Sentences with phrase «raised the game of»

In comparison, Sanchez cant seem to raise the game of those around him.

While The Hunte Corporation has demonstrated an ability to raise the game of its breeder - partners, it still has to be careful about exactly who those partners are.

In one understated fell swoop he has raised the game of ethical fashion design.

Not exact matches

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

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.

With an onslaught of startups looking to raise funds, entrepreneurs need to have their game face on to get the attention of a VC.

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.»

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.

It is hoping to raise $ 82 million to fund the development of games like «Forge Your Destiny» and «Battle of Atlantis.»

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.

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.

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.

And it's pinning its hopes on Friday's launch of Switch, a video game console that is intended to reverse a string of failed and mediocre releases that have raised serious questions about the iconic company.

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.

With the millions he's raised, his flagship product might become one of the most game - changing drones in the air.

«My father would come home in a foul mood after losing at blackjack and other card games,» Lee wrote, «and demand some of my mother's jewelry to pawn...» His mother not only saved her jewelry from her feckless husband but also ably raised her four sons and one daughter, selling cakes baked from tapioca when flour and money grew scarce.

Small companies will always look to hype themselves up in order to raise cash to stay afloat... you can take advantage of this by learning how the game works.

Let's raise a toast to the latest round of Super Bowl commercials, often as widely anticipated as the big game itself.

Democrats are corrupt because they could win this game with public pressure by saying if the Fed raises rates, your credit card payments go up, your car payments go up, the value of your house declines, bankers profits increase (not that they aren't too high already).

Some 33,000 backers have kicked in money for Crowfall's development, and ArtCraft — which has also raised money from traditional early - stage investors — likes the idea of offering them a stake in the game's financial outcome, said J. Todd Coleman, the company's creative director.

Hoosier Lottery officials hope that Monopoly Millionaires» Club will catch up as more prizes are awarded, raising awareness of the game, and once a television show featuring the Friday night drawings launches in February, Arango said.

We think of ourselves as open to the world, but we should raise our game.

Sites seeking donations for charity or funding for creative projects in return for non-financial rewards - such as merchandise, access to computer games, or autographed albums - raised a total of $ 1.4 billion, Massolution said.

The CRTC got an earful from a (relatively small) number of Canadians about being denied access to the original ads when watching the Super Bowl game in Canada, but this issue became the lighting rod that raised the whole ad substitution issue.

This illustrates the basic economic reality that productivity growth is the only game in town when it comes to raising the economic and financial well - being of people over a long period.

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.

Now, having accomplished its primary objective, and still 15 days to go for the end of the token sale, the team is raising more funds in order to reach newly introduced extended goals and add exciting new features to the game, like player vs player and user - generated tournaments via smart contracts.

Foundr Version 1.0 features 7 comprehensive chapters covering everything from starting a business, building a team, raising capital and more from over 30 game - changing entrepreneurs — we're not talking a simple collection of mumbo - jumbo interviews where you dig for useful little nuggets of gold: we've broken it down to deliver the stuff you actually need to know immediately.

Those experienced in the game of raising capital knows that the way you pitch angel investors is different from the way you pitch Venture capitalists.

CHAPTER FIVE: Part C — Before jumping into the game of raising capital, it is very important that you critically weigh the odds of seeking external small business financing.

Raising capital is one of the most challenging tasks for entrepreneurs; especially those who are new to the game.

Jump into a conversation between Shannah Game and Taylor Schulte as they chat about the top five investing taboos that raise a lot of questions, doubt, and insecurities with investors.

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Scoopon, a kind of Groupon for Australians, raised $ 80 million; Juice in the City, a Groupon for mothers, raised $ 6 million; and Scvngr, which started a Groupon for gamers, raised $ 15 million.

Issuers trying to game limitations by masking project names and conducting multiple crowdfunding campaigns over a period of time to exceed fund raising caps.

Why, asks John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, is his own constituency so willing to bring him down with protests, disrupted basketball games, and boycotts, when Pres. Lawrence worked so hard to make Rutgers a campus that «bristles with the enforcement tools of diversity: a speech code, real courses replaced by «multicultural curricular change,» diversity awareness «training» in lectures and freshman orientation sessions, a tolerance for ethnic and racial segregation in dorms («a self - affirming environment,» as Lawrence puts it), and professors who learn not to raise unapproved ideas about race, gender, and the campus power system built around multiculturalism»?

On the far more important point raised by Tubbs, the Supreme Court did, from Griswold on, make it up at each stage of the game» despite the legal paper trail (or, pace Tubbs, chain) I referenced in my article.

The game, which has the support of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis, was organised to raise money for a joint Catholic and Anglican campaign against modern - day slavery and human trafficking.

For many teenagers raised in the church, going overseas is sort of a rite of passage — a «Global Perspective» you achieve like a challenge in a video game.

After conducting a review of its faith based programming, the network said it wants to raise its game across all religious output, reach as many people as possible and portray the diversity of beliefs and society.

It's still very difficult for me to raise my voice, since I'm not always sure of what to say in protest of someone who is playing this game, and more often anything I do say merely perpetuates the drama cycle.