Sentence examples for earliest ventures from inspiring English sources

One of his earliest ventures was a mind-reading act; another combined lion taming and nudity.

However, in recent years China's entrepreneurs have moved beyond the ostentation that marked some of the earliest ventures and are giving more thought to where their donations go.

It was one of the earliest ventures to use steam cranes.

The spooky Radiohead B-side "Paperbag Writer" inspired a rubber-limbed mid-stage dance-off between Flea and Yorke, and a return to one of Yorke's earliest ventures outside his day job spurred one of the night's most intimate moments.

Other big sellers include Accel, one of the earliest venture backers of the social network, which is selling about 19 percent of its stake, or 38.2 million shares.

Not exactly known for its thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, Calcutta, however, was the place where one of India's earliest venture-funded product companies was founded.

[Editor's note: Sequoia and Kleiner, Google's earliest venture investors, wound up co-leading Flipagram's early funding.

Early ventures did not work out.

Had Rigelsford gained confidence from similar earlier ventures?

Gordimer's early ventures into memoir are witty and insightful.

For all its bravura, Mr. Fairfax's seafaring almost pales beside his earlier ventures.