Their 25-24 win against Leeds could and should have been the springboard for the club to join the Super League elite, expanding the long-established Big Four of Leeds, Bradford, Wigan and St Helens into a quintet.
Mr. Alam, of the Pakistani professional association, said there was a strong push within the community to join the mainstream, largely by insisting on education as a springboard.
That training would prove beneficial years later when, as a college student, he joined the R&B act EMCQ, the springboard for his professional career.
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Oxygen Accelerator joined the growing list of YCombinator-like programs in the UK, including Hackfwd, Springboard, Seedcamp and Startupbootcamp.
My friend Alex accelerated his career no end when he joined the latter firm at the tender age of 22. "For me it was a huge springboard," he tells me.
Britain's ability to persuade foreign companies to invest here as a springboard for continental Europe, the government argues, is closely linked to its prospects of joining the euro.
It formally joins the EU next spring, which will not only vastly encourage commercial relations with that immense market but also provide a springboard for those wishing to do business with Russia, Ukraine and other markets to the east and south.
Wayra is the latest incubator/accelerator in London, joining Springboard, Seedcamp and Innovation Warehouse.
In addition, the Springboard alumni has managed to persuade Hailo founder and chairman Ron Zeghibe to join as non-executive chairman, although I'm told he hasn't invested, but (as we'd expect) is taking a small amount of equity.
