Sentences with phrase «as an angel in»

«When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.»

Jesus» picture of the consummation of mankind's life is thus freed from popular trappings of materialism and nationalism, and the Messianic age itself becomes so spiritual that those who attain to it are conceived «as angels in heaven.»

we do not want to live as angels in ether, our bodies are us, us; and our craving for immortality is... not for transformation into a life beyond imagining but for our ordinary life, the mundane life we so driftingly and numbly live, to go on forever and forever.

The wonder, in the instance of Nights in Rodanthe, is that the project attracted no less a director than George C. Wolfe, Broadway genius responsible for such theatrical successes as Angels in America and Topdog / Underdog.

Jon Hamm will soon descend from the heavens as an angel in Good Omens, but he will also be heading skywards once again — this time into outer space.

Not exact matches

You might recall his regrettable taste in romantic companions (a Hells Angels associate), his habit of leaving sensitive documents in random locations (said associate's home) and his talent for saying foolish things (such as calling for the ouster of an Afghan governor).

He adds, «If your excuse for not getting started as an angel is you don't think you know what you're doing — congratulations, you're in good company.

Despite the slow start, the team managed to cobble together $ 720,000 in seed funding from angel investors including Naval Ravikant, CEO and founder of the startup network AngelList, and investment firms such as Pantera Capital and Shanghai's Fenbushi Capital.

As angel investor and tech - company founder Tim Berry wrote on Entrepreneur, «You can probably cover everything you need to convey in 20 to 30 pages of text plus another 10 pages of appendices for monthly projections, management resumes and other details.

«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang says.

He's a corporate keynote speaker, and sits on several company boards and advisory boards, as well as an angel investor in multiple companies including Daily Worth and Namely.

An angel investor in roughly 75 startups, including Square and Pinterest, Lanman previously founded recommendation app Livestar and spent nine years as a corporate strategy executive at Microsoft.

By late last year, people — investors, angels, venture capital firms — were all overpaying for growth in technology startups and stocks, just as they had been 14 years earlier at the height of the last bubble.

In addition to the difficulty that many potential business owners face in accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use of on - reserve assets as collateral, lack of local financial institutions to work with, and lack of access to angel investment or venture capitaIn addition to the difficulty that many potential business owners face in accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use of on - reserve assets as collateral, lack of local financial institutions to work with, and lack of access to angel investment or venture capitain accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use of on - reserve assets as collateral, lack of local financial institutions to work with, and lack of access to angel investment or venture capital.

Angels and venture capitalists are often tapped to serve as mentors to businesses in the accelerators.

Even so, there is more venture for women, and the women's entrepreneurial ecosystem is gaining traction, as angel investor Kelly Hoey points out in Inc..

In many countries where you'd think the opportunity would be good (in Europe, for instance), entrepreneurs have found that the infrastructure wasn't as well developed and clear as it is in the U.S.. For example, angel networks aren't as well organized or even that easy to find, and venture capital firms are almost nonexistenIn many countries where you'd think the opportunity would be good (in Europe, for instance), entrepreneurs have found that the infrastructure wasn't as well developed and clear as it is in the U.S.. For example, angel networks aren't as well organized or even that easy to find, and venture capital firms are almost nonexistenin Europe, for instance), entrepreneurs have found that the infrastructure wasn't as well developed and clear as it is in the U.S.. For example, angel networks aren't as well organized or even that easy to find, and venture capital firms are almost nonexistenin the U.S.. For example, angel networks aren't as well organized or even that easy to find, and venture capital firms are almost nonexistent.

Backed by organizations such as Winrock International, a global nonprofit focused on economic opportunities for the disadvantaged, the Northwest Arkansas Entrepreneurship Alliance runs The Iceberg co-working facility in downtown Fayetteville and Gravity Ventures, an angel investment fund operating in Arkansas and Indiana.

The former Vice President of Growth for Mobile & International at Facebook, Palihapitiya was an angel investor even before leaving, with money in companies such as Palantir and the Disney - acquired Playdom.

Start by attending as many events as possible, business clubs, angel investor meet - ups, chamber of commerce events, and any event someone might be interested in your business.

In the TIME magazine article, Bill Gates cites Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature as the one book that has most influenced his philanthropy.

In a fascinating post on The Conversation blog, Maynard makes an argument that won't surprise anyone who has read any fictional account of human's interplanetary future — colonizing other planets probably won't bring out the better angels of our nature, and any attempt to put people on Mars will require overcoming serious social and political problems, such as:

Digitalundivided's FOCUS Fellow accelerator / incubator program has so far helped black and Latina founders raise more than $ 13 million in angel and venture financing, boosting to prominence a range of companies such as online design marketplace Zuvaa, food supply - chain data provider FoodTrace and postpartum - care developer Mahmee.

