Sentences with phrase «minute pitch for»

Education funding advocates, including actress Cynthia Nixon, made a last - minute pitch for extra money for schools in the state budget.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren was in Albany yesterday, making a last - minute pitch for state assistance in the budget — including $ 100 million for a new arts center.

PHILADELPHIA — The arena wasn't quite full, and it was hours before that other New York City mayor was slated to speak, but Mayor Bill de Blasio made his seven - minute pitch for Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump with gusto.

Education funding advocates, including actress Cynthia Nixon, made a last minute pitch for extra money for schools in the state budget.

That's why the Mets made a big last - minute pitch for David Cone on the free - agent market this winter.

For the course ending Up - Start Competition, teams of students will present a 10 - minute pitch for a business idea they have and apply what they have learned from the course.

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That's the ultimate test for ambitious contestants on Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, a weekly streaming show that gives entrepreneurs one minute to pitch a panel of prominent invesPitch, a weekly streaming show that gives entrepreneurs one minute to pitch a panel of prominent invespitch a panel of prominent investors.

«All you're trying to do, whether it's a three - minute pitch or a six - or eight - minute presentation, is to whet the appetite for a follow - up and get an in - person meeting,» says Somak Chattopadhyay, principal at Greenhill SAVP, an early stage venture capital fund in New York, and a longtime Pace judge.

The contest teaches aspiring entrepreneurs to deliver a winning business pitch within minutes — an important skill even for seasoned business leaders.

I remember applying for every possible pitch competition, attending every startup event and chamber meeting, tracking down every high net worth individual I could find - anyone willing to listen to my 30 - second, 5 - minute and hour - long presentations.

Participants will also walk away with templates for a compelling pitch deck and a two minute elevator pitch, along with tips and tricks to optimize delivery.

After that they marched into another room and then we all stood in line for the media we had chosen to pitch them for 2.5 minutes each.

On April 8, hearts were pounding as Haskayne second - year students were given three minutes to pitch their concepts at the third annual RBC Fast Pitch Competition for a chance to win up to $ 100,000 in cash and in - kind services to pursue their new venture pitch their concepts at the third annual RBC Fast Pitch Competition for a chance to win up to $ 100,000 in cash and in - kind services to pursue their new venture Pitch Competition for a chance to win up to $ 100,000 in cash and in - kind services to pursue their new venture idea.

«You really need to be able to convey what you do in the first 30 to 60 seconds,» says Sanjay Parekh, a serial technology entrepreneur and founder of Startup Riot, a twice - yearly competition in Atlanta that gives contestants three minutes to pitch and compete for startup cash and initial investor meetings.

Investors don't look at pitch decks for very long — just an average of 3 minutes and 44 seconds.

I would tell you this is going to be an important part of the episode is that first 20 minutes because that's where I make the pitch on why this is important for people to understand.

Switchyards Downtown Club is gearing up for its monthly Thursday night takeover — The Consumer Show Each month at Switchyards Downtown Club, #theconsumershow highlights five startups, each of whom presents their business pitch for five minutes.

Join us Thursday, April 5th to hear from five B2C startups — each presenting their business pitch for five minutes.

If, after reviewing your application, we believe that your idea could be an attractive investment opportunity for some of our Members, you will be invited to deliver a 10 - minute «informal pitch» to a sub-group of our membership here in Cambridge.

No presentation aids (e.g. PowerPoint slides) are allowed at these informal pitching sessions, as each company only has a 30 minute slot in total, of which we reserve 15 minutes for Q+A and a further 5 minutes for feedback at the end.

Each company will have three minutes to pitch and three minutes for Q&A with a panel of investors.

One student spokesperson from each team has six minutes to pitch their idea and four minutes for Q&A and feedback from experienced venture investment professionals.

I remember movies like Fever Pitch, Serendipity and literally hundreds more teaching me that all my problems would be solved once I met the right girl, fell head over heels in love, hit a rough patch where we didn't talk for a minute and then came rushing back together to live indefinitely in a state of heavenly bliss.

