And I got this in reply:

[Insert sounds of me losing my mind upon seeing this in my inbox.]

Hillary for America: to ensure my “message reaches the appropriate member” of the team, simply use the “reply-to” header (RFC 5322 sec 3.6.2) to direct it to the right folks. You know you’ve emailed me about an “event” in New York. Surely there’s at least one person in charge of this mysterious “event” who could receive my response?

As I was sadly digesting this email exchange and feeling I’d been transported to 1996, I saw this:

Then I went insane.

I’m going to really really hope that the Clinton campaign just has better data than the Sanders campaign.

And then this morning I realized I wanted to show my support for Hillary around the city, as the New York Primary is tomorrow. I called the customer service number listed for the online shop and spoke with Meghan (nice name!) and she said there’s no shop.

There’s no place to buy official Hillary gear in NYC.

Secretary Clinton’s campaign HQ is in Brooklyn.

No one thought maybe the biggest city in the USA, in the state that Secretary Clinton represented for two terms as our first female Senator, would have people who wanted to buy a t-shirt or something?

If we don’t get the nomination, or if we lose in the general election, I want to go down knowing we did everything as well as we possibly could, at every level, in every way. Hillary for America team, please take a look at these examples and see how you can make some improvements.

Whenever I speak about my experiences as an entrepreneur, I stress how it’s important to have a great idea. But it’s the execution that will ultimately determine if you’re successful or not.