module 11 of 14
Stop reading about budgets and sponsorships and actually build the artifacts your team runs on. This module is a series of hands-on mini-projects: a real season budget model with working spreadsheet formulas, a sponsor CRM, a grant-pipeline tracker, an automated sponsor impact report that pulls live results from The Blue Alliance API, and a competition travel planner. Every example uses real 2025-2026 FRC numbers from the official FIRST median budget data so the artifacts you build are usable on day one, not toy examples.
Worked Examples & Mini-Projects: Build Your Team's Business Toolkit is module 11 of 14 in the Business, Operations & Fundraising guide. It picks up where Stewardship & Long-Term Sponsor Relationships left off and hands over to Common Mistakes & Troubleshooting in FRC Operations. At ~165 minutes across 5 lessons it is the longest module in the guide, which runs about 20 hours end to end.
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This is the Business, Operations & Fundraising one: 5 lessons, about 165 minutes. The modules below share the name over completely different material.
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| no. | module | lessons |
|---|---|---|
| pre | Foundations: Nonprofits, Budgets, and Teams | 3 |
| 01 | Team Structure & Leadership | 3 |
| 02 | Project Management Through Build Season | 3 |
| 03 | Budgeting, Finance & Fundraising | 3 |
| 04 | Sustainability, Documentation & the Business Plan | 4 |
| 05 | The FIRST Impact Award | 3 |
| 06 | Understanding the Cost of an FRC Team | 3 |
| 07 | FIRST Grants & Sponsorship Programs | 3 |
| 08 | Winning Corporate Sponsors | 3 |
| 09 | Grant Writing, Fundraising Events & Crowdfunding | 3 |
| 10 | Stewardship & Long-Term Sponsor Relationships | 3 |
| 11 | Worked Examples & Mini-Projects: Build Your Team's Business Toolkityou are here | 5 |
| 12 | Common Mistakes & Troubleshooting in FRC Operations | 5 |
| 13 | Advanced Techniques & Case Studies: Building a Hall-of-Fame-Caliber Program | 5 |