Sentences with phrase «upstart companies»

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.

It probably has something to do with cornered markets with no chance of future competition by upstart companies..........

This preparation would likely explain why big energy is buying up the more promising, green upstart companies.

My guess is no one in gov. has figured a way to get a kickback or under the table agreement for these upstart companies.

Dungeons & Dragons creator TSR was the major player, but upstart companies were rushing to create competing games built around different settings and licenses.

Tech industry giants unveil their latest plans at the annual CES in Las Vegas, as upstart companies try to make their mark

The bull market of the century sent venture capitalists scurrying around for upstart companies that could build cheap rockets.

A new wave of upstart companies think they've found cheaper, quicker ways to build a second sun

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.

And that's exactly why nimble, upstart companies, with their new solutions to old problems, often can best Goliaths.

Just outside of Uber's spotlight are a handful of upstart companies in the person - moving space whose safety policies are not mere afterthoughts but integral to their offerings.

Trade shows are an opportunity for upstart companies to show their stuff and make vital connections but the cost of entry is steep.

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

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.

When Amazon Publishing, the book giant's retail arm, announced over a year ago that they would pay their traditionally published authors monthly instead of quarterly, a number of critics scoffed at the idea that this upstart company would change a four hundred - year - old system.

This has been the key to Kobo's success, an upstart company who built a template on expansion and duplicated it many times.

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?

Shrugging off pressure from the Reagan administration to choose a bid from an American company, Fox and his team awarded the rights to the first private cellphone network to an upstart company that later became one of the three dominant players in Canada's wireless sector: Rogers.

You may be thinking that they are some new upstart company, but they are not.

If you have invested in an upstart company in this great Cajun city, you can benefit from the protection of a Lafayette, LA business insurance policy.

Like Oculus, Magic Leap was an upstart company with an eccentric and idealistic founder, showing off a breathtakingly futuristic product in its early stages.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Community Realty Strengthens Pennsylvania Presence National franchise affiliation enables innovative upstart company to take a fresh, consumer - centric approach to real estate in revitalized Phoenixville market Read Full Release

Not exact matches

Already, the bank added, new technologies have required the company to invest in adapting or modifying its products to draw and retain customers, and to compete with new offerings from tech upstarts, a trend it expects to continue.

Omada has hired former Sanofi chief medical officer (CMO) Dr. Paul Chew to serve as the company's new CMO and Tom Schoenherr, who helped lead genomic sequencing upstart Counsyl to the $ 100 million threshold, as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).

The question is — despite MacMillan's conversion on the road to the Internet — can his upstart firm genuinely move beyond the comfortable verities of the 1,000 - channel broadcast industry and become a company that competes in the deep space of the online world?

The CEO and Chair of Futurpreneur argue in a new report that large companies have lots to learn from upstarts

Legacy companies like Riddell and Schutt and upstarts like Vicis and SG have been racing to design helmets that are safer than those already on the market.

Foxborough, Massachusetts may be most famous for being home to the New England Patriots, but it is also home to an upstart software company looking to make its own mark on the gridiron.

Hackett has focused on streamlining Ford's core vehicle business while also recasting the company's message for investors who are captivated by self - driving cars and the arrival of upstart competitors such as Tesla.

These are some of the tweet - friendly products unleashed by San Francisco - based online fashion upstart Betabrand, whose founder, Chris Lindland, is on a mission to create the world's first truly social clothing company.

It's hard for a company that is already decades old to grow as fast as a fresh upstart, but this engineering firm with 14 offices across the country can keep pace.

Unlike many upstart pharma companies that must turn to the financial markets for expansion dollars, Prollenium's sales volume provided the cash it needed to finance new research and development, as well as a major capital project.

It's like the sale of any startup to a major corporation: The new parent company offers valuable marketing and distribution muscle, but the scrappy upstart runs the risk of losing its soul.

Then, of course, there will also be the usual spate of product announcements as EMC seeks to retain its leadership in data storage, fending off upstarts like Pure Storage (pstg) and Nimble (nmbl) on the one hand, while it also seeks to prove its relevance in the emerging cloud computing era as Amazon (amzn) Web Services rents out computing capability, storage, and networking from a massive bank of shared infrastructure to companies of all sizes.

While Yahoo, another upstart directory service, marketed itself to Web surfers, Zip2 focused on helping newspaper companies offer maps, directions, and business listings to their online readers.

The Austin - based company offers differentiated products — and pricing plans — for upstarts and high - volume brands, including Camelbak and Martha Stewart.

Big Food companies have lost share to upstart brands and have struggled to adapt to a move away from sugary soft drinks.

Many traditional car companies are testing this technology including Ford, Audi and Daimler's Mercedes - Benz as are upstarts like Google (GOOG) and Tesla (TSLA).

GM never came right out and said it, but the company's goal was to prove that it could out - Tesla Tesla and beat the upstart electric - car maker's Model 3 to market by months.

He was most recently covering commerce for AllThingsD.com and, before that was a reporter at Advertising Age, where he covered legacy digital media companies such as Yahoo and AOL and upstarts such as BuzzFeed and Gawker Media.

The only Chinese social - media company to build a major network outside China will be taken over by a Chinese upstart, NYT DealBook reports.

It's the latest in a relentless parade of damaging news for the Silicon Valley upstart, which was valued last year at $ 9 billion, the most of any venture - backed company working in health care today.

Although upstart mattress companies are challenging brick - and - mortar incumbents like Sleep Country by offering lower prices and a hassle - free experience, the company plans to open up to 12 locations annually for the next five to seven years.

But companies want to list where they can be assured of reaching investors and liquidity, and that's a difficult hurdle for upstarts to overcome.

The upstart trading and exchange company, backed by financial heavyweights like the Royal Bank of Canada and Barclays, is now accepting applications from companies and issuers of investment products, offering an alternative to the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The only Chinese social - media company to build a major network outside China will be taken over by a fast - growing Chinese upstart.

The Upstart 25, CNBC's first - ever list of promising start - ups, features companies building brands and breaking barriers.

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.

At least three of the Upstart 25 companies found this unacceptable.

The theory, popularized by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma, warns that successful companies are inherently vulnerable to being «disrupted» by new entrants, and the only way to avoid such a fate is to replicate the risk - taking, pizza - devouring culture of upstart firms.