As he spoke, Terry McAuliffe, the notable Democratic money man who presumably emerged from the womb doing The Walk, was blitzing through in the lobby, waving to everyone.
Aside from Robin van Persie, the most notable big-money move in the close season was Lee Dixon to ITV.
A notable amount of money is also being spent advocating the approval of another statewide referendum, which would amend the Constitution to allow certain state judges, including those on New York's highest court, to serve until age 80.
Coming up with the idea after difficulties getting grants for research around a treatment for Anthrax, the founders highlighted some notable projects raising money on the platform, including a project aiming to kill sperm with the cancer gene and around cannibalism in the Tyrannosaurus.
Three notable late 70s money-spinners were Anthony Shaffer's ingenious Sleuth, the ebullient musical Annie by Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse and Thomas Meehan (precursor of Billy Elliot and Matilda) and Ira Levin's devilish thriller Deathtrap.
But money in notable quantities should, in principle, start flowing next year.
One notable exception is electronic money, at least in Britain, where moving virtual cash between banks can take up to three days.
And with the increasing influence of money, especially notable in this election, the outcomes of our political process are becoming more like one dollar, one vote than one person, one vote.
He made an impressive debut in Witness (1985) and had notable roles in The Money Pit (1986) and Die Hard (1988), but his film career then faltered, and his more recent efforts were largely ignored.
The money is notable not just for the size and valuation, but for the timing: it comes less than five months since the company closed its last round, $175 million at a $5 billion valuation.
