for which he won his 2004 National Magazine Award were based more on a p.r. stunt than on any sharp insights: At a press briefing in Doha, Qatar, Wolff stood up and asked General Vincent Brooks why it was worth the media's time to show up for such highly orchestrated, unnewsworthy events.

At the launch event, Endemol Beyond president Will Keenan said that «no company has done more for creatives» than Google, which owns YouTube.

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