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My team has this whole powerpoint demonstration and video clips of us in the news and a demo of last year's robot for when we go to talk to companies, very proffesional-looking. See if any of the people who help you with engineering have contacts at local tech companies. One of our primary sponsors has been slowly dying but one of the engineers that got laid off from there convinced his new company to sponsor us. We've found that once we get to talk to the high muckety-mucks of a company and explain what it is we do, the money is usually forthcoming, the trick is to be organized and proffesional about it, and don't forget to hint that with all the media coverage of FIRST it's an advertising opportunity as well as a charitable donation.
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