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Laura - Oct 06, 2011 12:23:55 pm PDT #662 of 1416
Our wings are not tired.
smonster - Oct 06, 2011 4:53:25 pm PDT #663 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
xposted from Bitches: So, we didn't win. Sadface. But we totally should have!! We really truly had the best pitch, and slides, and I tossed out a few glass bead necklaces at the end! I didn't even want to win until tonight, and now I really wish we had. But the president of a local recycling company came up to me and gave me his card, and we're going to set up a meeting with him. I don't know how the hell we'll have time to make this happen, but we're going to try! (The winning idea involved people trading unwanted beads for bathroom tokens along the parade route, and I gave her my contact info and told her I'd help her since I have green event experience.)
meara - Oct 06, 2011 5:07:56 pm PDT #664 of 1416
But the president of a local recycling company came up to me and gave me his card, and we're going to set up a meeting with him
Dude, that's pretty awesome! Even if you didn't win, you made connections! (The beads for bathrooms sounds like a pretty awesome idea to me, really...)
smonster - Oct 06, 2011 5:25:16 pm PDT #665 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh yeah, I'm pscyhed to have made this connection. I've been wanting to talk to that company for a while now. He told me that there's a glass recycler about 40 miles away, and I'll bet he'd donate some powdered glass for us to experiment with. And one of the judges who's from a small Krewe said they might give us some seed money.
The beads for bathrooms sounds like a pretty awesome idea to me, really...
It's a great idea, and pretty simple to implement. Plus, some tokens will be sponsored by businesses and you can use them for discounts, but only after Mardi Gras season is over (which helps carry over the positive economic impact of Mardi Gras).
Really, all five ideas were cool, and several offer serious collaboration potential. I want them all to happen.
JenP - Oct 06, 2011 5:27:40 pm PDT #666 of 1416
Wow, for not winning, you kind of won a lot! That's fantastic.
smonster - Oct 06, 2011 6:36:37 pm PDT #667 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Inorite? Also, the thought just came to me - Kickstarter.
Strix - Oct 06, 2011 6:40:18 pm PDT #668 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Indeed, smonster!
It sounds like a pretty positive experience all around! Good work!
Strix - Oct 11, 2011 8:51:31 am PDT #669 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I got my first gig from a F2F networking thing! WOO, GO ME! A client called me ON THE PHONE.
That is amazing to me. The PHONE. Whodathunkit?
smonster - Oct 11, 2011 4:31:00 pm PDT #670 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yay, Erin! Fabulousness.
beekaytee - Oct 12, 2011 5:16:22 am PDT #671 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
Erin, I really liked your email blast this morning. Major Yay on both counts.
Again, I just love your 'voice.'