Congratulations GKAR Members, for winning the State Association, Michigan REALTORS ®» 2018 March Madness RPAC Tournament, for Highest Number of RPAC Investors and
Most Dollars Raised!
The Moncton team has had great success with the event over the years, placing among or at the top of the race for
the most dollars raised, and even crossing the finish line with the fastest rowers more than once.
Last year, the organization ranked 30th in
most dollars raised out of more than 500 agencies across the country.
Not exact matches
One of the
most popular Kickstarter launches of the last several years was the Glowing Plant Kickstarter campaign, which
raised nearly half a million
dollars in 2013 to create a genetically - engineered plant that could glow in the dark.
As the industry matures, investors will start paying closer attention to financial statements and put their
dollars with companies that are the
most transparent, forcing other firms to follow suit and
raising standards across the sector.
Some entrepreneurs have applied for the money -; each company accepted into TechStars will immediately receive $ 118,000 in start - up capital -; but
most of the strong candidates
raised at least a few hundred thousand
dollars even before they applied.
Similar ICOs
raised billions of
dollars this year, with the organizers in
most cases claiming that they were selling «utility tokens» that were not securities.
Within days of launching, he and his co-inventor had
raised almost half a million
dollars, and had orders in hand for 1,000 units, with
most of the customers in the fast - growing «maker» sector (groups of people who jointly rent work shops and share tools and equipment).
Almost half of venture capital
dollars were
raised by five firms in the three months ending in September, according to the
most recent report from the National Venture Capital Association.
Most websites with as much traffic as Plenty of Fish would have by this point
raised millions of
dollars from venture capitalists, hired dozens of engineers and business - development types, and figured out a way to keep someone as unconventional as Markus Frind from making any major decisions.
Like Sutphen, Charles Phillips, the 56 - year - old CEO of Infor, a $ 2.8 billion enterprise software firm, has an informal network of his own — a supper club of two dozen business leaders and professionals,
most of whom prefer to remain anonymous, who have
raised millions of
dollars for causes they care about.
If you look at history,
most companies who
raise millions of
dollars in the founding stages end up being train wrecks.
Well the first thing is if the United States
raises interest rates that's going to push the
dollar way up against the Euro, and
most of all against third world and Asian countries.
Brud, the actual company behind one of Instagram's
most popular virtual influencers (it's a thing), has
raised millions of
dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and ev
And even before the disclosure of the record - breaking purchase in a New York art auction by one of his associates, Prince Mohammed's extravagance had already
raised eyebrows,
most notably with the impulse purchase two years ago in the south of France of a Russian vodka titan's 440 - foot yacht, for half a billion
dollars.
As an entrepreneur, I want to tell you that
raising millions of
dollars in capital does not mean you are profitable; and the
most important word an investor wants to hear is «profit.»
From the San Fran Chronicle: Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp. and other major financial companies that came up short in government stress tests took quick steps Thursday to shore up capital and confidence,
most notably announcing plans to
raise billions of
dollars through common stock offerings.
As a fundraising tool, for instance, Facebook has largely failed so far, with
most Facebook «causes»
raising a few
dollars at
most — even the successful campaigns have generally
raised far less money than a well - tended email list would yield from the same number of members.
Russell, a minister and community leader with a wide range of business experience, has
raised the
most public matching funds, almost $ 43,000, thanks to a broad base of small -
dollar donors.
Of Republican Gov. George Pataki, Levy said in debate: «The governor is
raising taxes by billions of
dollars, taxing everything that moves, taxing everything and everyone — except those who can
most afford to pay.»
«We can
raise nearly a billion
dollars simply by closing corporate loopholes that
most New Yorkers would want closed — if they knew about them,» said Michael Kink, Executive Director of the Strong Economy For All Coalition.
Aside from
raising the millions of
dollars needed for campaign advertising in one of the nation's
most expensive television markets, Bharara, as an independent, would need to pull together a statewide organization of paid staff and volunteers that could compete with get - out - the - vote efforts run by the Democratic and Republican Parties, particularly in a year when they'll be running gubernatorial campaigns.
314 Action,
raising millions of
dollars for candidates, is not required to disclose donors but says
most gifts are small
Because Beyond Type 1 Founders and Founding Friends pay all operational and fundraising expenses, 100 % of every
dollar raised through these programs directly supports the
most promising global efforts working to educate, advocate, and eventually cure type 1 diabetes.
We've seen the
most creative and fun things happen — like our Fit for Her events that have popped up all over the country —
raising thousands of
dollars by getting a good workout in.
Raised millions of
dollars and copied much of Tinder and now it's one of the
most used services?
