[AR] Re: Funding for projects
- From: Thomas McNeill <thomas.mcneill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 13:49:30 -0400
SEDS is another good club for such ventures. Mechanical Engineering clubs
as well.
Thomas
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Philip Hahn <everphilski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > -------- 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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