Sentences with phrase «giving small raises»

I wouldn't actually turn down a raise (never actually met anyone who did), but don't jump onto this «great» new idea of giving small raises four times a year.

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It conducts due diligence on startups and then, if approved, helps raise capital from angel investors via its SEC - approved online platform, giving angel investors the ability to invest small amounts of capital to crowdfund a startup.

Given that these rules will then require 60 days to be published in the federal register and become law, it appears likely that the earliest date small businesses will be able to utilize these JOBS Act provisions to raise capital will be the beginning of 2016.

Title IV, or «Regulation A +,» holds even more excitement for some, given that it will allow a small or emerging business to raise up to $ 50,000,000 in capital from «the crowd» through a relatively inexpensive form of a public offering.

«There is a great deal of enthusiasm in the marketplace for crowdfunding, and I believe these rules and proposed amendments provide smaller companies with innovative ways to raise capital and give investors the protections they need,» said SEC Chair Mary Jo White.

Startups are constantly tackling problems, big and small — determining product - market fit, developing traction and early adopters, hiring the right talent, raising money (and figuring out how to spend that money)-- but the key is figuring out which ones matter most to the company's leaders at any given point in time.

Crowdfunding Investment is similar to other crowdfuning initiatives, like Kickstarter, but rather than just raising money, equity crowdfunding would give investors shares in the small businesses they invest in.

Policymakers in New Zealand are the latest to give their blessing to the concept of allowing small firms to raise funds from ordinary retail investors via equity crowdfunding.

Even as the Fed has sought to give much clearer signals about its intentions to raise base rates, the performance of US risk assets has continued to improve, suggesting that markets are comfortable with the prospect of a small rise in base rates in December.

Crowdfunding sites give you — the entrepreneur or small business — a means to raise funds for your project.

In this white paper, we examined the impact of ASX Listing Rule 7.1 A, which went into effect in August 2012 and gave mid to small cap companies the ability to raise additional equity capital.

Reg CF gives startups and small businesses an unprecedented way to raise capital.

Working the refs and griping about perceived slights are age - old tactics, but Burke raised the stakes when he said his small - market Canadian team had not been given a «level playing field,» implying a bias toward the Red Wings, one of the NHL's marquee clubs.

It's simultaneously raising a huge alarm about how important but minimized school lunch is, and giving you the ammunition and morale to start making good changes on small and bigger scales.

Sanders raises the vast majority of his money online in small increments, which gives the campaign the ability to return to donors to ask for additional contributions.

In the last six months, Mr. Adams raised over $ 215,000 from 1,168 donors, with the vast majority of them coming from smaller contributors who are far from the legal limit and could give additional amounts in the future.

Antonacci has to convince 2,000 people to donate small amounts of money to his campaign by September 10, and raise $ 200,000 from them, in order to qualify for a grant that will give him six times the amount of money he raises by that date.

Antonacci has to convince 2000 people to donate small amounts of money to his campaign, by September 10th, and raise $ 200,000 from them, in order to qualify for a grant that will give him six times the amount of money that he raises by that date.

A source close to the IDC dismissed the complaints from the Assembly as coming from «a small group of malcontents who are kind of upset that we got credit for «raise the age» — and the governor gave us the credit.»

Cuomo on Sunday unveiled an anti-poverty plan that would raise the state minimum wage, cut taxes for small businesses, give college graduates a respite from paying back school loans and pump millions into the state's emergency food programs.

Mr. Cuomo, a prodigious fund - raiser who has long preferred collecting fewer big checks to cultivating a small - donor base, raised only 0.2 percent of his money from donors who gave less than $ 200.

The filing is a big haul for a mayor who has spent the last six months, and longer, under the cloud of state and federal investigations into his fundraising efforts, and who had pledged this spring to follow the example set by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who raised the majority of his presidential campaign's funds from donors giving small amounts.

Cuomo's small - dollar donors are relatively few, especially when compared to his GOP opponent: Only 1,257 donors have given under $ 100, or less than a full percentage point of his overall cash raised.

Despite vowing to finance his own campaign, the real estate showman raised $ 3.9 million — 71 of which came from small donors — and only gave $ 100,000 to his campaign from his own pocket in in - kind contributions.

Long a talented fund - raiser, Ms. Gillibrand has cultivated a flourishing network of small donors, raising nearly $ 3 million in the first three quarters of 2017 from people who gave less than $ 200, more than she had in the previous eight years combined from such donors.

