<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>At present I'm trying to build a list of potential sponsors for any project. We can use this as a shared resource for space projects across all hackerspaces.</div><div><br></div><div>I myself would like to focus on building the organization responsible for coordinating hackerspace space projects and probably doing marketing to encourage other hackerspaces/universities/organizations to take part and encourage donations via sponsorships, kickstarter, etc which can be allocated to participating hackerspaces<br><br>Alex Cureton-Griffiths<br><div>+86-136-8186-0166</div><div>Twitter: alexcg / <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Skype: alexceegee</span></div></div><div><br>On 2 Jan 2012, at 12:21 AM, Sung won Lim <<a href="mailto:4phlebas@gmail.com">4phlebas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>There are couple of organizations and people who might be willing to sponsor space related projects, but what are you trying to get them to sponsor exactly? Are you working on a launch vehicle/payload/etc design already? </p>
<p>-sung </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 1, 2012 1:14 AM, "Alex Cureton-Griffiths" <<a href="mailto:alexcg@gmail.com">alexcg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Even though DARPA turned us down for the grant, getting funding is<br>
still important for our project. More money means we can finance more<br>
projects, and help out projects that require a chunk of capital<br>
outlay. In addition, finding sponsors will likely bring exposure and<br>
attract more people to the project, which again attracts more sponsors<br>
and leads to a virtuous cycle.<br>
<br>
Before approaching any potential sponsors I think we should tweak the<br>
proposal (I found a few typos and bugs), and tailor depending on the<br>
sponsor we're aiming for. For example, if we approach the Ansari X<br>
Prize I would suggest the addition of micro-prizes for hitting<br>
milestones on the tech tree.<br>
<br>
I'm putting together a Google Spreadsheet of potential sponsors. Feel<br>
free to edit/comment with your thoughts. Also, if you have any contact<br>
info for the companies in the sheet, just fill them in. The sheet is<br>
at <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dFdrOTQ4TG96SC1iRVRHX0dNSy16ZHc" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7iWk0I7Jh8dFdrOTQ4TG96SC1iRVRHX0dNSy16ZHc</a><br>
. It's open for editing for anyone who has the link<br>
<br>
Happy 2012,<br>
Alex C-G<br>
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