[AR] Re: Funding for projects
- From: doug knight <dougchar001@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:01:39 -0400
I agree with James. For the rocket/payload projects we do for the students
at my community college, we typically raise ~$2k per year from people
donations, team selling stuff on ebay/amazon, people giving us stuff to
sell, fundraisers, etc. We just sold elephant ear plants from someone that
had way too many. Made ~$200 from that. Gotta get creative. And go where
the money is and that normally is not students. My experience anyway.
Doug Knight
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:21 AM, James G <d0ch011iday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I guess you aren't an advertizing and marketing major...
>
> $10 ~ $100 isn't that much. You can spend that much on dinner or night
> out. People like to give to charities and activities they are interested
> in. And little donations add up to quite a bit. Crowdfunding has provided
> ridiculous funding for the most obscure and useless (IMO) projects. You
> don't have to understand it or see the appeal, you just need to know how to
> access it if you want to pursue your goal.
>
> As as already been mentioned you can find conventional sponsors for your
> project as well. Your model is racing sponsorships. Think outside of the
> box. It does not have to be rocketry related (ie: Redbull does not make
> balloons or space suits). Don't let "no" deter you. You will hear it a lot.
>
> Good luck,
> -James
>
> From: Aidan Sojourner <aidan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AR] Funding for projects
>
> How do you guys get funding for your projects? My team has a wonderful
> design that will probably never see the light of day due to lack of
> funds. We are expecting upwards of $7.5k for the project, something that
> none of us can manage.
>
> We have thought about kickstarter, but I personally don't see the
> appeal.
>
>
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