Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal.
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Last year, the Corlan Hafren consortium submitted a business plan to the Department of Energy and Climate Change outlining a new proposal.
So the court might simply have rejected a proposal to split the Windows business three ways.
"We can't comment further on Len Riggio's plan to make a proposal to purchase the retail business other than to confirm ongoing discussions between Len and the strategic committee of the board, " Lynch said Thursday.
But by repeatedly invoking "Joe the Plumber" in recent weeks, McCain has managed to repackage his proposal as a boon to small business.
"Rachel's Dairy Limited (Rachel's) and Lactalis have announced a proposal to integrate the Rachel's business into the wider Lactalis Group within the UK and Ireland, " the company said.
Ermine Farms Ltd said it was looking to improve the sustainability and long-term financial viability of its business and did not think proposal represented a prominent or visually intrusive feature on the landscape.
Even more hidden are complex provisions such as a grantor trust proposal targeting certain sales transactions (particularly business sales), and elimination of several Generation Skipping Tax planning benefits.
The second prong of the independent contractor proposal would allow a contractor to tell a business to withhold from 15% to 35% of his check and send it to the IRS. Sounds like a good idea for encouraging voluntary compliance among cash management-challenged self-employed types, right?
But Tyson's proposal could spark a backlash from politically powerful business groups and meet with stiff opposition from Republicans in the U.S. Congress, who see environmental regulation and international accords like the Kyoto Agreement on greenhouse-gas emissions as a threat to opening markets and increasing trade around the globe.
And that strikes me as a very sensible, simple proposal rather than getting into the business of having the government set people's compensation, which I think is a bad idea in a free market system.
The business community likes what it sees so far, particularly a proposal to open the city's much underutilized waterfront to developers and a promise of speedy approval.
If realized, Carey's proposal would amount to a sea change in how Fox does business.
The business plan and equity proposal is circulated among prospective investors, before a physical pitch is made at an presentation event.
And now a new proposal, from a broad group of Palestinian intellectuals, politicians and business people, could drive a wedge between the two.
We look forward to hearing back from you by the close of business on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, with a response to our proposal.
And we are continuing to move forward on steps like a small business lending facility that action was taken in the Senate today to move that proposal forward, on how we can continue to make progress in our economy.
But now that proposal, fought bitterly by the business lobby, looks dead because of a deadlock at the SEC.
They agreed to a proposal to shift the Thatcher debate to Thursday - while moving Thursday's business, a debate on public procurement, to Wednesday.
The new college would establish a "mutually beneficial educational, research, and business partnership with UAlbany, " according to the proposal.
Perhaps most promising of all is a proposal to deregulate medical care, allowing private companies for the first time into the business.
"If it comes into force this proposal would give the Welsh Government the power to set the tax regime for a business of which it is the sole owner and beneficiary".
There can be no assurance that the review of Mr. Riggio's proposal or the consideration of any transaction will result in a sale of the retail business or in any other transaction.
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The request for a proposal should be treated as rare and interesting opportunity to have a meaningful dialogue about a business situation.
The first proposal we identified was to consolidate the six agencies focusing primarily on business and trade into a new department with a single mission: to spur job create and expand the U.S. economy.
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"It's a risk you run, " said Brian Sampson of the Unshackle Upstate business group, which support Cuomo's proposal.
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