"Travel hasn't really changed very much among our clientèle," says Bill Fischer, founder of Fischer Travel Enterprise, which arranges trips for folks willing to shell out a $100,000 fee upfront to be a client (and $25,000 annually after that).
Queremos, launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco today, seeks to solve that by creating a platform where fans interested in seeing a certain act could pledge money upfront to get a concert funded.
Last November Sara Feinberg, 29, a Brooklyn public defender, paid $3,200 upfront to become a lifetime member.
As a result, it was probably no problem for Upfront to raise a new fund, this time bringing in $280 million to invest in startups in its home market and around the world.
Spending some money upfront to hire a good lawyer to evaluate your claim may end up saving you a great deal of time and money in the long run if you attempt to file a lawsuit yourself.
Senators overwhelmingly rejected an important provision that would have required large financial firms to pay $50 billion upfront to create a so-called resolution fund, which would have been used to dismantle big banks at risk of failure.
He'll comment on it upfront to make a point, and then not dwell on it the whole night, which would make the evening a downer".
Both allegedly advertised that customers could pay nothing upfront to lease a vehicle, but the advertised price actually excluded "substantial fees and other amounts".
That is the bottom line behind the probable approval of the authority board next week to allow MMI Development of Orlando to pay upfront to build a $6.2 million half-interchange on State Road 414 in southwest Apopka near State Road 429.
Why not at least give more control to the consumer, Mr. Todor suggested, by offering an option upfront to speak to an agent or continue with the automated system?
