Sentences with phrase «time raising money»

We were still having a hard time raising the money we needed to get to reach our growth goals.

Get your paper work done quickly, so you can spend more time raising money.

«They initially told me they thought I was going to have a hard time raising the money.

Advocates worry that states, counties and cities will have a tougher time raising money for schools — which get nearly all of of their money from state and local tax revenues — because those taxes will no longer be fully deductible.

So they spent more time raising money for a private school and eventually worked out a deal with a local Greek church to rent space.

Everyone had a great time raising money for the MLK Health Center & Pharmacy, eating doughnuts, & drinking some great Red River beer!

«That certainly makes investors more comfortable, which means you get your money for a cheaper price and you spend less of your time raising that money.»

I have friends in Washington who spend way too much time raising money.»

«For those who said he is not projecting issues so much because he is spending time raising money, when you look at the late winter, spring and early summer campaign activities, he's neither projected issues, nor has he raised the money to get known.»

The candidates are spending much of their time raising money to collect $ 250,000 in small contributions and qualify for millions in taxpayer campaign funds.

That is why politicians often spend as much time raising money for their campaigns as they do enacting legislation and addressing issues of concern to their constituents

Still, Lazio has not gained traction in his race against Cuomo, the attorney general, and he has had a difficult time raising money.

Currently politicians spend a significant portion of their time raising money.

Candidates will spend more time raising money instead of talking to voters, and big money will continue to corrupt our legislative process.

While Wu will likely have a hard time raising money for his campaign committee, Hochul could have at her disposal the large universe of donors that have maxed out to Cuomo and could now give to her as well.

But if he was initially turned off by a long campaign, Bayh now has a four - month sprint to November with more than $ 9.2 million sitting in his campaign account, so he won't have to spend as much time raising money.

In fact, our politicians waste roughly 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from the tiniest fraction of the one percent.

«So I think, do we have the real Keith Ellison or do we have a transformed, conditioned Keith Ellison so desperate for the position that he's forgotten a lot of his own former courageous stands and is willing to spend the lot of his time raising money from Democratic Party fat cats, which is the prime occupation of the chair of the Democratic National Committee.»

Most political advocacy groups are formally nonprofits, but that doesn't mean that they care any less about their budgets than corporations — most end up having to spend a ridiculous amount of their time raising money.

Because well - educated white men have the easiest time raising money today, any model using demographics to predict success would favor them — the opposite of her intention.

If your «elevator pitch» is longer than one minute, you will have a very difficult time raising money because you will not have enough time to make a compelling investment case.

The first time we raised money was after 10 years of our existence and we have been a profitable company for those years.

Not exact matches

Uber riders also spend 12 times as much money as their Lyft counterparts, which helps explain why Uber is valued at more than $ 15 billion and how Kalanick has raised a reported $ 1.5 billion in venture capital.

If you plan to raise money for your business through crowdfunding, get ready to spend lots of quality time with a good lawyer.

Sohn is one of the most anticipated hedge fund events of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

Whether you're raising seed funding for your business or you're bootstrapping, spending the time to research and build a better business plan with appropriate forecasting will save you money — and will likely save your business.

The ECB won't give extra time to the embattled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi to raise money to finance its operations, sources told CNBC.

Now, it's decision time for those 216 companies: Can they raise more money?

At the same time, the fact the ECB is likely to gradually raise interest rates, it will mean that these peripheral nations could face higher debt financing when borrowing money from the markets.

Following Mendelson's disastrous 2009 campaign, the New York - based marketer did another trans - U.S. tour — this time to raise money for the families of people wounded in combat — in a red, white, and blue Mustang, doing T.V. and radio interviews on the way.

The main difference is that it takes much longer to raise money in recessionary times.

I had a really hard time raising the last round of money and it was exhausting.

They hadn't gone back to raise money in a few years, so maybe that would have been a good time to go to market and raise a war chest and set aside a bunch of people to try and do the full innovator's dilemma salvation plan.

The fledgling company pushed past other troubles by raising money, although Hindy told of a period of time when he had to pick up a second job, editing stories at Newsday, to get by.

Lara decides it's time to take the business to the next level by raising capital, but she doesn't want to use family money; she wants the outside validation that comes from a cap raise.

«We helped a lot of people and gave away a lot of money, but it took too much of my time and too much time to raise the money.

They are currently trying to raise $ 20 million for the project; the money will go to one - time capital grants for 15 new centres (to build kitchens, gardens and activity rooms) as well as annual $ 350,000 operating grants.

ONE TIME I WANTED TO RAISE MONEY for one of my funds.

Raising a boatload of money right off the bat isn't always a good thing, especially as a first - time entrepreneur.

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.

He doesn't agree with the «appetizer rule,» to wit: that the time to eat the appetizers (or raise new money) is when they're being served or available.

We often work with entrepreneurs who are cycling through the product - development process at the same time they're raising money.

Lean means shorter cycle time, less money raised, which limits the entrepreneurs time for experimentation.»

It has $ 3.5 billion on hand, has been cash flow positive for some time now, and hasn't struggled to raise money privately.

In raising money I've employed a very specific strategy, that is based on equal parts timing, what I had and better - than - average salesman.

First of all, it started raising money for the first time and wound up with about $ 163 million in funding.

But capital has very low latency: It takes a long time to raise money, because those who need capital have to go through intermediaries to get to those who have capital.

On Being a Young CEO «Raising money is hard when you're in your 20s and you're asking for $ 3 million to $ 5 million when you've never managed more than $ 10,000 at a time.»

Slack raised $ 120 million just last October at a $ 1.12 billion valuation and, at the time, didn't even need the money.

Thanks to Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which went into effect in mid-May, they can now raise money by soliciting small - time investors who want to purchase shares.