How has the economic crisis affected your team?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Cynette

Fredi - Thank you so much for posting!

I think this is something that all the teams should take note of, Falcon Robotics is not a new team or a team that would ever be considered at being at risk of losing sponsors and having to really work for funding. As a whole, we always assume that Championship Chairman's Teams somehow have it easy when it comes to year to year survival!

So this may be a wake up call to all of the teams, especially in the current economic state, the teams that we think of as the best and strongest do not necessarily have it any easier in getting the money to compete, they earn it the same way, one sponsor at a time and one fund raiser at a time! FIRST - its not just a Robot Competition - teams need to learn and put in place valuable business skills to survive!

Good luck to all in meeting your sponsorship goals for this year!

This shocked me too. Maybe this year the Chairman's video could focus more on how sponsors make a difference and what their impact is.