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Ask HN: Sponsor my travel for Startup School

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Post by abraham »

I have been accepted to Startup School (yaaaay!) but I don't have any money for travel (boooo!). So I am looking for someone to sponsor my travel expenses from SEA to SFO. According to http://www.hipmunk.com/startupschool the total cost of the flight will be between $220 and $320.

I have thought of several possible exchanges for the sponsorship but I am open to negotiations.

* Karma and a hug because you are awesome and have everything you need.

* A workday of consulting/contracting from me.

* Time spent coding or contributing to an open source project of your choice.

* An interview for a job at your company.

* A night of hacking on your project.

* A four month subscription to @therealcaro's baked good of the month club.

* Other stuff?...

Please feel free to contact me at 4braham@gmail.com or @abraham. I'm actively looking for a job/startup to co-found, preferably working with a developer community and an API.

Re: Ask HN: Sponsor my travel for Startup School

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Post by gtracy »

abraham wrote: post #3
gtracy wrote: post #2

Do you have a PayPal (or similar) account setup for collecting funds?

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!

Re: Ask HN: Sponsor my travel for Startup School

#5

Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

Can'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.

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Post by abraham »

jonhendry wrote: post #6

Take a bus. Or Amtrak. It's not like you're coming from Florida. Or Estonia. Or Australia.

Greyhound says $230 for a round trip ticket with 48 hours of travel time. Four hours of flight time is hard enough for someone that is 6 foot 5 let alone 48.

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Post by abraham »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #5

Can'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.

Re: Ask HN: Sponsor my travel for Startup School

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Post by jonhendry »

abraham wrote: post #7
jonhendry wrote: post #6

Take a bus. Or Amtrak. It's not like you're coming from Florida. Or Estonia. Or Australia.

Greyhound says $230 for a round trip ticket with 48 hours of travel time. Four hours of flight time is hard enough for someone that is 6 foot 5 let alone 48.

Bummer. And there don't seem to be any services like BoltBus or MegaBus who are dirt cheap, offer wifi, and I'd think probably are more comfortable. (One of them was offering $2 fares between Boston and Philadelphia a while back. Right now it's $29. Not quite as far as SEA-SFO, though.)

My bad. As you were.

Re: Ask HN: Sponsor my travel for Startup School

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Post by abraham »

jonhendry wrote: post #9
abraham wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Greyhound says $230 for a round trip ticket with 48 hours of travel time. Four hours of flight time is hard enough for someone that is 6 foot 5 let alone 48.

Bummer. And there don't seem to be any services like BoltBus or MegaBus who are dirt cheap, offer wifi, and I'd think probably are more comfortable. (One of them was offering $2 fares between Boston and Philadelphia a while back. Right now it's $29. Not quite as far as SEA-SFO, though.) My bad. As you were.

I definitely miss MegaBus from when I was in the Midwest.
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