Sentences with phrase «get off the ground at»

If the machines could get off the ground at all, the recipients said, they'd hop and crash right into a wall, barely capturing some terrible footage along the way.

College football was just getting off the ground at the University of Texas and Texas A&M.

But election reforms are incredibly difficult to get off the ground at the Capitol.

King Cobra, based on the true story of gay porn star Brent Corrigan and his ill - fated director's death, finally got off the ground at the urging of James Franco.

Today the first phase of their pilot project is finally getting off the ground at the Los Angeles Public Library.

Yet its focused use of real physics means that you'll find yourself following NASA in building multi-stage rockets, space stations and exploring the Kerbal's strange universe on EVAs, before bringing your discoveries back to research on the Kerbal planet - that's if you can get off the ground at all.

«We were able to get off the ground at a time when the market was at its apex.

Not exact matches

«Without help at the Scottish end, which this program will provide, it is very hard to get anything off the ground,» he said.

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.

The program, Woman Entrepreneurs NYC (WE NYC), will roll out over the next three years and is targeted at underserved women, who might otherwise struggle to find ways to get their businesses off the ground.

It was at that point that the duo realized that going forward they had to listen to themselves if the company was going to get off the ground.

There are still plenty of ways for it to fail once it gets off the ground — the structure could be torn apart by supersonic shockwaves or the side boosters may not separate, since that system has never been tested, for example — but at that point, SpaceX could probably launch another Falcon Heavy within a few months.

Michael Dickinson, commercialization and investment manager at Launchpad, said money from the European Regional Development Fund helped get the program off the ground.

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

There was, for example, Bell's attempt a while back at an iTunes competitor, or Rogers» effort to get video calling off the ground.

Ahlborn has stated he has more than 400 investors willing to buy into the project — and says the Hyperloop could potentially sell energy by producing more power than it needs — but even at the lowest possible estimate, it's unclear whether the project would be able to attract enough funding to get off the ground.

«At least 50 percent are entrepreneurs specifically trying to get a business off the ground,» says CEO Dave Girouard.

Most startups needs at least two or three hires to get off the ground, but finding those hires in the early stages of development is a challenge, to say the least.

It's more than often the direction you're pointed if you have an idea and talk to any old - school business person, corporate lifer or institutional banker — at least when it comes to getting your startup idea off the ground.

It's exactly what Michael Dell did to get his personal computer business off the ground from his dorm room at the University of Texas.

When your startup is just getting off the ground, leading large numbers of people isn't at the forefront of your mind — survival is.

Jeff Bezos Even though Amazon is so successful that American cities are actively bidding to host the ecommerce giant's second headquarters, at the beginning of the company's life, Bezos was met with a lot of questions about whether it could even get off the ground.

He spent 18 months at KitchenCru getting Jacobsen Salt Co., which sells locally harvested sea salt, off the ground.

Though McDonald's $ 50 million investment in Chipotle back in 1998 may have been instrumental in getting the burrito chain off the ground, Chipotle's founder, Steve Ells, always sought to keep the fast - food giant at a reasonable distance.

You have lots of free social media tools at your disposal if you're just getting started, but once your presence is off the ground and in flight, a social media partner isn't a bad idea.

Being fascinated with entrepreneurship, he was drawn to venture to work with companies not at their maturity but rather when the magic is happening — when they are just getting off the ground.

John Loughnane, MD, chief of innovation at Commonwealth Care Alliance, which uses voice technology systems from Orbita, advises healthcare organizations trying to figure out how to get voice assistants off the ground is to make them valuable.

If you're good at setting up your bots, you can make a living off it, but you've got to grind it out.

Clever packaging aside, Gennette and Shechtman — who met almost five years ago, when he was still Macy's chief merchandising officer and she was still getting Story off the ground — believe that product remains at the heart of what will make their new partnership work.

These are assumptions that we can not have arrived at by way of science itself since they are necessary to get science off the ground in the first place.

It feels like summer is just barely getting off the ground here in Portland, but I can happily say that I got my first (mild) sunburn of the year last weekend at the Portland International Beer Fest.

My brother tried putting off the dreaded outing and at my behest attempted to persuade the kid, who had never played, that the practice tee was the place to get a grounding in golf's evil ways.

As frustrating as it is at the moment — having toxic protests at the ground will change nothing — you would be better off shouting and chanting and getting behind the team.

I will sit on TV even it's Monday morning at 3 am when Game 4 tips off, hopefully they make their ground and get the W... AND 5 MORE YEARS, MANU!!!

