Ask HN: Sponsor my travel for Startup School

[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 [email protected] or @abraham. I'm actively looking for a job/startup to co-found, preferably working with a developer community and an API.

[limedaring]

Just today I bemoaned the cost of a design conference and random people banded together to help offset the cost for me... so it seems like this is a good time to pay it forward. You should have additional funds in your Paypal account, and see you at Startup School. :)

[dacort]

Your comment influenced me to chip in a little to help Abraham get there. He's a great hacker and has already made an impact on the Seattle scene.

It took me a while to realize I wanted to build/run a startup - anything I can do, however little, to help somebody else get there faster is a great thing in my eyes.

[yemkay]

Sent you $75, Abraham. I'm a big fan of your Twitteroauth library :)

[bootload]

"... The Hacker News community/West Coast is being unnecessarily harsh to @abraham here: http://bit.ly/bT6yj4 Midwest folks: Let's sponsor him! ..." ~ http://twitter.com/mathiasx/status/26501001577

When did HN become the mean spirited place it's become?

[abraham]

My guess is the natural evolution of all internet communities as their user bases grow.

[raster]

Money sent... Thanks again for helping get Web608 off the ground, and taking part in Madison & Milwaukee's tech communities.

[therealcaro]

Wow, 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...

[gtracy]

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

[abraham]

[email protected] is a working PayPal account.

[nostromo]

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...

[abraham]

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.

[jonhendry]

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

[abraham]

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.

[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.

[abraham]

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.