Michael Seibel Quotes

When fundraising, your network is critical. Leveraging it early and often is the key. Don't make the mistake of waiting until you need money to engage sources of capital.

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.

I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton School.

It's appalling how much money raised at some charity events gets wasted on paying personnel and admin staff.

It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.'

A lot of charities spend a million dollars on a fundraiser to make $15,000. It's a social swirl. They do some great stuff and then - it's called mission drift. It becomes more about the parties.

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack.

Every moment of free time is eaten up by fundraising.

Raising money, like sausage-making, ain't pretty to see, and it would be just criminally naive to rely on the big hearts of big donors.

The secret to fundraising comes down to three magic words: before, more, and strategic.

I was never a good fundraiser.

It is one thing to talk about fundraising and another to do it as a candidate, and I have learned so much about how much money it costs to run a campaign and what it means to raise money.

I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film.

People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.

There is no law saying you have to die before your assets can be passed to loved ones. In fact, gifting earlier can be a lovely way to witness how your money helps your family thrive.

You have to offer a product that creates an environment that captures donations, but at the end of the day, it's not the environment that draws in the money but the cause.

I don't know if people understand that there are different ways to raise money for great causes.

I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.

In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.

Each time you go to the grocery store with your kids, it is a potential learning opportunity. In order not to overemphasize materialism, focus on other things to do with money. In 'Beyond the Lemonade Stand,' I try to emphasize the importance of saving money, and of using it to help other people.

What do wealthy people do with their money? They can only buy so many cars, houses, and steak dinners. So we either give it away or invest it.

I don't like begging money from producers.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use.