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My advice for getting large pay-off companies is to not target the small stuff. Talking to companies like Ed's Machine Shop or Shoes of Richmond is not going to get you large amounts of money, because they don't have it to give. To larger, national or international companies, $10k might seem like a drop in the bucket and a worthy tax return. Remember to tell everyone you know that investing in FIRST is a tax deductible expense!

What we do to get more money is to assign dollar values to things. For instance, we might say this year that to have your name and logo on all of our advertisements to the community, we need at least $10k. To have your corporation's name incorporated into our own at competitions, we need at least $5k. To have your logo and name on our robot, we need $2.5k. To have your logo and name on our team shirt, we need $1k, etc. etc. etc.

This may seem a bit harsh, but if you really need money I say go for it.
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Class of 2008
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