Sentence examples for an earlier player from inspiring English sources

However, 9flats is also being refreshingly candid about the market dynamics of the holiday rentals "sharing economy", of which the startup was an earlier player.

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"Discovery has been an early player in staking out a land grab overseas," he said.

If a state wants to be an early player in the nominating process, he said, so be it.

"I'm amazed that it took off like it has," said Mike Teague, an early player from Vancouver, Wash.

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"A couple of years ago there weren't many people investing here," says Mike Volpi of Index Ventures, an early player in the SDN field.

Microsoft had been an early player in smartphones with Windows Mobile, software that ran on devices made by Samsung, Motorola and others.

Felix, the New York brokerage firm, was an early player in the trading of shares of private companies, raising capital from clients to invest in "Facebook funds" or "Twitter funds".

To Fred Wilson of Flatiron Partners -- which was an early player in Silicon Alley, having been formed way back in 1996 -- this surge in investment at ever higher values is a sign that there is in fact too much venture capital in New York.

Starting this month, Nextel will be an early player in high-speed data transmission.