Sentences with phrase «not as a backer»

«They want me not as a backer, as that weakens any legal action that I initiate or become a part of, since I'm the only person on the planet capable of completely destroying their dev nonsense with regard to the game,» he said.

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«Running a crowdfunding campaign is not the same thing as buying a product in a store, and our backers on Indiegogo understand this,» a spokesperson for Indiegogo tells Tech Insider.

It didn't take long to realize that given the volume of orders, and the complexity involved in co-ordinating the shipment of components, that the company would not be able to ship by September, as it had promised Kickstarter backers.

It also has the advantage of putting all backers into a single - purpose fund — a benefit for any entrepreneur needing to seek future funding as venture capitalists wouldn't have to manage multiple individuals who previously invested.

Plus, as you have these backers, that new content isn't just critical for updating these individuals, yet additionally from a search engine optimization perspective.

Be smart and choose an equity crowdfunding platform that makes a large group of investors appear as a single investor so you won't have to deal with the hassle of communicating with backers on an individual basis.

Their ambivalence was not a function of trade skepticism — the Liberals emerged as enthusiastic backers of the trade deal between Canada and the European Union — but rather stems from the recognition that Canadian interests in the TPP were largely defensive in nature.

Investors in the round aren't being disclosed, though the FT cites Sawiris, an Egyptian billionaire business family, as a new backer.

It was clear even before Kraft Heinz came right out and said as much Tuesday that liberal Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and conservative Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and their respective backers had little reason to bash each other for not doing enough to keep Oscar Mayer's Madison plant open with taxpayer - backed financial assistance.

Homejoy was able to raise funding, but not enough to grow the company as big as its founders and backers had hoped.

Many users, who are completely unfamiliar with cryptocurrencies and do not know where they can be purchased, will have an opportunity to participate as backers.

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.

With the features described above, KICKICO creates a synergized place for different audiences that did not interact before, such as creators of ICO and cryptocurrency projects and their backers, or creators of classical crowdfunding campaigns and their backers who have never dealt with cryptocurrencies before, authors of their projects and experienced army of advisors, moderators, designers, translators and other specialists all over the World.

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.

What is with the Christian backers of their god as soon as they are backed into a corner and they do not have a logical answer they come back well after the fact and start the same BS arguments all over again.

shouted the Bearcats» joyous backers as the final seconds of the game ran out, and there wasn't a doubt last Saturday night that they were.

Sunday night's loss to the Redskins not only cost the Cowboys (who finished 8 - 8) a spot in the postseason, but also cost any Dallas backers as their win total was set at 8.5.

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.

The line remains at 3 at Bookmaker, but the sharp - as - a-tack offshore book Pinnacle isn't even allowing Packers backers a field goal.

Political scientists have noted that many third parties that had strong political support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters and backers.

ISIS doesn't have these kinds of borders and their backers aren't as formally and overtly state - tied to the movement.

I have spoken to at least one of Mermel's backers, Rochester's Bill Reilich, who says his support won't last if the party's gubernatorial nominee — assuming there is one — picks someone other than Mermel as his running mate.

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.

It's curious that we haven't heard anything from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, a former Levy backer who now purports to support Lazio, as Paladino has been eating into the support of the party's standard - bearer.

Though the Republican committee's filings could not be examined in detail yesterday, its contributions did not indicate activity from interests associated with East Hampton Airport, as had been the story in 2015, when about three - quarters of Republican fund - raising was from airport businesses and their backers.

And Republican backers of the bill like Ortt say they want to strike an agreement on the repeal legislation — not use it as a bargaining chip in holding up passage of the state budget.

That explanation didn't go very far with Sanders backers such as Nowak, who argue that Perez's election would dampen the enthusiasm of the young activists who Sanders brought into the party.

Labour's biggest union backer says the Labour leader should govern as a minority government in the event that Labour does not win the 2015 general election outright but is the biggest party.

