Sentences with phrase «tier system]»

We were able to raise capital from a tier one investor [Silver Lake]... at a valuation that was a premium to the last round we did,» Cagney said.

I don't want to sound too judgmental, but if you commit in a higher tier, you know all over the world, in developed countries and emerging countries, yes, there is more and more of follow - up, making sure they understand who contributes the most and trying to generate the right reward.

Then in March, rapper and business mogul Jay - Z acquired and relaunched Tidal, a music streaming service that comes with no free tier or trial period, but offers the promise of occasional exclusive content from artists.

Another detail that made me (and some of the VCs I spoke with) pause: While notable investors have participated, including Goldman Sachs, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Promecap, not a single top - tier VC firm chose to invest in a tech company valued at more than a billion dollars.

Earlier this year, Charter moved Viacom's (viab) flagship networks to its most expensive programming tier, a move that threatened the media company's affiliate and advertising revenue.

The service continues to woo top - tier creators, Kilar said, because it offers a cut of both advertising and subscription revenues — translating to a $ 50 CPM, or rate of payment per 1,000 views, which is 20 times larger than average rates currently offered by YouTube.

These are the «tier - one» corporations who have built withstanding businesses on offering trusted advice to your potential customers.

He was subsequently kicked out of Google's Preferred ads programme, which lets top - tier advertisers place ads against the most popular creators, handpicked by YouTube.

And students who may not have the resources to attend a top - tier school can access its courses without having to travel to its campus.

Speaking about security at big financial companies, John Dickson, principal at Denim Group, an application security consultancy, told me that CISOs have started elbowing their way into the C - suite's uppermost tier, reporting to the board of directors and / or the CEO and / or the audit committee.

Well guess what, it turns out you don't have to be at a Tier 1 firm with a numeronym or named after an evil Greek God to get access anymore.

Wealthfront does not have tier pricing.

To give some sense of how much Netflix's deep pockets have affected the existing business: just a few years ago, the average price for a top - tier comedy special would be in the $ 10 - million range, according to Variety magazine.

Higher - tier (and higher priced) options add screen - sharing, integration with the customer's in - house directory, and support for meetings of up to 200 people.

Xi has justified his tough measures, saying that upper - tier corruption could trickle down and weaken the party's grip on power.

When negotiating with a top - tier VC firm, for instance, Ravikant recommends trying to get a term sheet from a lesser firm to use as leverage.

Chief among those is the lack of a top - tier university.

Since its founding in January 2011, RocketSpace has become remarkably successful at attracting top - tier tech firms.

On the three - dollar tier of the menu sits the new classic chicken sandwich, which almost anyone can see is a direct stab at Chick - fil - A's sandwich.

This list — called a Tier II filing — is released every year to local, state and federal officials, and includes what they imagine could occur in a «worst - case» scenario, NBC News reported.

Betterment has a two tier pricing design.

Apple's service has no free tier, but is subscription only.

Major in science, engineering or math at a top - tier school, and your predicted return on investment sky - rockets.

He suggests the best model for open salaries is the US government, which uses a tier system.

It will also lead to the bank's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of its financial strength, falling by about 20 basis points, the lender said.

While Apple and Samsung battle for top spot, brands like BlackBerry, Nokia, HTC, LG, Sony, Motorola and a few Chinese brands like Huawei duke it out in the second tier.

«I think the discovery process of the technology - driven tier - 2 startups is still on in the southern markets,» states Ashok.

The large and accelerating rates of incorporation happened because of the weird interaction of two different populist instincts: (1) Even tax - cutting governments were reluctant to reduce personal income taxes on the top tier of income - earners, for fear of being accused of delivering «a tax cut to the richest Canadians;» (2) Just about every government from Jean Chrétien's onward was eager to cut small - business tax rates, because this seemed to be a handy spur to the plucky spirit of the theoretically job - creating mom - and - pop entrepreneurial class.

«These would be LGFVs deemed most financially stretched by the authorities, and consist mostly of lower - tier (non-provincial) LGFVs, particularly those that mix commercial with policy activities, such as property with urban development,» said Fitch.

In most press accounts, Clinton's plan has been lumped in with those of Barack Obama and John Edwards — her rivals in the so - called top - tier.

Just because a top - tier developer or a specialist in a field can move from job - to - job and never get hurt, doesn't mean everyone can.

The company coped by focusing, for an entire month, exclusively on customer satisfaction, and she assigned account managers for every tier of Kickstarter backers to manage customer relations.

It went up above the two - tier inner city ring road known as the Periferico last week after failing to find takers in the United States.

In the past, we've been the biggest company that nobody knows about, so recruiting executive - level talent or top - tier talent was a challenge.

You don't have to compromise quality either, as Studypool's tutors come from top tier universities and are trained to answer your questions as concisely and clearly as possible.

While today he's attracting staffers who are passionate about the consultative process, he may need to tier the pay to recruit specialists as the business grows.

So much so, Ford's Oakville logistics managers suggested to their counterparts at Ford U.S. that Cain Express could become a Tier 2 carrier for some of the auto - parts manufacturers supplying the Dearborn assembly plant.

There's simply a second tier of compartmental ready - to - play - ness on offer now, and you can take it or leave it without missing a jot of gameplay.

Whether you're attending a wedding, heading into the office for a particularly big meeting, or just dressing up for a night of cocktails with friends, a top - tier pair of dress shoes can help make your look pop.

In 2011, the same year that it became a B Corp, the company audited its tier - two fabric suppliers in Taiwan and found that migrant workers in some factories were being held under forced - labor conditions.

As for the next tier of providers, there were two new to Gartner rankings overall.

The most expensive projects, on an operating - cost basis, are the integrated mining operations (a few bottom - tier thermal sites may be higher, but on average the mining sites have the highest costs) such as Suncor, Syncrude, Shell and CNRL.

With today's startups, even in non-IT sectors such as textiles, and manufacturing; adapting robust technology - driven models, the sixty four - thousand dollar question is obviously about whether these can attract quality investments (and mentoring) similar to that of their tier - 1 peers.

This might seem small, but it could have a big impact on the Nintendo Switch console and its games lineup next year: Without higher - capacity cartridges, it's going to be harder for developers to bring their top - tier, graphically - intensive titles to the Switch.

«That's probably what's more reasonable to ask a big company to do, is just to fix every job to a tier and then pay out based on what those tiers are.»

A Fracti survey of 500 top - tier publishers including BuzzFeed, Mashable, TechCrunch, found that 85 percent of journalists decide to open an email based on the subject line.

In an unexpected move, the United States is upgrading Malaysia from the lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centers to the so - called «Tier 2 Watch list», a status that could smooth the way for an ambitious U.S. - led free - trade deal with Malaysia.

The U.S. is now in the sixth tier, having been surpassed by countries like Denmark, France, South Korea, and Sweden.

In fact, the latter offers more than a dozen products that include a free tier.

It's not a surprise to have a rich holiday catalog of top - tier games when you're three years into a console cycle.