Sentences with phrase «get it off the ground in»

Unlike in past years, says Stewart, most were just getting off the ground in 2005, with baseline revenues that barely surpassed the minimum requirement of $ 50,000.

«Blockchain Capital is the premiere fund for any project looking to get off the ground in the blockchain space.

So you need an additional premise that god will smile only one those who truly believe AND those that pretend that they do for the sake of winning a wager for this thing to get off the ground in the first place.

There has not been enough support for English regional parliaments to get them off the ground in the past, for example.

But a cap on school and local property taxes is unlikely to get off the ground in the Assembly, where a critical mass of lawmakers hails from New York City — and where property taxes aren't the overwhelming issue that they are in the suburbs.

The governorship campaigns got off ground in Edo State today for the September 10 poll as the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party leaders exchanged words over the coming poll.

Some patient advocates and marijuana industry officials have said that limiting the drug to oil - based forms will cripple a marijuana industry before it has a chance to get off the ground in New York, because oil - based forms are more difficult and costly to produce on their own.

The company got off the ground in 2012 and has since gone international.

Meetattheairport.com got off the ground in May 2011 and has about 20,000 members, according to Pasternack, who got the idea while stranded at Miami Airport.

A show that seems to try and be a combination of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, all wrapped up in what for me, was a rather boring mash up that failed to get off the ground in any meaningful way.

Let's hope it's what the Wii U needs to get it off the ground in Japan — and hopefully that success will help drive it to better performance internationally, too.

To Campbell's credit, the film has some impressive action sequences, but it's ultimately the flimsy and derivative story by Robert King, screenwriter for such flops as CUTTHROAT ISLAND and RED CORNER, that handcuffs Campbell with material that could never get off the ground in the first place.

It doesn't feel like a cohesive piece, so while it's at times charming, and does get off the ground in the last act, the getting there is extremely bumpy.

After getting off the ground in 2009, Sleigh Bells released three blistering records in four years.

Wesley Snipes reveals director John Singleton's idea for a Black Panther movie that never got off the ground in the 1990s.

Charters weren't an entirely new idea, but they had never really gotten off the ground in New York City.

So, while School Governance Councils were just getting off the ground in Windham, the State sent in Steven Adamowski.

You'll tie your expertise into a breaking news event, and your book promotion campaign will get off the ground in a way that you simply can't plan, because you can't predict which news hooks will offer themselves up to you.

Of course, Findependence also makes it more likely that you can go out on your own as a consultant, freelance writer or speaker or entrepreneur: as with No. 1, you've established a steady stream of income that will be coming in whether or not your cultural or entrepreneurial ventures get off the ground in a reasonable amount of time.

Abigail Kamleiter, director of the No Kill South Carolina initiative, said the statewide effort got off the ground in the last year and a half and that she's been pleased by the reception she received while visiting nearly every animal shelter, about 80, in the state.

Target never got off the ground in Canada, and from day one, had constant supply issues....

She spent many hours as a teenager being mentored by Artist in the Torpedo Factory Art Center and helped all she could to get it off the ground in 1974.

Ultimately, however, it is people and the human touch, that get deals over the line, and get them off the ground in the first place.

Why don't such dealbreakers prevent relationships from getting off the ground in the first place?

Not exact matches

JM: It's mainly been that we look at our userbase, we look at where they have the most friends, and that's mainly the function of what cities we're in, just because it's really about the social connections, so when we go to a city that has a lot of friends who are already using Hinge, it makes it a lot easier for us to get off the ground.

FiberTower, a small company acquired by AT&T (t) in February, spent a decade trying to get off the ground until it filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and had many of its licenses stripped by the FCC.

In addition, the company is building out its index suite and working on getting its ETF off the ground.

But when he got the idea to start making Greek yogurt in the U.S., the company fixed the factory up and ran with it, and Ulukaya said he practially lived in the plant for five years to get Chobani off the ground.

Wholesale TV providers will need cheaper wholesale internet rates in order to get IPTV services off the ground.

In his new book Smart People Should Build Things, the founder of Venture of America Andrew Yang offers up advice on how aspiring entrepreneurs can begin getting their startup dream off the ground.

After serving in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Andrew Weins applied his military mindset to getting his business off the ground.

«Crowdfunding sites have played a huge role in helping producers figure out what can work,» says Dan Imrie - Situnayake, who runs Tiny Farms, an Oakland, Calif., consulting firm that helps insect producers get off the ground.

Entrepreneurs in 2016 are fortunate to have an array of cheap (or free), web - based tools that are designed to help get startups off the ground.

The NASA deal is the latest in a series of partnerships Uber has struck to get UberAir — which is what the new service is called — off the ground.

He said its co-founders had a fair amount of luck in getting the company off the ground, stumbling unexpectedly into filling a common need.

It's like trying to fly a plane that's missing a few parts: it might get you off the ground, but how long can that aircraft sustain flight when you don't have everything you need to keep it in the air?

Hall says it cost about $ 500 in all to get BBQ Backyard off the ground.

«From the start, there was so much energy and buzz in the room that I knew we were really onto something, and after three or four workshops, I quit my job to get Ladies Learning Code off the ground.

If you really don't want to learn how to code and would rather focus on getting the business off the ground, look for a team or a development partner that has experience in working with first - time non-technical entrepreneurs.

Now whether or not this project actually gets off the ground is not the point at this stage in my view.

Deluce has friends in high places: the former CEO of the Port Authority who helped him get Porter off the ground, Lisa Raitt, is now the federal minister of transport.

Suddenly, I'm living in the old folks home, trying to do something like god knows what, to get something off the ground, not having any idea what we were doing.»

The Red Ants grant, she explains, was «the kick in the pants we needed to get off the ground.»

Although it took four months for them to get approved for the loan, the funding was crucial in helping the founders get their business off the ground last August, especially because friends, family, banks, community lenders and angel investors had all turned them down.

As well as money to get your company off the ground, they will provide you with access to qualified business mentors with a high level of knowledge in their industries.

Meltdown in the Desert teaches new entrepreneurs how to get off the ground.

By being aware of the opportunities right in front you - sometimes in the most unexpected places — you'll find the exact thing you need to get your business off the ground.

So how to explain the seemingly confounding detail that when MAD decided to crack the conspicuously high - rise New York City market in 2009, it never got off the ground floor.

In fact, here are three tips to get an employee volunteer program (EVP) off the ground, so your startup can grow its impact right away and make a culture of service part of its DNA.

It offered some suggestions, saying executives and business owners have said they are afraid to expand because electricity in Canada is too expensive, big energy projects are too slow to get off the ground, the future of present and future trade agreements is iffy, and the U.S. election is too frightening.