Sentences with phrase «upstart called»

The company played catch - up to both Google and this little upstart called Pebble.

While these firms are small now, they are chipping away at large firm work by being savvy enough to see the delivery of legal services in a new light, unencumbered by, as one upstart called them, «the barnacles of large law firm practices.»

Even the machine's operating system came from a third - party company — a Seattle upstart called Microsoft.

Stu Rose spent 12 years working at a small, unknown upstart called Blizzard Entertainment, making art and stuff for equally small and unknown games like WarCraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and World of WarCraft.

Now this little upstart called Ford, on the other hand...

Manchester United and Lyon were falling before a young upstart called José Mourinho, while Depor, having recovered from their group stage shellacking, dispatched a pair of Italian giants.

Before co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer honed the concept of ride hailing at Lyft, which has 1,000 employees, operates in 200 cities, and has raised more than $ 2 billion in venture capital, they built its predecessor, a ridesharing upstart called Zimride.

Not exact matches

Whereas Apple's old logo connoted the free spirit of an upstart that was taking on staid tech giants, its current position as one of the most valuable corporations in the world calls for the sleek, futuristic logo it has now.

So - called legacy carriers struggle to compete in a world filled with low - cost upstarts like Southwest and JetBlue, along with new international carriers like Emirates Airlines, which enjoy far lower labour costs than their North American rivals.

The plant's buyer, an upstart company called CS Wind, is now retooling to build windmill towers.

It bore the branding of an upstart sports beverage firm called BioSteel, which had sponsored the event, stamped its logo on the practice jerseys and invited media to attend.

When asked about regulations they'd like to see eliminated, changed or created, many of the founders of companies on the first - ever CNBC Upstart 25 list called for regulations they'd like to see created, not stripped away.

But in 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, we started noticing that young people were doing some awfully significant things, whether in the financial world (Meredith Whitney had just made her bold call against Citigroup), in the tech world (Facebook was beginning to crank into high gear), or in other industries (Kevin Plank's apparel upstart Under Armour was giving Nike a real run for its money).

After the first denial - of - service attacks (attacks that block legitimate users from accessing sites or applications) in 2001, a number of upstarts and existing security firms rushed to market with technologies to thwart so - called DOS attacks, and companies quickly moved to implement them.

The inherent risk with such acquisitions is that the parent company swallows up the scrappy upstart into what food industry veteran Alan Murray calls «the machine» — a hidebound, groupthink corporate enterprise — rather than learning from its entrepreneurial culture.

Beddoe co-founded the company and was a charismatic chief — Durfy calls him «evangelical» — who instilled an underdog spirit in the upstart air carrier.

I am willing to bet that Greg Clark, leader of the upstart conservative - lite Alberta Party, is making some phone calls today.

He was also impressed with this upstart coffee company called Starbucks that seemed to have an unwavering dedication to its customers.

The Knights he saw take the Peach Bowl by storm called to mind another upstart from Florida whose postseason takedown of a heavily favored powerhouse he witnessed in person: Miami's upset of No. 1 Nebraska in the 1984 Orange Bowl.

Scolari's successor, Dunga, had no hesitation in calling up the young Brazilian upstarts who've lit up leagues across Europe in recent seasons, and Firmino made his debut for Nike's yellow marketing machine in their friendly against...

The e-mail recommends amending the contract in a way that would allow DCPS to offer one cluster to an amazing upstart company called Genuine Foods.

It's interesting that Schumer chose to use Cruz as an example, since he called the tea Party upstart senator's runoff victory «a disaster for (Senate Minority Leader) Mitch McConnell, the Republicans and America» last August.

Teachout had called for an outright fracking ban, and Hawkins is hoping his message appeals to those who backed the upstart Democrat.

Now an upstart technology, called nanopore sequencing, looks ready to jump to the front of the pack.

The eventual emergence of flowering upstarts around 140 million years ago is still what Charles Darwin called an «abominable mystery.»

Coming up to Valentine's Day, upstart wireless phone service provider Mobilicity today announced a new limited time offer called the Unlimited Couples Plan.

When you call, Upstart will work with you to set up an alternative payment plan.

You can, however, call Upstart if you can't make your repayments.

In order to contact Upstart about any questions you may have, you can call 650-204-1000 (local) or 1-855-438-8778 (toll - free) between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT.

You don't have to look back too far to see a time when EA's Medal of Honor franchise was the king of the hill and Call of Duty was the young upstart.

Earlier this spring this blog identified an upstart Chinese auto company called BYD Auto that is, despite is short operating history in the auto industry, introducing one of the most innovative automobile makes in the industry — a fully commercial electric car — ahead the likes of established auto giants like General Motors (and its flagship electric car make — the Chevy Volt).

Slaw readers are more aware than the average legal professional about the roles of existing major legal information suppliers (let's call them Dominos and Pizza Hut) and the efforts of upstarts to do law differently and offer tailored solutions to legal research needs.

Currently, technology upstarts do not deal with the same regulatory constraints as banks, a sore spot for some like Toronto - Dominion Bank chief executive Bharat Masrani, who earlier this year called on policymakers to level the playing field and regulate fintechs.

In April 2014, when a Chinese startup (some would prefer to have called it an «upstart» given its penchant for clever social media messaging) came out with a phone that it tagged «flagship killer,» many laughed at the notion.

For help in selling or appraising their businesses, «salespeople should pick up the phone book and look up business appraisers and brokers or call the local real estate school for recommendations on experts in the local market,» says Scott Gabehart, president of VR Business Brokers in Scottsdale, Ariz., and author ofThe Upstart Guide to Buying, Valuing, and Selling Your Business.

Enter Santa Monica - based upstart National Disclosure Authority (NDA) with what it calls the most accurate hazard - mapping process to date.