I do nt know why im so disappointed i keep thinking every window he will do it splash big bring back the old days and especially this window with all the abuse he had got last season but no did nothing im the fool for getting my hopes up again you would think id learn by now, if we did pull off lemar and kept sanchez after buying lacazette and kolasanic id be delighted but keeping an unhappy sanchez isnt good hopefully some forgien club will come in for him in January but what happened at Liverpool was a disgrace i cant take any more its ruining my mood im depressed in disbelief at how stupid and soft centred we were making the exact same mistakes for 8 or 9 yrs ground hog day i cant cope we have leaked 8 goals in 3 games very worrying and the clown wont even play kolasanic i wanted wenger to spend big go out in a blaze of glory in 2 yrs time but this is embarrassing to me it looks like a money racket and we are the fools

Shezn warmed up at half time with no gloves on juggling balls he really takes the game serious Walcott swapped shirts at full time and when given stick by fans gestured that he isn't bothered I can't stand Ferguson or Maureen as people but as managers they struck fear into the TOP players, they know if they don't perform they get replaced Goroud miss at least 3 sitters 8 yards or closer, the Monaco fans were chanting his name after he went off, how low have we become The ground is so quiet even in big games we chant 1 - 2 songs usually Arsenal, Arsenal The stewards will throw out fans with winger out banners but allow away fans to incite hate in the ground and do nothing Yesterday was my worst visit to the stadium in yearsm treated like crap, players who don't even want to work hard or players below standard

The ground will now be once again full at every remaining match and WENGER WILL GET AN ENORMOUS SEND OFF AND TRIBUTE AT OUR FINAL GAMat every remaining match and WENGER WILL GET AN ENORMOUS SEND OFF AND TRIBUTE AT OUR FINAL GAMAT OUR FINAL GAME.

All three of our big rivals for the Premier League title have got off to the start we all hoped they wouldn't, so Jose Mourinho at Manchester United is looking as smug as possible and Antonio Conte is looking well suited to Chelsea while Pep Guardiola has hit the ground running at Man City.

He doesn't, gets a straight red for a needless reaction out of nothing, gets sent off and leaves the team a man light at the toughest away ground to visit in the league, moreover he misses the next 3 matches as a result while the guy he replaces is out with a chest infection.

Amit Basu informs me; «If using the Metrolink, away fans are better off taking the Altrincham - Bury route and getting off at Old Trafford station, by the cricket ground - just follow the crowds for the football.

KEY FACT: Watford have never won an opening day match in the Premier League MATCH ODDS: Watford 19/4 Draw 29/10 Liverpool 4/7 ANDY SAYS: I fancy Liverpool to get off to a flying start and could win convincingly — 1 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I like Marco Silva and think Watford will get something here for sure — 1 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Liverpool to win this, quite comfortable too — 0 - 2 LADBROKES PICK: Liverpool to win and both teams to score @ 12/5 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Andre Gray is currently at 73p and looks a real bargain if he can hit the ground running at his new club.

The Matthew Harding stand at Stamford Bridge is a great place to watch football, but with kick - off approaching it takes far too long to get in the ground.

The Portuguese needs to get the monkey off his back and what better way to do it than at a ground where he is arguably hated the most and against a manager he has historically had the beating of.

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There is plenty to keep Blues entertained prior to kick - off at 7.45 pm, so here's a rundown of what's going on around the ground... FANZONE With activity beginning at around 6 pm, the FanZone is the perfect place to get in the matchday mood.

You will also note there is a grassy area with sunbeds at the back of the baby pool that is also cordoned off — we learnt that this was due to an incident that happened a couple of weeks before — the ground had become very boggy and gave way and a little boy sunk into it again luckily he was o.k but it took a while to get him out — again they've cordoned this off but just be vigilant

«You're probably looking at a minimum of about $ 10 million just to get off the ground,» estimates Dan Garbez of Dao Health in El Dorado Hills, CA, which brought the Freemie, a pump with collection cups that can be worn discreetly under clothing, to market in 2013.

Together with my team at the office, I have been working on getting a Cloth Diaper Bank off the ground for months now... it's taken time to get everything off the ground and operational, but last week, we did our first official Share The Love ™ diaper distribution to families here in St. Louis.

Steve Castleton made a great point in our «Getting Your Online Campaign off the Ground» session at the Art of Political Campaigning last week — think of visitors to your website as impulse buyers and design accordingly.

Cenedella reportedly is willing to at least match that, and I've heard the number $ 15 million tossed around, which helps explain why the Gillibrand people are so intend on trying to kill his candidacy — or, at the very least, maim it — before it gets off the ground.