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How to fundraise one million million dollars, part 1

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Or at least write a decent grant proposal

“Oh, I’m terrible at fundraising”. People say this often. And often with a strange sort of…pride? Being good at fundraising, in the popular understanding, means being good at schmoozing, the “charm offensive”, and other such social manoeuvring. “Being good at” is also something of a misnomer, as you’re either blessed with the ineffable social magic or you’re not. Being “bad at fundraising”, by contrast, means one is reassuringly inept at social wizardry, and — by implication —good at Real Work (such as computer, research, and computer). One is bad at vibes, but good at skill. I think…

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