Three years ago, a group of Toronto underground dance music veterans came together for a series of winter events that tackled that issue with a simple solution: throw parties in the daytime instead.
"We tackled that head on and dealt with it but it seems we couldn't get over it".
Google is tackling that opportunity with mobile search obviously, but also with Android, which comes with Google search built-in as the default.
Y Combinator-backed SmartHires (not to be confused with the recruiting site SmartHire or job search site Smart Hires) tackles that challenge with the creation of a startup referral network for strong job candidates.
Coates tackles that subject with both love and dread.
"The problem is structural: lack of competitiveness," he says.The government has tried to tackle that, but with piecemeal measures.
"The questions are: Just how do you tackle that market with the various governmental or regulatory obstacles?
The Air Force Institute of Technology is now trying to tackle that problem with an antenna able to recognize and ignore multipath GPS signals.
Israeli startup Anagog is trying to tackle that problem with real-time crowdsourced data.
Attia's tackling that problem with Slice, which will offer insurance for on-demand workers and providers, starting with rideshare drivers and then homeshare hosts.
For now, Apple continues to tackle that segment with older versions of the iPhone, which cycle down to become the "low-end" devices in that range.
