Fundraising Quotes

Fundraising Quote of the day

"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."

There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can.

The essential difference between emotion and reason is that emotion leads to action while reason leads to conclusions.

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.

I have tried raising money by asking for it, and by not asking for it. I always got more by asking for it.

It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.

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

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.

The internet has become such a great tool not just for chefs but for everyone. The net has given everyone the tools to see and almost experience new and different ideas.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to talk and meet with people.

Fundraising is proclaiming what we believe in such a way that we offer other people an opportunity to participate with us in our vision and mission.

In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships.

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

I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out.

Computer dating is fine, if you're a computer.

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

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

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'

Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, "Will you help me" and don't say another thing. Just listen to them.

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

Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion.

If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them.

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

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

Rick Santorum beat Mitt Romney in three states on Tuesday. Got a huge amount of fundraising. That's the good news for Rick Santorum. The bad news: people are now Googling 'Santorum.'

I am fundraising gold. Democrat donors hate me so much, they hear my name and they run to their checkbooks.

When I'm raising money, this fundraising, I'm thinking about the next fundraising. I'm thinking how I'm set up for it.

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

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

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

Online fundraising is so important to the Democratic Party.

Our fundraising went up about a thousand percent and that's largely been sustained.

Learning to embrace and savor rejection is one of the best things that entrepreneurs can do. Launching a startup is the time to find your ever-optimistic inner child again.

Fundraising is an extreme sport!

One of the best ways to attract capital is to outperform the competition.

Most startups eventually pivot to adjust to what the market is telling them.

Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ?

If you want to glide toward money, you have to make sure your message is clear as a bell, and you need to ensure that you have a unified team capable of communicating it.

Don’t expect investors to be throwing millions on the table for you to go off and buy a bigger house, get a new car, party half the week away, and generally upgrade your lifestyle.

Ideas are meaningless without a masterful execution.

Business is still more often about whom you know, not what you know.