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You would be suprised at how much money is out there an many companies, especially bigger ones. Look around your area and make sure you have a presentation ready to give. I know each year when I present to the people at GM that I work with, dropping a few names of other companies that participate does wonders (many, many people say wow that's pretty impressive I'm glad our group is a part of that) You say hey look who also part of this: GM, Ford, Chrysler, NASA, MIT, Delphi, Visteon....... the list just keeps going its impressive. Tell the company what kind of exposure they can expect from sponsoring you. CLipping out interviews from newspapers goes along the same lines where you show them how it looks on paper on the front page of a local newspaper with the team and the sponser and how great FIRST is. In my opinion this is what it takes to impress a sponser. If you want I could send you one of my powerpoint presentations that I give to our own staff each year as a starting point.
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