Fig crowdfunding is different than Kickstarter or Indiegogo, as people can pledge
money as backers or investors.
Fig crowdfunding is different than Kickstarter or Indiegogo, as people can pledge
money as backers or investors.
Not exact matches
For instance, there was an entrepreneur who was raising
money for his coffee business and alongside his reward of coffee shipments, he offered
backers the chance to be a «barista for a day» and have a coffee drink named after them,
as well
as a coffee tasting evening in his shop.
Its other
backers include the mutual fund giant Fidelity and the big private equity investor TPG,
as well
as prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has invested more
money in Zenefits than in any other startup in its portfolio.
If the project is successful, then the
backers will make a profit from the venture
as the initial coin tokens will be worth more than the
money that they put in to find the project.
As freelance journalist Wendy Siegelman and Business Insider reported in March, two members of the Mercer family — major
backers of conservative political causes whose
money and management was key to Cambridge Analytica from the beginning — have joined the board of Emerdata.
Thus, when they support crowdfunding campaigns with their
money,
backers get not only promises (
as on other crowdfunding platforms) but also a real valuable asset - KickCoins in the amount of up to 20 % of their contribution
as a bonus.
If a
backer donates to a festival that never gets launched, or a play that never gets produced, their
money is not lost (
as with first - generation crowdfunding platforms), they have simply bought a cryptocurrency.
If Arsenal's * billionaire
backer's supported their team more and made it known like Abramovich by putting the
money where their mouth is (rhetorical saying) then perhaps talented players wouldn't continue to use arsenal
as if we're a stepping stone to go to somewhere else.
We opened this game at Florida -6 and took nearly all dog
money as Florida State bettors outnumbered the favorite
backers by a ratio of 4 to 1.
There have also been questions
as to why Lord Levy asked wealthy
backers not to donate
money to the party, which would have had to be made public, but instead provide a loan which,
as long
as it was at a commercial rate of interest, could be kept private.
Cruz - linked groups spent nearly
as much
money into Cambridge Analytica
as Trump
backers, show data from the 2016 election cycle.
As if anxious not to make it seem like he was acknowledging a miscalculation in his Rose Garden strategy, Mr. Cuomo appeared in just one debate opposite his Republican opponent in the general election, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who had difficulty raising
money and lining up endorsements even within his own party because potential
backers were wary of antagonizing a Governor known for vindictiveness.
But they have been chasing this particular legend for years, and so, when they discover proof of its possible existence (a coin that Dirk holds up and admires repeatedly, so it can glint in the light and serve
as objective correlative for his poetic ambition), they cajole their usual
backer, the charmingly irascible Admiral Sandecker (William H. Macy), to lend them
money and his boat for their African excursion.
The Gates Foundation spread
money across the political spectrum, to entities including the big teachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, and business organizations such
as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — groups that have clashed in the past but became vocal
backers of the standards....
Backers of time - honored electives ranging from band to consumer sciences fear they are being crowded out of the school day
as districts, facing tougher state and federal requirements, devote more time and
money to core academic subjects.
Duncan and other pre-K
backers often point to research that investing in early learning programs saves
money in the long run
as children are kept out of costly special education programs and are less likely to be incarcerated or become teen parents.
The publishing houses made a lot of
money on their own genre best - sellers, but the Amazon
backers were not wrong to think that some of the institutions associated with American publishing — such
as The New York Times, which has reported on the Hachette - Amazon standoff in great detail — did not take self - published genre writers all that seriously, and probably never would.
Well, that means CIG doesn't get to make
money because
as you can see from the stats in my Twitter thread, some
backers are playing AC only to get REC, which they then use in the PU.
The funding chart, long suspected to be inaccurate, and which various sources have said they are willing to testify under oath
as to how it's being manipulated, is claimed by CIG to only track
backer money.
Seeing
as they are clearly cash strapped now, and need
money, they restricted this sale to only
backers in a certain class (CitizenCon ticket holders, Concierge Backers, Backers with subscriptions) at a discount of
backers in a certain class (CitizenCon ticket holders, Concierge
Backers, Backers with subscriptions) at a discount of
Backers,
Backers with subscriptions) at a discount of
Backers with subscriptions) at a discount of $ 625.
No
money was paid towards the project and
backers were not charged any many,
as such
backers will not receive any of the goods offered in the donation bands or the game itself.
As is standard practice in crowdfunding unsuccessful campaigns like ours do not receive any pledged funds from
backers, since no
money is taken unless the campaign is fully funded within its set time limit.
The total in funding is not all from
backers however, part of the
money is coming from investments
as well.
If environmental groups and their
backers want to see concrete progress on limiting the risk that humans will propel dangerous global warming, they may need more than just additional
money and better organization, but also a hard look at core strategies and a philosophy that has long cast climate change
as primarily a conventional pollution problem, not a technology problem.
Reagan was so successful
as a corporate pitchman that a group of extremely conservative and wealthy
backers put up the
money to position him
as a political candidate who would espouse the corporate ethos.
Such plans, because they will make big
money, have powerful
backers: When Heather Zichal left her post
as the Obama administration's climate czar, she accepted a $ 180,000 - a-year position on the board of the country's biggest gas exporter.
There was the lag on payments to the factory's construction company, the senior staffers jumping ship, the confusing debut of a seemingly competing car from the company helmed by its principal
backer, the lawsuits from a supplier and a landlord who said they weren't getting paid, the work stoppage on the factory, the state officials in Nevada who said Jia didn't have
as much
money as he claimed (something that Jia denied in a haters - are - my - motivators statement), and the fact that leaders in that state copped to never really knowing much about FF's financials before approving that incentive package.
Cruz - linked groups spent nearly
as much
money into Cambridge Analytica
as Trump
backers, show data from the 2016 election cycle.
The
backers of the Tezos tech project may have gotten scammed
as they can not expect any refunds for
money they invested.