Sorry to be a downer, but you just took the spot of someone who cared enough to think ahead the tiniest amount, and now you can't go? Seems like not a very nice thing to do...
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#12Wow, people are kinda douche-bag-y. They're like, haha, you're really poor right now, that's hilarious and ALL YOUR FAULT. Funny, how people think they know everything about you after reading a single short post...
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#13Sorry to be a downer, but you just took the spot of someone who cared enough to think ahead the tiniest amount, and now you can't go? Seems like not a very nice thing to do...
When I applied I fully expected to be able to go but sometimes things don't go as planned.
If it becomes certain that I won't be able to make it then I will RSVP no and Startup School can invite someone else.
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4braham@gmail.com is a working PayPal account.
I'm good for $20. Consider it payment for your work growing the tech community in Madison, WI as well as a down payment for your future evangelism on the behalf of Madison. Oh, and I wouldn't mind some baked goods!
Since you're nearby, you get a few options of baked goods: fresh baked bread; key lime pie with or without meringue; fabulous old-fashioned gingersnaps; oatmeal raisin and/or chocolate-chip cookies; or chocolate cake with cream cheese or coconut/walnut frosting. Pick one, and we'll coordinate drop-off when it's ready :)
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4braham@gmail.com is a working PayPal account.
I'm sending money to your paypal right now. Thanks for all of the amazing things you've done for the tech community in Milwaukee/Madison :}
You're a little further than @gtracy, so key lime pie is a little too squishy to send... But if you want some home-baked bread or cookies or cupcakes... (Also, I make a mean fruit bread with slices of orange and lemon rind!)
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I'm sending money to your paypal right now. Thanks for all of the amazing things you've done for the tech community in Milwaukee/Madison :}
You're a little further than @gtracy, so key lime pie is a little too squishy to send... But if you want some home-baked bread or cookies or cupcakes... (Also, I make a mean fruit bread with slices of orange and lemon rind!)
Cupcakes! :D
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm good for $20. Consider it payment for your work growing the tech community in Madison, WI as well as a down payment for your future evangelism on the behalf of Madison. Oh, and I wouldn't mind some baked goods!
Since you're nearby, you get a few options of baked goods: fresh baked bread; key lime pie with or without meringue; fabulous old-fashioned gingersnaps; oatmeal raisin and/or chocolate-chip cookies; or chocolate cake with cream cheese or coconut/walnut frosting. Pick one, and we'll coordinate drop-off when it's ready :)
I would have pegged a Mainer to make a mean Fluffernutter Pie. :) I'd love the key lime pie (without meringue). Thanks!
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Since you're nearby, you get a few options of baked goods: fresh baked bread; key lime pie with or without meringue; fabulous old-fashioned gingersnaps; oatmeal raisin and/or chocolate-chip cookies; or chocolate cake with cream cheese or coconut/walnut frosting. Pick one, and we'll coordinate drop-off when it's ready :)
I would have pegged a Mainer to make a mean Fluffernutter Pie. :) I'd love the key lime pie (without meringue). Thanks!
We hippies aren't so into the fluff.
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#20Can't you just like, um, get a job? Seriously, work at McDonald's for a week, mow a few lawns, wash a few windows, pick up dog poop off someone's front walk, rake leaves, etc. It's not hard to make $300 in the US once you decide to get your ass off the couch.
McDonalds is not going to interview hire and pay me in less then two weeks. No company will. I am looking into odd jobs though.
I know; I just threw that out there.
Here's the problem I have with what you're doing. You're going to a Startup conference and asking that someone "sponsor" you. See the mismatch? You're off to learn about starting businesses, but really aren't showing any ambition or entrepreneurial thinking on your own. Someone sponsoring you has no reason to think that it would be a good "investment."
$300 isn't much to make in two weeks. Seriously. Around here you can charge $30/hour easily to scrub toilets/clean houses. I'm sure the rate would be higher in Seattle: just target rich neighborhoods and be polite. I just spent an hour on my riding mower and I'd have paid someone $20 to do the same thing using my equipment and my own gas.