grubstake

Example Sentences

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But Hagan also lavishes praise upon Wenner for building a media empire from a tiny grubstake.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2017

Both, as it happens, were attributes prized by Charles Lewis Tiffany, who helped found a store that sold stationery and fancy goods in 1837 with a $1,000 grubstake from his father.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2015

At the firm's start in 1985, Schwarzman and co-founder Peter G. Peterson shared a secretary and oversaw a grubstake of just $400,000.

From BusinessWeek • May 7, 2009

His solid reputation as an executive enabled him to land a $276,000 grubstake from KAKE'S board of directors, which represents some of Wichita's first families.

From Time Magazine Archive

He told Westerberg he planned on staying until April 15, just long enough to put together a grubstake.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer