Sentences with phrase «pitches for»

Hill seems to have found himself after getting Bregman to chase that pitch he popped up, and he strikes Altuve out on three pitches for the second out.

For instance, having to throw an intentional walk means 4 more pitches for the pitcher (even if they aren't at full - speed).

According to Bob MacKenzie, the Rangers will be making big pitches for Tavares and Karlsson as well

I mentioned Tanaka's low pitch count already, but Carrasco is right there: 13 pitches for four outs.

I charted his pitches for two years [when Cone was with the Kansas City Royals, too].

A closer who pitches for 30 years, with a 3.50 ERA and 30 saves every year, isn't a... wait, that would be fascinating.

He plays center field and pitches for the baseball team, and the major league scouts faithfully attend every game.

So, please stuff your sales pitches for your ass hole in the sky, where the sun don't shine.

Guest Post by Bryan Brewer, Funding Quest As a volunteer «pitch doctor» for the Northwest Entrepreneur Network's First Look Forum program, I attended the dress rehearsal last week where twelve eager entrepreneurs practiced their pitches for the big event next... Continue reading →

Save the marketing pitches for offline or private discussions with interested parties who you come across as a result of your conversations.

On a recent episode of KPCB's Ventured podcast, my partner Randy Komisar and I discussed how we evaluate startup pitches for investment.

If their garage is situated in Silicon Valley, they might get to pitch as many as 15 VCs, but VCs hear 200 pitches for every one we fund, so perhaps 1 in 13 start - ups get VC, and still they face long odds from there.

JPMorgan's jump from third to first place means serious bragging rights for the global investment bank — it's something the bank can promote in marketing material when it pitches for work.

You have heard your entrepreneur rehearsing aloud their important sales pitches for their investors, countless times.

This year, the actor and Guy Oseary, his fellow partner at Sound Ventures, hosted a startup competition called Perfect Pitch for early - stage entrepreneurs.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan wrote a personal letter to Jeff Bezos in a pitch for Charlotte, North Carolina.

He'd then make a quick pitch for Tangerine.

Post-secondary students can enter any time until January 30, 2016, by filming a 30 - second pitch for something they're already passionate about.

«This is a year of really being an influence and a change maker in an amazing city that's really at the forefront of the revitalization efforts in our entire country,» says Greene Groves concluding her pitch for the program, ending with a paraphrase of the Michigan governor's pitch for Motor City: «Yeah, you can go to another city, but if you want to make a difference, come to Detroit.»

Some, too, dangle free accommodations at a luxury hotel to lure you into a high - pressure sales pitch for timeshares or vacation clubs, while others make good on that free cruise for you, but require you to book a second guest at a grossly inflated price.

One innovative idea that caught my eye was the pitch for Intrepid English — a business where a teacher, Lorraine Venables, offers English courses to non-native speakers that are tailor - made to each student's specific requirements.

The Information published a story in which six women, including Niniane Wang, Susan Ho, and Leiti Hsu, accused Binary Capital Partner Justin Caldbeck of making unwanted sexual advances while they were pitching him for a potential investment.

Without a bit of practice, you could flounder or leave out important details when you give your pitch for real.

Three months later Molson fired Crispin Canada (it had worked with Zig for the past seven years) after it found out the agency's American counterpart was pitching for competitor Bud Light's business.

Here's what she says needs to happen before you make a pitch for capital.

Unnamed sources told Marketing magazine at the time that Crispin Canada didn't even know the Boulder, Colo., office was pitching for an AB InBev brand until they heard about it from Molson.

The focus is on educating, entertaining, and delivering value to the consumer, rather than giving a hard pitch for your products or services.

He met with three or more people a day, prepared a 48 - page set of interview notes, and rode the highs and lows of pitching himself for a job that many thought he was an odd fit for.

Consider pitching for investment nearly a full - time job, but remember the more you pitch, the more confident you get.

Banks use them when pitching for new business, and a good ranking means serious bragging rights.

They can easily identify whether you have taken time to craft your pitch for them.

«I feel like these worlds are so merged over the past few years,» she said of Hollywood and Silicon Valley while making her pitch for tech investors to hit up her business associates with ideas.

In fact, if you're like a lot of entrepreneurs, you're probably going to find yourself pulling a few all - nighters to get one done before heading into your first pitch for funding.

But until recently, I'd never seen a good elevator pitch for entrepreneurship itself — that is, what you do that all entrepreneurs do?

You can try and develop a new skill, listen to a sales pitch for a potential new resource, or view a competitor's webinar to see its perspective on your industry.

I've heard the same pitch for socks, knapsacks, ties, and dog accessories.

Finding the right venture capitalist and pitching for fundraising is the sixty four - thousand dollar question as far as the new entrants (startups) in the SaaS domain is concerned.

Carey filmed his segment in April, pitching for what he calls «the largest legitimate ask in reality TV history»: $ 2 million for four per cent of his company, for a $ 50 million valuation.

Adding insult to injury, the copywriters are asked to work all weekend on a pitch for the rum company Bacardi.

Pitcher George Frazier started his career with the New York Yankees and later went on to pitch for the Minnesota Twins, when coach Tom Kelly was the team's manager.

It's not about creating a sales pitch for your product or service.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman's new investment idea Monday wasn't very new at all: a bullish pitch for Howard Hughes Corp..

America Online co-founder and former chief executive Steve Case made a pitch for stronger, less - divisive leadership, citing the example of Franklin D. Roosevelt:

Pitching an idea to a roomful of investors can be tricky; while preparing a pitch for an online forum is not easy, it does require a different set of skills — perhaps this is an area where you and your business idea shine.

Maybe the candidate will just make a final pitch for why he or she is perfect for the job.

So Gurwitch practiced her pitch for DryBar, trying to come up with the formulation that would give her the most credibility.

Trump made another pitch for Democratic support on Capitol Hill, where his top aides met with about a dozen Senate Democrats and Trump himself phoned in from his Asia trip.

The Inc. + TOMS Pitch for Good is a program created by Inc. and TOMS to identify promising social businesses and invite a few of them to make their cases directly to a panel of judges, including Blake himself, at Inc.'s 2016 Growco Conference on May 17.

If you're selected, you'll get two free tickets to Inc.'s Growco conference on May 17 in Las Vegas and the opportunity to pitch Blake and the other Inc. + TOMS Pitch for Good judges in person.

If you think you're right for the Inc. + TOMS Pitch for Good, answer the questions below.