Sentences with phrase «as a backer of»

The lawsuit put Ovitz in an awkward position as the backer of the very thing that many in his professional circle were trying to sue out of existence.

Any god, vitally believed in at any time, is conceived as the backer of man's necessary enterprises.

Evidence of the vigor and enthusiasm the third league evokes was detectable in the people who stepped forward last week as backers of the Continental.

Clinton's camp pointed to her long record in the U.S. Senate as a backer of bills to raise the minimum wage nationally.

Unite boss Len McCluskey has suggested that MI5 could be posing as backers of Jeremy Corbyn to harass rebel Labour MPs online.

Ms. DeVos entered educational advocacy primarily as a backer of statewide voucher programs, which was considered a «fringe idea» until her family pushed it to the front and center of the Republican Party.

As a backer of various kickstarter projects, it's important to remember that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

As a backer of the project, I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the finished game, and finally experiencing Amplitude for myself after all of these years!

As a backer of our campaign, you'll get access to all sorts of behind the scenes extras.

As a backer of this project I really appreciate your guys common sense to go fot the ultimate goal in the end!

This is something however that we as the backers of projects on Kickstarter must realize, we are not guaranteed anything this is a risk we take to hopefully make a mutual dream come true.

As a backer of this project, you can help us replenish the thousands of art objects we will be giving away for free over the course of five months.

Whether it will be as a backer of an ICO or, in the case of post-ICO companies, by purchasing coins, another kind of crypto - based investment or simply equity - based deals.

More than 3 million bitcoin wallets have been created on Blockchain.info at present, as the backers of the popular cryptocurrency continue to rely on the world's largest bitcoin wallet provider.

It was a week of major developments in the cryptocurrency market, as backers of Segwit2x aborted their mission and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) surged to record highs...

Very few investment communities are as confident about their long - term prospects as the backers of bitcoin, according to a recent survey conducted by LendEDU.

Not exact matches

At the lowest levels, the campaign offered backers exclusive access to Ries's new book, «The Leader's Guide,» as well as a copy of Riese's next non-exclusive book.

Grepper's Kickstarter failure the first time worked to his benefit, as he was able to launch his second campaign with support from his initial group of backers.

It didn't take long to realize that given the volume of orders, and the complexity involved in co-ordinating the shipment of components, that the company would not be able to ship by September, as it had promised Kickstarter backers.

As one of the backers of Fed Up, a documentary about our growing addiction to sweet, processed foods, she's taken a stand on sugar (in her stores, she's banned treats from the checkout aisle).

Milrad said he saw the populist rhetoric as a sign that Clinton «has been listening» to backers such as himself who want her to embrace some of the economic policies pushed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a hero of liberal Democrats.

Since his identity as Hogan's backer was revealed, Thiel's crusade against Gawker has been decried by a number of prominent journalists and defenders of a free press, who note that a billionaire bankrupting a media outlet as part of a personal vendetta raises serious questions about free speech.

As of late March 2018, he's shipped more than half the 4,500 bags his backers had ordered.

The transactions are structured so as to spare institutional backers of the ride - hailing firm the pain of marking down the value of their investments, while at the same time offering staff an exit well below what they may have been hoping for before the company was hit by a string of governance scandals.

For instance, there was an entrepreneur who was raising money for his coffee business and alongside his reward of coffee shipments, he offered backers the chance to be a «barista for a day» and have a coffee drink named after them, as well as a coffee tasting evening in his shop.

It also has the advantage of putting all backers into a single - purpose fund — a benefit for any entrepreneur needing to seek future funding as venture capitalists wouldn't have to manage multiple individuals who previously invested.

And as a direct consequence, your chances of being featured in the platform's newsletter (or on its homepage) are increased — which gets even more potential backers checking out your pitch.

While women typically face gender - discrimination or bias in traditional sources of funding like venture capital or banking, crowdfunding «enables and empowers far more female decision - makers — as project backers and «micro-VCs» — than within traditional finance,» the report argues.

Over the past year, Trump and his backers have characterized reports that detailed communications between Trump campaign associates and Russians before the election as evidence of illegal wiretapping.

The defendants portrayed the bribes as an accepted part of the NCAA, according to an undercover agent pretending to be a financial backer for two defendants» sports - management business.

One of the gold prospecting's most outspoken backers was Peter Binz, the mayor of the valley, who works as an executive with PricewaterhouseCoopers in distant Zurich.

Be smart and choose an equity crowdfunding platform that makes a large group of investors appear as a single investor so you won't have to deal with the hassle of communicating with backers on an individual basis.

Many of the companies using crowdfunding today are actually organizations with their own substantial PR and marketing budgets — as well as a full back - office support staff of internal PR people, marketing experts and financial backers fueling and helping their campaign.

Winklevoss Capital is being sued, Page Six has exclusively learned, for allegedly backing out of a deal to buy stock from an investor in Silicon Valley marijuana delivery app Eaze — dubbed the «Uber for weed» with backers such as pot - loving rapper Snoop Dogg.

Backers of the SALT deduction pledged to keep up the fight as the tax reform legislation is devised in the House and Senate committees.

So when the data came in as non-inferior, GSK backers let out a sigh of relief and drove up the pharma giant's shares 2.25 % Tuesday morning.

Their ambivalence was not a function of trade skepticism — the Liberals emerged as enthusiastic backers of the trade deal between Canada and the European Union — but rather stems from the recognition that Canadian interests in the TPP were largely defensive in nature.

The investment round also involved Alium Capital, which was also revealed today as a backer for Nitro's $ US15 million series C, with Go Capital, Carsales.com.au founder Greg Roebuck and the founders of e-commerce outfit Lux Group chipping in.

As part of this campaign, I will develop a backer - only community where you can share your experiences, meet and learn from other backers, and interact with me and our entire team during the writing and research process of my next book.

He was one of the earliest backers of the president's political ambitions, and during the 2016 campaign served as a prominent adviser and spokesman, despite disagreements with others on the campaign.

«They're running scared,» said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the main backer of Prop 61, also known as «the California Drug Price Relief Act.»

Most notably, it's become a fierce backer of women's empowerment, which Sullivan sees as the key to development.

Its Silicon Valley venture capital backers saw it as a game - changer for real estate, and envisioned themselves picking off $ 250 million a year out of a potential $ 25 billion market: insurance policies that would protect the nation's homeowners from one of their deepest fears — further losses in their equity.

Long chided by analysts for its insular nature, the seven - member board included Koogle, Mallett, and Yang, as well as backers Moritz and Eric Hippeau of Softbank.

Backers of the petro could be viewed as extending a line of credit to the Venezuelan government, said a spokesperson who went on to state, «The Venezuelan petro currency could therefore expose US persons to legal risk.»

Then, Thiel emerged as the secret financial backer of a controversial lawsuit by wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media over a sex tape and took a victory lap for his successful attack and crowed that it was philanthropic.

Additionally, as an early backer you will have the earliest access to the company and a greater impact on the direction of Misty II and future products.

He also the primary backer of Macklowe Properties» $ 585 million acquisition of 1 Wall Street, as well as an investor in 432 Park Avenue «s retail condo.

In addition to GAC, a state - affiliated car maker, Uber China's backers now include the HNA Group, a major travel and logistics company (best known in China as the owner of Hainan Airlines, the country's largest privately - owned airline); China Taiping Insurance, a Hong Kong - listed insurance company; China Life, another insurance company; and CITIC Securities, an investment bank part of the state - backed CITIC Group.

Some of the biggest developers in New York are funded by capital from the wealthy Gulf states — United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — but these backers, unlike those from countries such as Canada and Norway, prefer staying behind the curtain.