He made the New York City Campaign Finance Board's list of Top Ten Candidates Ranked by Small Contributions Raised from NYC Residents for having 144 donors who gave $ 175 or less raising $ 7,595 from small donors, which made up 55.7 percent of his overall contributSmall Contributions Raised from NYC Residents for having 144 donors who gave $ 175 or less raising $ 7,595 from small donors, which made up 55.7 percent of his overall contributsmall donors, which made up 55.7 percent of his overall contributions.

Their small size gives them unique optical, electrical, and chemical properties, raising concerns that they might have unforeseen effects in the body.

This book is written by a doctor and gives age - old advice for parents on how to raise a healthy child without sweating the small stuff, and how to know when something isn't the small stuff....

Though nothing, concerning diet program, is prohibited, however in the event you raise your exercise regimen, keep the size small and do give into the temptation.

Stitch Fix's success is fairly remarkable, given the relatively small amount of money it has raised from equity capital: just $ 42.5 million from Silicon Valley venture firms including Lightspeed and Benchmark.

This kind of works at first; the small areas are more conductive to the tight, combo - based nature of the gameplay — every «naughty» act gives you points and raises your combo, and chaining your behaviour into one long spree of mayhem is the key to the elusive in - game Platinum trophy.

Everyone tries to give some positive energy ~ to do some small actthat raises the enthusiam at your school ~ makes someone else feel good.

Teacher will give students examples of experiments and students will work together in small teams and raise their Independent / Dependent cards to identify the correct variables.

One way to raise money is to crowd fund — asking people from all over the world to support small parts of the makerspace to give students some of materials they'll need for their projects.

If teachers unions find the new technologies demeaning or threatening, perhaps they will finally get serious about working to raise teacher pay, compensate high performers accordingly, and give up their small classes in return.

I wanted to belatedly thank our fantastic government for giving us such a small Social Security raise for 2018.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow autGiven all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow autgiven away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Their mothers lived together, carrying on their intoxicated party lifestyle until Cass, the narrator's mother, decided to give it all up when the girls were young and raise her daughter soberly, making a small living as a fortune - telling witch and taking in Aurora whenever the teen's home got out of hand.

It is interesting to see the opportunity that e-books have given small time authors but also the additional concerns it raises.

The ProFunds line, which is what we include in the SR universe, had raised their minimum investment amount to $ 15,000 — a potential problem for smaller accounts, given that SMI has recommended limiting the SR allocation to not more than 20 % of the stock portion of a reader's portfolio.

The community was ranked No. 1 in MoneySense's Best Small City to Live in Canada in 2016 and the Best City to Live in 2014, and was given the title of Best Place to Raise Kids by Today's Parent in 2011.

Now they must choose: Pay $ 2,500 or more on a small rental unit that may give them enough space to raise a small family, or move out of the downtown core, into a not - so - walkable, not - so - close - knit community in an inner suburban area or even further out.

Arkady was said to have been trying to get some placing shares in the last fund raise but was too late getting the paperwork in as it was oversubscribed.Roman Abramovich gave an interview to i think a dubai newspaper in early jan where he stated he is actively seeking new oil and gas assets in siberia and he also mentioned the new proposed changes to the mineral extraction tax.So putting two and two together he must think the smaller companies in the region are prime for picking off some assets or take over.

Then you are moving the balance (remains the same) but and the new card gives you more credit to raise your overall available credit, thus making your actual balance a smaller percentage of available credit.

These small, inexpensive parrots are the first and best choice for any new bird owner who wants a pet that is tame, which is a given with hand - raised cockatiels.

Laddie — Laddie's owner had to give him up after raising him from a small puppy due to a fall and requiring hospitalization.

There are several raised beds for doggies on the market nowadays to help keep your dog warm, or, if you really want to spoil your dog, give him the luxury of a small couch, just for his enjoyment.

It's only a small dent, given there are thousands of dog farms in South Korea, some with 1,000 dogs or more, all being raised to be sold for their meat.They are commonly abused and neglected and spend their lives in crates before being sold to markets, where things get even crueler.

Based on a simple cube, each unit gives small pets 10 cubic feet of living space (with an optional raised loft for cats).

He gets along well with other dogs when raised with them and will give smaller outdoor animals a run for their money.