And Republican political opponents, he said, kept many significant immigration measures from getting off the ground.
In Japan, where even voice mail is still rare, the business is just getting off the ground.
The folks on my team are masters at moving groups past the initial barriers that keep projects from getting off the ground.
Blueprint Health: A healthcare incubator for early stage companies just getting off the ground that has already fed companies into StartUp Health.
Waechter says the gesture recognition business was less than 4% of revenue in the December quarter, but the market is just getting off the ground.
Importantly, there's evidence that new businesses getting off the ground are doing so with nearly half as many workers as they did a decade ago.
The industry's efforts are just getting off the ground, and none of them are expected to entirely prevent malls from losing more shoppers to Web-based retailers.
Asthmapolis, an organization that is just getting off the ground, connects we-ness to improving health for chronically ill patients by attaching a small GPS-enabled device to rescue inhalers.
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Then little-known start-ups like Baidu were just getting off the ground, and the web and mobile communications boom that today ranks the country No. 1 in users of both was still relatively young.
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Monthly snapshots like Friday's jobs report may remind us that the economic recovery is barely getting off the ground, but the day-to-day realities of job quality and job creation are an urgent symptom we all feel.
One of the biggest difficulties in getting the program off the ground will be how to price the soured assets.
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Lots more over at NPR, Grist, and at Crosscut.com where the bureaucratic hoops involved with getting the project off the ground are detailed.
Florida-based economics professor and running enthusiast, Markl spent years getting Kourage off the ground.
It would be nice if it did well and it's been a lot of fun and I'm having a good time getting it off the ground.
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Kaela Fenn-Smith, a spokeswoman for the Walkie Talkie - at 20 Fenchurch Street - said the secret to getting a development off the ground was "location and timing".
And the Silicon Valley Start-up Common (SVSC) has played a key role in getting that venture off the ground.
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While getting that carrier off the ground, Ornstein still kept an eye on his earlier airline.
But getting a network off the ground requires more than just a single star with a large and devoted following.
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Read one of my favorite posts at Wired about maker companies that are getting their ventures off the ground on a shoestring.
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Lauren Katzberg, Chicago Booth MBA student and co-founder of early-stage startup TheStylisted, says that she and co-founder Julia Carmona have found their ties to the beauty industry to be immeasurably helpful in getting their fledgling venture off the ground.
There is something thrilling and intoxicating about the entrepreneurial leap, and passion is absolutely vital because getting a new business off the ground takes a lot more time, energy, and money than most founders expect.
Having the right kind of press coverage can play a big role in getting a growing company off the ground.
So, the two have turned to Kickstarter and are asking for a little help in getting their LineCam project off the ground.
Getting your own company off the ground and running is quite the challenge for any entrepreneur.
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Airlines know full well that time is money when it comes to getting planes on and off the ground.
But running a small business, or getting a new idea off the ground, is not so easily maneuvered.
But getting such an aircraft off the ground is only half the battle.
Mr Blank has spent the past 34 years in Silicon Valley, getting no fewer than eight start-ups off the ground.
But even with teachers, getting a Chinese-language program off the ground at a high school is difficult.
On-the-ground surveys reveal that many announced projects are not actually getting off the drawing board, and the reasons for the delays are the widely reported funding constraints.
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