Our OpenCollective Campaign
Tags: betweenthewires
Published: 2018-02-10 22:21:20

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Today, Between the Wires is launching an [OpenCollective campaign](https://opencollective.com/betweenthewires) to raise **$5000** for continued content in 2017.

## **Four Weeks&nbsp;In**

It is exactly four weeks since we launched Between the Wires on Medium! In honor of this milestone, we thought it would be fun to share some of the initial data from the first three stories ([Guillermo Rauch](https://betweenthewires.org/between-the-wires-guillermo-rauch-2819177beedc#.b4avwspgk), [Evan You](https://betweenthewires.org/between-the-wires-evan-you-cb56660bc8a4#.6y1wpf4gw) and [Chris Coyier](https://betweenthewires.org/between-the-wires-chris-coyier-382a217a0f1#.wjenez7zb) ):

- Medium: **68K** total minutes read, **25K** views and a read ratio of between **35% to 57%**
- Social media followers: 391 on Medium, **255** on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/betweenthewires)
- More than **15** candidates suggested via [the online form](https://goo.gl/TSPEqf) by our readers

When [Preethi](https://twitter.com/iam_preethi) and I began this project, we didn’t know if the community would be as enthusiastic as we were. We used the three initial interviews as a way to gauge community interest, and given the early positive feedback, we’ve decided to continue with Between the Wires!

## **Launching Our OpenCollective Campaign**

In order to continue with Between the Wires, we need your support **.**

Today, we are launching a [Between the Wires Campaign](https://opencollective.com/betweenthewires) on [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/). Our goal is to raise **$5,000** to do **20–25** additional interviews in 2017. We welcome both community contributions and corporate sponsorships.

Developing these highly-polished interviews is a labor of love, and requires a good deal of time as well as cost. For each interview, we spend about 12 hours studying the candidate, completing the interview, taking the picture, editing and polishing the transcript, and finally publishing and promoting.

Our labor is free because it is a passion project, but we do need to look for community contribution to cover expenses such as transcribing, copy editing, camera equipment rental, and a few miscellaneous fees. All of our expenses will be submitted on OpenCollective to ensure 100% transparency.

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## How Can You Help

Between the Wires is made possible thanks to both community contributions and corporate sponsorships. Every dollar raised helps us reach our goal, and no contribution is too small.

If you’re eager to read more interviews from Between the Wires, please [support us](https://opencollective.com/betweenthewires#support) today!

## **Our Corporate Sponsorships**

At the start of our OpenCollective campaign we reached out to a few organizations about the possibility of sponsorship. We’re excited to announce that we raised $2,000 from our first two sponsors:

### **Frontend Master**

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[Frontend Master](https://frontendmasters.com/)offers online front-end training by experts. The founder [Marc Grabanski](https://twitter.com/1Marc) sponsored $1000. Thank you, Marc!

### **Egghead.io**

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[Egghead.io](http://egghead.io/) offers bite-size video tutorials for web developers. They have also generously offered $1000. Thank you!

### **Microsoft Edge**

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[Update: 2/1/2017] [Microsoft Edge](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge#dAcjkVs7FWzzDeiI.97) joined and became our 3rd sponsor. Thank you!

Again, if you are interested in supporting [Between the Wires](https://betweenthewires.org/) with a corporate sponsorship please feel free to contact us on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/betweenthewires). Otherwise, we welcome all contributions, every level of support is greatly appreciated.

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Vivian and Preethi



_This post was originally published on [betweenthewires.org](https://betweenthewires.org/2016/11/29/our-opencollective-campaign/)_