Sentences with phrase «while making your pitch»

«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.

And a prominent CEO in the rare disease field stepped into Trump's high powered spotlight to urge a change in the way the agency handles orphan drugs while making a pitch for a speedy reversal of a painful setback handed to him by regulators last year.

There is a fine line between perfection and going over the top while making your pitch to the recruiters.

Not exact matches

That they happen to make billions of dollars while serving the cause of what they see as good is pitched largely as a coincidence.

While they're somewhat gun - shy because they are constantly pitched, they still appreciate knowing their work makes a difference.

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.

Rotem's sales pitch is that while owners may lose a small margin on sales, the new customers that come in should more than make up for it.

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.

While trying to launch a startup, they also must manage a team and maybe figure out how make the perfect pitch to investors.

This was made even clearer to me recently while I watched startup pitches in Charleston, South Carolina, at Dig South, a conference combining great entertainment, cutting - edge technology, pitch events, and fantastic networking.

While I won't tell you why you shouldn't pitch your bare - bones concept, I can offer several ways to make your idea more acceptable to potential investors and customers.

Another Super Bowl first - timer, Fiji Water makes its debut at the big game this year with an ad pitching the water as «Nature's Gift» while showing images of the Fiji islands juxtaposed with urban cityscapes.

From his release, both pitches look identical to batters needing to make the micro-second decisions that go into swinging, but one shoots by them at breakneck speeds, and the other dives out of the zone while still hitting 91 mph on the gun.

While it is tricky to navigate workplace competition, stress that the biggest win is an individual rising above their own goals, and encourage everyone to pitch in and make those individual wins a reality.

One source said it can be tough work to make what he described as a «boring pitch» to investors for a direct lending strategy that, while prosaic, would more precisely match a given investor's requirements than any other investment option on the menu.

While we make important introductions to investors and potential acquirers in our network, we focus primarily on teaching founders how to craft a great pitch and how to close a deal when the time comes.

When Bob returns, he quietly confesses that, while he spent much of the eveningtalking privately with the potential client, he had not made the sales pitch.

KKR and junior partner Rhone Capital lifted an indicative offer for Treasury on August 4 to $ 5.20 per share, while on August 11 TPG Capital made a proposal also pitched at $ 5.20 per share.

That argument about the inflated prices of players and having a great chance of buying a flop, while losing a player that does pitch in with crucial goals, regardless of his defensive absence (even though in 2016/17 his defensive work has drastically improved) makes a point.

Bear in mind that Sanchez while no doubt making our attack better does not play in a area of the pitch which was our weakness.

While the two managers will renew hostilities, it will be down to the players on the pitch to make the difference, and Le Tissier has gone for six Arsenal players and five United players in his combined XI.

The game was 6 - 3 when he entered it, and after Marlon Byrd hit a grand slam to make it 10 - 3, there was no reason to let anybody else pitch for a while.

But others have also come out in pseudo-defense of Chelsea and especially Jose Mourinho's tough stance against Nicky Hunt, the idea being that while Hunt may not have deliberately tried to fracture Cech's skull — he certainly made no attempt to avoid making contact, and showed little remorse on the pitch after clearly doing so.

United spent heavily on attacking players over the summer, and while this list is not made up entirely of defenders, it is clear that van Gaal now feels he needs to switch his focus to that part of the pitch.

Since intentional walks often come in high leverage situations, that brief pause to the game while they throw the four pitches has always got me super pumped for the next at bat and really sold how much of a threat the other team thought the current batter was compared to the next one — making it so much sweeter when the next guy defied the odds and got a hit anyway.

While he may not make the cleanest of tackles or even be the most sensible player on the pitch, you can rest assured that Mathieu Flamini will be ready to put his body on the line and do everything he can to make sure Arsenal come away victorious.

If the question before you is, «Should I grab this bull mastiff's ears and make incredibly high - pitched shrieking sounds while putting my face an inch away from its powerful jaws?»

@Tope, yeah he tweets a lot.So what?You make it sound like he tweets while he is running on the pitch.

But the Frenchman has resisted the urge to make any changes from the away win at Sundertland last weekend, so Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey remain on the bench, while Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini both start in the centre of the pitch.

