Hi @tcpolymath!
I'm not really sure as to how strict you are with the criteria you have set, but I'm still gonna give it a try :)
First off, I'm @jlordc. I have been on this platform for over 5 months now and I have a natural SP of only 311 (+1250 delegation I got a month ago).
I haven't invested anything yet on this platform except my time and passion. I mostly write about underrated steem tools, some info on how some platforms work(i.e. how the busy bots work), steem tools that are helpful for newbies and my occasional reviews on anime, tv series and games.
For over five months I have been here, I only did two withdrawals. First was to try if steem was legit(I was skeptical about it at first) and the second one was to pay for my internet bills. All of the payouts I received after, I used them to promote my next blog post through upvote bots with a limit of 15SBD each. (I believe minnows need to compete for visibility if they want to succeed in here and it's a great way of converting some hard-earned SBD to SP in the process).
I really do believe in the potential of what this platform can do in the future, that is why I am trying my very best to grow my account. Most of my natural SP are delegated to community projects like qurator and make-a-whale, which supports quality content and have been proven to have help small accounts grow, me included.
But it's not enough, my goal is to reach 1k natural SP before the year ends which is also the reason why I decided to at least try despite the 400 natural SP criteria. I would appreciate it if you could have a look at my blog first before excluding me from this project :)
Cheers!
You seem to be doing really well without me. You got into make-a-whale somehow, you've got support from Neoxian, I think you're going to be fine.