It had run through its initial funding without delivering a product to the watchmaker or Sony.
He met Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard and provided some of the initial funding for Facebook.
It has dramatically surpassed its initial funding goal on Kickstarter, and will begin shipping this Fall.
Dorf also answered questions from participants, such as ways to find customers and get initial funding.
Glaxo provided the initial funding and holds a controlling stake, but the Cambridge, Mass. startup runs independently.
Hoping to make a big difference in developing countries, the idea has already raised over 500 percent of its initial funding target.
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And today's awards provide only initial funding for the rail system.
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They often think of turning to family and friends for the initial funding, as it is sometimes easier to raise money from them than through other avenues.
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In this way, companies, especially startups, can design their products or services to meet the demands of their customer base without requiring large amounts of initial funding or expensive product launches.
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New investment regulations put in place by the recently passed Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) act coupled with a shake-up in the traditional venture capitalist model could make it easier for social entrepreneurs to attract initial funding.
Apart from the initial seed funding and branding from Citi, the fledgling venture was on its own.
If you think your business will require multiple rounds of funding, you may want to consider including a person or firm in your initial round of funding that is a professional investor and has the resources to lead or participate in follow-on rounds.
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Last October, Aurora Feint raised its initial round of funding of several million dollars from Japanese mobile internet and games company DeNa.
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One of the oldest buildings in Ledbury has secured initial support for a funding bid to restore part of it.
The council, which employs about 10, 000 people, said cuts in government funding meant that initial forecasts of a total reduction of 28% to the budget were now more likely to equate to 36% up until 2018.
Every startup needs access to capital, whether for funding product development, for initial rollout efforts, acquiring inventory, or paying that first employee.
Torfaen and Monmouthshire will not be included in the initial grants because they have already received what the Welsh government called "significant grant funding" for information technology.
Funding closed on September 22, and the team is hoping to deliver the initial SmartThings kits to backers by December 2012.
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So, then, how did we get from those initial doubts to the launching of the Glass Collective, dedicating millions of dollars to finding, funding and fostering innovative applications (not just of the software variety) for Google's new wearable?
Sprint has stated that it is concerned with Clearwire's failure to consummate the January 2 tranche of funding under the Sprint Financing Agreements, that it does not believe Clearwire's initial draw notice was revocable and that it has reserved its rights relating thereto.
Professional investors, if brought on for a second round of funding, will invest with preferred terms that will give them priority and special treatment over your initial investors.
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An initial successful feasibility study into the development of LaserSnake was funded by the Technology Strategy Board, and the new funding will help them to develop the technology to a full-scale demonstration phase.
Despite Bush's initial opposition to the bill, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings recommended that he not veto the measure because it increases funding for Pell Grants.
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