[AR] Re: Funding for projects
- From: Philip Hahn <everphilski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 10:38:52 -0700
If you are all students, I presume in college, is there an AIAA chapter you
can latch on to or start? It would lend some credibility to your cause and
you could approach local businesses or host fundraisers for the club and
its projects. There may also be university money or other resources
available (including exposure to alumni) through the school.
Good luck,
philip
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Thomas McNeill <thomas.mcneill@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Marketing and Business students are a great help. Often they will want
> some material for their resume.
>
> Thomas
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> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Monroe L. King Jr. <
> monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Funding
>> Knock on a lot of doors. Get organized and hit the bricks. Have
>> patience because nothing worth doing is ever easy! Don't forget to look
>> other places for funding! Dress up in a space suit and stand on the
>> street corner if you have too! Do a car wash! Lot's of little things add
>> up. Go to your local Ham (amateur radio) Group and solicit help! (and
>> get your license while your at it) Ask for help at a local rocket club.
>> Make friends with marketing and management students! Go to your local
>> TV station, Newspaper ect... It's going to take energy to make funds
>> there is NO SECRET to getting funding! It takes work and you have to ask
>> for help! And most of all you can't give up! No matter what! If your not
>> going to follow threw with the energy to raise the funds don't even
>> START!
>> Now get out there and make your goal and don't let anyone tell you you
>> can't BECAUSE YOU CAN! It's about you it's not about anything else but
>> what you are willing to do to achieve your goal. The only way to fail is
>> to not try.
>> Ask your parents indeed ask your teachers ask ask ask everyone for
>> ideas and help, you have to ask for help! And most of all you have to do
>> what the people you ask for help tell you to do. Keep doing that and you
>> will succeed.
>> Don't close any doors by not doing what you are asked to do when you
>> ask for help. The more you do the more help you will get.
>>
>> Go for it! Your already off to a great start. Now do it!
>>
>> How can I help? I have some experience some stuff and a machine shop. I
>> don't have money because all mine goes into Team Prometheus but I'll do
>> what I can.
>>
>> Monroe
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>> > -------- Original Message --------
>> > Subject: [AR] Re: Funding for projects
>> > From: doug knight <dougchar001@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > Date: Wed, October 09, 2013 8:01 am
>> > To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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