Sentences with phrase «not backers»

Whether or not the backers are directly linked to the oil industry, they reflect how the fight over energy policy remains highly polarized, well financed (on both sides), and — so far — has resulted in few policies that oil markets or the climate system are likely to notice any time soon.

The people who give you donations are not backers or traditional investors.

The size of the project has a slight impact on whether or not backers will receive their awards, according to the research, which Professor Mollick also published.

I am not a backer of the idea that the equity return premium over bonds is big, but I do back the idea that it is positive.

Not a backer but would have been had I seen this during their campaign

Not a backer?

Are you seriously giving an exclusive to people who aren't backers while giving all our exclusives away to them in the ultimate edition?!

As one of the first backers to speak up in favour of making the Kickstarter exclusives available to all, this seems really unfair to people who weren't backers but supported the game post-release since they'll need to buy the entire game again now to get everything.

If you stick around for the endcap, you'll note that CIG has laid out a free - fly event all weekend, running through April 16th, meaning that everyone — even if you're not a backer — can jump into the game and check out the 3.1 patch.

I'm not a backer of Star Citizen, and I admit that I have worried about feature creep affecting the game.

Not exact matches

They can return money to backers at their own discretion, but Kickstarter can't compel them.

«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.

And, not exactly able to announce that fact or ask his sick wife to sign off, the wealthy Edwards turned to some wealthy backers to take care of the woman and the baby and hide the whole thing from Elizabeth Edwards and presumably everyone else.

«What happens if backers cut the funding and these entities don't have sufficient liquidity to weather the storm?»

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.

«We were not violating any Kickstarter rules, but at the back of my mind, I had this fear that what if, knowingly or unknowingly, due to a human error, we end up doing any kind of miscommunication with the backers or the customers» that Kickstarter would consider problematic, says Sanghavi.

Sanghavi had to go back to the community of backers and tell them that jackets would not be delivered by November.

Obviously, if not for my backers, my project, would not have been completed, I would not be writing this article, and most likely, my ReKixx company would still be floating around in the idea stage.

But the broadcasters and their backers argue that Aereo's competitive advantage lies not in its product, but in avoiding paying for it.

Let's assume you're just getting started and don't yet have financial backers or personal savings to fund your patent search.

Best of all, though shipments are a few months late, not a single backer has complained about where their bag is.

If your business doesn't yet have its own credit history, many backers will want proof that you can responsibly manage money and pay your debts.

Equity Investment The backers at these websites are accredited investors and not yet «crowds» of everyday Americans, so these platforms might not fit the typical definition of crowdfunding.

These models of crowdfunding basically break down into those that offer a financial return for backers and those that do not.

And according to an analysis of 47,188 randomly selected backers of successfully funded projects 9 percent of the time a Kickstarter campaign has reached its funding goal, the project creators did not deliver the reward that was promised.

When setting your goal, keep in mind that the risk of not being able to deliver to backers is more important than the risk of not hitting your goal.

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.

Backers are encouraged to invest in ventures that won't just turn quick profits but will benefit their communities over the long term by creating jobs, supporting other local businesses and the fostering local food chain.

An insurance program could make sense for the platform, helping to alleviate backers» hesitancy to throw down money on a cool project that may or may not come to fruition.

Compared with the better - known Kickstarter, which does not offer optional insurance for backers, Indiegogo's standards and screening process for campaigns tends to be looser.

At first its only backer, besides Thiel, was a not - for - profit called In - Q - Tel, which is the venture arm of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

This is classic Kickstarter advice, but Hornbuckle and Keel learned to make the story about their backers, not themselves.

Some drones were delivered, but overwhelmingly, backers did not get the rewards they expected.

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.

The backers were not named.

Founders should also rely on PR — but not to drive backers the day they launch.

Maybe the backers didn't know the gender of the entrepreneur?

What the backers are buying for their multi-million dollar investments is potential — there's not a lot of revenue in the chat business right now.

Thomson's app Source had 10,000 visits to its campaign page, yet it still had issues converting visitors to backers because its copy had not been drafted with the appropriate calls to action to encourage contributions.

After all, many backers have high expectations for products that don't even exist yet.

At the same time, backers must understand that Kickstarter is not a store.

Kickstarter's terms make it clear that project creators must «refund any backer whose reward they do not or can not fulfill.»

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.

are not the kind of people that I would expect to be the usual kickstarter [sic] backer type,» Summers wrote.

said Bejul Somaia, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, which is not among Uber's backers.

One of the things I love about Kickstarter is that it allows backers to engage not only with creators, but also with other supporters and community members.

This means that if you don't meet your funding goal, all money will be returned to your project backers and donors.

Email queries to Embibe and its venture capital backers Kalaari Capital and Lightbox Ventures, on exit amount and valuation, didn't get a response till the time of publishing this report.

For example, Kickstarter may be able to accept more payment methods from potential backers than something like WePay, which isn't compatible with PayPal.