Sentence examples for it was a founder from inspiring English sources

It was a founder of today's European Union, a driving force behind the creation of the single currency and despite French voters' rejection of the draft EU constitution in May 2005 a longstanding promoter of deeper European integration.

When Chen became president of Via in 1992, it was a foundering integrated-circuit design house in Fremont, California.

People were coming up to me, and I thought it was because I was a founder of Puppet Masters, but they were like, 'Are you Matthew's brother?

It is debatable how involved in running a company any member of a board really is, even when it's a founder like Clark, and it's uncertain how much his exit will affect company operations.

Perhaps it is a founder's instinct to keep things "within the family".

But regarding slavery, he firmly and consistently opposed it and was a founder of the Society for Manumission of Slaves.

It was a classic founder's disagreement over the direction of the company.

"Because it was a woman," said Jim Buzinski, a founder of Outsports.com, a Web site about homosexuality and sports.

"The rescue mission was successful – but it was a real cliffhanger," Tighar founder Ric Gillespie wrote in an email last week.

(Peter Jackson was a founder).

It was a humbling outing for the founders, who are now seeking more funding.