Fundraising Quotes - Page 3

• There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.

  Daniel Inouye

  World Government, Air, Law

  Iran-Contra Hearings Closing Statement, www.danielkinouyeinstitute.org. August 03, 1987.

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• Keep the competitive leads warm, get your deal oversubscribed, because until your deal is done, it's just a nice fantasy in your head

  Travis Kalanick

  Nice, Done, Fantasy

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• We were very focused on becoming profitable from a very early time, which was not true of most companies in the bubble

  Marissa Mayer

  Becoming, Company, Profitable

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• It's an old - and true - cliche that VCs rarely actually say 'no' - more often they say 'maybe', or 'not right now', or 'my partners aren't sure', or 'that's interesting, let me think about it'

  Marc Andreessen

  Thinking, Interesting, Cliche

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• I get a lot of emails from entrepreneurs. The best ones are short, to the point and include some question and/or the product

  Jason Calacanis

  Entrepreneur, Email, Products

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• Music is such a powerful fundraising tool and it's so easy for me to share that and it's such a light.

  Jason Mraz

  Powerful, Light, Tools

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 23, 2012.

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• Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home run. The base hits and the home runs pay for all the strikeouts

  Marc Andreessen

  Running, Home, Swings

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• The only thing that we know about financial predictions of start-ups is that 100 percent of them are wrong

  Brad Feld

  Financial, Predictions, Percent

  Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson (2016). “Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist”, p.26, John Wiley & Sons

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• If you can't get an intro to a VC, hang up your cleats now. You're done, GAME OVER

  Mark Suster

  Games, Done, Game Over

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• When you prohibit failure, you kill innovation. If you kill innovation in fundraising, you can't raise more revenue. If you can't raise more revenue, you can't grow. And if you can't grow, you can't possibly solve large social problems.

  Dan Pallotta

  Motivation, Inspiration, Innovation

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• Everyone wants charities to spend as little as possible on overhead. That's backwards. Overhead is what drives growth. If charities can't grow, they can't solve problems. So overhead is a good thing. And I'm overhead.

  Dan Pallotta

  Growth, Charity, Want

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• Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama announced his new economic team. You know what he should do? Hire those people who were in charge of his fundraising campaign. We can pay this thing off in like a week.

  Jay Leno

  Team, Yesterday, People

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• I personally spend the majority of my time by far on outreach and education and fundraising and administration.

  James Balog

  Majority, Administration, Outreach

  Source: collider.com

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• I went to art school... but I worked at the Museum of Modern Art. I worked in fundraising at the information membership desk. I ended up, over a period of time, doubling the amount of membership revenue that came in through people entering the museum, so people would ask me to come and work for them.

  Jeff Koons

  Art, School, Museums

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• Mitt Romney has a new fundraising gimmick. If you donate $3 or more to his campaign, your name will be entered into a drawing to win a dinner with Mitt Romney and Donald Trump. If you donate more than $10, you get to sit at a different table.

  Jay Leno

  Winning, Names, Drawing

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• I started, with three friends, this website called Crowdrise that's sort of the Facebook for personal philanthropy, a place where anybody can have a permanent microsite of their own to stage creative fundraising projects for the charities and causes that they care about. And we did it with serious intent but without any ambition.

  Edward Norton

  Ambition, Creative, Serious

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Online fundraising is so important to the Democratic Party.

  John Byrne

  Party, Important, Online

  "Interview with John Byrne: Editor and Founder of Rawstory.com". Mother Jones Interview, www.motherjones.com. June 29, 2007.

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• The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success

  Fred Wilson

  Facts, Raises, Seeds

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• He looked at my lips. I suddenly found myself wanting to lick his. 'Yes,' he replied, his eyes going molten. My breath caught in my throat as he reached out and brushed a strand of hair where it had flown across my cheek. 'I believe we do have unfinished business.' 'Good.' I gulped, suddenly one big mass of tingling body parts that wanted an immediate introduction to all of his body parts. I tried to slam down a mental barrier between his mind and mine, but it did no good. The cheerleaders in my groin were setting up fundraising car washes to finance a field trip to his groin.

  Katie MacAlister

  Believe, Eye, Unfinished Business

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• I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.

  John McCain

  People, Politician, Lost

  "Steadfast Republican Trooper To Battle Again for Finance Overhaul" by Donna Cassata, www.cnn.com. 1996.

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• Since there are a wide range of entrepreneurs fundraising at any given time, I looked at each opportunity as it has arisen and on its own merits. Then I've sat down with my financial advisers, we've looked at the numbers and gone for the businesses I believe have real potential.

  Andy Murray

  Real, Believe, Opportunity

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• He [Barack Obama] is been boffo at fundraising - 220 fundraisers, and he raised something approaching $1 billion.

  Lou Dobbs

  Billions, Raised, Fundraiser

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I worked for Hillary [Clinton] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things, I see all of these people as political in a way that isn't humanistic. I'm just watching and hoping that someone is going to distinguish himself or herself as comprehending what we need.

  Patti Smith

  Running, People, Political

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• [Donald Trump] doesn't have a speechwriter, doesn't have a teleprompter. He doesn't have a pollster, he doesn't have a consultant, he doesn't have campaign staff. He hasn't been fundraising. He hasn't done anything you're supposed to do. Look what he's doing! [People] are fascinated.

  Rush Limbaugh

  People, Campaigns, Looks

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I didn't understand how much senators and members of the House are not able to represent the people because they're too busy fundraising to maintain their seat in office. I hope we as a country start looking at how we can change that.

  Jessica Chastain

  Country, Office, People

  Source: www.glamour.com

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