We've made a pitch for the West Coast audience, but the West Coast still isn't tuning in, while the East Coast fan who was a loyal viewer can't watch because he's got stuff to do with his family.»

While Wenger has overseen a substantial change in Arsenal's philosophy and played a major role in their move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, Dyche has also had a hand in how Burnley have built the foundations for future success of the pitch, with the # 10.6 million Gawthorpe training ground redevelopment progressing well and other improvements made to the infrastructure of the club, often at Dyche's behest, paid for by the Premier League cash he has played such a huge role in securing.

Alcacer has made just three appearances in all competitions, totalling 122 minutes on the pitch, while Deulofeu has fared slightly better with seven outings to his name and 424 minutes of football.

The second part of it, is if you're swinging at more bad pitches while letting good pitches go by, you're likely going to make worse contact than by doing the opposite.

The blueprint to follow, ever since the Royals decided shortening the game to make up for their league - average (or worse) starting pitchers was the way to go, was to get as many nigh - unhittable strikeout machines as you could, and then deploy them all one inning at a time until your opponents were weeping while whiffing on pitches they had no chance against.

The plan is for Harvey to keep starting, but if he tweaks that sprained ankle the wrong way, he's either going to pitch poorly while trying to make it through the pain, or have to miss time until things heal.

While there's no doubt that United possessed the better individual quality across the pitch at the weekend, the tireless effort from the hosts at the John Smith's Stadium made a huge difference and helped them pull off the shock win.

On the last lap, Busch and Logano made brief contact before Logano then lost the rear of his car down the bottom of the track and pitched Busch into a spin while they battled at the front.

Jim Bowden has heard prospect Austin Hedges» name in talks, while every other report seems to focus on the young pitching that the Padres have in their system: either scenario would make sense for the Rays, who focus heavily on catcher defense but also continually bring in other clubs» starting pitching prospects rather than sign established, expensive pieces that they can't afford.

And while our centre forward is determined to make up for his off key performance in the home leg, Giroud is not letting it affect him as he thrives on confidence and has a strong mentality, something he believes is essential to his success on the pitch.

While it may be a mistake, it's time that the team simply allows him to skip a start once in a while in order to pitch out the rest of the season and likely when the Nationals make the MLB PlayWhile it may be a mistake, it's time that the team simply allows him to skip a start once in a while in order to pitch out the rest of the season and likely when the Nationals make the MLB Playwhile in order to pitch out the rest of the season and likely when the Nationals make the MLB Playoffs.

While I don't believe Squillaci is as bad as he his made out to be, Djourou and Koscielny are a great combination and none of the four goals yesterday came when the Swiss defender was on the pitch.

While Scholes nearly completely shunned the limelight, his performances on the pitch ensured he was constantly making headlines.

Amazingly, Cahill has not made a defensive error in his time on the pitch with Chelsea (a stretch of more than 14.5 full games), while Luiz has committed two such errors.

We had two terrace tickets which were taken by my sister and one of the lads from the local Cricket Club, while «holicDad and I made our way to the seats and took a first glimpse of the pitch.

Despite being on the pitch for only 24 minutes, Xhaka committed more fouls than any other player, making a total of 6 tackles with a success rate of 0 % while also picking up a yellow card in the process.

But while his exploits on the pitch were well documented, Salah made news off the pitch too when the story of his rejection as a youngster came to the fore courtesy of the very man who rejected him.

It also demonstrates that while the game remains essentially the same on the pitch, it continues to change significantly off the pitch, making it essential that we at UEFA and our other stakeholders continue to remain vigilant and true to our values.»

John Terry is one who could make a return, while Kurt Zouma should get some time on the pitch.

Those two things are important because: 1) Forward passes are the most difficult passes to make, and 2) the final third of the pitch is usually where things are the most congested and passes are the hardest to play, so a difference of 10 % in that area of the pitch leaves little to question about Hazard's passing competency while it raises several questions about Bale's competency.

Indeed, when Ramsey was playing as a central midfielder, Arsenal were effectively asking him to not only play as one of the two central midfielders, but also to continue the auxiliary role, making the third - man runs that Arsenal need higher up the pitch, while also passing and building play.