Hi Lisa,

Thank you for responding. The reason I am approaching sponsors now is to generate income to get the site up and going. I have to pay a researcher, developer, artist, writer, etc. so that I can pull all the pieces together. If I try to do it all by myself, it will never get done. By offering sponsorships in advance, companies earn a spot at the table for an entire year that cannot be usurped by any other company. In exchange, they will be reaching an audience that they would like to target and is otherwise unavailable to them.

In an ideal world, I'd love to get the site up and running first. But I would go out of pocket WAY too much.