Sentences with phrase «raise their game in»

The new year is here and most entrepreneurs are looking at how they will raise their game in 2015.

He also admits it is time for the Australian swim team to raise its game in the pool, which will hopefully start on the Gold Coast, where the sport dominates the first week of events.

Thirsty for success after a hardscrabble start, brash Brad Keselowski raised his game in the Chase to take his first Sprint Cup title

But he raised his game in the second - half which allowed his teammates to have a bit more freedom.

However, if you look at his overall Arsenal record of 23 goals in 119 EPL games this is consistent, and you could even say it should be worse against the bigger clubs so maybe he raises his game in important matches.

United might be down in the dumps about their recent results in the league, but they are not out yet and the next few weeks could show that, should United raise their game in the league, starting with Sunday's visit of Tottenham Hotspur, which will be a tough match.

But they've raised their game in the crunch clashes, the matches which are typically easier to get fired up for whereas the smaller clashes, the ones against sides which, on current form, Newcastle should be beating, they tend to flatter to deceive.

They have a tendency of raising their game in this fixture, and when they don't a bit of good fortune has a knack of cropping up.

Forget about their performances in qualifying and friendlies — Germany always raise their game in tournaments and I firmly believe they are the clear favourites to win Euro 2016.

But either way, with a fresh set of elections in May and a national referendum around the corner we will all need to raise our game in 2016.

Digimon represents the simultaneous best and worst of monster catching and raising games in my view.

«I have always been rather shy and I needed to be outgoing if I was going to raise my game in the pro divisions,» said O'Gorman.

Digimon represents the simultaneous best and worst of monster catching and raising games in my view.

If the commission were interested in raising its game in this area, the Legal Complaints Service has recently supplied a model.

The company's flagship models are impressive smartphones and my expectation is that Huawei will raise its game in the future to bring us some truly competitive handsets.

Not exact matches

The start - up, which has raised about $ 8 million, was founded in May 2010 and originated as a social network for gamers.

Merrill and Beck had some experience with the video game business — in college they had helped raise money for another startup game studio, persuading their fathers and others to invest, and earned observer seats on the board.

• CryptoKitties, a blockchain - based game, raised $ 12 million in Series A funding.

• Manticore Games, a San Mateo, California - based developer of multiplayer PC and console games, raised $ 15 million in Series A funding.

• Velan Studios, a Troy, N.Y. - based game studio, raised $ 7 million in funding from Velan Ventures, according to VentureBeat.

It has raised the bar in the action - adventure and role - playing genres and it's the first game to really take the Grand Theft Auto idea to a higher level.

Irish research firm Eagle Alpha, for example, digested 7,416 comments on a Reddit gaming thread in October to predict that Electronic Arts (EA) would sell more of its new Star Wars videogame than it had projected; Electronic Arts soon raised its sales forecast, citing «excitement» over the game.

But people in and around the video game industry tend to raise issues of economic scale as a deterrent to entry.

Rather than having gamers fork over the $ 60 most traditional video games cost, Quick Hit is offering its version for free and hopes to raise revenue through online advertising and the sale of in - game extras.

The 12s are what the Seahawks call their fans, and it's become such a huge part of the team's identity that the number was actually retired in 1984; today, a number 12 flag is raised before every home game.

• Netmarble Games, a Seoul, South Korea - based mobile game company backed by Tencent (SEHK: 700), said it plans to raise up to 2.66 trillion ($ 2.35 billion) in an initial public offering.

If you want to stay in the game, keep raising the bar.

Why it's revolutionary: Amazon has raised the bar for everyone, and has major retailers like Target rushing to step up their game in e-commerce.

These days, the game a lot of mercenary entrepreneurs are playing is to get a product out, get a lot of people using it, get a lot of hype online, turn that into a lot of hype in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, raise a lot of money and sell out.

King Digital games currently have no advertisements, but the unit's head, Riccardo Zacconi, had in May raised the possibility of running ads on what he touted as one of the «largest untapped audiences for advertisers in the world.»

This year, Ogwumike has raised her scoring averaging to 20 points per game (third), on 59.6 % shooting (third), while grabbing seven rebounds per game (ninth), and leading the league in win shares.

The polluted bay has raised concerns for years among athletes and residents and the Rio government promised to have most of it cleaned in time for the games.

Other GoFundMe campaigns have raised money for Olympians in need of money to cover travel and expenses related to last year's Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, and for Chicago Cubs fans who wanted to attend a World Series game.

The crowdfunding site Kickstarter might be best known for funding films, games and products — like Pebble, the Palo Alto - based smartwatch whose maker raised more than $ 20.3 million in March, making it the most - backed product in the site's history.

When a senior manager recently went on mat leave, «everyone had to raise their game and take on more responsibility,» says Cathy Pickard, director of HR in Saskatoon.

In addition, metals warehousing has drawn attention due to allegations that banks and merchants have tried to game the London Metal Exchange (LME) warehousing rules, deliberately creating bottlenecks for aluminum consumers such as drinks can makers to boost storage income, while raising physical prices.

If you still can't raise the money you need to fund your business, it's time to decide if you should stay in the game or throw in the towel.

Shares in Japan's Nintendo Co. surged on Friday as consumers flocked to try out its new Pokemon GO smartphone game, raising hopes that the company's long - awaited shift into mobile gaming will pay off.

Zynga was initially successful thanks to a lucrative strategy of making social games for Facebook's desktop platform, going public in a 2011 IPO that raised $ 1 billion for the company.

The winner will get $ 10,000 on top of what they already raised and a trip to Hasbro headquarters in Pawtucket, R.I., for a chance to meet with all the game - making - pros and get advice on everything from manufacturing viability to marketing strategy.

• Plexchat, a Redwood City, Calif. - based developer of a communication platform for mobile gamers, raised $ 7 million in seed funding.

Even though North Korea's participation in the games hogged the spotlight in the lead - up to the event, the suspension of Jay Y. Lee's five - year prison term for bribery has raised questions more recently over chaebol reform in South Korea.

• Niantic, a San Francisco - based developer of a multiplayer augmented reality game, raised $ 200 million in Series B funding.

Raising their full - year adjusted revenue forecast in its second - quarter, Take - Two is in a «sweet spot» for game releases, according to Goldman Sachs.

• Small Giant Games, a Finland - based mobile game developer, raised $ 41 million in funding.

We talked to a video game company founder who said he thought about moving to Silicon Valley, but he and his wife decided they'd rather raise their kids in their hometown of Cleveland.

Bestselling author and CNBC contributor Suzy Welch says that with the right game plan in place, asking for a raise doesn't have to be cause for a stomachache.

Its like hes raising the ante in a poker game without actually looking at his cards.

• GameMine Inc, a Los Angeles - based mobile game publisher, raised $ 20 million in Series A funding.

Along with the possibility of raising the age for purchasing a gun, the commission will study the effects of factors such as violent video games that contribute to what DeVos called a «culture of violence» in U.S. schools.