Whereas
most notable movie results from the process have a brand name attached (Zach Braff, Spike Lee, Veronica Mars), Saulnier pitched his passion project online and
raised an impressive $ 35,000
dollars, pennies by studio standards.
While Iowa lawmakers
raised per - pupil funding for schools, widespread declines in enrollment mean that
most of the Hawkeye State's school districts will receive few of those new
dollars.
The proposal redirects hundreds of millions of
dollars from public schools — often, school districts that rely
most heavily on federal aid, forcing them to cut vital services or
raise local property taxes.»
In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those
dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA,
raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the
most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6
One vehicle he used was a political action committee aptly named Prosperity for Connecticut, a PAC which
raised hundreds of thousands of
dollars from a variety of corporate interests, the
most successful fundraising event being the one hosted by the charter school industry.
In fiscal year 2013 - 14, the nation's 50 richest PTAs
raised and spent $ 43 million
dollars for the nation's
most affluent schools.
The increases will decline after the 2015 - 16 school year, with the report pointing out, «This means that unless California voters extend Proposition 30's tax increases or approve an alternative tax measure, the state's schools will
most likely receive relatively fewer
dollars in the years ahead,
raising the prospect that California's school spending would fall even further behind the nation.»
«Given that billions of
dollars are being disbursed,» says Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to
raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political debate about education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's
most important institutions.»
Public tuition
dollars fund
most operational expenses, but as we continue to extend this model to more schools, we must
raise $ 2.5 million from foundations, individuals, and corporations
- is the world's largest and
most successful annual workplace charity campaign, with almost 200 CFC campaigns throughout the country and overseas
raising millions of
dollars each year.
He
raised taxes at a time when the average family was near or in starvation mode, he confiscated all of the nation's privately - owned gold and then promptly devalued the
dollar by 40 % (reducing the buying power of any saved
dollars by almost half overnight), he
raised bank reserve requirements numerous times (taking yet more cash out of the real economy so it could be hoarded in vaults), he actively supported a trade war with tariffs that created massive global imbalances (some would argue ushering in the rise to power of fascist regimes that would have had no chance in times of prosperity), and perhaps
most damning, rather than plowing
most of those
raised tax
dollars back into the stalled economy, he instead bought gold on the global markets for the government and sequestered it, keeping it from backing new
dollars (monetary expansion, which
most understand is required to turn a recession around) and instead further crushing the economy — and not just the US economy.
Amanda by the way, holds the record on Kickstarter for
raising the
most money for a music project with over one million
dollars in donations.
As the industry matures, investors will start paying closer attention to financial statements and put their
dollars with companies that are the
most transparent, forcing other firms to follow suit and
raising standards across the sector.
Ouya became the
most quickly funded project on Kickstarter to reach one million
dollars, and went on to become the eighth project in Kickstarter history to
raise more than a million
dollars.
After Notch and Tim Schafer tweeted a bit about the situation, they went quiet for the
most part, and the news got overshadowed by Tim Schafer» development studio, Double Fine,
raising almost two million
dollars on Kickstarter for the development of an adventure game.
Kickstarter's response was overwhelming,
raising approximately $ 1.1 million
dollars and becoming the 106th
most successful crowdfunded project of all time.
«My
most successful day of fundraising (where I
raised about 33 % of my funds in 24 hours) was when I did a digital push that simply said: «I need $ 27 more
dollars to clear the $ 2,000 mark.
Every
dollar raised through Legends strengthens the student body by increasing the scholarship endowment - allowing the
most qualified students an opportunity to attend one of the world's foremost schools of art, design, and architecture, regardless of their financial background.
In fact, he
raised more than one million
dollars from big oil just last month,
most of which came after he announced his plan for offshore drilling in a room full of cheering oil executives.
This seems likely given the way his case has progressed over the years, and if so,
most of their money will be recovered from Mr. Rancourt, a private litigant who has
raised thousands of
dollars already through his crowdfunding and donations.
Normally if the cost of the damage is under $ 1500
dollars and you have a good driving record
most auto insurance companies are not going to
raise your auto insurance rates.
Mr. Zuckerberg's comments come days after the crisis prompted calls for him to testify before legislators in the U.S. and Europe, carved tens of billions of
dollars off Facebook's value and
raised new questions about the leadership of one of the world's
most powerful technology companies.
During its 28 - day crowdfunding campaign, the DAO managed to
raise $ 168 million
dollars worth of ether and became the
most successful cryptocurrency crowdsale to this day.
The new steel model
raises the price by another hundred
dollars, so you'll be dropping $ 250 on your Pebble Steel if you choose to get one — although that's still cheap compared to
most premium watches.