All the players on the pitch are bunch of p ***** s. I bet if they had been in line waiting for the new iPhone 7 and 5 minutes before opening I would arrive and cut in line first, not one of them pansies would say a thing.

BRAD LIDGE had just sandblasted the Cardinals, throwing two shutout innings to save the Astros» 5 — 2 Game 3 victory in the National League Championship Series last Saturday at Minute Maid Park, when Houston pitching coach Jim Hickey was asked about Lidge's availability for the next day.

The Belgian Number One striker Romelu Lukaku sat on the bench and watched his star studded team - mates fail to score for 75 minutes of last night's game against Finland, but he had to wait for the manager to put him on the pitch before he could score the equaliser himself!

Many had assumed that Wenger believed Lucas Perez quite simply wasn't ready to play a full match for the Gunners and unsurprisingly Wenger has revealed that that is exactly the reason behind Lucas» limited minutes on the pitch.

De Nigris had only been on the pitch for six minutes when he got the goal.

I thought that Wenger ight have turned to the bench, especially with Ramsey and Chambers on yellow cards and with players gagging for time on the pitch, but he left it until the 77th minute before bringing on Wilshere, Podolski and Rosicky.

Martin Keown has now claimed that Sanchez is hard to control, and that he demands to be on the pitch for every minute possible.

At around 81 minutes the ball gets played back to Schez who looks for OG way down the pitch and OG holds off a defender while having the ball hit his chest and the ball falls to his feet.

It is looking good for Arsenal all over the pitch at the minute.

Why keep a below par ozil on the pitch for ninety six minutes?

Leicester City are staging a protest this Sunday, by refusing to take to the pitch for the opening five minutes of the weekend's match at the Emirates, and Arsenal fans have been asked to do the same.

First pitch for Monday's Giants - Dodgers game came at 7:57, 42 minutes late.

To consider the teams coming into the pitch and playing to an empty stadium for 5 minutes, then 60 000 people taking the next 20 minutes (perhaps a lot longer) to get to their seats.

Wilshere and Gnabry both played the whole game and Diaby even managed 70 minutes on the pitch, so their fitness can be taken on trust for now.

He opened the scoring in the 2 - 0 triumph over FC Lorient two weekends ago and, despite only being on the pitch for 14 minutes last weekend, found the net as ASSE overcame relegation - threatened Metz at the Stade Saint - Symphorien

16:09 — Daniel Amartey was only on the pitch for 16 minutes and nine seconds for Leicester City before being given two cautions and sent off.

His ability to get up and down the pitch consistently for 90 minutes was astonishing, whilst not allowing for his defensive capabilities and positioning to falter.

So apart from THeo not getting any minutes on the pitch, it has been a fantastic international break for Arsenal's England stars.

Mustafi has gone on to make an instant impact at the back for Arsenal, but Lucas is yet to actually get more than a few minutes on the pitch.

One thing that is positive for Ramsey is that he has often been selected by Wenger to play on the wing and although he may not be entirely comfortable playing such a position, Ramsey is happy to just be getting minutes on the pitch.

So it goes for the embattled pitch - free intentional walk, the gimmick that will save us a minute in every other baseball game, while getting rid of so much.

A quality Striker such as Podolski does not need to back track and defend, he must challenge the Defenders and wait for counterattacks, a striker role is to sprint from midfield to goal, is not running all over the pitch as I see GIROUD and WELBECK, defending posts against corners, no wonder at the 60th minute they disappear, you need strong legs to score....

Metro have this week published a stunning stat about the two, showing that in the 1,495 minutes they have both been on the pitch for Arsenal, Walcott and Ozil have contributed directly to an incredible 51 goals.

This is what I have trained for all season and now I might get some minutes on the pitch.»

but anyway, argument for another day, for now, just wanted us to point out something... Let's all take a moment to appreciate the fact that for atleast 20 minutes in that game, we had pretty much all our attackers in the pitch and still couldn't get a goal!!!!!!..

But lets all blame Wenger, why because eventually he is responsible for all that is going on the pitch for 90 minutes.

He shows 100 % commitment and fight when on the pitch and never stops working for minute.