Moreover, Iran, as one of the main external backers of Assad, would not take kindly to a western - led military intervention.

«In the context of all that's going on, as reported in the Times, I don't think that the governor should be running for reelection,» said tate Sen. Bill Perkins, an early Obama backer who is the first prominent African - American official to call for Paterson to end his bid, in an interview.

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.

Dromm backers claimed Sears was the only candidate in the race for her Council seat who had not denounced the mailing as of Sunday even though she had repudiated the attacks Friday.

Arron Banks, a key backer of the Leave campaign, appears to be not as rich as he claims — leaving questions about where all his Brexit campaign cash come from.

PITTSFORD — As more than a dozen states investigate energy companies over an alleged global warming coverup, Vermont RICO 20 professor Alan Betts says backers aren't engaged in an anti-free-speech witch hunt.

And council members Peter Koo and Peter Vallone of Queens say they haven't endorsed Hizzoner, even though they were named as backers in an August press release from de Blasio's campaign.

The male participants would normally have shown a slight nighttime drop in testosterone levels anyway, because the body doesn't need it during sleep, but on election night, they departed dramatically from this routine: Obama voters» levels did not fall as they should have, whereas those of McCain and Barr backers dropped more than would have been expected.

Divergent didn't exactly win over as many people as its backers would have liked it to when it was released back in March of 2014.

WayForward turned to crowdfunding in order to bring Half - Genie Hero to life, and while that doesn't always mean good things for a game's development, here it was a definite boon, as the developer clearly took the responsibility of delivering a quality title to backers very seriously.

Another thing that makes it appear that the backers of these films aren't as invested in this one is the fact that they use a second rate Avenger during the second act of the film to help connect this film to their existing world of superheroes.

Regardless, and while whatever is decided in the Los Angeles Court will likely be appealed to the State Supreme Court, this is certainly «one - to - watch» as funders / backers are certainly putting teacher employment laws to the test, not only in California but all of America's public schools.

Every since the 1990s, Clinton has expressed support for charter schools, but in Saturday's remarks, she said something that is likely to irritate her supporters within the Democratic Party who are avid backers of charter schools as a principal means of reforming public education: that most charters don't accept those students who are the most difficult to educate, or, if they do, they «don't keep them.»

That seemed to resonate, but it obscured an agenda Melvoin's backers have spent years and millions of dollars advancing, one that Trump's education secretary Betsy DeVos shares: the school choice marketplace not just as the means, but as the goal.

You will have to get in line behind 440 people at the moment that would be in front of you that originally helped back the project on indiegogo so you would not get it very fast as they tend to ship them to the lowest numbers to the highest numbers in kickstarter and indiegogo campaigns as it's first come first serve and usually the original backers get their's first and the longer you take to pledge the longer delay you will have.

Also, as one of your KS backers, I'm glad you reached out, and built audience that way — I wouldn't have heard of you otherwise!

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.

Not that they necessarily need to, as the Kickstarter is up to almost $ 130,000 as I write this, as many backers have opted to pre-order books they might have bought anyway — but with the added frisson of the creator's autograph and the satisfaction of helping a publisher that has built up a lot of loyalty over the years.

These perks really brought in the backers as not only did several sell out, but additional tiers were added to keep backers coming.

Mr. Lynn makes the case that Amazon's dominance isn't just a story of an industry disrupted by online commerce and digital upheaval, it's about the abandoning of New Deal era protections of retailers in 1975 (promoted by backers as a means to fight inflation, says Mr. Lynn) and what he portrays as a shift in 1981 in the Justice Department's interpretation of antitrust law based on «Chicago School» theories of efficiency and consumer welfare.

If you're not doing the right thing by your former backers, how could I trust you to do the right thing by me were a problem to later arise such as being shipped a faulty device?

The largest and most successful pet store chains do not sell commercially - raised puppies, and we encourage Petland, the primary backer of HB 144, to convert to a more humane business model such as obtaining animals from local shelters.