Sentence examples for the outset say from inspiring English sources

At the outset, say VCs, it usually involves some combination of gut instinct, research into the market opportunity (when there's a market to research), and, done properly, lots of calls about the founder who's pitching them.

It goes without saying that even with this new change in place, the more security-conscious among you should stick with something more heavy duty from the outset — say, a heavy duty PIN or password.

Fair play to him, everyone at the outset said he needed to be his own man.

If the police, courts and civil service are not working together, all efforts are "handicapped" from the outset, says Walsh.

"There is no great change of direction because we were ambitious at the outset," said a member of his office.

"We've been a business from the outset," said Lara McCullogh, business development and communications manager of The Big Issue.

"Hummingbird, Primrose Bakery or Sweet Couture have all lasted longer than you might have thought at the outset," says Milton.

The most important thing is to be clear about your intentions from the outset, said Brendan Aguayo, a real estate agent and developer with Aguayo Realty Group, in Brooklyn.

"This was a terrible case from the outset," said another one of Mr. Cuban's lawyers, Christopher J. Clark of Latham & Watkins in New York.

Almost every other sizeable way of cutting bills requires some sort of expense at the outset, says Baxter, such as buying new bulbs or paying for better insulation.

"The goal of this provision, from the outset," said a top aide to the Finance Committee, "was to benefit smaller and rural hospitals.