In my role as an angel investor in startups, almost every pitch I see highlights some real innovation in technology, business model, or market opportunitIn my role as an angel investor in startups, almost every pitch I see highlights some real innovation in technology, business model, or market opportunitin startups, almost every pitch I see highlights some real innovation in technology, business model, or market opportunitin technology, business model, or market opportunity.

With a small stock market where institutional investors have been in short supply since the nationalisation of pension funds in 2008, and few angel investors or venture capital funds, the traditional source of seed capital is what is known as FFF: friends, family and fools.

In fact, Harvard Business Review suggests that crowdfunding and angel investors are starting to supplant venture capital as the primary source of funding for startups.

«The pro is that angel investing has grown in recent years, especially as many VCs want to invest larger sums,» she says.

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Greene founded VMware and is known as a major angel investor in the Valley.

Paula Robinson is being hailed as the «angel of Manchester» after she led 50 kids to safety at a nearby Holiday Inn in the chaotic aftermath of the attack.

Instead, structure the investment as convertible debt: a loan that gets swapped for equity in the next big round of financing, says David Cohen, a venture capital investor and CEO of TechStars, a Boulder, Colorado - based angel fund.

In interviews two months later, Jon, 32, and James, 29, exuded a boyish joyfulness that made it seem as though lining up a killer pack of angels were as easy as arranging a squadron of toy soldiers.

The dolls are known as «Luk Thep», or «Child Angels», and have become increasingly sought - after in Thailand.

Participants in the latest round include Allegis Capital, a venture capital firm, which led the raise, as well as Blackstone Group (BX), the private equity firm, and angel investor Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of sales - tool giant Salesforce (CRM).

Angels of any size are usually not as capable or interested in multiple rounds of investment, leaving good startups that are not superstars stranded without funding after an initial round or two.

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research.

In «The Better Angels of Our Nature,» Pinker categorized «five inner demons» as psychological systems that can be triggered to release aggression, along with «four better angels» as motives that can bring humans toward cooperation and altAngels of Our Nature,» Pinker categorized «five inner demons» as psychological systems that can be triggered to release aggression, along with «four better angels» as motives that can bring humans toward cooperation and altangels» as motives that can bring humans toward cooperation and altruism.

In other cases, the financing sources might get layered in one after another, as is the case when an angel investor can use his or her own network of contacts to quickly bring in a banker or other financing institutioIn other cases, the financing sources might get layered in one after another, as is the case when an angel investor can use his or her own network of contacts to quickly bring in a banker or other financing institutioin one after another, as is the case when an angel investor can use his or her own network of contacts to quickly bring in a banker or other financing institutioin a banker or other financing institution.

I'd been investing since 2007 as an angel, so I've been investing full - time for seven years, only now it's in a different way.

YCombinator, Techstars, et al, have been described as incubators but in reality they are the new «Lean Angels.»

A second source also familiar with the secure phone industry told Motherboard that the devices have been sold in Mexico, Cuba, and Venezuela, as well as to the Hells Angels gang.

«When things are going sideways, as they can in a long product march, you have to celebrate and memorialize the small victories,» said serial entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Calacanis.

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This type of equity investor differs from angel investors and other equity investors as the firms are primarily interested in high - value opportunities (think millions of dollars rather than thousands or tens of thousands of dollars).

He actively invests in technology startups across the world as an angel investor, is a member of Galata Business Angels and shares his entrepreneurial experiences and forward - looking views on technology in organizations such as MIT Sloan School, Stanford GSB and TEDx.

The founding partners of the new Seattle - based venture firm Flying Fish met as angel investors deploying capital in the talent - heavy, cash - light region around Amazon and Microsoft's corporate headquarters.

If Angel List Advisors identifies and approves ofboth a Portfolio Company and an angel investor (referred to hereinafter as a «Lead Angel»), then AngelList Advisors will form a separate investment vehicle («Investment Vehicle») for the sole purpose ofinvesting in that Portfolio Company.

As an angel investor, he has invested in startups like Square (SQ), Docker, AngelList and Uber.

Pay the mortgage on a $ 10m mansion as well as a $ 5m summer place in the Hamptons, put four kids through Ivy League colleges, fly first class anywhere you'd like, make half a dozen angel investments at $ 250K each, eat out every night at three star restaurants, vacation on the Riviera, and have a full - time cook, butler, nanny and chauffeur.

«As a big fund, they did not want any angels investing alongside them or people who had already committed to invest in BHIVE Workspace in the fresh round,» he said.