Saudi Arabia was Pakistan's great backer in this effort, which brought fundamentalist Wahhabism forcefully to the area; Pakistan's other backers, like the United States, went along with it for reasons of their own.
The prime minister's great backer is fellow Gujarati Mukesh Ambani, the managing director of Reliance Industries.
He had a great gut on 'Lost".' Ms. Lyne was a big backer of "Desperate Housewives".
Large corporate backers can be a great customer too.
The risk proved so great that these backers swiftly passed it back to the Treasury and future British taxpayers and energy users, in loan guarantees and sky-high prices.
Clearly, then, their efforts require outside funding; Smith declined to reveal details of Great Fire's backers, only saying that "people have supported us, a lot [of whom are] inside China".
A recently formed organization with many of the same backers, Great Public Schools Now, also talks about creating successful schools of any kind.
If and when they do, the United States, as the Egyptian military's great and unwavering backer, will again become a target.
Giving backers greater access and participation in your project will appeal as a potential story and as a reward, so why not invite people into your process or production.
Investors include Bonobos, Warby Parker, and Geeklist backer Great Oaks Venture Capital, as well as Brad Harrison Ventures, Columbia University's Lang Fund, and several other angel investors.
