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Originally Posted by MrJohnston
It wasn't that hard: it just took patience, a little time and a little work.
Instead of being envious of teams that benefit from generous sponsors, go out and get them yourself.
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I totally agree with your post. It is the same path that we think we are currently on.
I will say that this last sentiment though, isn't one that I am particularly fond of. My first year on the team I was very frustrated at how suggestions like "just go out and get sponsorship" and "it only takes a little time and a little work" were not at all helpful. The specifics of the 'how' and the 'what' it takes to secure multi-thousands dollar sponsorships are often very challenging. Some people are in much better positions to get in touch with generous corporations than others.
For us anyway, it took a lot of time and a lot of work. And "just going out to get sponsors" failed for a long time until we refined our approach, and we are no where near 100K, but are still comfortable financially.
For instance, all my high school team needed to do to get a couple thousand was to roll up to the school board and give a full presentation, robot demo, Q&A, and student testimonial. If it were that easy for my current team last year we would still be swimming in green
All of that said, there are currently tons of companies that make getting money as simple as filling out a grant application and maybe giving a presentation or two. And I cannot express how truly grateful I am to those organizations. Opening your doors to all teams is magnificently generous.
Sorry, that's probably a long rant to basically say that I agree with absolutely everything else in your post. I don't mean to derail the conversation!