As we thought about how to help portfolio companies grow and scale while simultaneously supporting corporate discovery and experimentation, it became clear that we would need to collaborate with a technology infrastructure provider like AWS to help us build a platform for experimentation.
The N.B.A. provides a big platform to shed light on the human rights violations in Turkey and gives a voice to the thousands of people persecuted.
Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That’s a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people.
When you request a Lyft, 90% of the time, there is someone else going within a half mile of your destination. We’ve seen this on our platform, so now we’re matching up these rides for a discount.
I didn’t see spaces where female artists could exist and exhibit their work. So I created a platform for this – one that allowed our works to be seen, but to also weave a community of women that could lean on and work with one another.
Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with which to connect their companies to the myriad stakeholders who have an interest in their well being.
I have the privilege of working with our in-house design studio, called Samara, and our humanitarian team, called Human. Samara is thinking about the future of Airbnb, and Human is working on ways to leverage our platform outside the cause of day-to-day business.
I’m not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn’t I?
America’s demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census – but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While Republicans tailored their platform by and for the pale stale and male, among us, Obama and Democrats are embracing America’s diverse mosaic.
The Republican platform specifically says we don’t believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.
For me, the IPL is a great platform to learn and develop as a cricketer.
Derek McInnes gave me that platform to showcase what I can do, so I’m thankful.
It has been my dream to feature on Billboard’s list, as I always wanted to make music for India that will make to that list. I have always wanted to take Indian music to an international platform someday, even if it is on number 100.
If a candidate puts together a small business platform, I’ll go out on the road for him. You know, I’ll support him.
Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to ‘Top Chef’ although they’re not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There’s just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don’t win, they’re all talented.
My strong personal view, which I believe is shared by millions of Americans, is that our party should make a strong statement in its platform that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which should be protected.
For me, it has always been about using my platform to help others.
At Warby Parker, we use the survey platform Culture Amp to take employee engagement surveys that help us become ultra-responsive to the needs of our teams.
What’s a space elevator? Simply described, it’s a thin ribbon, about 3 feet wide and 60 thousand miles long, stretching upwards from the surface of the Earth. The lower end is bolted to a heavy anchor (think of an oil drilling platform), and the top is capped with a counterweight.
Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I’ve got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I’m going to laugh and have fun, too, but something has to be said that has some substance, because this is a platform, and the power that we have with words and with this microphone is phenomenal.
I’ma stay consistent. I’ma deliver. And I’ma keep using my platform to uplift people who I feel got what it take or deserve it or just – you feel me?
IPL is a platform for players to get noticed and maybe make it to the Indian team, but the focus should be on performance rather than thinking about India selection.
The Internet is a free and open platform. Everyone has the right to speak. However, compliance with the law is the bottom line that no one should violate.
I’m lucky because the most dangerous thing that could happen to me is that someone will say something mean on a computer screen miles away, and so I feel like if that’s all that I’m facing, then why would I not use my platform to talk about things?
What is the use in being a celebrity if you can’t use the platform to help?
Not every brand needs to be on every social platform. Brands should have a very strategic objective, whether it’s marketing or commercial. The biggest mistake a brand can make is to be on a social platform without a plan or the resources to manage it.
When we launched If WeRanTheWorld, I said to my team, I want us to innovate in every aspect of how we design and operate this as a business venture, as much as the web platform itself – because I want us to design our own startup around the working lives that we would all like to live. Women and men alike.
In real life, I’m a large character, and I need the space and platform to be large.
You have to remember that when you’re in the NHL, you have the platform, and you’ll never have a bigger platform than when you’re playing.
If you can’t stop singing as you walk through the halls of your house, or you love performing in your local talent show, YouTube is such a good platform to share that side of you. It’s a place for people who have passions, and the audience is people who appreciate those passions.
Come out and say it, Zuckerberg – ‘Our platform that influences billions of people is being used to propagandize left-wing viewpoints.’
As soon as I left Georgia, my narrative became about taking risks and the fight for creative bedroom artists with no platform.
Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
Tennis players are very fortunate that unlike some disciplines of sport, in mega-sporting events like the Grand Slams, they have a huge platform to showcase their talents on the world stage once every few months.
The women’s national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions of young women play soccer in this country, and it’s empowering for them to see that our contribution to the game is valued.
Everyone’s path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. ‘The X Factor’ gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
I would love nothing more than me and my family getting green cards, going to L.A. for a year, sitting down with the big Hollywood studios and coming up with the most advanced and awesome Internet distribution platform for movies. It would make Hollywood more money than cinemas, DVDs, and everything else combined.
Bernie Sanders is making a big and potentially dangerous mistake with his continuing insistence on changes to the Democratic Party’s rules and platform. I should know. As chairman of Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, I understand too well where such ideological stubbornness can lead.
Being an online platform, we ran into challenges with Cuba’s lack of Internet accessibility. We were able to work around that by creating a program unique to Cuba where many local hosts are working with hosting partners who have Internet access and can help them manage their Airbnb requests and bookings.
If I could police every other social platform in the world, I would.
I had never thought of hosting, but a really good friend of mine said, ‘This is the most empowered platform to speak to young people about the issues that you care about, which is why you’re in this in the first place.’ So I was like, ‘Yeah, no, it makes perfect sense.’ And so that’s what I started doing.
When I was sworn in, we had Republican-sponsored climate-change bills all over the place. You had John McCain running for President in 2008 on a strong climate platform. You could see American democracy actually starting to work at solving a difficult problem.
We’ve had a relationship with Microsoft for a while. It’s bigger than just Xbox – we use Azure for some of our cloud stuff. PC Windows is a very big platform for us as well.
Obviously to be on this team, to be able to represent my country and have the platform that I do, I’m incredibly grateful for it.
Anything you want to know, you go to Quora and get it. And at the same time, give people a platform that is easy to use for sharing the knowledge.
The Tae-Bo guy has a good body on him. I believe in evolution as far as lifting and training and building muscle. I was doing functional movement before CrossFit was ever a thing. I was playing football, doing platform lifts, all kinds of wacky kettle-bell stuff before kettle bells were kettle bells.
You have to have a unique product that Amazon just can’t source. It’s all about the product. Why is it important? Why is it different? Amazon are not merchants. They are technology platform guys.
I always have believed in the value of the diversity and resilience and just, really, the different skill sets that our community has. But we’ve never been able to find the right platform and find the right environment for us as a community – for us as a professional community.
