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Originally Posted by tony404
thats a great idea I wish her the best of luck.
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Here is a message from anouther board on this project topic:
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Originally Posted by NobleSavage
Well, if his daughter figures out to raise her own money... she will learn one of the best lessons of her life. And she would be starting to make contacts with the business community which may be very valuable down the road.
I guess I see it as no different that parents bringing their kids to my door to sell girl scout cookies or something.
Has the 500.00 been recovered yet?
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It is the digital evolution of that same concept.
As this is the first month of the fund raising effort the 500.00 is still in play, but initial response is good. She put a lot of thought into where to send the first wave of letters.
She is also tracking things like what areas of the country produce the best ROI and what color paper received the best response, and so on.
This is a GREAT learning experience for her; I believe.
She also reads the responses from the Internet and she honestly thinks that the nay-sayers are the funniest part of the whole thing.
A great experiment in economics, psychology of selling and sociology... We are happy with things so far.